Dominik Scherrer is a Swiss-British

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Def ...

born in 1967 in Zurich, Switzerland, who has written prolifically for film, theatre and television.

Career

Scherrer has composed the music score for both seasons of the British television series '' Ripper Street'' and worked on a third series in 2014. He won the Best Television Soundtrack Award for his work on ''Ripper Street'' at the 2014

Ivor Novello Awards The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and composing. They have been presented annually in London by the Ivors Academy (formerly the BASCA) since 1956, and over 1,000 statuettes have been a ...

Filmography

*'' The Honeytrap'' (2002) * ''

The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz ''The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz'' is a 2000 Anglo-German black and white surreal comedy. It has been described as an "avant-garde comedy about the Apocalypse", co-written and directed by Ben Hopkins. Premise On the last day of creation, a strang ...

'' (2002) * ''

Agatha Christie's Marple ''Agatha Christie's Marple'' (or simply ''Marple'') is a British ITV television programme loosely based on the books and short stories by British crime novelist Agatha Christie. The title character was played by Geraldine McEwan from the first ...

'' (2004–13) * ''

Jericho Jericho ( ; ar, أريحا ; he, יְרִיחוֹ ) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank. It is located in the Jordan Valley, with the Jordan River to the east and Jerusalem to the west. It is the administrative seat of the Jericho ...

'' (2005) * '' The Truth'' (2006) * ''

Scenes of a Sexual Nature ''Scenes of a Sexual Nature'' is a 2006 British comedy-drama film directed by Ed Blum and starring an ensemble cast which includes Ewan McGregor, Adrian Lester, Eileen Atkins, Andrew Lincoln, Gina McKee, Sophie Okonedo, and Hugh Bonneville. The ...

'' (2006) * '' Primeval'' (2007–09) * '' Inspector George Gently'' (2010–11) * ''

Christopher and His Kind ''Christopher and His Kind'' is a 1976 memoir by Anglo-American writer Christopher Isherwood, first printed in a 130-copy edition by Sylvester & Orphanos, then in general publication by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. In the text, Isherwood candidly ex ...

'' (2011) * '' Just Henry'' (2011) * '' Monroe'' (2011–12) * ' (2012) * '' Ripper Street'' (2012–16) * '' The Missing'' (2014-2016) * '' An Inspector Calls'' (2015) * '' The Collection'' (2016) * '' One of Us'' (2016) * ''

Requiem A Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead ( la, Missa pro defunctis) or Mass of the dead ( la, Missa defunctorum), is a Mass of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, ...

'' (2018) * '' The City and the City'' (2018) *'' The Widow'' (2019) *''

Baptise Baptism (from grc-x-koine, βάπτισμα, váptisma) is a form of ritual purification—a characteristic of many religions throughout time and geography. In Christianity, it is a Christian sacrament of initiation and adoption, almost inv ...

'' (2019-2021) *Memory (Documentary short) (2019) *

Elizabeth Is Missing ''Elizabeth Is Missing'' is a television drama film directed by Aisling Walsh, adapted by Andrea Gibb from the novel of the same name by Emma Healey. It was broadcast on 8 December 2019 on BBC One. It stars Glenda Jackson as Maud, an elderly ...

(2019) * The Serpent (2021) * The Tourist (2022)

Discography

* '' The Honeytrap'' (original soundtrack) (2007) * ''

'' (original soundtrack) (2007) * '' Monroe'' (original soundtrack) (2011) * '' Primeval'' (original soundtrack) (2011) * '' An Inspector Calls'' (original soundtrack) (2015) * '' Ripper Street'' (original soundtrack) (2015) * '' The Missing'' (original soundtrack) (2015) * ''

'' (original soundtrack) with Bat for Lashes (2018) * '' The City and the City'' (original soundtrack) (2018)

Awards and nominations

Ivor Novello Award The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and composing. They have been presented annually in London by the Ivors Academy (formerly the BASCA) since 1956, and over 1,000 statuettes have been ...

, Nominee Best Television Soundtrack, The Collection (2017) * Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special, Nominee, The Missing (2015) *

, Winner Best Television Soundtrack, Ripper Street (2014) *

Royal Television Society The Royal Television Society (RTS) is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present, and future. It is the oldest television society in the world. It currently has fourteen r ...

, Nominee for Best Television Soundtrack Ripper Street (2013) *

, Nominee Best Television Soundtrack,

(Series 5) (2011)
New York Festivals
Winner Best Television Soundtrack, Agatha Christie's Marple (Series 1) (2005) *

Locarno International Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, s ...

, Winner Prix Action Light, Hell for Leather (1998) *

International Composers Festival The International Composers Festival is a regular event comprising a series of concerts, lectures and networking opportunities created with the purpose to promote and showcase classical music that is tuneful, universally appealing and created sol ...

Hastings Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...

and

Bexhill-on-sea Bexhill-on-Sea (often shortened to Bexhill) is a seaside town and civil parish situated in the county of East Sussex in South East England. An ancient town and part of the local government district of Rother, Bexhill is home to a number of ar ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scherrer, Dominik 1967 births Living people British television composers Swiss composers Swiss male composers Swiss emigrants to the United Kingdom