Christopher Evans-Ironside (10 May 1940 – 3 June 2022)
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was an English and German songwriter, composer, and music producer. Born in England and based in Hamburg
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, Germany, his awards included Gold and Platinum discs for collaborations with Nino de Angelo
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and Drafi Deutscher
Drafi Franz Richard Deutscher (9 May 1946 – 9 June 2006) was a German singer and songwriter of Sinti origin.
Biography Early life and career
Deutscher was born in Charlottenburg, in the western zone of Berlin, Germany. Between 1964 and 196 ...
as Mixed Emotions and Masquerade
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In the early 1980s Evans-Ironside produced three progressive rock
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albums, the first two as a duo with singer David Hanselmann
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, ''Stonehenge'' and ''Symbols"'', and the third as a solo project, ''Empty Spaces,'' in addition collaborating with Michael Chambosse on a concept album, ''The Timemachine.''
Evans-Ironside was a prolific soundtrack composer for film, television and theatre, with work including Die Rättin
''The Rat'' (german: Die Rättin, literally ''The Ratess'') is a 1986 novel by the German writer Günter Grass.
Structure and content
The plot is composed of many narrative strands and oscillates between fairytale, travelogue and surreal novel. It ...
and Fisimatenten, and music for ballet productions by the Görlitz
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Theatre.
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1940 births
2022 deaths
English emigrants to Germany
German film score composers
Male film score composers
German male composers
German musical theatre composers
German keyboardists
German songwriters
Musicians from Hamburg
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