- Ed Welch
Ed Welch (born
October 22 1947 ) is an English televisioncomposer . His projects include the music for "Blockbusters", "Knightmare ", "One Foot in the Grave ", "That's My Dog ", "Catchphrase" and "The Hoobs ". He could be compared to the American television composer,Edd Kalehoff .In 1971 he recorded an album, "Clowns", including songs he had co-written with
Tom Paxton , and session musicians includingMike de Albuquerque andCozy Powell .In 1978 and 1979, he appeared in the
Spike Milligan BBC series Q8 and Q9, performing his own songs (including "the Carpet Is Always Greener Under Someone Else's Bed" and "Love To Make Music By") and songs co-written with Milligan, including "I've Got This Photograph Of You" and "Silly Old Baboon". This unlikely duo released an album in 1979 on the United Artists label, "Spike Milligan and Ed Welch Sing Songs From Q8". Also in 1978, he composed the score for the remake of "The Thirty-Nine Steps."In 1982, Welch composed music for
Television South (TVS) andTelevision South West (TSW) idents and the local news programme, and for theGus Honeybun character on TSW. Welch adapted fairy tales and wrote the scripts for the children's cartoon series, "Wolves, Witches and Giants ", which ran from 1995 to 1999. He is credited for the music in the 2001 cartoon series, "Binka ", and in 2004, he composed a piece of music for Liberal Democrat,Mike Treleaven . He writes the songs for the new format of "Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends ", including Engine Roll Call, which is based on the catchy theme tune created byRobert Hartshorne .Welch is credited as a co-writer of the 1995
Iceland ic entry to theEurovision Song Contest (withBjörgvin Halldórsson ).External links
*imdb name|id=0919542|name=Ed Welch
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tSmK2LhXEw Television South West (TSW) clips featuring Welch's music, and the man himself]
* [http://www.totnes.libdems.org.uk/news/53.html "Famous composer sends Mike Treleaven on the march to victory"]
* [http://www.eurosong.net/song.php?ID=1995is Eurosong.net - Iceland 1995]
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