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I ended up through a series of chance circumstances as musical director of the Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square in London. And while I was doing the work at the Royal Court, with Max Stafford-Clark, there was a young Assistant Director there called Antonia Bird and that's how we met. We did some work together and it was good work.

It really forged a relationship and then when she went to the BBC as a trainee I did a lot of things with her at the BBC and did a drama series called 'Thin Air' which was very successful and the 'The Men's Room' which was a serial about middle class sex basically which went very well because it had a lot joyful nudity and she had developed 'Priest'. Originally Jimmy had written it as a television four parter and it got changed over time to a single drama on film and Antonia was always in there to direct it. And at that point it was natural for her to ask me to do the music, particularly because of the Liverpool connection.

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FILMS

 

GOING OFF BIG TIME (2000) Going Off Big Time

Writer: Neil Fitzmaurice
Music: Andy Roberts
Director: Jim Doyle
Producer: Ian Brady
KT Films

BIFA Nominations 2000

The Douglas Hickox Award
Jim Doyle
Best Newcomer (On Screen)
Neil Fitzmaurice
Best Newcomer (Off Screen)
Damian Bromley
Best Achievement In Production

 

FACE (1997) Face film

Writer: Ronan Bennett
Music: Adrian Corker, Paul Conboy & Andy Roberts
Director: Antonia Bird
Producer: David Thompson & Anant Singh
BBC/Distant Horiizon

 

A KIDNAP IN THE FAMILY (1996)

Writer: David Burke
Music: Andy Roberts
Director: Colin Bucksey
ABC/Rysher
ABC TV Movie Of The Month

 

MAD LOVE (1995)

Writer: Paula Milne
Music: Andy Roberts
Director: Antonia Bird
Producer: David Manson
Touchstone Films

 

PRIEST (1994)

Writer: Jimmy McGovern
Music: Andy Roberts
Director: Antonia Bird
Producer: George Faber
Executive Producer: Mark Shivas
BBC Films

Best British Feature award - 1994 Edinburgh Film Festival
Peoples' Choice award - 1994 Toronto International Film Festival
Peoples' Choice award - 1995 Santa Barbara Film Festival
Best British Feature award - 1994 Edinburgh Film Festival
Peoples' Choice award - 1994 Toronto International Film Festival
Peoples' Choice award - 1995 Santa Barbara Film Festival

 

SAFE (1993)

Writer: Al Hunter
Music & Songs: Andy Roberts, Billy Bragg, Grant Showbiz
Arranged and Produced: Andy Roberts
Director: Antonia Bird
Producer: David Thompson
Executive Producer:George Faber
BBC Films

 

Safe 1993

AWARDS
B.A.F.T.A. - Best TV Drama

 

A MASCULINE ENDING (1992)

Writer: Joan Smith
Dramatised: Alma Cullen
Music: Andy Roberts
Director: Antonia Bird
Producers: Charles Elton & Moira Williams
First Choice Productions

 

UNUSUAL GROUND FLOOR CONVERSION (1987)

Writer: Mark Herman
Music: Andy Roberts
Director: Mark Herman
Producer: Beth Porter
Picturegame Productions

Unusual Ground Floor Conversion

LOOSE CONNECTIONS (1984)

Writer: Maggie Brooks
Incidental Music: Andy Roberts & Dominic Muldowney
Title Song: Andy Roberts
Director: Richard Eyre
Producer: Simon Perry
Umbrella/Greenpoint Films
Distributed by 20th Century Fox/Virgin Films