I spoke to Trevor before he boarded a plane to Marseille – to collect another award for his extraordinary contribution to the world of music – to find out a little more about what makes our prodigal son tick.
Thinking about music while mucking about in the stables of our rescue horses. Nothing like horse poop to make you realise that, as fertilizer, it’s more valuable than you are.
Communicating emotion through organised sound.
Helping to clear the narrative and bring out the meaning of a scene by writing music with the appropriate emotional weight.
I hope not!
Am I making the audience feel what the screenwriter and director intend and how can I surpass their expectations and achieve this in an original way?
A bit of both.
Leonardo da Vinci, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Alan Turing, my Uncle Norman.
Sir Timothy Berners Lee the inventor of the World Wide Web. The internet has changed communication forever and he has given it to the world freely with no patent and no royalties due.
As much as possible.
My need to educate the next generation. My interest in the world, in people, in love and death.
Pop (my wife).
Swee-tart (my wife).
Dood (my grandchildren).
Uncle Treasure (my nieces).
Stay in bed and take the fluff out of my belly-button then make films, paint and write.
Obsessive, passionate, reclusive, dedicated and confused.
The Dream of Gerontius – Edward Elgar
Kind of Blue – Miles Davis
Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd
Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel
Elgar: Cello Concerto – Sea Pictures by Jacqueline Du Pré/Dame Janet Baker/Sir John Barbirolli
My wife and children. The realisation that life and all living things are a miracle. My scholarship to the Royal Academy of music and my mentors.
The award-winning tie, designed by my son Caspar, to celebrate the UK’s hosting of the EU.
Nurturing my children and staying solvent.
Corrupt politicians.
Dying before I’ve written my next piece.
Eating a perfect mango in a cold bath on a hot day.
I wish that everyone could receive a free education, academic or trade. And for my generation to leave a legacy for future generations free of plastic, unpolluted radioactive material with the natural environment protected by laws controlling carbon emissions, limiting the consequent climate change.
