King Charles III is posing with his heirs. In a photo released on Friday, the new king smiles alongside his son, Prince William, and grandson, Prince George.
05.05.2023 - 12:41 / variety.com
K.J. Yossman Composer Patrick Doyle counts “Cinderella,” “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” among the films he has scored. From Saturday, the two-time Oscar nominee (for his work on “Hamlet” and “Sense and Sensibility”) will have another credit to add to his already-lengthy resume: composing the music for King Charles III’s coronation. It is a gig that will cement his place in the annals of history, joining fellow royal coronation composers including Handel (who was commissioned for the coronation of King George II in 1727) and Elgar (for Edward VII in 1902). So how did the man who also composed the music for “The Emoji Movie” and “Bridget Jones’s Diary” come to be involved in such an historic event?
It was as simple as Buckingham Palace giving his agent a call, Doyle tells Variety. “That call came completely out the blue. It’s an extraordinary thing to be asked, a huge honour. Of course, I said ‘yes’ immediately. But then the enormity struck me very, very quickly after that.” “But I’ve known King Charles for a huge part of my career, over 30 years,” Doyle adds. “And I felt that he wouldn’t have asked me if he didn’t think I would be up to the task.” It turns out that Doyle and the King have what he describes as a “close professional friendship” that dates back to the late 1980s, when disaster struck during the opening night of Kenneth Branagh’s production of “Twelfth Night” at Riverside Studios in London. Doyle was conducting the production’s orchestra as well as accompanying on piano (the show also marked the start of a decades-long partnership with Branagh). As the curtain went up and Doyle began to play, a lamp that was perched on top of the piano slowly toppled over,
King Charles III is posing with his heirs. In a photo released on Friday, the new king smiles alongside his son, Prince William, and grandson, Prince George.
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