Stephen Deutsch


Stephen Deutsch is an American film score composer who has composed over 30 scores for film, theatre, radio and television. His many collaborations with the playwright Peter Barnes include Jubilee, the Olivier Award-winning play Red Noses and the feature film Hard Times. He has significant expertise in the fields of electronic music, 20th Century music techniques, the composer in the marketplace, and issues relating to film, television, broadcasting and related subjects.

Career

He was a sound designer/composer on two films, "Wild South" and "Postcards from, Applecross", which he also directed.
He has published one novel about music: Zweck.
His Second novel, Champion, set in France and Germany in the thirties was published in July 2020.
He was editor of "The Soundtrack" and "The New Soundtrack" journals from 2007-2018.
Prof. Deutsch was educated initially in the United States. After settling in Britain he attended the Royal College of Music where he was engaged in electro-acoustic composition under the direction of Tristram Cary. In 1971 he and two partners established Synthesizer Music Services, Ltd., an electro-acoustic studio in London.
At Bournemouth University, he is Professor of Post-Production. In 1992 he founded the University's PGDip/M.A. in Electro-Acoustic Music for Film and Television. He was also Senior Tutor in Screen Composition at the National Film and Television School.