Sep 25, 2011
Dickon is a founding member of Tindersticks, the seminal UK band for which he
composed music, played violin, guitar and keyboards.
His orchestral arrangements were one of Tindersticks' most
distinctive features. From 1993 to 2005, Dickon was
involved in ten of their releases including their self-titled debut
which was Melody Maker's album of the
year.
Dickon began
scoring films when French director Claire Denis approached Tindersticks to
write the score to her films like Trouble Every Day, starring Vincent Gallo, and the film Friday Night.
Dickon has
scored several other films including Forty Shades of Blue, directed by Ira
Sachs, which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance
in 2005.
Dickon has
composed music for a range of films from Married Life, Last Chance Harvey, Cold Souls, and Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1980
for James Marsh.
More recently, Dickon scored
Debra Granik's multiple award winning feature
film Winter's Bone, Passion Play for Mitch Glazer and the award winning documentary,
Project Nim, again for James Marsh.