---
name: "Alan Parker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alan-parker-1714546"
fi1m_id: "alan-parker-1714546"
imdb_id: "nm0662029"
tmdb_id: 1714546
wikidata_id: "Q4707481"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "26 August 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:18:56.757933+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Alan Parker

## Identity

Alan Parker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alan-parker-1714546
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alan-parker-1714546
- **IMDb ID:** nm0662029
- **TMDB ID:** 1714546
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4707481
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Parker_(musician), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4707481, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662029/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1714546

Composer. Born 26 August 1944 in Derbyshire.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 26 August 1944, Derbyshire
- **Also known as:** Alan William Parker
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Parker_(musician), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4707481, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662029/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1714546

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Jaws 3-D*](https://film.one/film/jaws-3-d.md) (36)

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## Biography

Alan Parker is a British composer and guitarist. Born on 26 August 1944 in Matlock, Derbyshire, he trained in classical guitar with Julian Bream at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He began his career as a session guitarist in the late 1960s, working with artists including Cat Stevens, Frank Sinatra, David Bowie and Ella Fitzgerald, and playing in groups such as Blue Mink.

Parker has composed scores for feature films including *Jaws 3-D* (1983), *What's Eating Gilbert Grape* (1993) and *Stormbreaker* (2006), as well as numerous television productions such as *Coast* and *Victoria & Albert*. He has also created a large body of library music for film and television, and music for commercials.

*Sources: imdb.com, jmhdigital.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Jaws 3-D* (1983), Fi1m 36, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/jaws-3-d.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Stormbreaker* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *The Crooked Man* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *The Human Mind* (2003), series, Music Score Producer
- *Walking with Cavemen* (2003), Music
- *Walking with Cavemen* (2003), series, Music
- *Tough Love* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Britannic* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Dark Confessions* (1998), as ADR Recordist
- *The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *What's Eating Gilbert Grape* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *To Be the Best* (1992), series, Original Music Composer
- *Red Fox* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *The Serpent of Death* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *American Gothic* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Farrington of the F.O.* (1986), series, Original Music Composer
- *Frankenstein* (1984), Music
- *One Summer* (1983), series, Original Music Composer
- *Jaws 3-D* (1983), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/jaws-3-d.md)
- *The Danedyke Mystery* (1979), Music
- *Send in the Girls* (1978), series, Original Music Composer
- *Philby, Burgess and Maclean* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *The Frozen Star* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Moody and Pegg* (1974), series, Original Music Composer

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