---
name: "Gary Yershon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gary-yershon"
fi1m_id: "gary-yershon"
imdb_id: "nm0947665"
tmdb_id: 957031
wikidata_id: "Q5526209"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "2 November 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-01T23:06:57.584752+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."
---

# Gary Yershon

## Identity

Gary Yershon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gary-yershon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gary-yershon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0947665
- **TMDB ID:** 957031
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5526209
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Yershon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5526209, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0947665/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/957031

Composer. Born 2 November 1954 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 2 November 1954, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1999–present
- **Also known as:** Gary Bernard Stewart Yershon
- **Frequently works with:** [Mike Leigh](https://film.one/person/mike-leigh.md), [Georgina Lowe](https://film.one/person/georgina-lowe.md), [Lesley Manville](https://film.one/person/lesley-manville.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 83 (1), 2010s 86 (2), 2020s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 82 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 4, History 2, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $68m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Yershon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5526209, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0947665/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/957031

## Coming up

- *Tender Loving Care* (2026-12-04), Original Music Composer

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Another Year*](https://film.one/film/another-year.md) (87)
- **Hulu:** [*Hard Truths*](https://film.one/film/hard-truths.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Gary Yershon is an English composer. Born in London on 2 November 1954, he studied Music and Drama at the University of Hull. He began his career as an actor-musician before turning to full-time composition in 1991. He is an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Yershon has composed extensively for theatre, radio, television, film and dance. His long collaboration with director Mike Leigh began with his work as musical director on the 1999 film *Topsy-Turvy*. He went on to compose the scores for *Happy-Go-Lucky* (2008), *Another Year* (2010), *Mr. Turner* (2014), *Peterloo* (2018) and *Hard Truths* (2024). His score for *Mr. Turner* earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score.

He has also worked as a writer and translator, and as musical director for productions including Phyllida Lloyd’s 1994 staging of *The Threepenny Opera* at the Donmar Warehouse.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Hard Truths* (2024), Fi1m 84, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/hard-truths.md)
- *Mr. Turner* (2014), Fi1m 84, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/mr-turner.md)
- *Another Year* (2010), Fi1m 87, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/another-year.md)
- *Happy-Go-Lucky* (2008), Fi1m 83, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/happy-go-lucky.md)
- *Topsy-Turvy* (1999), Fi1m 88, Music Director — [page](https://film.one/film/topsy-turvy.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Tender Loving Care* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Hard Truths* (2024), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/hard-truths.md)
- *23 Walks* (2020), Music
- *Peterloo* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Julius Caesar* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Mr. Turner* (2014), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/mr-turner.md)
- *A Running Jump* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Another Year* (2010), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/another-year.md)
- *Happy-Go-Lucky* (2008), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/happy-go-lucky.md)
- *Topsy-Turvy* (1999), as Pianist in Brothel · Music Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/topsy-turvy.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2015: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Mr. Turner*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Composer 2010: European Film Award for Best Composer (nominated), for *Another Year*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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