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name: "John Du Prez"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-du-prez"
fi1m_id: "john-du-prez"
imdb_id: "nm0006047"
tmdb_id: 8933
wikidata_id: "Q960768"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "14 December 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T11:14:35.493905+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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# John Du Prez

## Identity

John Du Prez

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-du-prez
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-du-prez
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006047
- **TMDB ID:** 8933
- **Wikidata ID:** Q960768
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Du_Prez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q960768, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006047/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8933

Composer. Born 14 December 1946 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 14 December 1946, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
- **Active:** 1983–1990
- **Frequently works with:** [John Cleese](https://film.one/person/john-cleese.md), [Michael Palin](https://film.one/person/michael-palin.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (2), 1990s 71 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 71 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Action 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Family 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $433m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Du_Prez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q960768, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006047/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8933

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*A Fish Called Wanda*](https://film.one/film/a-fish-called-wanda.md) (83)

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## Biography

John Du Prez is a British composer, conductor and musician. Born Trevor Jones on 14 December 1946 in Sheffield, he later adopted his professional name to avoid confusion with another composer. He studied at Christ Church, Oxford, and worked as a music lecturer at the University of London before entering film scoring in the late 1970s.

Du Prez has collaborated extensively with members of Monty Python, notably composing the score for *Monty Python's The Meaning of Life* (1983) and contributing to *Monty Python's Life of Brian* (1979). His other film work includes *A Fish Called Wanda* (1988), the *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* trilogy (1990–1993) and *UHF* (1989). He co-wrote the music for the stage musical *Spamalot* (2004), for which he received a Tony Award nomination.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (1990), Fi1m 71, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles.md)
- *A Fish Called Wanda* (1988), Fi1m 83, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-fish-called-wanda.md)
- *Monty Python's The Meaning of Life* (1983), Fi1m 76, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/monty-pythons-the-meaning-of-life.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *The Entire Universe* (2016), Music
- *Monty Python Live (Mostly)* (2014), as Conductor · Original Music Composer
- *What About Dick?* (2012), Musical, Original Music Composer
- *Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)* (2010), Conductor, Writer, Original Music Composer
- *The Wind in the Willows* (1996), as Songs · Original Music Composer
- *A Good Man in Africa* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Carry On Columbus* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Thacker* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Mystery Date* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Bullseye!* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (1990), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles.md)
- *A Chorus of Disapproval* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *UHF* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *A Fish Called Wanda* (1988), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/a-fish-called-wanda.md)
- *Sweet as You Are* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Personal Services* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Love with a Perfect Stranger* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Once Bitten* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *A Private Function* (1984), Conductor, Original Music Composer
- *Oxford Blues* (1984), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Bullshot* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *Monty Python's The Meaning of Life* (1983), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/monty-pythons-the-meaning-of-life.md)
- *The Crimson Permanent Assurance* (1983), Music
- *Nursery Rhymes* (1982), as narrator · Music Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Original Score 2005: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *Spamalot*

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

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