---
name: "John Tavener"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-tavener"
fi1m_id: "john-tavener"
imdb_id: "nm1343635"
tmdb_id: 58850
wikidata_id: "Q317350"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "28 January 1944"
died: "12 November 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T08:23:05.728088+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."
---

# John Tavener

## Identity

John Tavener

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-tavener
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-tavener
- **IMDb ID:** nm1343635
- **TMDB ID:** 58850
- **Wikidata ID:** Q317350
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tavener, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317350, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1343635/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58850

Composer. Born 28 January 1944 in London. Died 12 November 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 28 January 1944, London
- **Died:** 12 November 2013
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tavener, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317350, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1343635/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58850

## Biography

John Tavener was a British composer whose work frequently drew on spiritual and religious themes, particularly after his conversion to Russian Orthodox Christianity in 1977. Born in London in 1944, he studied at the Royal Academy of Music and first gained attention with *The Whale* (1968), premiered by the London Sinfonietta and released on the Beatles' Apple label.

He wrote the score for the film *Children of Men* (2006), including the piece 'Fragments of a Prayer' composed specifically for the project. His music also featured in *Battle in Heaven* (2005). Tavener was knighted in 2000 for services to music and died in 2013.

*Sources: wisemusicclassical.com, en.wikipedia.org, classical-music.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Children of Men* (2006), Fi1m 85, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/children-of-men.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Kyrie Eleison* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Children of Men* (2006), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/children-of-men.md)
- *Battle in Heaven* (2005), Music, Original Music Composer
- *Pilgrimage* (2001), Music
- *Heartbeat* (2001), as Songs

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