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name: "Paul Englishby"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-englishby"
fi1m_id: "paul-englishby"
imdb_id: "nm1232266"
tmdb_id: 62954
wikidata_id: "Q7150505"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "15 June 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T17:43:08.939961+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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# Paul Englishby

## Identity

Paul Englishby

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-englishby
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-englishby
- **IMDb ID:** nm1232266
- **TMDB ID:** 62954
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7150505
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Englishby, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150505, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1232266/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62954

Composer. Born 15 June 1970 in Preston, Lancashire, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 15 June 1970, Preston, Lancashire, England
- **Active:** 2009–2016
- **Frequently works with:** [Julian Jarrold](https://film.one/person/julian-jarrold.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 82 (1), 2010s 74 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 74 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Mystery 3, Crime 2, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $26m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Englishby, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150505, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1232266/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62954

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*An Education*](https://film.one/film/an-education.md) (82)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Witness for the Prosecution*](https://film.one/tv/the-witness-for-the-prosecution.md) (81)
- **Pluto TV:** [*The Great Train Robbery*](https://film.one/tv/the-great-train-robbery-2013.md) (73)
- **AMC+:** [*Luther*](https://film.one/tv/luther.md) (72)

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## Biography

Paul Englishby is a British composer, orchestrator, conductor and pianist. He was born in Preston, Lancashire in 1970 and studied composition at Goldsmiths' College and the Royal Academy of Music, where he received the Charles Lucas Prize for Composition and the Arthur Hervey Scholarship.

He is best known for his score for the Oscar-nominated film *An Education* (2009), for which he received an ASCAP Award; the Emmy Award-winning score for the television film *Page Eight* (2011); and the BAFTA-nominated score for the BBC series *Luther* (2010–2019). Englishby has composed extensively for the Royal Shakespeare Company, of which he is an Associate Artist, and for other theatre productions including *The Inheritance* (2018), for which he received Tony and Olivier Award nominations.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Witness for the Prosecution* (2016), Fi1m 81, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-witness-for-the-prosecution.md)
- *The Great Train Robbery* (2013), Fi1m 73, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-great-train-robbery-2013.md)
- *Page Eight* (2011), Fi1m 70, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/page-eight.md)
- *Luther* (2010), Fi1m 72, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/luther.md)
- *An Education* (2009), Fi1m 82, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/an-education.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

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

- *Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Lang Lang Plays Disney* (2023), Music
- *They All Came Out to Montreux* (2023), Music
- *National Theatre Live: Jack Absolute Flies Again* (2022), Music
- *RSC Live: Richard III* (2022), Music
- *Danny Boy* (2021), Music
- *Decline and Fall* (2017), series, Music
- *RSC Live: The Tempest* (2017), Music
- *The Witness for the Prosecution* (2016), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-witness-for-the-prosecution.md)
- *The Mountain II* (2016), Music
- *RSC Live: Henry V* (2015), Music
- *A Royal Night Out* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *National Theatre Live: Skylight* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Salting the Battlefield* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Turks & Caicos* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *The Great Train Robbery* (2013), series, Music — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-great-train-robbery-2013.md)
- *RSC Live: Richard II* (2013), Music
- *Sunshine on Leith* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *National Theatre Live: The Audience* (2013), Music
- *Page Eight* (2011), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/page-eight.md)
- *Luther* (2010), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/luther.md)
- *Hamlet* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *An Education* (2009), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/an-education.md)
- *An Englishman in New York* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Red Mist* (2008), Conductor
- *Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Magicians* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Confetti* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *If Only* (2004), as Café de Paris Musician - Keyboards · Music Producer, Music Arranger
- *Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet* (2002), Original Music Composer

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Original Score 2020: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *The Inheritance*

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

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