English composer Joby Talbot (b1971).
He studied composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Simon Bainbridge, and privately with Brian Elias. His Luminescence for string orchestra was premiered in 1997 by the BBC Philharmonic under Sir Peter Maxwell-Davies and, since then, his music has been performed by, amongst others, the London Sinfonietta, The BBC Symphony Orchestra, The Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, The Brunel Ensemble, Crouch End Festival Chorus, Evelyn Glennie, The Apollo Saxophone Quartet, and The Duke Quartet. Talbo't's music for the cult BBC comedy series, The League of Gentlemen, won the Royal Television Society Award for the best title music in 2000.