Jennie Muskett

Jennie Muskett MBE
Born	Jennifer Jean Muskett
Occupation	Composer

Jennifer Jean Muskett MBE is a British Emmy winning and Bafta nominated film and TV composer.

Biography

Jennie Muskett has lived in London, South Africa and LA and has established an international reputation as a composer for film and television, having written scores for Miramax, Paramount, Disney, IMAX, the BBC and many more.

Over the years Muskett has also made her mark in Hollywood as a composer with scores such as her lyrical music for The Prince and Me (2004) directed by Martha Coolidge and her comedy score for Material Girls (2005), starring Hilary Duff and Anjelica Huston.

She has provided high-profile TV scores, most recently for the critically acclaimed BBC film, Miss Austen Regrets (2008)^[1] and Compulsion starring Ray Winston. Muskett has also been awarded 2 BAFTA nominations for her scores for the series Spooks, for which she also composed the theme, and more recently, the mini-series The State Within received two Golden Globe nominations.

Muskett trained at the Royal College of Music in London and soon after began a career as a cellist, playing for named UK orchestras. Her composing career began when she was invited to write the music for a natural history documentary which, in turn, spurred further commissions in this genre. She worked for production companies such as National Geographic, Discovery, the BBC and IMAX. Muskett’s passion for the environment and her fascination with the natural world inspired a diverse ethnicity in her scores. Inevitably Muskett’s documentary work has received praise, winning her 2 Emmy’s and 5 Emmy nominations.

Muskett has a studio in LA and another in Highgate, London and divides her time between them, working in both film and TV.

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to music.^[2]

Scores

A Passion for Angling | BBC Dir. Hugh Miles MATERIAL GIRLS Dir. Martha Coolidge | MGM THE PRINCE AND ME Dir. Martha Coolidge | Paramount DANIEL DEFOE’S ROBINSON CRUSOE Exec Prod. Harvey Weinstein | Miramax B. Monkey Dir. Michael Radford | Scala/Miramax MR. IN-BETWEEN Dir. Paul Sarossy | Phantom Pictures BOXED Dir. Marion Comer | Fireproof Films SURVIVAL ISLAND With SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH | IMAX THE SECRETS OF LIFE ON EARTH With SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH | IMAX

MISS AUSTEN REGRETS | BBC FILMS Dir. Jeremy Lovering COMPULSION | Size 9 productions Dir. Sarah Harding THE STATE WITHIN Mini-Series Dirs. Michael Offer & Daniel Percival | BBC & BBC AMERICA Golden Globe nominated for best mini series SPOOKS (MI-5) Seasons 1-6 Dirs. Bharat Nalluri, Justin Chadwick and others| Kudos Productions BAFTA NOMINATION for BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC 2003 BAFTA AWARD for BEST DRAMA SERIES 2003 BAFTA NOMINATION for BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC 2005 CD of Spooks score released by Cube Soundtracks 2005 PENGUINS Dir. Mark Fletcher | BBC PIZZA WARS ABC/DISNEY TV SAME AS IT NEVER WAS ABC/DISNEY TV THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS EVE Dir. Martha Coolidge | Granada America SECRET KILLERS Dir. Paul Atkins | National Geographic EMMY NOMINATION for BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC 2003 SHOCKERS DEAD GORGEOUS Dir. Sarah Harding | Feasible Films TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE Dir. Sarah Harding | Granada Baka – People of the Rainforest Dir. Phil Agland | River Films/Channel 4 BAFTA AWARD WINNER for BEST DOCUMENTARY JEWELS OF THE CARIBBEAN National Geographic/NBC EMMY AWARD for BEST OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST DISCOVERY CHANNEL EMMY AWARD for BEST OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE PEOPLE OF THE FOREST National Geographic WINNER OF THE PEABODY AWARD SELWYN’S LUCKY DAY Animation 10' Short Dir. Andrew Peters | Spotty Dog Films GREAT WHITE SHARK NBC/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EMMY NOMINATED for BEST OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE

References

1. Costa, Ray (20 January 2008). "Award Winning Female Composer Jennie Muskett Brings Jane Austen to Life". SoundtrackNet. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
2. "No. 64082". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2023. p. B23.