Trevor Jones

Trevor Jones on Scoring Merlin

From his early scores such as EXCALIBER, THE DARK CRYSTAL and LABYRINTH, to recent actioners LAST OF THE MOHICANS, CLIFFHANGER and MERLIN, not to mention a variety of scores in-between like ANGEL HEART, ARACHNOPHOBIA, GULLIVER’S TRAVELS and G. I. JANE, Trevor Jones has portrayed a gift for melody and passion, weaving tapestries of musical emotion…

Trevor Jones emerged as a composer of note when he scored THE DARK CRYSTAL in 1982. While he had previously composed the music for EXCALIBUR the year before, that music was overshadowed by excessive use of operatic chorales and it wasn’t until Jim Henson’s elaborate puppet fantasy that Jones’ music shone in its own symphonic…