Helen Jane Long
Born in Hampshire, England on April 10, 1974, Helen Jane Long is a classical and film composer and multi-instrumentalist best known as a pianist and composer of television adverts and film scores. At the age of 4, she began training as a classical pianist and eventually also learned how to play guitar, clarinet, cello, violin, and organ. After entering college, she began to focus on composing. Frustrated by her schooling, she used her student loan to by a sequencer keyboard, eventually building up her own home recording studio. She spent her time learning how to record, produce, score, arrange, and mix her own music. After leaving college, she worked for the BBC, creating music for several of their children’s shows. She also collaborated with fellow composers Howard Shore (on the Lord of the Rings trilogy), Ronnie Hazlehurst, Dennis King, Nigel Hess, Ron Goodwin, and Jerry Goldsmith. Helen Jane Long came to prominence in 2005 as the composer for a popular series of Volkswagen Passat commercials . She composed music for several documentaries including Road to Berlin (2005), Behind the Da Vinci Code (2008) and Dispatches (2008). Her film scores include The Only Hotel (2003), Surveillance 24/7 (2007), Los Testigos De La Guerra (2007), and Finding Fatima (2010). After sending demos to several labels, she was signed by Warner Classics and released her debut album, Porcelain (2007), which was a hit on classical radio. Signing with BLE Music and released a series of well-received albums including Embers (2010), Intervention (2012), Identity (2016), Perspective (2018), and Vessel of Light (2020).
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Discography
15 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Porcelain (Air Studios 2013)
Klassiek - Released by Ble Records on 15 okt. 2013
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Live at St James's, London
Klassiek - Released by BLE Records on 10 dec. 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Porcelain
Klassiek - Released by Warner Classics International on 4 jun. 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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The Aviators
Klassiek - Released by BLE Music Group on 28 nov. 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Klassiek - Released by Ble Records on 18 dec. 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
You (A Christmas Wish)
Kerstmuziek - Released by Ble Records on 27 nov. 2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo