British composer (born 1965)

Musical artist

Dru Masters (born 29 July 1965) is a British composer, best known for composing television music. He has composed tracks for the British version of The Apprentice and The Unteachables, amongst others. He has also composed music for the television channel ITV4, and a number of adverti*ts (including PlayStation, Morrisons, Barclaycard and Martini).

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Music composed for TV
• 3 Record production
• 4 Releases
• 5 External links

Early life

Born in London, Dru trained at the Purcell School of Music between 1976 and 1983. He played Tenor Saxophone with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra from 1980 to 1982.

Music composed for TV

• Taskmaster (2015—present) Broadcaster: Dave/Channel 4
• Silk (TV series) (2011) Broadcaster: BBC1 (BBC)
• Dispatches (TV series) Broadcaster: Channel 4
• Last Chance Kids Broadcaster: Channel 4
• The Restaurant (UK TV Series) Broadcaster: BBC2 (BBC)
• The Apprentice (UK and some international versions, not US) (2005/2006) Broadcaster: BBC2/BBC1 (BBC)
• The Unteachables (2005) Broadcaster: Channel 4
• Football Icon (2005) Broadcaster: Sky One (BSkyB)
• Are You Younger Than You Think? (2005) Broadcaster: BBC1 (BBC)
• Dispatches: MMR What They Didn't Tell You (2005) Broadcaster: Channel 4
• The Body Of... (2004) Broadcaster: BBC3 (BBC)
• Star Portraits (2004) Broadcaster: BBC1 (BBC)
• Transworld Sport (2000–2006) Broadcaster: Channel 4
• How Not To Die (2005) Broadcaster: Sky One (BSkyB)
• Total Rugby (2005) Broadcaster: Sky Sports 2 (BSkyB)
• Children's Ward (1995–2000) Broadcaster: ITV
• The Autistic Gardener (2015) Broadcaster: Channel 4
• Capital (2015) Broadcaster: BBC

Record production

• Artist: Mediaeval Baebes *le: Mirabilis (album) Year: 2005 Label: Nettwerk
• Artist: Bananarama *le: Love The Way (album track) Year: 2005 Label: A&G
• Artist: Bananarama *le: Live in the Sun (B side) Year: 2005 Label: A&G
• Artist: Amici Forever *le: Jupiter (album track) Year: 2004 Label: RCA Victor BMG
• Artist: Holly Valance *le: State of Mind (Harry Valance remix) Year: 2003 Label: Warner Bros. Records
• Artist: The Big Blue *le: Theory of Everything (album) Year: 1996 Label: EMI
• Artist: Manic Street Preachers *le: Roses in the Hospital (Fillet-o-gang remix) Year: 1993 Label: Sony Records
• Artist: Cyndi Lauper *le: Time After Time (remix) Year: 1993 Label: Sony Records
• Artist: Praise *le: Love Without Reason (single) Year: 1991 Label: Sony Records
• Artist: Davina Lloyd *le: If I Know Love (single) Year: 1991 Label: DG
• Artist: Genus *le: The Island (single) Year: 1990 Label: white
• Artist: Steve Martland *le: Glad Day (album) Year: 1990 Label: Factory Records

Releases

• The Apprentice: Soundtrack to the BBC Series (EMI, 2007)

External links

• Dru Masters official website
• Detailed information about the official soundtrack release