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Hal Lindes European Representation

Hal Lindes is an award winning Anglo-American film composer based both in London and Los Angeles. Hal joined the British group DIRE STRAITS in 1980 and worked closely with MARK KNOPFLER on various groundbreaking albums including LOVE OVER GOLD and ALCHEMY in addition to performing as guitarist. After five years recording and touring Hal left Dire Straits to concentrate more on his passion for film composing. His scores have won various awards in Britain, including a ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY AWARD for the BAFTA award nominated film RECKLESS and a TRIC award for Best TV Theme Music – THIEF TAKERS. As a composer, musician, arranger and producer Hal’s compositions create a powerful and evocative backdrop to all screen genres.

After completing the score on MALE-MAIL, a film written and directed by David Logan for Fox Search-Lab Pictures, Hal is currently working on NY-LON, a Peter Norris production for Channel 4 in conjunction with Touchpaper TV.

Instrumentalist/Soloist

In addition to Dire Straits Hal Lindes is in demand as both guitarist and arranger with many distinguished artists including TINA TURNER, MICHAEL BOLTON/JOHNNY HALLIDAY, KIKI DEE, and FISH. He is already an established artist in his own right having composed and produced EASY LISTENING for Virgin Records, BETWEEN THE LINES for Silva Screen Records, SENSES for Polygram, BEST OF TV DETECTIVES, VOL. 1 for EMI Records, BEST OF GERMAN TV THEMES for RTL and the RUGBY WORLD CUP THEME for Columbia.

MALE-MAIL
Dir. David Logan | Fox Search-Lab Pictures

LOCAL BOYS
Dir. Ron Moler | Capstone Pictures | Starr. Mark Harmon, Eric Christian Olsen

QUICKSAND
Dir. John Mackensie | Vision View | Starr. Michael Caine, Michael Keaton

LUCKY 13
Dir. Christopher Hall | Indie | Starr. Sasha Alexander, Harland Williams

GUNSHY
Dir. Jeff Celentino | Periscope Pictures | Starr. Diane Lane, William Peterson, Michael Wincott

VENT DE COLERE
Dir. Michael Raeburn | France 3/British Screen | Starr. Patrick Bouchitey, Coraly Zahonero, Bernadette Lafont

THE INFILTRATOR
Dir. John Mackenzie | Francine LeFrak Prods/HBO | Starr. Oliver Platt, Arliss Howard, Peter Reigart

JOYRIDERS
Dir. Aisling Walsh | Granada Films | Starr. Patricia Kerrigan, Andrew Connolly, Billie Whiteclaw

THE GREAT KADINSKY
Dir. Terry Winsor | Imagine Films | Starr. Richard Harris

DON’T DO IT
Dir. Eugene Hess | Hess/Lippert Films | Starr. Heather Graham, James LeGros, Esai Morales

Television Credits

ALIBI
Dir. David Richards | AKA Pictures

RED CAP (pilot)
Dir. David Richards | Stormy Pictures/BBC

THE WHISTLE BLOWER
Dir. Ben Bolt | BBC

BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
Dir. David Richards | Zenith/BBC

THIS IS PERSONAL: THE HUNT FOR THE YORKSHIRE RIPPER
Dir. David Richards | Granada

BAND OF GOLD: SERIES I, II and III
Dirs. Bet San Morris Evans, David Evans, and Various | Granada

RECKLESS
6 hours | Dir. David Richards | Granada

20 20
Dir. David Richards | Granada

KISS AND TELL
Dir. David Richards | LWT

THIEF TAKERS
theme/39 hours | Dir. Colin Gregg | Central Television

BERMUDA GRACE
Dir. Mark S. Sobel | NBC

BETWEEN THE LINES
Dir. Various | BBC/Island World

TECX
13 hours | Dir. Antonia Bird & Various | Central Television >