Composer Christopher Gunning who died on March 25th had a number of acclaimed soundtracks released by Silva Screen. When The Whales Came, Dennis Potter’s celebrated BBC plays Karaoke and Cold Lazarus and the Ivor Novello Award winner for best film score, Firelight. In a prolific career ranging over half-a-century he won three BAFTA awards, Best Original TV Music for Poirot and Middlemarch and the Anthony Asquith Award For Film Music with La Vie En Rose. He also received an Ivor Novello award for the film score of Under Suspicion.