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As a founder member of acclaimed comedy team The Hurricane Club, Kevin also boasts a parallel background in theatre and comic improvisation, performing off-the-cuff sketches for many years at their weekly West End residency. As journal Music from the Movies noted of Crush, "his music not only supports but adds to the comedy." A flair for dramatic and often mischievous juxtaposition reflected in a refined compositional style, blending passion and imagination with great timing, taste and attention to detail. Kevin's bolder ideas can be cunning; for the Joan Allen/Kevin Costner dramatic comedy The Upside of Anger, his witty and affecting score included a set of variations on a non-existent Scandinavian folk tune, while for crime caper Fakers, an Italian arietta was given a zestful swing-Bach treatment. A Waste of Shame gave us the chance to enjoy his serious side, with a tender chamber score, rich in the mystery and finely-felt English melancholy of Shakespeare's inner world.
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