Mike Batt
Michael Philip Batt
appears on 8 albums
Mike Batt is a British songwriter/composer, born 6 February 1949, Southampton, UK.
His consistent track record of success includes production, composition and conducting on projects as diverse as "Watership Down" (music and lyrics to Art Garfunkel's international number one single, "Bright Eyes"), "Phantom of The Opera" (producing, orchestrating and contributing lyrics to the first hit) and a great deal of symphonic work, including many television and film scores. He has won five Ivor Novello Awards including "Best Film Song or Music" two years in succession, once with "Watership Down" and once with "Caravans" the epic adaptation of Michener's novel, starring Anthony Quinn.
Member of
- The Wombles
- Synthesonic Sounds
- Mike Batt And Friends
- Mike Batt Orchestra
- Mike Batt And Guests
Also known as
- Marcel Bates