Joby Talbot's illustrious career began in the early 1990s, when he started writing and performing music. He joined forces with Neil Hannon to form The Divine Comedy, a UK pop phenomenon that went on to produce seven successful albums.
During his time with The Divine Comedy, Talbot also collaborated with renowned artists such as Ute Lemper and Michael Nyman. His work with Lemper resulted in the critically acclaimed album "Punishing Kiss", while his collaboration with Nyman earned them the Edinburgh Festival's Critics' Choice award in 1997.
As a sought-after pop arranger, Talbot has worked with a wide range of artists, including Travis, Tom Jones, Paul McCartney, and producer Nigel Godrich. In 2000, his score for the prime-time comedy "The League of Gentlemen" won the Royal Television Society Award for Best Title Music.
Talbot's success in television led to a series of high-profile commissions from the BBC. In the same year, the British Film Institute asked him to compose a new score for Alfred Hitchcock's silent classic "The Lodger", which is now regularly performed across Europe and in the United States.
As a classical composer, Talbot has worked with many of the major European orchestras and has been commissioned by the prestigious BBC Proms Festival. In 2004, Classic FM appointed him as their first-ever "Composer in Residence", resulting in the album "Once Around the Sun" being released by Sony/BMG.
Talbot's future projects include a full-length ballet, a feature film for Working Title, and an album collaboration with The White Stripes.
