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Andy Pask is an English bass player and composer, best known as bass player for the band Landscape, and for writing the theme to the TV show The Bill.
Early years
Andy Pask began his music career as a chorister in the choir of New College, Oxford. He studied cello and double bass at the Royal Academy of Music in London. After leaving college, he went on to become a founding member of the band Landscape.
Landscape
Landscape was formed in 1974 with Richard James Burgess (vocals, drums), Christopher Heaton (keyboards), Andy Pask (bass), Peter Thoms (trombone, keyboards), and John Walters (keyboards, woodwinds). The band built a following through live performances and touring before releasing their debut album Landscape in 1980. Their next album in 1981, From the Tea-Rooms of Mars...to the Hell-Holes of Uranus led to the Top Five U.K. hit "Einstein A-Go-Go." Their third album in 1982, Manhattan Boogie-Woogie was well received as a dance album. After release of this album, Heaton and Thoms left the band and it became the trio Landscape III. The trio disbanded in 1984.
Later career
After Landscape broke up, Pask went on to sessions work, appearing on albums for a number of well-known artists, including Freddie Mercury, Sharleen Spiteri, Jimmy Sommerville, Madonna, The Pet Shop Boys, Shirley Bassey, 5-Star, Gloria Gaynor, Cliff Richard, China Crisis, Tom Jones, Bananarama, Steve Marriot, Ronan Keating, Hue & Cry, Nana Mouskouri, Debbie Harry, Michael Ball, Elaine Paige, Tracie Bennet, New London Chorale and Zbigniew Preisner.
Pask also began writing and performing for theater and TV and films soundtracks. He appeared on soundtracks for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Robin Hood, How to Train Your Dragon, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Leap Year, Nine, the Twilight films, Shanghai Noon, Last Orders, Spy Kids, The Guru, Calendar Girls, Gosford Park, The Recruit, Little Shop of Horrors, Hugo, The Hobbit, Seven Psychopaths and the Full Monty. As a composer, his most successful work is "Overkill", theme to the long running police series, The Bill, written with Charlie Morgan.