Dirk Wickenden

Dirk George Wickenden (b. 1967) is a saxophonist and film music journalist (http://www.myspace.com/kentishsax). He also serves on the committee of teh Goldsmith Film Music Society, an official organisation sanctioned by composer Jerry Goldsmith.

Residing in the UK, he has many published articles on the subject of music and film in the periodicals Film Score Monthly (USA) (, Legend (US) and Soundtrack (Belgium). He has interviewed Hollywood composers Elmer Bernstein, Lalo Schifrin, Fred Steiner, Alexander Courage, as well as the British composer Francis Shaw, harpist Skaila Kanga, former Hollywood sound editor David Ice and recording engineer Mike Ross-Trevor. Additionally, he interviewed John Waxman, son of composer Franz Waxman, for an article on his father.

In addition to the interviews listed above, Dirk's articles include the regular column The Golden Age in Soundtrack magazine and the regular column Film + Music in Legend. He has also written detailed analyses of the scores of Jerry Goldsmith, Ron Grainer, Van Cleave, Roy Webb, Cliff Eidelman, Franz Waxman and Eric Rogers and many others.

Dirk is also a saxophonist, as was his maternal grandfather, George Ernest Tallent (19? - 1976), performing at many events, including charity events for Marie Curie Cancer Care. Enjoying performances as a solo performer, he is also a member of the Sevenoaks and Tonbridge Training Band (a concert band - also known as a wind band, consisting of woodwind and brass players), the conductor being Gordon Houssein. Dirk is winner of the Maidstone Buskers Festival 2007 and has been featured on CTRFM (now KMFM Maidstone). He is engaged to Katharine Jane Woodford (b. 1967), who is famed for her traditional homemade cakes.

Dirk's father Derek Charles Henry Wickenden (1933 - 2006) was a drummer and also head groom in the National Hunt Service. Dirk's mother Daphne Georgina Wickenden nee Tallent (1936 - 2003) was a singer and an excellent cook!

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