Neil Brand

Neil Brand
Neil Brand in 2014
Born	(1958-03-18) 18 March 1958 (age 66) Burgess Hill, Sussex, England
Occupation(s)	Actor, dramatist, composer, author
Website	http://www.neilbrand.com

Neil Brand (born 18 March 1958) is an English dramatist, composer and author. In addition to being a regular silent film accompanist at London's National Film Theatre, Brand has composed new scores for two restored films from the 1920s, The Wrecker and Anthony Asquith's Underground.

Neil Brand has been a silent film accompanist for nearly 40 years, regularly in London at the Barbican and BFI National Film Theatres, throughout the UK and Ireland and at film festivals around the world, including Australia, New Zealand, America, Canada, Israel, Scandinavia, Georgia, Ukraine, throughout Europe.^{[citation needed]} Brand has also acted and written plays for the BBC.^{[citation needed]} His book, Dramatic Notes, focuses on the art of composing narrative music for the cinema, theatre, radio and television. For his contribution to music, in 2016, Brand was awarded with a BASCA Gold Badge Award.^[1]