<P> In 1976 he was recruited as keyboardist to replace Mickey Lee Soule in the Ian Gillan Band . Over the time he developed an increasing interest in composing, and Gillan credits the Towns - penned' Fighting Man' as pointing the direction in which Gillan should go . Gillan dissolved the band, with its jazz - rock leanings, and retained only Towns, putting together the rockier Gillan . Encouraged by Gillan, Towns co-wrote many of the songs for the new band . Whilst with the band he used his free time to seek opportunities to compose music beyond the Heavy metal direction of Gillan . His 1980 solo album remains unreleased, although one track was reworked for the' For Gillan Fans Only' LP, and Making Faces was released in 1982 . He submitted a demo soundtrack for the 1977 Mia Farrow - starring film Full Circle, which received reviews praising the music . With bassist John McCoy, Towns guested on Samson's 1979 album' Survivors' . </P> <P> In 1982, Towns played with the Spanish rock band Barón Rojo, when they recorded Volumen Brutal . </P> <P> In 1983, Ian Gillan dissolved the band, and Towns decided to pursue soundtrack composing full - time . In that year he won the commission to write the score for the film Slayground . From then on he was in constant demand, particularly in British television, where his body of work is extensive, and includes Chiller, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, The Buccaneers, The Crow Road, Dalziel and Pascoe, Ghostboat, Rockface, Into the Blue, The Blackheath Poisonings, Bodyguards, Cadfael, Clarissa, Capital City, Noah's Ark, Pie in the Sky, The Beggar Bride, Our Friends in the North, Between the Lines, Mobile, Cold Blood, Anglo - Saxon Attitudes, Doc Martin, Half Broken Things, Foyle's War, Ivanhoe, Hot Money, Deceit and Imogen's Face . </P> <P> He also composed the music for the popular children's animation series Angelina Ballerina as well as several other animation series and films for children including The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends, The Story Store, Truckers, The Willows in Winter, The Wind in the Willows, The Tale of Jack Frost, Oi! Get Off our Train, Toot and Puddle, Fungus the Bogeyman, The Sandman and Faeries . </P>

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