John Beckett

John Beckett has over 30 years experience in the music and film industries. At the age of 19, he joined Adam and the Ants as guitarist (stage name Johnny Bivouac) with whom he recorded and toured extensively. After leaving The Ants, he set up his own studio facility to help develop his production and composition, while continuing to work live with various bands as a guitarist and, occasionally, keyboard player. John honed his composition and production skills by working on a myriad of corporate videos and advertising jingles before composing his first work for mainstream TV, the highly successful Carlton/ITV children's series 'The Spooks of Bottle Bay', which ran for three series. He has since worked on numerous film and TV projects as either composer, music producer, music supervisor and/or performer. In the 1990's, John became a partner in the successful British independent film and TV company Fugitive (The Krays, Death Machine, The Passion of Darkly Noon), initially running the publishing arm, Fugitive Music Ltd. This soon progressed into involvement in all aspects of the company's activities including production, administration and music supervision. He is currently (Nov 2010) a director of the Fugitive Group. John has produced and remixed artists as diverse as Freddie Mercury, Denise van Outen and Rolf Harris and even dabbled in hard-core techno with the project 'Vagen', following his scoring of a 3-part series about the history of the Volkswagen Beetle. He continues to use the pseudonym Johnny Bivouac for any guitar credits. On the acting side, his musical background landed him the part of Strings in the BBC comedy series 'Operation Good Guys', where he portrayed a musically frustrated policeman. This led to further roles in the films 'Final Cut' and 'Love, Honour and Obey'.