Debbie Wiseman started to show her musical skills from an early age and began piano lessons at age 7. As well as her normal schooling she attended a Saturday class for gifted children at the Trinity College of Music. After leaving school she studied both piano and composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Following a spell playing for weddings and other functions, she was able to make a break on a documentary TV programme. Debbie Wiseman has been making her musical talents heard on British television shows ever since, from her work on "Timewatch" and "My Uncle Silas" to dramatic mini-series such as "The Churchills" and "P.O.W.". Her music is still heard regularly on TV with "Judge John Deed" and "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries" and she also presented the series "Backtracks". With increasing frequency those talents are now being sought for the big screen for which she has scored "Haunted" and "Lightouse". In terms of style, Wiseman is prepared to experiment with modern rhythm tracks and electronics but seems most at home with classical orchestral forces. She has won critical acclaim for her classically-centred and often very moving score to "Wilde" starring Vanessa Redgrave and with Stephen Fry playing the title role. The association has been retained through her music for an audio book of "Oscar Wilde's Fairy Tales" narrated by Vanessa Redgrave and Stephen Fry.
Debbie Wiseman was awarded the MBE in the Queen's Honours List in 2004 and since then has been very busy indeed. In 2005 she scored the films "Arsène Lupin" and "The Truth about Love", and conducted some of her music at the "Filmharmonic" Benefit Concert in the Royal Albert Hall, and she also appeared on TV commentating on the Youth Concert given by an orchestra comprising of students from London's Royal Academy of Music and NewYork's Juilliard School. Wiseman's own official website is at www.debbiewiseman.co.uk.
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