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Francis Monkman is a successful British rock, classical and Film composer whose work includes the soundtrack to the British film '' The Long Good Friday .

He was born Jun 9, 1949 and was a student at Westminster School where he studied organ and harpsichord, later studying at the Royal College Of Music , winning the Raymond Rusel prize for virtuosity on the harpsichord and becoming a member of the Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields . In the late 1960s he founded the groundbreaking Fusion Rock band Curved Air , and in 1977 collaborated with Brian Eno in the short-lived but critically acclaimed project 801 . In the 1980s he resumed classical performances and recordings , but also together with the composer John Williams formed a a Rock band called Sky .