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

He was born June 9, 1949 in Hampstead, London, England 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 together with guitarist John Williams formed a a rock band called Sky.

English guitarists | Guitarists | English keyboardists | English composers