John Du Prez is a musician and composer best known as a past member of
1980's multi-hit New Wave Salsa group Modern Romance
(1981-83). The band achieved eight top-forty hits and two hit albums
and John - who played trumpet with
Modern Romance - even had a song named
after him:
'Who Is John Du Prez?', the b-side to the group's hit 'Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White'.
John quit the band in 1984 and concentrated on composing music scores for films like the Rob Lowe
vehicle, Oxford Blues (1984),
Ein Fisch namens Wanda (1988),
and
Turtles (1990).
He has since collaborated with ex-
Modern Romance frontman
David Jaymes a number of times, most
notably on the feature film
Fascination (2004), and their single
'Best Years of Our Lives' featured in
Shrek - Der tollkühne Held (2001).
John is friend to Eric Idle and has worked
with him on numerous Monty Python projects including
Das Leben des Brian (1979) and
Der Sinn des Lebens (1983).
He and Eric wrote and performed the song 'Really Nice Day' in the
animated movie Tierisch wild (2006).
