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Tarquin Gotch is a British entertainment industry executive, having worked in the music and later on in film business since the late 1970s. [1] Music. Gotch started his career in London [when?] as a tour manager for the band Alphalpha and singer Clive Sarstedt. He then became a music publisher at Pendulum Music with acts like Tony Ashton.
Tarquin Gotch was born on March 6, 1952 in London, England. He is known for his work on Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Home Alone (1990) and Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987). He currently works in film and TV production, music supervising, as well as music management.
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- So You Were Backwards and Forwards to America A Fair amount?
- Money. That’S What I Want!
- What Did You Think When You First Heard It?
I lived on planes a lot, in those days. I lived in both LA and London. I had a house in London and rented a place in LA. It was before they realised that planes had to be full and you could often lie down on the seats. Those days are long gone.
And it worked. John was a huge Beatles fan. I mean, they were Gods to him. And then Paul McCartney made this understandably, slightly narky remark about us having added brass to the song, which we did, because in the scene in Ferris, in the parade, you can see brass players, so we just added it. And then we got this letter from some lawyers and Pau...
I can’t tell you the relief. The utter, utter relief when John said, “Oh my God, that’s brilliant”. And he extended the segment to cover the whole song because it was so bloody good. But what I’m missing out of that is that you’ve just got deadlines bearing down on you. And, you know, I’ve stopped working on features films really because the pressu...
View Tarquin Gotch’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members. Experience: Serious Comedy · Education: Westminster School · Location: Greater Brighton and Hove Area...
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Sep 13, 2016 · Entertainment industry veteran Tarquin Gotch chats to us about his time in A&R, working with the brilliant John Hughes on films like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, managing AC/DC’s Brian Johnson, and more.
Cars That Rock with Brian Johnson (TV Series documentary) (executive producer - 12 episodes, 2014 - 2015) (associate producer - 1 episode) - MG (2015) ... (executive producer)
Tarquin Gotch. Highest Rated: 73% Still Crazy (1998) Lowest Rated: 13% Curly Sue (1991) Birthday: Mar 6, 1952. Birthplace: London, England, UK.
