Soundtrack: Nicholas Hooper

The best movies, series, and documentaries with a soundtrack by Nicholas Hooper. Enjoy the titles that feature an unforgettable music.


State of Play (TV Miniseries)

2003 · Series · 350 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Yates

Cast David Morrissey · John Simm · Kelly MacDonald · Amelia Bullmore

Plot Stephen Collins is an ambitious politician. Cal McAffrey is a well-respected investigative journalist and Stephen's ex-campaign manager. En route to work one morning, Stephen's research assistant mysteriously falls to her...

7.6

640 votes

7.6

640 votes

Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act (TV)

2006 · Movie · 182 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Philip Martin

Cast Helen Mirren · Stephen Tompkinson · Laura Greenwood · Eve Best

Plot Helen Mirren returns for the final time as Jane Tennison in the long-awaited Prime Suspect 7. Retirement looms for Detective Superintendent Tennison, but as her career draws to a close,...

7.3

183 votes

7.3

183 votes

The Cost of Living (TV)

2005 · Movie · 35 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lloyd Newson

Cast Eddie Kay · David Toole · Vivien Wood · Rowan Thorpe

Plot A disparate group of dancers, preferring to express themselves through dance rather than speech, clash with each other and members of the local community.

7.3

110 votes

7.3

110 votes

The Way We Live Now (TV Miniseries)

2001 · Series · 300 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Yates

Cast David Suchet · Matthew Macfadyen · Shirley Henderson · Cillian Murphy

Plot TV miniseries. 4 episodes. At the center of the story is Augustus Melmotte, a European-born city financier, whose origins are as mysterious as his business dealings. Trollope describes him as...

7.0

76 votes

7.0

76 votes

Chimpanzee

2012 · Documentary · 78 min. · United States

Direction Alastair Fothergill · Mark Linfield

Plot A nature documentary centered on a family of chimps living in the Ivory Coast and Ugandan rain forests.

7.0

443 votes

7.0

443 votes

African Cats: Kingdom of Courage

2011 · Documentary · 89 min. · United States

Direction Alastair Fothergill · Keith Scholey

Cast Samuel L. Jackson · Patrick Stewart

Plot A nature documentary centered on two cat families and how they teach their cubs the ways of the wild.

6.9

362 votes

6.9

362 votes

The Escape Artist (TV Miniseries)

2013 · Series · 180 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Brian Welsh

Cast David Tennant · Toby Kebbell · Sophie Okonedo · Ashley Jensen

Plot TV Miniseries (2013). 3 Episodes. Will Burton, a talented junior barrister of peerless intellect and winning charm, specialises in spiriting people out of tight legal corners, hence his nickname -...

6.8

390 votes

6.8

390 votes

Birdsong (TV Miniseries)

2012 · Series · 170 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Philip Martin

Cast Eddie Redmayne · Clémence Poésy · Matthew Goode · Thomas Turgoose

Plot TV Miniseries (2012). 2 Episodes. As an English soldier fights in the horrific trenches of northern France, he is haunted by the memories his forbidden love affair with a French...

6.7

428 votes

6.7

428 votes

The Girl in the Café (TV)

2005 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Yates

Cast Bill Nighy · Kelly MacDonald · Meneka Das · Anton Lesser

Plot Commissioned as part of a range of programmes the BBC is making to celebrate Africa in 2005, the 90-minute film stars Bill Nighy and Kelly MacDonald and follows the story...

6.7

339 votes

6.7

339 votes

Einstein and Eddington (TV)

2008 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Philip Martin

Cast Andy Serkis · David Tennant · Richard McCabe · Patrick Kennedy

Plot A look at the evolution of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, and Einstein's relationship with British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington, the first physicist to understand his ideas.

Max

6.6

279 votes

6.6

279 votes

DCI Banks: Aftermath (Ep) (TV Miniseries)

2010 · Series · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction James Hawes

Cast Stephen Tompkinson · Charlotte Riley · Lorraine Burroughs · Andrea Lowe

Plot What lies behind the door of number 27 The Hill? A routine 'domestic' call out to the house leads to a policeman's murder, the prime suspect grievously injured and a...

6.6

38 votes

6.6

38 votes

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2009 · Movie · 153 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Yates

Cast Daniel Radcliffe · Emma Watson · Rupert Grint · Michael Gambon

Plot In the sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft, and in both wizard and muggle worlds Lord Voldemort and his henchmen are increasingly active. With vacancies to fill at Hogwarts,...

Max

6.4

55K votes

6.4

55K votes

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007 · Movie · 138 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Yates

Cast Daniel Radcliffe · Emma Watson · Rupert Grint · Imelda Staunton

Plot Harry has returned for his fifth year at Hogwarts after another unhappy summer with the Dursleys, only to find Dumbledore replaced by the odious Dolores Umbridge and the Ministry Of...

Max

6.4

71K votes

6.4

71K votes

The Heart of Me

2002 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Thaddeus O'Sullivan

Cast Helena Bonham Carter · Olivia Williams · Paul Bettany · Eleanor Bron

Plot In the 1930s, Madeleine (Olivia Williams) and Dinah (Helena Bonham Carter) are sisters with little in common except for their bloodlines and the man that they both love. Madeleine and...

6.3

92 votes

6.3

92 votes

The Future Is Wild (TV Series)

2002 · Documentary · 25 min. · Canada

Direction John Adams

6.2

347 votes

6.2

347 votes

Enid (TV)

2009 · Movie · 82 min. · United Kingdom

Direction James Hawes

Cast Helena Bonham Carter · Matthew Macfadyen · Denis Lawson · Claire Rushbrook

Plot Edwardian child Enid Blyton begins to tell stories to her brothers as an escape from their parents' rows before the father deserts the family. Whilst training as a teacher after...

6.0

112 votes

6.0

112 votes

My Family and Other Animals (TV)

2005 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sheree Folkson

Cast Imelda Staunton · Eugene Simon · Matthew Goode · Tamzin Merchant

Plot Eugene Simon stars as young naturalist Gerald Durrell and Imelda Staunton as his mother, in an adaptation of this famous autobiography. A move to sunny Corfu in the 1930s by...

6.0

306 votes

6.0

306 votes

The Young Visiters (TV)

2003 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Yates

Cast Jim Broadbent · Hugh Laurie · Lyndsey Marshall · Bill Nighy

Plot Alfred Salteena is a slightly bumbling gentleman who meets a young lady on a train and invites her to his home in London. She comes to see society and meet...

Not rated

Not rated

The Best Man (TV)

2006 · Movie · 120 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alex Pillai

Cast Richard Coyle · Keeley Hawes · Toby Stephens · George Irving

Plot After painter Michael 'Mike' Sheldrake's failed suicide attempt, house-mate and life-long best friend Peter Tremaine, an antiques shop owner, reminisces their common past, like Mike does in therapy. It started...

Not rated

Not rated

Nature (TV Series)

1982 · Documentary · 60 min. · United States

Direction David Heeley · Fred Kaufman · Allison Argo · Susan Fleming

Cast F. Murray Abraham · Chris Morgan · George Page

Plot Documentary series exploring various global wildlife issues and subjects.

Not rated

Not rated