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Martyn Ford studied horn at the Royal Academy of Music for four years with the international soloist Ifor James, gaining the highest grades possible for the instrument.

In his fourth year at the Academy, Martyn formed his own symphony orchestra made up of talented music students from the four London music colleges. In 1971 the orchestra, then known as The New Sinfonia, gave its first concert at the Royal Albert Hall, to much critical acclaim. Martyn was principal horn and the programme included music by Bruckner, Dvorak and Schubert.

Soon after, the orchestra became known as the Martyn Ford or Mountain Fjord Orchestra, and was immediately in demand for record, film, television, radio and advertising music work, and soon monopolised those sections of the music industry.

Martyn quickly established himself as an arranger, conductor and record producer with an international reputation, working with artists including Phil Collins, Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, Bryan Ferry, Sir Cliff Richard, Lou Reed, The Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, Kate Bush, Toto, Led Zeppelin, Marc Bolan, Barclay James Harvest, Caravan, Harry Nilsson and The Grateful Dead.

Martyn conducted and arranged the "Classic Rock" albums with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Choral Society, winning gold and platinum record awards. He has conducted and recorded with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted, arranged and recorded twice with World, European and British Champions, The Black Dyke Band, one being with Paul McCartney and Wings, the other an album of McCartney and Wings hits arranged by Martyn.

Overseas he has worked with several symphony orchestras, including the Suisse Romande, The Cape Town Symphony Orchestra, The South African Broadcasting Corporation's Symphony Orchestra, The Durban Symphony Orchestra and most recently, The Montreal Symphony Orchestra.

Now based in London and the East Midlands, Martyn works as a conductor and music director, concentrating on the symphonic orchestral repertoire, opera, musicals as well as music for film soundtracks, cinema and television commercials.

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