MM&M is the trading name of Quentin Williams,
who studied music and education at Goldsmiths College, London
University, and further studied the Cello at the Royal Academy
of Music under the late Douglas Cameron.
Upon joining the profession, he worked in a
freelance capacity with the various London orchestras and the
Royal Shakespeare Company before joining the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra cello section in 1968. He left the RPO to freelance
as a session musician in 1972, and some three years later, formed
a music and management company with his brother Robin. Over the
next fifteen years or so, they worked variously as orchestral
contractors and musicians, appearing at concert venues and recording
studios with the major international artistes of the day.
Following the disbanding of the partnership in 1991, Quentin moved
into film and television production, and was appointed music advisor
to the London based HTV drama department where he remained until
the restructuring of the Independent Television Companies in the
mid nineties.
He has since represented a select group of media
writers, remains a Musicians Union approved contractor, acts as
advisor to various music publishers and independent film and television
production companies, and works as a freelance record producer.
Corporate clients include:
BBC TV and Radio, HTV, Boosey &
Hawkes Media Ltd, Scala Productions, Sony/BMG Music Entertaiment, EMI Music Publishing, Novel Entertainment Ltd, Bronze Records, Myra Music, Cavendish Music Co Ltd, Audio Network
PLC, JW Media Ltd, Hot Animation, Hit Entertainment PLC, Bruton
Music, Chappells Music, Poppy Music, Tate Corporation (Tokyo),
Susumu Productions (London), Avanti Films (Barcelona), Wolf Music
Ltd, Fone Records (Livorno), Amphion Music (New York), Stab Productions
Ltd and Red Productions.
In film and television, productions include:
Brittania Hospital, The Whales of August,
Eastenders, Trainer, Howards Way, Kings Royal, Cold Warrior, Prisoner
of Zenda, Wycliffe, Love and Money, Poldark, In Loving Memory,
Children of the New Forest, The Mousehole Cat, Arion and the Dolphin,
Mouse and Mole, The Worst Witch, Bob The Builder, The Fimbles, Tales of the Unexpected, An Ideal Husband, The
Big Knife, Brendon Chase, Stig of the Dump, Ballykissangel and Ladies in Lavender.
As record producer his credits include:
Sandy Wilson’s Goodbye to Berlin,
Susumu Matahira’s West End cast recording of Unforgettable
- The Nat King Cole Story, Paul Joyce's Snow Queen and the Lindsay Kemp Co. cast recording
of Carlos Miranda’s Cinderella.
As contractor, his concert and recording artiste
credits include:
Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Bob Hope,
Richard and Karen Carpenter, Tony Bennett, Liberace, Matt Monro,
Diana Ross, Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdinck, Kate Bush, Helen Reddy, Don McLean, Tommy Steele,
Barbara Dickson, Cliff Richard, Bill Tarmey, Joe Longthorne, Jane
Macdonald and several Royal Variety Performances at the London
Palladium in conjunction with Gordon Rose, then Director of Music
at the Stoll Moss Theatres group.
