# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/colin-towns
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:22:21.941Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/colin-towns"
name: "Colin Towns"
slug: "colin-towns"
description: "Colin William Towns is an English composer and keyboardist. He was noted for playing in bands formed by ex-Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan, and later worked extensively in composing soundtracks for film, television and commercials. Learning piano as a child, by the age of 13 he was earning money playing at weddings and birthdays in his neighbourhood of the East End of London. He went on to play in numerous dance bands, jazz ensembles and also became a session musician. His main musical passion is jazz and he has made several well-received albums together with his big band, the Mask Orchestra. He has also founded an independent record label, Provocateur."
tagline: "English composer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-05-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.75
  momentum:             16.2
  historical:           8.377577333333333
  currentAttention:     23.6
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0870061/"
    handle:    "nm0870061"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://colintowns.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/526636"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "كولين تونس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Towns"
    title: "Colin Towns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Towns"
    title: "Colin Towns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Towns"
    title: "Colin Towns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Towns"
    title: "Colin Towns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Towns"
    title: "Colin Towns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA"
    title: "コリン・タウンズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e81ad8c3-523a-4eba-adfc-f87788abe51f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q352783"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35079"
    title: "Colin Towns"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump