Paul K. Joyce

Paul K. Joyce is a British composer, producer, orchestrator, arranger and conductor. He is known for his music for theatre and television, including the 2005 BBC TV film The Snow Queen and the 2008 British TV film Clay. He wrote "Can We Fix It?", the theme song to the children's television programme Bob the Builder that became the bestselling single of 2000 in the UK and Australia.

Biography

Earlier in his career, Joyce was a member of synthpop trio Sense, produced by Soft Cell's Dave Ball. Following tours with Depeche Mode and Kim Wilde, they had a hit in France with their single, "Jamie". The band released their only album, Hold On, in 1983.

His first television work was the animation Coconuts (ITV 1990). He has since written music for numerous TV series and films: BBC series Noddy's Toyland Adventures (BBC TV 1992-99), The Worst Witch (ITV 1998-2000), The Snow Queen (BBC 2005), Philbert Frog (BBC 1993), Clay (BBC 2008), Diggit (ITV 1993-2001), Knight School (CITV 1997-1998), Budgie the Little Helicopter (CITV 1994), Parallel 9 (BBC 1992-4), Slim Pig (CITV 1996) and Fimbles (BBC 2002-2005). His theme song for Bob the Builder ("Can We Fix It?") became a hit single and sold more than a million copies in the UK, for which Joyce received an Ivor Novello Award on 24 May 2001.