Martyn Ford

Along with George Martin, Paul Buckmaster, and Richard Hewson, Martyn Ford is one of that small fraternity of classically trained musicians who have made their way in rock. Originally a French horn student at the Royal Academy of Music, Ford founded an orchestra of his own during his senior year at the music school which gave their first concert at Royal Albert Hall just a few months after his graduation. Ford kept the group together and they were eventually discovered by the rock world just as it was discovering the usefulness of classical musicians in creating new sounds. Fo...