Editing Trevor Jones (composer) (section)

== Early life and education ==
Jones was born in [[Cape Town]] in 1949, one of three siblings born to a [[Cape Coloureds|Cape Coloured]] family.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Macguire |first=Eoghan |date=2012-10-23 |title=‘Last of the Mohicans’ composer on soundtrack to his life |url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/10/23/world/africa/trevor-jones-african-voices/index.html |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=PhD |first=Sheldon Rocha Leal |date=2024-03-23 |title=Iconic South Africans: Trevor Jones |url=https://medium.com/@shelrochaleal/iconic-south-africans-trevor-jones-be8a65908774 |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Medium |language=en}}</ref> His family were relocated to [[District Six]] following the passing of the [[Group Areas Act]].<ref name=":0" /> Jones' family suffered from chronic poverty and [[substance abuse]], and his mother was the sole breadwinner for their family.<ref name=":0" />

At the age of six, Jones already had decided to become a film composer.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cooper |first1=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NnKhDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT31 |title=The Screen Music of Trevor Jones: Technology, Process, Production |last2=Sapiro |first2=Ian |last3=Anderson |first3=Laura |date=2019 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-01662-5 |language=en |access-date=29 January 2020}}</ref> At 10, he was accepted to the [[South African College of Music]] on a municipal [[bursary]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1967, he attended the [[Royal Academy of Music]] in [[London]] with a scholarship and afterwards worked for five years for the [[BBC]] on reviews of radio and television music. In 1974, Jones attended the [[University of York]] from which he graduated with a master's degree in Film and Media Music. At the [[National Film and Television School]] Jones studied for three years on general film-making and film and sound techniques.

During this time he wrote the music for twenty-two student projects. One of these films was the 1981's ''[[The Dollar Bottom]],'' which won the [[Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film]].