About Joseph McManners
Joseph McManners (born 3 December 1992) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and actor. == Personal life == McManners is the son of musician and writer Hugh McManners and Deborah McManners. == Singing career == At the age of eight, McManners heard the song "My Heart Will Go On" from the 1997 film Titanic. Shortly after he sang the song at a family gathering, he realized that singing was what he wanted to do. He plays the violin and the piano and is learning to play the guitar. At that age, he sang 'In Dreams', though it is not the version which is featured in The Lord of the Rings with Howard Shore as the composer. McManners auditioned for the lead role in the BBC's operatic version of "The Little Prince" directed by Francesca Zambello and was chosen from 25000 others to play the part. During filming for "The Little Prince", he was spotted by executives from Sony BMG, which led to a £2 million STG 4-album record deal. McManners went to Prague with his producer Nick Patrick in 2005 to record the music for his first album, In Dreams. Most of the music was performed by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, and McManners' brother plays violin on "Where is Love".
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