Music and sound for moving image

 

Original music
Cate Blanchett narrates the up-close story of the Battle for Kharkiv, told through the eyes of the civilians and emergency workers who bore the brunt of the Russian onslaught

 

Henry IX title music – written by Dick Clement and Ian Le Frenais, directed by Vadim Jean for UKTV Gold. I also wrote some of the cues within the show, to accompany what was basically a regal midlife crisis music. Featuring the mighty Ben Edwards on trumpet, on day release from Robbie Williams.

I composed and produced the music for this pilot show, directed by Martin Morrison, writtten by Martin, Sam Morrison and Andrew Endersby, starring Toby Williams. Lovely end titles from my partner in crime Joe Berger.

I wrote some music and did the sound edit on this documentary, written and directed by Zed Nelson, about gun owners in the US – the first of a new series with the Guardian.  Click on the image to see the film, or view the interactive on the Guardian website.

Guardian animation series: 60-second climate fix (five episodes)

Part of the Guardian's Keep it in the Ground campaign, a series of animations suggesting possible solutions from unlikely quarters. Lovely animations from Scriberia. I wrote music and designed sound.

Short film: Columbite Tantalite, written and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor

Part of a Young Vic/Guardian series. Music and sound design. Nominated for a Webby (2014). 

The most bombed place on earth – interactive for the Guardian

The story of the Nevada test site. I composed music and produced sound design for the videos in this interactive, for which film-maker Laurence Topham was granted rare access to the site. Click on the image to the right to be linked to the interactive on the Guardian website. World Digital Media Award winner

Going underground …

I created the music and sound design for the latest animations from the Guardian on climate issues. One of the earlier videos in the Keep it in the Ground campaign (see below) was recently awarded a gold award at the New York Design Awards.

Scoring and sound design for videos in the Guardian's Keep it in the Ground campaign. Left is the YouTube link to the final film in the series of three,
with my score coming in at 1.05.

Documentary: Guantanamo Diary

Guardian "animated documentary about Mohamedou Ould Slahi's declassified memoir, Guantánamo Diary, and its extraordinary eight-year journey from inside the US detention facility to worldwide publication. Mohamedou's brother, attorney and book editor shed light on how the book was released, with extracts read by Dominic West". 


For the Royal Court: Off the Page short film series

Off the Page: sound design and edit for a series of short films, made by The Royal Court in collaboration with the Guardian. Click here to watch all the films. "The filmed, five-minute plays unite Guardian writers with some of theatre’s most important playwrights and directors. Written at speed, filmed in a day …"