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Biography
I am a London-based film and television composer. My work ranges from scoring more than 20 short films, to feature film orchestration, advertising music and composing for television. Outside of my own scores I have also worked with other composers including Jocelyn Pook, Sheridan Tongue and Richard Thomas. I studied a Master's degree in Composing for Film & Television at the National Film & Television School, and prior to that a BA degree in Music at Cambridge University.
At the NFTS I received tuition from Peter Howell (BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Doctor Who) and attended lectures and Q&A sessions with such influential film figures as Dario Marianelli and Rob Lane (both previous graduates of the course), Stephen Frears, Wong Kar Wai, Walter Murch, Michel Chion and many others.
My scores have included the award-winning drama short Kid, directed by Tom Green, the award-winning animation Cherry on the Cake, directed by Hyebin Lee, and director Aasaf Ainapore's drama short Satisfaction, starring Michael Parks. For composer Jocelyn Pook I worked on the orchestrations for Julio Medem's feature film Room in Rome, and as assistant composer to Sheridan Tongue I was involved in the scores for the television documentary series Wonders of the Solar System for BBC2, Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking for Discovery Channel, and the forthcoming Atlas 4D, for Discovery Channel.
I have composed and orchestrated for ensembles ranging in size up to a 56-piece orchestra, while my work for other composers also includes sample programming, synthesis and electro-acoustic processing.
My influences are extremely diverse and my experiences in many different areas of music have made me a very open-minded and adaptable composer. Besides years of classical training, I also have extensive experience in music technology and have experimented widely with audio-processing and electro-acoustic music techniques, refining skills that I apply to my film work to expand the timbral range available to me. My film music ranges from entirely acoustic to entirely electronic, but often occupying the territory in-between where the human quality of real musicians combines with the extended textural possibilities of electronics to create music of range and expression.
My musical experiences cover classical, jazz, rock, funk and electro-acoustic genres, ranging from performances of my chamber compositions in workshops by the Britten Sinfonia to performing as a drummer for the Cambridge Footlights. As a jazz musician I have released two albums under my own name, Still Picture in 2004 and Interpretations in 2007, each of which received extremely positive praise in the jazz press. I am listed in the eighth edition of The Penguin Guide to Jazz and live performances have included venues such as London's 606 Club, Con Cellar Bar and National Portrait Gallery.
My music for advertising has included composing for television and internet promotions, including for ESPN, Mercedes Benz, World Wildlife Fund and the NHS. I also composed the music for two of the top-10 UK winners in the 2008 Emporio Armani Commercial Competition, award winners in the 2009 Kodak Commercial Competition, and the winner of the 2010 Toshiba Commercial Competition.
I was a finalist in the 2002 BBC Young Composer of the Year Competition, and my compositions have been broadcast on national radio on a number of occasions, including on BBC Radio 3's Late Junction.