The Elevator Ritual (TER)

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This film is a Sci-Fi about a character who is tricked into a digital world by a mysterious voice in an earpiece. The soundtrack is composed primarily with synthesizers, both analogue and digital, to match the sci-fi themes of the film. An idea I worked into this soundtrack is that the further into the digital world the character gets, the more digital effects and sounds are used in the music, it's quite subtle but it's there.

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The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas

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This was a quick demo I made for someone who was making a film based on the film The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas in the style of a Wes Anderson short. I used this as an opportunity to study the compositional style of James Horner.

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The Audition

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This was a play about an unusual audition where an actress is manipulated by a director so she can be turned into a puppet and used by the system. It's a dark and edgy look at the showbiz system. I kept these themes in mind as I worked with the director to compose and produce Five tracks, ranging from ambient and electronica to jazz and experimental rock. This was a big project and pushed me to use all of my tools and knowledge.

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Dear Daddy

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​This is a documentary where the director follows her mum as she looks for clues about her father that she had never had a chance to meet. At the end of the film she reads a letter that she penned to him at the end of the process. This is a deeply emotional film but it's also about discovery and family. I tried to balance these themes into a more classical soundtrack, featuring piano and strings.

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Irish Picture in a UK Frame

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This is a documentary about an Irish lady who has spent most of her life living in the West Midlands (UK) and the struggles she has faced over her life. The film tackles issues such as racism and discrimination. The soundtrack is based on Irish Folk music and was written with help from violinist Lydia Mahon.

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Money

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A short film about the social cost of money and re-evaluating what's really important in life. For this sound track I created on song that was synchronised to the footage. The director wanted me to use classical instruments with a beat towards the end.

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Fika

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Another documentary, this time about the Swedish tradition of having a coffee break. This is a pretty chilled out film so I just created a track I thought sounded like something you'd hear in a continental coffee shop, combining elements of jazz, blues and rock.

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Dear Edward

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This is an extremely emotional documentary where the director is interviewing his grandad about his life growing up as an orphan and his relationship with his family. I wanted to keep the soundtrack as simple as possible but also to match the heavy emotional content in the film so I used piano and a heavy reverb to create a thick ambience.

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Letter to My Former Self (LTMFS)

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This is a film where a dancer has to listen to her inner child to find the strength to be able to perform. She goes through a number of different locations and emotions so I made the tracks different from each other but similar at the same time, I wanted them to change with the film but sound coherent.