Theatre

New Album Release: Converging Paths

11 February 2013 Composing Music

The soundtrack album of music from Converging Paths is released today, 11th February 2013, one year after the very first show of that epic 5-part project of 2012, made by Slung Low.

59 Minutes To Save Christmas: Charity Album

15 December 2012 Theatre

A selection of music from the new Slung Low show 59 Minutes To Save Christmas, which plays at the Barbican from 15th December 2012 to 6th January 2013. Christmassy goodness for all the family.

59 Minutes To Save Christmas – Soundtrack

12 December 2012 Theatre

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On The Home Stretch

25 July 2012 Theatre

Well, sort of on the home stretch. On one particular project – Converging Paths.

The final instalment, the final show – Story Book - is this Saturday, 28th July. It’s been a long time coming. Our first instalment, Darkness at the Sun Court, was back at the beginning of the year in February but the work on … Read the rest

Converging Paths: The Music

20 July 2012 Theatre

By popular request, here are a few samples of the music from Converging Paths.

Listen to 15 Minutes Live

1 February 2012 News Archive

The recordings from 15 Minutes Live are now available for free.

Back in November 2011, Slung Low and the I Love West Leeds Festival commissioned 6 new short radio plays from writers based in West Yorkshire. The collection of plays were recorded in front of an audience at the Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley with a live band providing the music, arranged, composed and conducted by me and a team of foley artists creating the sound effects.

Working With Real Live Musicians

20 January 2012 Composing Music

I’m in the middle of writing the score for Converging Paths: Darkness at the Sun Court. Epic does not even begin to describe it. I have a 24 piece choir and am having a little too much fun than one should really have in their day job composing songs and underscore for the show.

2011: Year of Awesome

8 December 2011 Composing Music

I did a vlog! Just to try it out. They’re all the rage now, don’t you know.

Furnace: Original Bearings

2 October 2011 News Archive

I’m currently writing the score for Original Bearings by Slung Low for the I Love West Leeds Festival. As a culmination of the show, a coach-tour of Holbeck becomes something more as the fictions told by our tour guide start to become reality.

The show plays from 12th-15th October 2011, starting at The West Yorkshire Playhouse.

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This show has … Read the rest

11 Lessons I Learned…

12 May 2011 Composing Music

…from scoring Mapping The City by Slung Low.

As is usually (= always) the case, the production schedule for Mapping The City was quite… tight. Some of these lessons I’ve learned from previous shows and have been confirmed and strengthened through the experience of scoring Mapping The City; some are brand new or unique to this show.

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The Show Is Up And Running… Now What?

6 October 2010 Music Business
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Anthology is going strong. The reviews have been in the main positive. That show is well and truly up and running.
Which begets the dreaded question: Now what?

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