I composed another demo track for Arturia, this time for the launch of their upgraded Pigments synth and using sounds from the Expressive Explorations sound pack. Listen to 'Aeon of Ascension' here along with a track breakdown.
Arturia asked me to create some music to demonstrate the range of a couple of their new soundpacks - and here they are below, along with appearing on their website. Arturia is a music hardware and software company, and these collections of sounds were a real pleasure to use to compose the following tracks: Haruto's …
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Whatever you might think of The Crown, the big-budget Netflix show about the royals of Britain, there’s no denying it’s got a cracking score. In the first season, it fell decidedly within the Zimmer camp. Gregson-Williams' score wouldn’t have been out of place in Inception or Blue Planet. Sweeping strings alongside tasteful synths with a …
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So, you’ve been asked to write some music that’s ‘catchy’, ‘sing-able’ and ‘hummable’? Or you’re after it from your composer? This isn’t rare. A huge proportion of my career has involved writing music that is deliberately memorable. But what does a tune being ‘catchy’ actually mean? Aren’t all good tunes memorable? Or is it their ‘memorable-ness’ that makes them 'good'?
Sometime last year (or maybe it was the year before… the last few years sort of blend into one blur of time), I was emailed by a local radio station to see if I would comment on air about ‘Skip Intro’ options on streaming services. Good on them for trying (again and again). Every few …
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I’m at (fingers crossed) the stage of the penultimate draft on this project. Between the last draft and this one was a massive overhaul in tone to really shift the vibe of the film to a far more dark, serious and ominous arena.
I got feedback! It is as I suspected; time to evict the lovely... which gives a very different tone to some of the scenes, but it’s like I’m watching a new film. There are some subtleties and nuances to the acting and direction that weren’t coming out before I started putting ominous dark drones under …
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Is this a good idea? A blog-post-a-day challenge, just December from the 1st til the 24th (or maybe 25th). I like blogging. I like writing. I like writing about composing. So to get me back in the habit, and to stop overthinking it, I’m doing a blog a day til Xmas. If I like it, …
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When you first think about composing music, it can be daunting. A little scary, even. How on earth do you go about putting together sounds to make a coherent piece of music, that expresses what you want it to say? Here’s a simple overview of the way I think about my process when I compose music.
I talked with a group of lovely and fascinating women on the Art of Fury podcast. We discussed all things
music for games and interactivity - listen here on Apple Podcasts, or here on Soundcloud. Yshani, Emma, Leila and I had a brilliant chat about our experiences in creating music for these special kinds of media.
