Working for Grey London, I wrote the music for this Unicef campaign on using tap water more instead of expensive bottled water to help the save lives of those dying from unsafe water in third world countries. Read more »
Port Aventura Box
Portaventura is a Spanish resort, a bit like Center Parcs, that is an hour from Barcelona and ‘offers the most exciting adventures and a whole range of experiences that you will remember forever’. I certainly remember my experience writing music for the ad… Read more »
National Lottery
This radio ad features a sequence of song snippets in various styles that are intended to imitate different scratchcard ‘moments’. As each scratchcard is revealed, the music reflects whether the they’ve won or not. Read more »
ADT Security
In this ADT Security ad, ‘human monkies’ jump across roofs alerting neighbours that a house is about to get burgled. The music was originally based on Krzysztof Penderecki’s Kanon For Orchestra And Tape from The Exorcist, but was quickly ‘softened-down’ for viewers as the producers were concerned it would be too scary. It’s like a Bambi version of 24 Days Later.
WORKU
Working with director Keita Funamto, I wrote the music for the WORKU trailer using Ry Cooder’s Paris Texas soundtrack as a reference. WORKU is a six-year long project by directors Keita Funamoto and Masahide Kobayashi from the stop-motion animation studio “The Village of Marchen” based in Tokyo. Note: large filesize (50mb). Read more »
Isy Suttie and Josie Long in The Happiness Project
WINNER OF THIRD SECTOR DIGITAL CAMPAIGN OF THE WEEK. With the exception of Zadok the Priest (!), I wrote the music for this short promotional film by YoungMinds. Features animation by the excellent Treat Studios.
A Problem Shared
The talented Trevor Hardy kindly let me use his animation ‘A Problem Shared’ as a medium to write some music, add voice overs and sound design to from scratch. Animated in the style of Wallace and Gromit, A Problem Shared features mountain-dwelling animal characters Frank, Ozzie and Spike who talk about the virtues of being single after Ozzie splits up with his wife. However, things change when Ozzie gets a phone call… Read more »
White Wood documentary
Recently, I wrote the music for a nature documentary by Lou Astbury that won the BBC Newcomer award (part of the Wildscreen Festival). This 12 minute film is a journey through the beautiful woods of Dartmoor in Devon (UK) told by a local who explains how legends, such as that of unicorns and fairies, are not myths at all, but rather anecdotes describing the beauty of nature around us. Read more »
7up jingle
Following suit with the original 7up jingle (much like the Gilette adverts these days), I was asked to write the new 7up jingle for broadcast in the UK. In addition to a soundalike of the original jingle, the client wanted a Shakespeare-style or ‘medieval’ version. Read more »
Virgin Super Buff campaign
Soundalike of Yello’s infamous Oh Yeah track as featured in the classic 1986 film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Part of the successful Virgin Super Buff mobile campaign orchestrated by RKCR/Y&R. Delivered as a viral, backing track for web video streams and in-house at Virgin Megastores. Read more »