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"A Passage to India" - January's Team Picks

A spicy selection of Indian scenes and soundscapes written by Screened Music composers.
Category: Team Picks | Posted: Tuesday; Jan 12, 2010

"Winter Wonderland" - December's Festive Team Picks

A selection of rousing, festive music to help summon the Christmas spirit!
Category: Team Picks | Posted: Thursday; Dec 10, 2009

Rob Lane Masterclass Overview

A post-event summary of our recent masterclass with composer Rob Lane.
Category: Screened Music Network | Posted: Thursday; Dec 03, 2009

TV Themes - November's Team Picks

A selection of eclectic and entertaining TV themes written by Screened Music composers.
Category: Team Picks | Posted: Tuesday; Nov 03, 2009

"The Need for Speed" - October's Team Picks

Kicking off our monthly Team Picks with a selection of mind-blowing tracks that are guaranteed get your pulse racing.
Category: Team Picks | Posted: Wednesday; Sep 30, 2009

Industy News

The Training & Education of Composers – an international survey

Composers and songwriters generate significant cultural and economic wealth, so understanding their lifelong educational and training needs is crucial. For this reason a major survey of composers has been launched by the Royal College of Music's Centre for Music and Multimedia.
Category: General | Posted: Monday; Jan 25, 2010

The Composer's Site Launched

The Center for the Promotion of Contemporary Composers has announced its successor site dedicated to promoting opportunities for composers.
Category: General | Posted: Wednesday; Sep 30, 2009

EASTWEST Composers Competition 2009

Virtual instrument library East West has announced a worldwide competition in which composers will apply their sounds. Deadline is 31 Oct 09.
Category: General | Posted: Friday; Sep 25, 2009

PRS for Music and YouTube Sign a New Licensing Deal

PRS for Music and YouTube have announced a new licensing agreement that covers music contained in videos streamed via the online video platform.
Category: General | Posted: Thursday; Sep 03, 2009

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Features

Music commissioners

Stuck in the middle - the expanding role of the music commissioner?

Whether creating music for television, film or advertising, composers have long relied on commissioners to make a living. Fiona Sturges uncovers the secrets of a successful working partnership. Read feature

Category: Feature | Posted: 5 April, 2009

Film and TV composing partnerships

Composing Partnerships - a balancing act?

Novelists work alone. So do painters. So why do so many composers choose to work in pairs? Read feature

Category: Feature | Posted: 5 February, 2009

Film and TV library music

Easy Pickings? Examining film & TV library music

Once considered the fast food of the music industry, library music is now a significant resource for producers and a lucrative career option for composers. Read feature

Category: Feature | Posted: 3 December, 2008

Composer News

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BBC2's How Earth Made Us sound design by Dan Weinberg

Dan Weinberg recently completed work on the BBC2 series How Earth Made us. The first episode, Deep Earth, airs tonight at 9pm.

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Composer Rob Manning and Gordon Ramsay's great escape

Composer Rob Manning is helping with Gordon Ramsay's culinary escape to India by composing the music to three one-off programmes being broadcast this January.

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Spirit Warriors on CBBC

Screened Music composer Matt Dunkley is presently composing for an exciting new series on CBBC entitled "Spirit Warriors"; an action packed martial arts family drama that will be screened from mid January.

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National Geographic Documentaries

William Goodchild currently has two documentaries for National Geographic screening worldwide.

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London Film Festival Trailer

Mark Adair recently scored the theatrical trailer for this year's BFI London Film Festival.

Music Reviews & Comments

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Panellist Olivia Dixon on Revenge Of The Resurrected by Stu Kennedy

Great eerie track - I can definitely see zombies. Hints of Danny Elfman but without the cliched bass lines. Choir isn't over used and love the strings that build from 50''. Fantastic!

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Panellist Olivia Dixon on Chapters by Stu Kennedy

Lovely rich sound and unusual textures and I like the irregular time sigs. Really nicely produced and effective use of piano. Nice job!

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Composer Genene Edwards on Sur Le Bout De La langue by Didier Messidoro

I get very excited by strings used in a rhythmical, punky way. Love it

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Member 'Team Picks' on Modern India by Didier Messidoro

This portrays a side to India which is more sinister. We can hear the Indian elements such as the sitar but there are also pads and sounds which make the listener feel very uneasy. An evocative and atmospheric...

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Member 'Team Picks' on Kandahar Break by Mark Adair

This track achieves epic proportions whilst remaining pared back, stylistically speaking. Haunting atmospheric textures, mixed with beautiful indigenous woodwind and drums, along with harder contemporary...

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Member 'Team Picks' on End Credits by Alex Baranowski

A beautifully moody track with subtly melancholic harmony from the strings and some punchy filmic cadences. The real instruments give it a sense of quality, especially the sitar riffs, which intertwine...

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Member 'Team Picks' on It's Not Over Yet by Christopher Chong

Classical Indian musical elements are mixed with Western contemporary beats and even a piano here to wonderful effect. This is a funky, urban, fusion track that makes us think much more of Brick Lane than...

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Member 'Team Picks' on Raga by Andrew Kremer

So wonderful to have the evocative, enigmatic vocals of Riffat on this track. Right from the start, there is a very strong sense of cultural identity while the chilled out beats and ethereal pads give...

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Composer Genene Edwards on The Climb by Didier Messidoro

I like the feel of several layers happening simultaneously musically. I can only guess that this is the landscape, the climber and the emotion, maybe danger of the actual climb. Works for me.

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Composer John Llewellyn Brees on A Promising Lead by Anne Nikitin

Really exciting and enjoyable

Featured Video

Vexille - Fight scene/Act1 by Michael J. McEvoy

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  1. un ange passe by Michael Bishop
  2. National Theatre Cinema Promo by Alex Baranowski
  3. Live From Abbey Road (Open Titles) by Michael J. McEvoy
  4. Vexille - Fight scene/Act1 by Michael J. McEvoy
  5. BFI London Film Festival by Mark Adair

Feature Comment

"Old boys networks do exist. Middlemen take unhealthy commissions out of work pitched for. Demo fees go unpaid and the quality of music drops because the technology is more affordable and hence available......"
Edward White on the Feature Pitching For Free — What's the Deal?

Featured Panellist Martin Cooper

Screened Music Guest Panellist Martin Cooper

Martin Cooper is the Managing Director of Boost Music, an independent production music company formed in 2004. In a market dominated by two massive corporations (EMI and Universal) it is Boost’s aim to become the number one independent production music company in the UK. Prior to forming Boost, Martin was General Manager of Zomba Production Music in the UK (Bruton, Chappell, Galerie etc) and was responsible for overseeing all areas of the business including promotion and production.

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Featured Composer Matt Dunkley

Matt Dunkley

Screened Music composer Matt Dunkley is presently composing for an exciting new series on CBBC entitled "Spirit Warriors"; an action packed martial arts family drama that will be screened from mid January. More

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