Alex Baranowski – Music Composer, London

Biography

Alex Baranowski is a composer, arranger and sound designer based in Central London. A 2005 graduate of Paul McCartney’s LIPA, he recently worked with electro duo Underworld for Danny Boyle’s FRANKENSTEIN at the Royal National Theatre staring Benedict Cumberbatch and Johnny Lee Miller.

A regular contributor to the National, he was also composer for HAMLET directed by NT artistic director Nicholas Hytner and EARTHQUAKES IN LONDON directed by Rupert Goold. Both Hamlet and Frankenstein were broadcast live to cinemas globally as part of NT Live.

Other projects have included THE MERCHANT OF VENICE at the RSC (with Adam Cork); the forthcoming FAITH MACHINE at the Royal Court, SALT, ROOT AND ROE at the Donmar, OTHELLO and HOBSON'S CHOICE at the Sheffield Crucible and HERDING CATS at Theatre Royal Bath. He has also recently composed music for 2Faced Dance's IN THE DUST showing at the Edinburgh fringe this summer and subsequent UK tour.

Alex’s work in television and film has included five television commercials for BLUE DRAGON; MADE IN ENGLAND for Channel 4; and feature films NFA and TREQUARTI.
He is based from his own studio in London.

Composing Information

• Classification: Established
• Profession: Composer, Producer, Orchestrator
• Primary Sequencer: Pro Tools
• Operating System: Mac
• Projects: THEATRE: National Theatre: Hamlet; Earthquakes in London; Frankenstein (with Underworld). Donmar: Salt, Root and Roe. Crucible: Othello. Royal Court: Faith Machine. RSC: Merchant of Venice (with Adam Cork). FILM: McCullin; NFA; Made In England. COMMERCIAL: Blue Dragon, Imodium
• Relevant Qualifications: Sound Technology BA (Hons) Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA)2005

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Film & TV MusicTracks

• Summary:
• Panel 1 2
• Composers 6 9
• Members 4 1

Title	Moods	Genres	Posted	Comments	Recommendations
The Willow Chamber	Atmospheric Melancholy	Orchestral World	29 days ago	0	0
Desdemona's Willow Song	Atmospheric	Ambient	29 days ago	0	0
Hamlet's Theme	Atmospheric Dark	Experimental Strings	457 days ago	1	1
"Hamlet in madness has Polonius slain.."	Dramatic Dark	Orchestral Strings	457 days ago	2	3
Earthquakes in London	Atmospheric	Ambient	457 days ago	2	6
Prologue to the Future	Dark	Choral	457 days ago	0	0
Habit of Art - Royal National Theatre Promo	Energetic	Orchestral	694 days ago	0	0
Apollo 8 Takeoff	Epic Dramatic	Orchestral Piano	910 days ago	7	12
End Credits	Atmospheric Dark	World Experimental	1188 days ago	2	4
Esso Ad	Chilled Cheerful	Acoustic Orchestral	1081 days ago	2	2
Theme from "TreQuarti"	Dramatic Mellow	Orchestral Strings	1044 days ago	2	4
The Banjo Song	Bright Energetic	Jazz Dance	1279 days ago	4	8
Extinct	Dark Epic	Orchestral Brass	1188 days ago	3	5

Ratings & Reviews Summary

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Composing Genres

Alex composes in the following film and television music genres (bold = specialises in):

• Ambient
• Acoustic
• Blues
• Choral
• Electronica
• Experimental
• Folk
• Industrial
• Jazz
• Orchestral
• Piano
• Pop
• Retro
• Rock
• Strings
• World
• Woodwind
• Brass
• Chamber Group

• Recommended
• New Music
• Comments

Full review

06 Jan 20:56

Empty by Olivia Dixon

• “Has a Paul Mounsey-esque quality to it - very compelling!!…”
• ceri worsfold (Member)

Full review

06 Jan 20:38

Police Drama by Tony Patterson

• “Has an Edge of Darkness feel to it!! Like the track but I agree with Melody Xu.…”
• ceri worsfold (Member)

Full review

06 Jan 20:34

Battleground by Jules Bromley

• “Love this track!! Thinking maybe would work for the latest Disney/Pixar space flick - whatever that is!!…”
• ceri worsfold (Member)

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Mood Cloud

• Atmospheric
• Cheerful
• Cheese
• Chilled
• Cool
• Dark
• Dramatic
• Energetic
• Epic
• Factual
• Fun
• Minimalist
• Sentimental
• Suspense
• Weird
• Mellow
• Melancholy
• Bright
• Romantic

Genre Cloud

• Ambient
• Acoustic
• Blues
• Choral
• Country
• Dance
• Easy Listening
• Electronica
• Experimental
• Folk
• Industrial
• Jazz
• Orchestral
• Piano
• Pop
• Reggae
• Retro
• Rock
• Strings
• Urban
• World
• Woodwind
• Brass
• Chamber Group

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