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"Chamber Music": This month's team picks

An selection of chamber music pieces written by Screened Music composers.
Category: Team Picks | Posted: Tuesday; Apr 27, 2010

Michael J McEvoy joins Screened Music Panel

'Me and Orson Welles' composer Michael J McEvoy joins the Screened Music panel this month.
Category: Screened Music Network | Posted: Wednesday; Mar 31, 2010

New Composer Members in March

We are delighted to welcome composers Rudi de Groote and Andy Stutely to Screened Music this month.
Category: Composers | Posted: Wednesday; Mar 31, 2010

"Quirky, weird and wacky": March's Team Picks

This month's team picks are a selection of weird and wonderful tracks written by some of Screened Music's finest.
Category: Team Picks | Posted: Monday; Mar 22, 2010

New Composer Members in February

We are delighted to welcome Daniel Mulhern, Joris de Man and Hugh Fowler to Screened Music this month.
Category: Composers | Posted: Monday; Mar 08, 2010

Industy News

PRSF New Music Award 2010 Shortlist announced

The search for the UK’s most groundbreaking piece of new music steps up a gear today (Monday 26 April) as the PRS for Music Foundation announces the shortlist for its New Music Award 2010.
Category: General | Posted: Monday; Apr 26, 2010

An essay by composer Howard Davidson

Have composers become ‘scribes’ to directors and producers, briefed according to received vision, taste, and the ubiquitous ‘I know nothing about music but I know what I like’? Composer Howard Davidson shares his thoughts.
Category: General | Posted: Thursday; Mar 11, 2010

RPS Composition Prize

A chance for young composers to join the Philharmonia's Young Composers Academy and write a piece to be performed by members of the Philharmonia.
Category: General | Posted: Tuesday; Feb 16, 2010

Sir John Dankworth (1927-2010)

Sir John Dankworth, the renowned jazz musician and composer, has died at the age of 82. The legendary saxophonist and clarinetist played with many of the greats including Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington and had a long standing collaboration with his wife Dame Cleo Laine.
Category: General | Posted: Monday; Feb 15, 2010

Ivor Novellos to recognise games music composers

The Ivor Novello awards are to recognise computer game music for the first time, with a new category for best original video game score.
Category: General | Posted: Monday; Feb 15, 2010

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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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Jon Nicholls' scores for National Theatre

Jon Nicholls has composed the music for the European premieres of 'Spring Storm' by Tennessee Williams and 'Beyond The Horizon' by Eugene O'Neill, which have been playing to sold-out houses in the National Theatre Cottesloe for the last three months.

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Rob Manning's latest C4 score

'Girls on the Pull' is a touching short documentary which airs on Channel 4 on Friday 16th July at 7.30pm.

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Joris de Man wins Ivor Novello award

Screened Music Composer Joris de Man has won the Ivor Novello award for Best Video Game Score, the first time the category was included at the Ivors.

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Alex Baranowski composing "Earthquakes in London" at the Royal National Theatre

Alex is writing and arranging the music for the upcoming "Earthquakes in London" directed by multi Olivier award winning Rupert Goold.

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Rob Manning scores Heston's Feasts on C4

Rob Manning has composed the music for the Channel 4 series "Heston's Feasts" being broadcast throughout April and May.

Music Reviews & Comments

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Composer Roger Pasto Cortina on Prayer by Lila Senior

Very nice track Lila! I'm sure it works really good on the scene.

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Panellist Ben Walter on Shooting the War: Threnody by Joseph Atkins

World War II is hardly synonymous with anything other than bleak, oppressive and dark times and this piece encapsulates the mood perfectly. Good stuff.

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Composer Ed David Watkins on Jana Non Regina by Elizabeth Levine

I'm with Alex on this one, Elizabeth. Outstanding.

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Composer Alex Baranowski on Jana Non Regina by Elizabeth Levine

This is such a beautiful track... really incredible climax, wonderful playing. Absolutely love it.

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Panellist Olivia Dixon on Shooting the War: Threnody by Joseph Atkins

Intelligently scored and with great sensitivity and depth. I enjoyed this immensely. Although the effect is bleak it is also strangely uplifting. Very powerful music.

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Panellist Rodney Newton on Shooting the War: Threnody by Joseph Atkins

I love this track - rooted in the dark world of the 2nd Viennese School - beautiful scored and played. We don't hear nearly enough music of this quality on television these days. Very well done - more...

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Composer Phil Rowlands on Sea Point Days main theme by Peter Coyte

A very pensive piece that focuses my thoughts on the past. I'm sort of hung up on nostalgia these days and this music could easily send me off to another place. I can hear how it would enhance and expound...

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Composer David Hunt on Soar by David Hunt

Thank you both very much for your positive feedback.

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Panellist Olivia Dixon on Soar by David Hunt

I can see this working well for the scene - lovely soaring strings with simple harmonies and a wistful quality. Very effective. I think the piano could go a little higher without intruding on the strings.

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Panellist Olivia Dixon on Retrospect by Phil Rowlands

Lovely string scoring. Just the right level of emotion without being over sentimental. I can see it working in a multitude of scenarios. It would really be lifted with a live cello melody in the opening...

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Featured Panellist Michael J. McEvoy

Screened Music Guest Panellist Michael J. McEvoy

Michael J McEvoy is a composer and performing musician with a varied background in the music industry, having worked in popular music, TV composition and feature film scoring. Recent credits include the new Open Titles theme music for 'Live From Abbey Road'(C4) and original music for Richard Linklater's feature, 'Me and Orson Welles', starring Zac Efron and Claire Danes

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Screened Music Composer Joris de Man has won the Ivor Novello award for Best Video Game Score, the first time the category was included at the Ivors. More

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