Didier Messidoro – Music Composer, London

Biography

Didier Messidoro composes music for TV, film, commercials and theatre. Most recently, he wrote the score for the six-part Channel 4 series, ‘Cast Offs’ a groundbreaking comedy-drama following a group of disabled people marooned on an island for a reality TV show.

Other recent projects include ‘Saved by Dolphins’ (Big Wave TV for BBC2); ‘Creatures’, a documentary for the Arts Council (Last Bus Productions), and ‘Toccata e Fuga’ a contemporary dance performance for The Place theatre. He was also music consultant on the 2009 epic wildlife feature film, ‘Turtle - The Incredible Journey’ (Big Wave/FAME).

Didier was born in Aix-en-Provence and studied saxophone and music theory at the Darius Milhaud Conservatoire. After touring France with the acclaimed Theatre et Chansons company, he moved to London and formed his own band, playing originals and covers everywhere from the Mean Fiddler to the ICA. He decided to focus on composing after enjoying involvement in film and theatre projects including 'Eiffel’s Blessing' (Garth Jennings), 'Jeux de Plage' (Laurent Cantet) and the Royal Court’s 'Fxxxing Games' (Grae Cleugh).

Didier works from his studio in London and always enjoys discussing new projects over coffee and a croissant.

Composing Information

• Classification: Emerging
• Profession: Composer, Performer (saxophones, vocals,cello,guitar,piano)
• Primary Sequencer: None
• Operating System: None
• Projects: Cast Offs (Eleven Film/Channel 4); Saved by Dolphins (Big WaveTV/BBC2); Creatures (Last Bus Productions/UK Arts Council ,Burnaby Blue Foundation - Azerbaijan (Shelley Lawrence) : ‘Toccata e Fuga’ a contemporary dance performance for The Place theatre; Turtle: The Incredible Journey’ (Big Wave/ FAME).
• Relevant Qualifications: Diploma in Media Composition

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Film & TV MusicTracks

• Summary:
• Panel 4 0
• Composers 3 5
• Members 1 0

Title	Moods	Genres	Posted	Comments	Recommendations
Travel Imaginaire	Sentimental Melancholy Romantic	Orchestral	1373 days ago	5	15
Cast Offs Ep1 Dan. Arrival on the Beach	Atmospheric	Orchestral	794 days ago	2	2
Cast Offs Ep1 Dan. Skinny Dipping	Atmospheric Romantic	Orchestral	794 days ago	0	0
Cast Offs Ep2 Tom. Previously	Atmospheric	Experimental	794 days ago	0	0
Urban Stroll TVC	Mellow Atmospheric	Electronica Experimental	1276 days ago	0	0
Modern India	Atmospheric Dark	Experimental World	1121 days ago	1	3
Running Shoes At Night TVC	Atmospheric Dark	Experimental	1121 days ago	0	0
Sur Le Bout De La langue	Dramatic Mellow	Strings	736 days ago	1	3
After the Fear	Atmospheric Dark Minimalist	Ambient	1276 days ago	0	0
Chocolat On The Sofa TVC	Atmospheric Mellow	Electronica	1121 days ago	0	0
The End of a Car Chase	Suspense Energetic Dramatic	Jazz Brass Electronica	1092 days ago	0	0
Running Shoes Between The Walls	Atmospheric	Electronica	1121 days ago	0	0
The Fragile Sea	Melancholy Sentimental Atmospheric	Orchestral Experimental Ambient	1081 days ago	0	0
The Changing Planet	Atmospheric Dark Weird	Ambient Orchestral Experimental	1073 days ago	0	0
James Bond Le Chat	Atmospheric Chilled	Piano Ambient	1059 days ago	2	2
Les Monstres	Suspense Epic Weird	Electronica Ambient Orchestral	1038 days ago	0	0
Merlin	Atmospheric Epic Romantic	Ambient Orchestral Experimental	1032 days ago	1	3
The Climb	Atmospheric	Orchestral	743 days ago	1	1
No Matter What Happened	Dark	Experimental	688 days ago	0	0
For Matthew	Atmospheric Sentimental Romantic	Strings Ambient	652 days ago	0	0
Candide	Atmospheric Romantic	Orchestral Ambient	638 days ago	0	0
String Room	Atmospheric Sentimental Romantic	Strings	637 days ago	0	0
L'Amsterdam	Atmospheric Mellow	Jazz World	631 days ago	0	0
A Tourmented Summer	Atmospheric Suspense Dark	Electronica Experimental Orchestral	626 days ago	0	0
Trough The Water	Atmospheric	Experimental	597 days ago	0	0

Ratings & Reviews Summary

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Composing Genres

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

• Ambient
• Acoustic
• Dance
• Easy Listening
• Electronica
• Experimental
• Industrial
• Jazz
• Orchestral
• Piano
• Pop
• Retro
• Rock
• Strings
• Urban
• World
• Woodwind

• 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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