Didier Messidoro – Music Composer, London

Member (2 years 11 months 23 days)
Screened Music Composer (2 years 2 months 10 days)

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.

Classification: Emerging
Profession: Composer, Performer (saxophones, vocals,cello,guitar,piano)
Primary Sequencer: Cubase
Operating System: PC
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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Title	Moods	Genres	Posted	Comments	Recommendations
Travel Imaginaire	Sentimental Melancholy Romantic	Orchestral	818 days ago	5	15
Cast Offs Ep1 Dan. Arrival on the Beach	Atmospheric	Orchestral	239 days ago	2	2
Cast Offs Ep1 Dan. Skinny Dipping	Atmospheric Romantic	Orchestral	239 days ago	0	0
Cast Offs Ep2 Tom. Previously	Atmospheric	Experimental	239 days ago	0	0
Urban Stroll TVC	Mellow Atmospheric	Electronica Experimental	721 days ago	0	0
Modern India	Atmospheric Dark	Experimental World	566 days ago	1	3
Running Shoes At Night TVC	Atmospheric Dark	Experimental	566 days ago	0	0
Sur Le Bout De La langue	Dramatic Mellow	Strings	181 days ago	1	3
After the Fear	Atmospheric Dark Minimalist	Ambient	721 days ago	0	0
Chocolat On The Sofa TVC	Atmospheric Mellow	Electronica	566 days ago	0	0
The End of a Car Chase	Suspense Energetic Dramatic	Jazz Brass Electronica	537 days ago	0	0
Running Shoes Between The Walls	Atmospheric	Electronica	566 days ago	0	0
The Fragile Sea	Melancholy Sentimental Atmospheric	Orchestral Experimental Ambient	526 days ago	0	0
The Changing Planet	Atmospheric Dark Weird	Ambient Orchestral Experimental	518 days ago	0	0
James Bond Le Chat	Atmospheric Chilled	Piano Ambient	504 days ago	2	2
Les Monstres	Suspense Epic Weird	Electronica Ambient Orchestral	483 days ago	0	0
Merlin	Atmospheric Epic Romantic	Ambient Orchestral Experimental	477 days ago	1	3
The Climb	Atmospheric	Orchestral	188 days ago	1	1
No Matter What Happened	Dark	Experimental	133 days ago	0	0
For Matthew	Atmospheric Sentimental Romantic	Strings Ambient	97 days ago	0	0
Candide	Atmospheric Romantic	Orchestral Ambient	83 days ago	0	0
String Room	Atmospheric Sentimental Romantic	Strings	82 days ago	0	0
L'Amsterdam	Atmospheric Mellow	Jazz World	76 days ago	0	0
A Tourmented Summer	Atmospheric Suspense Dark	Electronica Experimental Orchestral	71 days ago	0	0
Trough The Water	Atmospheric	Experimental	42 days ago	0	0

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

Music recommended by Didier Messidoro

St Michaels Mount by Film & TV ComposerRodney Newton

Wonderful Strings arrangement Rodney,I love the simplicity of the melody played by the cor anglais bringing a loneliness athmosphere and the sprinkly harp falling on the top of the castle giving a magical image to the Monastery.So limpid.
2 years 1 months 23 days

The Execution by Film & TV ComposerMatt Dunkley

Parfait!!!
1 years 5 months 11 days

Behind the Mirror by Film & TV ComposerMark Revell

I feel like flying! VFly Hairy good!
1 years 3 months 21 days

Human Zoo String Quartet mvt2 by Film & TV ComposerAnne Nikitin

I am jealous!! Merveilleux!!
8 months 26 days

Other Reviews by Didier Messidoro

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......"
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Jana Non Regina by Elizabeth Levine

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