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SMA Talent has long been one of the UK’s leading international film/tv composer management companies and we’ve now successfully added film directors and screenwriters to our roster of activities.

The business is headed by the husband and wife team of Olav and Carolynne Wyper who between them have more than 25 years expertise working in the UK and the international film and television communities.

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JIM WILLIAM’S SCORES BIG TALK’S SIGHTEERS

Following the critical success of Ben Wheatley’s 2011 ‘Kill List’, Jim Williams has recently completed the score for Ben’s latest film ‘Sighteers’ for Big Talk Productions. The film has attracted feverish industry buzz and is to have a special screening in The Director’s Fortnight at Cannes.

TIM ATACK COMPLETES SCORE FOR THE DEVIL’S DOSH

Zachary Guerra’s ‘The Devil’s Dosh’, a 1950′s London gangster movie, with a score by Tim Atack, has been entered in both the Director’s Fortnight and Critic’s Week at Cannes this year. Producer is Brian O’Hare for US Infidelis Productions

DEAN VALENTINE’S MUSIC ON PROMETHEUS TRAILER

Dean’s music is featured on the current trailer for Ridley Scott’s new sci-fi thriller Prometheus which is slated for release in June. Stars include Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Charlize and Noomi Rapace. He is currently scoring ‘Tales of Friendship’ a new tv series for Disney.

JOHN ALTMAN AND THE TITANIC ANNIVERSARY

Sony Records has included John’s cd of the music played by the ship’s band on a new 4 cd collector’s anniversary edition of the music from the James Cameron’s acclaimed movie Titanic. The period music, arranged and produced by John is performed by I Salonist and is available for the first time in full length versions. He has also written the detailed sleeve notes. John is also the Music Director on BBC 2′s 90 mins tv special Titanic: A Commemoration in Music and Film to be shown at 8.30 pm on Saturday April 14. The live event takes place in The [...]

PORTISHEAD’S GEOFF BARROW AND SMA’S BEN SALISBURY DROKK ALBUM RELEASED MAY

Both Bristol based, Geoff and Ben have been friends for 10 years and the pair have collaborated on several releases by ‘alternative’ bands signed to Geoff’s Invada label. DROKK is their first major Invada co-writing collaboration and is inspired by the Judge Dredd comic book series and is an imaginary vision of the character’s hometown Mega City One. Geoff and Ben are performing extracts from DROKK on May 16 at Obital Comics, 8 Great Newport Street London WC2H 7JA from 6.30 pm – admission free. Most of the tracks were created on a 1975 Oberhiem 2 Voice Synthesizer – extremely [...]

NICK GREEN SCORING ECOSSE’S LOVE BITE

Nick is currently scoring Ecosse’s forthcoming comedy-horror movie ‘Love Bite’ for director Andy De Emmony. Writers are Chris Cole and Ronan Blaney. Producer is Paul Ritchie.

MICHAEL RADFORD JOINS SMA

We are very pleased to announced that the acclaimed Oscar Nominated and double BAFTA Award winning writer/director Michael Radford has joined SMA Talent Limited for management/agency, excluding North America, where he is represented by David Guillod of Intellectual Artists Management. Says Olav Wyper, CEO of SMA Talent, “I have long been an admirer of Michael’s work right back to ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE and IL POSTINO was a landmark movie both for him and the industry – remaining the top grossing foreign language film from 1996 until very recently. NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR and Al Pacino’s THE MERCHANT OF VENICE are also [...]

PHIL STAGG’S ‘WODEHOUSE’S WAR’ TO BE DIRECTED BY MICHAEL RADFORD

Phil Stagg’s screenplay,Wodehouse’s War, is to be directed by Michael Radford, the award winning director of Il Postino. The film will shoot next year in Germany, France and the UK and is produced by Richard Johns and Rupert Jeremy for Corona Pictures and Olav Wyper for SMA Talent. Meanwhile Phil is working on the screenplay of The Club 1948, a thriller set during the Berlin airlift, for the Munich based ART-OKO Film GmbH.