SMA Talent Ltd http://www.smatalent.com SMA Talent - one of the UK’s leading film/tv composer management companies Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:58:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Copyright © SMA Talent Ltd 2010 matt@mymatedavedevelopment.co.uk (SMA Talent Ltd) matt@mymatedavedevelopment.co.uk (SMA Talent Ltd) posts http://www.smatalent.com/wp/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg SMA Talent Ltd http://www.smatalent.com 144 144 SMA Talent - one of the UK’s leading film/tv composer management companies SMA Talent Ltd SMA Talent Ltd matt@mymatedavedevelopment.co.uk no no John Harle Scores Lucian Freud BBC2 Documentary http://www.smatalent.com/stop-press/john-harle-scores-lucian-freud-bbc2-documentary/ http://www.smatalent.com/stop-press/john-harle-scores-lucian-freud-bbc2-documentary/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:54:33 +0000 olav http://www.smatalent.com/?p=706 ‘A Painted Life’, BBC2′s documentary on Lucian Freud, airs Saturday February 18th at 9 pm and features a brilliant and illuminating score composed by John Harle. The music is performed by John (saxophone) and Steve Lodder (piano) with The Sospiro Ensemble.

]]> http://www.smatalent.com/stop-press/john-harle-scores-lucian-freud-bbc2-documentary/feed/ 0 Steve Wright scores new Raymond Blanc series http://www.smatalent.com/stop-press/steve-wright-scores-new-raymond-blanc-series/ http://www.smatalent.com/stop-press/steve-wright-scores-new-raymond-blanc-series/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:56:54 +0000 olav http://www.smatalent.com/?p=691 Steve Wright has composed the music for Raymond Blancs’ new 60 mins series for BBC 2, ‘The Very Hungry Frenchman’, starting 8 o’clock Thursday February 2 for 5 weeks.

]]> http://www.smatalent.com/stop-press/steve-wright-scores-new-raymond-blanc-series/feed/ 0 RADFORD, Michael http://www.smatalent.com/screenwriters/michael-radford/ http://www.smatalent.com/screenwriters/michael-radford/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:47:02 +0000 olav http://www.smatalent.com/?p=627 The acclaimed Oscar Nominated British writer/director Michael Radford established his international reputation as the writer and director of Nineteen Eight-Four (Umbrella-Rosenblum Films/Virgin Films), starring John Hurt and Richard Burton in his final role. He went on to write and direct the Oscar winning Il Postino (Cecchi Gori Films) for which Michael was Nominated for Best Director and Best Screenwriter and the film was Nominated for Best Picture – altogether the film was Nominated in five categories. He also won the BAFTA for Best Director and Best Film not in the English Language, as well another 35 international awards. His films have won over 60 major international festival prizes.

In 2004 he directed Al Pacino in The Merchant of Venice (Movision Entertainment), which premiered at The Venice Film Festival in 2004. They are currently planning their second Shakespeare collaboration with Michael’s adaptation of King Lear.

Last year he wrote and directed the feature documentary Michel Petrucciani (Les Films d’Ici), the legendary French jazz pianist who died in New York in 1999. His other films include La Mula, a Spanish language follow up to Il Postino, which has yet to complete post production; Flawless (Magnolia Pictures), starring Demi Moore and Michael Caine. He was one eight major directors on Ten Minutes Older (Odyssey Films), a collection of short films directed by, among others, his cinematic heroes Bernando Bertolucci and Jan Luc Godard – Michael’s contribution was Addicted To The Stars, a sci-fi film starring Daniel Craig.

Other film credits include Dancing At The Blue Iguana (Moonstone Entertainment), starring Daryl Hannah; B. Monkey (Miramax Films), starring Rupert Everett, Jared Harris and Jonathan Rhys Meyers; White Mischief (Nelson Entertainment), with Greta Scacchi, Charles Dance and John Hurt; and his directorial debut feature, the much praised Another Time, Another Place (Channel Four Films) which won fifteen major festival prizes around the world.

Screenplays
THE PERFECT EQUATION
SOUTH OF THE BORDER, WEST OF THE SUN
LA MULA
ADDICTED TO THE STARS
THE SWEDISH CAVALIER
THE ELIXIR
NINETEEN EIGHT- FOUR
THE WHITE BIRD PASSES
KING LEAR
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
MAX OF MEX
IL POSTINO
DANCING AT THE BLUE IGUANA
WHITE MISCHIEF
ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER PLACE

]]> http://www.smatalent.com/screenwriters/michael-radford/feed/ 0 RADFORD, Michael Writer/Director http://www.smatalent.com/film-directors/michael-radford-writerdirector/ http://www.smatalent.com/film-directors/michael-radford-writerdirector/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:23:15 +0000 olav http://www.smatalent.com/?p=617 The acclaimed Oscar Nominated British writer/director Michael Radford established his international reputation as the writer and director of Nineteen Eight-Four (Umbrella-Rosenblum Films/Virgin Films), starring John Hurt and Richard Burton in his final role. He went on to write and direct the Oscar winning Il Postino (Cecchi Gori Films) for which Michael was Nominated for Best Director and Best Screenwriter and the film was Nominated for Best Picture – altogether the film was Nominated in five categories. He also won the BAFTA for Best Director and Best Film not in the English Language, as well another 35 international awards. His films have won over 60 major international festival prizes.

In 2004 he directed Al Pacino in The Merchant of Venice (Movision Entertainment), which premiered at The Venice Film Festival in 2004. They are currently planning their second Shakespeare collaboration with Michael’s adaptation of King Lear.

Last year he wrote and directed the feature documentary Michel Petrucciani (Les Films d’Ici), the legendary French jazz pianist who died in New York in 1999. His other films include La Mula, a Spanish language follow up to Il Postino, which has yet to complete post production; Flawless (Magnolia Pictures), starring Demi Moore and Michael Caine. He was one eight major directors on Ten Minutes Older (Odyssey Films), a collection of short films directed by, among others, his cinematic heroes Bernando Bertolucci and Jan Luc Godard – Michael’s contribution was Addicted To The Stars, a sci-fi film starring Daniel Craig.

Other film credits include Dancing At The Blue Iguana (Moonstone Entertainment), starring Daryl Hannah; B. Monkey (Miramax Films), starring Rupert Everett, Jared Harris and Jonathan Rhys Meyers; White Mischief (Nelson Entertainment), with Greta Scacchi, Charles Dance and John Hurt; and his directorial debut feature, the much praised Another Time, Another Place (Channel Four Films) which won fifteen major festival prizes around the world.

 

Michael started his directing career at the BBC on documentaries including The Last Stronghold of the Pure Gospel; The Madonna and the Volcano, which won Grand Prix Nyon in 1976; and then his first feature film for BBC Scotland, The White Bird Passes. He also directed the much lauded cinema documentary Van Morrison in Ireland (Angle Films).

He was born in New Delhi, India, and grew up mainly in the Middle East where his father served in the British Army. He was educated at Bedford School and Worcester College, Oxford. After a spell teaching he was one of the first 25 students to study at The National Film School when it opened in 1971. He has homes in London and Los Angeles and is fluent in French, Spanish and Italian and directs in all three languages.

Filmography
Features
LA MULA (Workhorse Entertainment/Subotica Films/Gheko Films)
FLAWLESS (Magnolia Pictures) Producers Michael Pierce, Mark Williams
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Movision Entertainment)
Producers Cary Brokaw,Michael Cowan, Barry Navidi, Jason Piett
TEN MINUTES OLDER: ADDICTED TO THE STARS (Odyssey Films)
Producer: Soledad Gatti-Pascual
DANCING AT THE BLUE IGUANA (Moonstone Pictures)Producers: Ram Bergman Graham Broadbent, Damian Jones, Sheila Kelley, Dana Lustig, Etchie Stroh
B. MONKEY (Miramax Films) Producers Colin Vaines, Stephen Woolley
IL POSTINO (Cecchi Gori Films)
Producers Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Gaetano Daniele
WHITE MISCHIEF (Columbia Pictures/Goldcrest) Producer Simon Perry
NINETEEN EIGHT FOUR (Umbrella-Rosenblum Films/Virgin Films)
Producer Simon Perry
ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE (Channel Four Films) Producer Simon Perry

TV Feature
THE WHITE BIRD PASSES (BBC Scotland Films) producer James Hunter

Feature Documentaries
MICHEL PETRUCCIANI (Les Films d’Ici) Producers: Gunnar Dedio,
Martina Haubrich, Serge Lalou, Bruce Marks, Andrea Stucovitz
VAN MORRISON IN IRELAND (Angle Films) Producer Rex Pyke

TV Documentaries
THE MADONNA AND THE VOLCANO (BBC)
FESTIVAL DELL’UNITA (BBC)
THE LAST STRONGHOLD OF THE PURE GOSPEL (BBC)
THREE MEN UP A GOAT (BBC Scotland)
LA BELLE ISOBEL
THE MAKING OF THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE

Screenplays
THE PERFECT EQUATION
SOUTH OF THE BORDER, WEST OF THE SUN
LA MULA
ADDICTED TO THE STARS
THE SWEDISH CAVALIER
THE ELIXIR
NINETEEN EIGHT- FOUR
THE WHITE BIRD PASSES
KING LEAR
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
MAX OF MEX
IL POSTINO
DANCING AT THE BLUE IGUANA
WHITE MISCHIEF
ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER PLACE

Theatre
THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH – Queens Theatre London, starring Daryl Hannah
NOVECENTRO PIANISTA – Theatro El Camino, Santiago, Chile

]]> http://www.smatalent.com/film-directors/michael-radford-writerdirector/feed/ 0 Michael Radford Joins SMA http://www.smatalent.com/latest-news/michael-radford-to-sma-talent-limited/ http://www.smatalent.com/latest-news/michael-radford-to-sma-talent-limited/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:16:38 +0000 olav http://www.smatalent.com/?p=613 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 among his more celebrated achievements as writer and director. He is an immense talent and we are very excited about working with him and further developing his international career.“

He is currently writing a comedy, THE PERFECT EQUATION, for Gaumont, which he will direct; he is attached to direct WODEHOUSE’S WAR for Corona Pictures/SMA; and planning KING LEAR, the second of his Al Pacino Shakespeare projects.

]]> http://www.smatalent.com/latest-news/michael-radford-to-sma-talent-limited/feed/ 0 Phil Stagg’s ‘Wodehouse’s War’ to be directed by Michael Radford http://www.smatalent.com/latest-news/wodehouses-war-to-be-directed-by-michael-radford/ http://www.smatalent.com/latest-news/wodehouses-war-to-be-directed-by-michael-radford/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:13:54 +0000 Dave http://www.smatalent.com/?p=550

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.

]]> http://www.smatalent.com/latest-news/wodehouses-war-to-be-directed-by-michael-radford/feed/ 0 Jim William’s score for Kill List much praised http://www.smatalent.com/latest-news/kill-list-opens-nationwide-in-september/ http://www.smatalent.com/latest-news/kill-list-opens-nationwide-in-september/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:13:13 +0000 Dave http://www.smatalent.com/?p=548 Kill List, the new Ben Wheatley film opened nationwide on September 2 and is garnering lavish praise – as is Jim Williams’terrific score:

” …Jim Williams’ eminently unsettling score – the film’s saturine heartbeat – pulses underneath…” (Financial Times).

“‘Britain has rarely seemed so eerie, the sound and score playing with an expert handle on tension, tension…release” (Sunday Times).

“…there’s also a superbly conceived soundtrack from Jim Williams that effectively heightens the tension and makes brilliant use of some genuinely disturbing sounds.” (Film Review).

“Jim Williams’ abrasively oppressive score”. (Independent on Sunday).

]]> http://www.smatalent.com/latest-news/kill-list-opens-nationwide-in-september/feed/ 0 LOCKE, Bob & NORFOLK, Tim http://www.smatalent.com/composers/locke-bob-norfolk-tim/ http://www.smatalent.com/composers/locke-bob-norfolk-tim/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:13:27 +0000 AvocetCreative http://www.smatalent.com/?p=516 Bob Locke and Tim Norfolk, aka The Insects, started their film and tv composing career in the 90’s and in those early days mostly on docs and nat.hist. – they won an EMMY in 1994 for Life At The Edge, a National Geographic Special. Since then they have scored two features for director Richard Kwietniowski; – Love and Death on Long Island (BBC Films) starring John Hurt and Jason Priestley and Owning Mahowny (Alliance Atlantis) starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman, John Hurt and Minnie Driver. The music for the latter was nominated for a Prix Genie Award in Canada. Major tv credits include all six series of Wire In The Blood for Coastal Productions. Just last year they worked with Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack on the feature 44 Inch Chest (Prescience), starring Ray Winstone, Tom Wilkinson and Ian Mcshane, contributing band numbers and songs to Angelo Badalamenti’s score.

Other feature credits include US indie film XX/XY (Robbins Ent./Intrinsic/Natural Nylon) starring Mark Ruffalo; Creep (Dan Films), the British horror film; and The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb (Bolex Brothers). They contributed tracks to Aardman Film’s Angry Kid and to the cult US TV comedy Malcolm in the Middle.

They’ve had a long association with Robson Green’s Coastal Productions and in addition to the Wire In The Blood series, also scored Place of Execution, starring Juliet Stephenson. Other tv credits include Granada’s Eleventh Hour, starring Patrick Stewart; Rocket Man for Touchpaper/BBC, starring Robson Green; and Lawless for All3Media, starring Trevor Eve. They recently completed Everest series 2 for Tigress Prods/Discovery Channel.

As The Startled Insects they were a hugely successful band signed to Island Records and were known for their spectacular multi – media events, which combined instrumental music with multiple film projections. Their third album, Lifepulse, was used by Alan Yentob as the score to a 90 minute BBC Arena Special which told the story of evolution on earth using nothing but wildlife footage and music.

Bob and Tim worked alongside Massive Attack co-writing Karma Coma and Eurochild for the Protection album and that led to other collaborations including I Want You for Madonna and Hunter Gets Captured by the Game for the Batman Forever soundtrack album.

They produced Alison Moyet’s chart topping album Hometime and co-wrote Goldfrapp’s hit single Human. In 2007 they collaborated with former Spiritualised member Sean Cook on The Flies for Universal Records and tracks from the album are still being synced to films, tv, adverts and the internet. They have now completed the Flies 2 album, Into The Night.

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CREDITS INCLUDE

Features
44 INCH CHEST (Presceience Media) – tracks and songs only Prods.Richard Brown & Steve Golin Dir. Malcolm Venville
CREEP (Dan Films) Prods. Julie Baines & Jason Newmark Dir. Christopher Smith
OWNING MAHOWNY (Alliance Atlantis) Prods. Alessandro Camon, Andras Hamori & Seaton McLean Dir. Richard Kwietniowski
XX/YY (Robbins Ent./Intrinsic/Natural Nylon) Prods. I & M Robbins Dir. Austen Chick
LOVE AND DEATH ON LONG ISLAND (BBC Films) Prods. Steve Clark-Hall & Christopher Zimmer

Shorts
FINAL CALL (Pyramid Media) Prod. Si Bell Dir Daymon Britton
BONE (Aardman Animation) Prod. Mark Chamberlain Dir. Darren Walsh
CHIPS (Atom Film) Prod. Mark Chamberlain Dir. Darren Walsh
LITTLE DARK POET (Channel Four Films) Prod. Cindy Jones Dir. Mike Booth
BARF (Atom Films) Prod. Mark Chamberlain Dir. Darren Walsh
BORED (Atom Films) Prod. Mark Chamberlain Dir. Darren Walsh
CAPTAIN THUNDERPANTS (Aardman) Prod. Mark Chamberlain Dir. Darren Walsh
COTTON BUD (Atom Films) Prod. Mark Chamberlain Dir. Darren Walsh
LOVEBITE (Aardman Animation) Prod. Mark Chamberlain Dir. Darren Walsh
QUEEN’S SPEECH (Atom Films) Prod. Mark Chamberlain Dir. Darren Walsh
ROAD HOG (Aardman Animation) Prod. Mark Chamberlain Dir. Darren Walsh
GOALIE (Atom Films) Prod. Mark Chamberlain Dir. Darren Walsh
THE SAINT INSPECTOR (Bolex Brothers) Prod. Richard Hutchinson Dir. Mike Booth
FLAMES OF PASSION (Frameline) Dir. Richard Kwietniowski
ALFALFA (Frameline) Dir. Richard Kwietniowski

Television
EVEREST: BEYOND THE LIMIT (Tigress Prods/Discovery Channel) – 5 eps Series Prods. Chris Richards & Ed Wardle Dir. Ed Venner
WIRE IN THE BLOOD (Coastal Productions) – 28 eps Prod. Philip Leach Dirs. Various
PLACE OF EXECUTION (Coastal productions) prod. Philip Leach Dir. Daniel Percival
ELEVENTH HOUR (Granada Television) – 4 eps Prod. Stephen Smallwood Dir. Roger Gartland
ROCKET MAN (BBC) – 6 eps Prod. Philip Leach Dir. James Strong
LAWLESS (All3Media) prod. Tom Grieves Dir. Roger Gartland
HAWAII: ISLAND OF THE FIRE GODDESS (BBC) Prod. Keenan Smart
SITUATION CRITICAL (Darlow Smithson)
SECONDS FROM DISASTER (Darlow Smithson) Prod. Charlotte Surtees
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC – more than 10 series and programmes Discography
THE STARTLED INSECTS
THE STARTLED INSECTS – CURSE OF THE PHEREMONES album (Island Records)
TH STARTLED INSECTS – LIFEPULSE album (Island Records)
THE FLIES – ALL TOO HUMAN album (Universal /No Carbon Records)
ROBERT PLANT – SIREN remix
MCRAFT – COME TO MY SENSES production
ALISON MOYET – HOMETIME album production
GOLDFRAPP – FELT MOUNTAIN album production
ALPHA – THE IMPOSSIBLE THRILL album sessions
DAY ONE (Melankolic Records) co-production

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]]> http://www.smatalent.com/composers/locke-bob-norfolk-tim/feed/ 0 00:01:01 Bob Locke and Tim Norfolk, aka The Insects, started their film and tv composing career in the 90’s and in those early days mostly on ... Bob Locke and Tim Norfolk, aka The Insects, started their film and tv composing career in the 90’s and in those early days mostly on docs and nat.hist. - they won an EMMY in 1994 for Life At The Edge, a National Geographic Special. Since then they have scored two features for director Richard Kwietniowski; - Love and Death on Long Island (BBC Films) starring John Hurt and Jason Priestley and Owning Mahowny (Alliance Atlantis) starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman, John Hurt and Minnie Driver. The music for the latter was nominated for a Prix Genie Award in Canada. Major tv credits include all six series of Wire In The Blood for Coastal Productions. Just last year they worked with Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack on the feature 44 Inch Chest (Prescience), starring Ray Winstone, Tom Wilkinson and Ian Mcshane, contributing band numbers and songs to Angelo Badalamenti’s score. Other feature credits include US indie film XX/XY (Robbins Ent./Intrinsic/Natural Nylon) starring Mark Ruffalo; Creep (Dan Films), the British horror film; and The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb (Bolex Brothers). They contributed tracks to Aardman Film’s Angry Kid and to the cult US TV comedy Malcolm in the Middle. They’ve had a long association with Robson Green’s Coastal Productions and in addition to the Wire In The Blood series, also scored Place of Execution, starring Juliet Stephenson. Other tv credits include Granada’s Eleventh Hour, starring Patrick Stewart; Rocket Man for Touchpaper/BBC, starring Robson Green; and Lawless for All3Media, starring Trevor Eve. They recently completed Everest series 2 for Tigress Prods/Discovery Channel. As The Startled Insects they were a hugely successful band signed to Island Records and were known for their spectacular multi - media events, which combined instrumental music with multiple film projections. Their third album, Lifepulse, was used by Alan Yentob as the score to a 90 minute BBC Arena Special which told the story of evolution on earth using nothing but wildlife footage and music. Bob and Tim worked alongside Massive Attack co-writing Karma Coma and Eurochild for the Protection album and that led to other collaborations including I Want You for Madonna and Hunter Gets Captured by the Game for the Batman Forever soundtrack album. They produced Alison Moyet’s chart topping album Hometime and co-wrote Goldfrapp’s hit single Human. In 2007 they collaborated with former Spiritualised member Sean Cook on The Flies for Universal Records and tracks from the album are still being synced to films, tv, adverts and the internet. They have now completed the Flies 2 album, Into The Night. Download complete showreel as .zip file CREDITS INCLUDE Features 44 INCH CHEST (Presceience Media) - tracks and songs only Prods.Richard Brown & Steve Golin Dir. Malcolm Venville CREEP (Dan Films) Prods. Julie Baines & Jason Newmark Dir. Christopher Smith OWNING MAHOWNY (Alliance Atlantis) Prods. Alessandro Camon, Andras Hamori & Seaton McLean Dir. Richard Kwietniowski XX/YY (Robbins Ent./Intrinsic/Natural Nylon) Prods. I & M Robbins Dir. Austen Chick LOVE AND DEATH ON LONG ISLAND (BBC Films) Prods. Steve Clark-Hall & Christopher Zimmer Shorts FINAL CALL (Pyramid Media) Prod. Si Bell Dir Daymon Britton BONE (Aardman Animation) Prod. Mark Chamberlain Dir. Darren Walsh CHIPS (Atom Film) Prod. Mark Chamberlain Dir. Darren Walsh LITTLE DARK POET (Channel Four Films) Prod. Cindy Jones Dir. Mike Booth BARF (Atom Films) Prod. Mark Chamberlain Dir. Darren Walsh BORED (Atom Films) Prod. Mark Chamberlain Dir. Darren Walsh CAPTAIN THUNDERPANTS (Aardman) Prod. Mark Chamberlain Dir. Darren Walsh COTTON BUD (Atom Films) Prod. Mark Chamberlain Dir. Darren Walsh LOVEBITE (Aardman Animation) Prod. Mark Chamberlain Dir. Darren Walsh QUEEN’S SPEECH (Atom Films) Prod. Mark Chamberlain Dir. Darren Walsh ROAD HOG (Aardman Animation) Prod. Mark Chamberlain Dir. Darren Walsh GOALIE Composers matt@mymatedavedevelopment.co.uk no no ALEXANDER, Geoffrey http://www.smatalent.com/composers/alexander-geoffrey/ http://www.smatalent.com/composers/alexander-geoffrey/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:20:45 +0000 AvocetCreative http://www.smatalent.com/?p=496 Already established as one of the leading Hollywood and UK film music arrangers, orchestrators and conductors, Geoff Alexander is now moving across into composing, bringing with him the wealth of experienced gained from more than 100 feature credits.

He recently contributed orchestral cues to George Fenton’s score for the BBC’s One World series and earlier provided the score for the Merchant Ivory film Merci Docteur Rey, directed by Andrew Litvak.

As an arranger/orchestrator/conductor he has enjoyed notably long and successful partnerships with George Fenton – Hitch, Bewitched, Mrs. Henderson Presents, Anna And The King, Ever After, In Love And War and the BBC’s Blue Planet which won the BAFTA, EMMY and Ivor Novello for Best Score; Trevor Jones – The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Notting Hill, Crossroads, 13 Days, Merlin, Richard III, Cliffhanger; Patrick Doyle – Igor, Nim’s Island, Eragon; Eric Serra – Arthur and the Invisibles, Bandidas, Jeanne d’Arc – The Messenger; and Richards Robbins – The Remains Of The Day, Jefferson in Paris, Surviving Picasso, The Golden Bowl and Le Divorce.

He has also collaborated with Stephen Warbeck – Mystery Men, Theory Of Flight;, Anne Dudley – A Man Apart, Monkeybone; Charlie Mole – The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband; and with the late Michael Kamen – Band Of Brothers, From The Earth To The Moon and What Dreams May Come.

Other big screen credits include Planet 51, State of Play, Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix, Bee Movie, The Other Boleyn Girl, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan; Mickey Blue Eyes, Cliffhanger and Brassed Off.

Away from the screen he has written a double concerto for violin, ‘cello and orchestra, ‘Phantasia’, based on themes from Phantom Of The Opera. Commissioned by Andrew and Julian Lloyd Webber it was recorded in 2005 with Sarah Chang (violin) Julian Lloyd Webber (‘cello) and conducted by Simon Lee, and is available on EMI Classics. He has recently been appointed Artistic Advisor to the English Sinfonia for whom he is currently writing ‘Blood In The Snow’ – a violin concerto for Janice Graham. Other projects include a ballet with Richard Robbins, The Country Bunny, to be premiered in Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

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GEOFFREY ALAXANDERS CREDITS INCLUDE

Composer

MERCI DOCTEUR REY (Merchant Ivory Productions)
ONE WORLD (BBC Natural History) additional music

ARRANGER/ORCHESTRATOR/CONDUCTOR

THE BOUNTY HUNTER (Columbia Pictures) Composer George Fenton
THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADELE BLANC-SEC (Euracorp) Composer Eric Serra
EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES (CBS FILMS) Composer Andrea Guerra
PLANET 51 (Illion Animation/Handmade Films) Composer James Seymour Brett
STATE OF PLAY (Universal Pictures) Composer Alex Heffes
IGOR (Exodus Productions) Composer Patrick Doyle
NIM’S ISLAND (WALDEN MEDIA) Composer Patrick Doyle
THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL (Focus Films/Ruby Films/BBC Films) Composer Paul Cantelon
BEE MOVIE (Dreamworks Animation) Composer Rupert Gregson-Williams
HARRY POTTER & THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX (Warner Bros/Heyday Films) Composer Nick Hooper
ERAGON (Fox 2000 Pictures) Composer Patrick Doyle
ARTHUR & THE INVISIBLES ( Europa Corp/Avalanche Productions) Composer Eric Serra
BORAT:CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF
KAZAKHSTAN (Four by Two/Everyman Pictures/Dune Ent) Composer Erran Baron Cohen
LAST HOLIDAY (Paramount Pictures) Composer George Fenton
CHAOS (Mobius Int/Chaotic Films/Epsilon Motion Pictures) Composer Trevor Jones
MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS (Pathe PcturesBBC Films/Future Films) Composer George Fenton
VALIANT ( Vanguard AnimationEaling Studios) Composer George Fenton
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (Walden Media/ Bablsberg Film) Composer David A Stewart
IMAGINING ARGENTINA (Arenas Ent/Myriad Pictures/Multivideo) Composer George Fenton
LE DIVORCE (Merchant Ivory Productions) Composer Richard Robbins
THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (20th Century Fox) Composer Trevor Jones
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Miramax) Composer Charlie Mole
CROSSROADS (Filmco Ents/Paramount Pictures) Composer Trevor Jones
FROM HELL (20th Century Fox) Composer Trevor Jones
THIRTEEN DAYS (MNew Line Cinema) Composer Trevor Jones
ANNA AND THE KING (Fox 2000 Pictures) Composer George Fenton
THE MESSENGER: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC ( Gaumont( Composer Eric Serra
MICKY BLUE EYES ( Warner Bros) Composer Basil Poledouris
MYSTERY MEN (Universal Pictures) Composer Stephen Warbeck
NOTTING HILL (Working Title) Composer Trevor Jones
AN IDEAL HUSBAND (Icon/Miramax/Canal+) Composer Charlie Mole
G.I. JANE (Caravan Pictures/Hollywood Pictures/Scott Free Prods) Composer Trevor Jones
EVER AFTER (20th Century Fox) Composer George Fenton
IN LOVE AND WAR (New Line Cinema) Composer George Fenton
LOCH NESS (Working Title) Composer Trevor Jones
KISS OF DEATH (20th Century Fox) Composer Trevor Jones
REMAINS OF THE DAY (Merchant Ivory) Composer Richard Robbins
CLIFF HANGER (Carolco Pictures/Canal=) Composer Trevor Jones
HOWARDS END (Merchant Ivory Productions) Composer Richard Robbins

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]]> http://www.smatalent.com/composers/alexander-geoffrey/feed/ 0 00:01:01 Already established as one of the leading Hollywood and UK film music arrangers, orchestrators and conductors, Geoff Alexander is now moving across into composing, bringing ... Already established as one of the leading Hollywood and UK film music arrangers, orchestrators and conductors, Geoff Alexander is now moving across into composing, bringing with him the wealth of experienced gained from more than 100 feature credits. He recently contributed orchestral cues to George Fenton’s score for the BBC’s One World series and earlier provided the score for the Merchant Ivory film Merci Docteur Rey, directed by Andrew Litvak. As an arranger/orchestrator/conductor he has enjoyed notably long and successful partnerships with George Fenton - Hitch, Bewitched, Mrs. Henderson Presents, Anna And The King, Ever After, In Love And War and the BBC’s Blue Planet which won the BAFTA, EMMY and Ivor Novello for Best Score; Trevor Jones - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Notting Hill, Crossroads, 13 Days, Merlin, Richard III, Cliffhanger; Patrick Doyle - Igor, Nim’s Island, Eragon; Eric Serra - Arthur and the Invisibles, Bandidas, Jeanne d’Arc - The Messenger; and Richards Robbins - The Remains Of The Day, Jefferson in Paris, Surviving Picasso, The Golden Bowl and Le Divorce. He has also collaborated with Stephen Warbeck - Mystery Men, Theory Of Flight;, Anne Dudley - A Man Apart, Monkeybone; Charlie Mole - The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband; and with the late Michael Kamen - Band Of Brothers, From The Earth To The Moon and What Dreams May Come. Other big screen credits include Planet 51, State of Play, Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix, Bee Movie, The Other Boleyn Girl, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan; Mickey Blue Eyes, Cliffhanger and Brassed Off. Away from the screen he has written a double concerto for violin, ‘cello and orchestra, ‘Phantasia’, based on themes from Phantom Of The Opera. Commissioned by Andrew and Julian Lloyd Webber it was recorded in 2005 with Sarah Chang (violin) Julian Lloyd Webber (‘cello) and conducted by Simon Lee, and is available on EMI Classics. He has recently been appointed Artistic Advisor to the English Sinfonia for whom he is currently writing ‘Blood In The Snow’ – a violin concerto for Janice Graham. Other projects include a ballet with Richard Robbins, The Country Bunny, to be premiered in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Download complete showreel as .zip file GEOFFREY ALAXANDERS CREDITS INCLUDE Composer MERCI DOCTEUR REY (Merchant Ivory Productions) ONE WORLD (BBC Natural History) additional music ARRANGER/ORCHESTRATOR/CONDUCTOR THE BOUNTY HUNTER (Columbia Pictures) Composer George Fenton THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADELE BLANC-SEC (Euracorp) Composer Eric Serra EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES (CBS FILMS) Composer Andrea Guerra PLANET 51 (Illion Animation/Handmade Films) Composer James Seymour Brett STATE OF PLAY (Universal Pictures) Composer Alex Heffes IGOR (Exodus Productions) Composer Patrick Doyle NIM’S ISLAND (WALDEN MEDIA) Composer Patrick Doyle THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL (Focus Films/Ruby Films/BBC Films) Composer Paul Cantelon BEE MOVIE (Dreamworks Animation) Composer Rupert Gregson-Williams HARRY POTTER & THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX (Warner Bros/Heyday Films) Composer Nick Hooper ERAGON (Fox 2000 Pictures) Composer Patrick Doyle ARTHUR & THE INVISIBLES ( Europa Corp/Avalanche Productions) Composer Eric Serra BORAT:CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN (Four by Two/Everyman Pictures/Dune Ent) Composer Erran Baron Cohen LAST HOLIDAY (Paramount Pictures) Composer George Fenton CHAOS (Mobius Int/Chaotic Films/Epsilon Motion Pictures) Composer Trevor Jones MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS (Pathe PcturesBBC Films/Future Films) Composer George Fenton VALIANT ( Vanguard AnimationEaling Studios) Composer George Fenton AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (Walden Media/ Bablsberg Film) Composer David A Stewart IMAGINING ARGENTINA (Arenas Ent/Myriad Pictures/Multivideo) Composer George Fenton LE DIVORCE (Mer Arrangers & Orchestrators, Composers matt@mymatedavedevelopment.co.uk no no BOOTH, Phil http://www.smatalent.com/screenwriters/booth-phil/ http://www.smatalent.com/screenwriters/booth-phil/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:14:19 +0000 AvocetCreative http://www.smatalent.com/?p=467 Phil graduated from London Guildhall University with a BA Hons. Degree in Media Studies and started in the film industry as a runner, with Red Rooster Film & TV, in 1994. He quickly moved up the ladder within the Assistant Director ranks and now works as a 1st AD. He has worked all over the world and has had the benefit of learning from directors such as Joe Wright, Ken Loach, Tom Hooper, Robert De Niro, Andrei Konchalovsky, David Mamet, Gurinder Chadha, Neil Marshall and Todd Haynes.

His 6-part tv series Oh Brother! is currently under consideration by a major production company.

Phil Booth

He has worked on more than 35 features including War Horse, Centurion, The Good Shepherd, Mrs Henderson Presents, Pride & Prejudice, Batman Begins, Bend It Like Beckham, The X-Files and countless tv dramas including Downton Abbey, Cranford, Blood and Oil, A Short Stay In Switzerland, Daniel Deronda, and Lorna Doone.

He has long wanted to write screenplays and started a while back and to date has completed two film scripts as well as a 6-part tv comedy Oh Brother which is currently under consideration by a major production company.

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