Two of my pieces have been featured on Daniel Hope’s new album Spheres released by Deutsche Grammophon in the UK & Europe (USA early in March 2013). Musica Universalis was commissioned for Daniel especially for the album, whilst Biafra is a new arrangement of my piece of the same name from my soundtrack to film McCullin (nominated for the two BAFTA’s, my film soundtrack is available on iTunes here).
Other composers on Spheres collaborating with Daniel include Max Richter, Ludovico Einaudi, Philip Glass and Gabriel Prokofiev.
Below is a film of Daniel recording Musica Universalis in Berlin last year (the film comes as a bonus on the digital download of the album).
Posted in Arranger, Composer, Film, Orchestra, Orchestrator, Soundtrack, String Arranger
Tagged Biafra, Daniel Hope, Gabriel Prokofiev, Ludovico Einaudi, Max Richter, Musica Universalis, Philip Glass, Spheres, Violin
Very pleased that McCullin has been nominated for Best Documentary and Outstanding Debut at the 2013 BAFTA Film awards. After great reviews across the board and the BBC’s Mark Kermode’s film of the week, it’s been a great start to 2013. Keeping fingers crossed for 10th Feb….
My soundtrack for the film will be released on iTunes etc in the coming week – feel free to sign up to my info list here and I’ll let you know when it’s released and send some free music to download too…. in the mean time head over to the soundtrack mini site mccullinsoundtrack.com.
Posted in Arranger, Cinema, Composer, Don McCullin, Film, Rankin, Soundtrack, String Arranger
Tagged BAFTA, Best Documentary, Mark Kermode, McCullin
Very pleased that distributers Artificial Eye will be releasing McCullin in cinemas on 1st January across the UK, for which I composed the music. Watch the trailer below. The digital soundtrack will be out very soon (find the mini-site for that here), with CD release in the following months. The score features the talents of Peter Gregson (cello), James Underwood (violin), Dominik Johnson (ronroco, mandola), the Iskra String Quartet, and a special bonus track recorded by world renowned soloist Daniel Hope.
Posted in Arranger, Cinema, Composer, Don McCullin, Experimental, Film, Orchestra, Orchestrator, Producer, Rankin, Soundtrack, String Arranger
It’s been an absolute pleasure working with The xx and BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Clark Rundell) along with Radio 1 for The xx Symphony in Bridlington, Yorkshire. Thanks for everyone involved who made it happen – an experience I’ll never forget. I’ve posted some more pictures of the event and rehearsals on my blog here. [update] It’s not available to watch on iPlayer any more although there is a low-res version on Youtube which I’ve linked to on my Listen/Watch page. Hopefully a higher resolution video will surface soon!
Earlier this year I scored the music to a documentary about iconic photographer Don McCullin directed by Don’s one time assistant Jacqui Morris. Beautifully shot on 16mm film, McCullin is being produced by Steve Milne of the British Film Company (Senna, The King’s Speech, Moon) and Rankin Film Productions. Thought it would be a good opportunity to put some snippets of my score onto this site… I’m hoping to release the entire 22 track album on iTunes sometime in the coming weeks / months. To be notified when it will be available, sign up to my info list here.
A mini site for the soundtrack can be found at mccullinsoundtrack.com
(all music © Alex Baranowski 2012)
Posted in Arranger, Cinema, Composer, Documentary, Don McCullin, Film, Producer, Rankin, Sound Design, Soundtrack, String Arranger
I’m presently composing music for a beautifully shot short film directed by Savvas Stavrou called “Dorothea“. The film is in Greek with English Subtitles, and will be receiving its first screening in the UK in the coming weeks.
More information about the film can be found on this website.
Posted in Arranger, Cinema, Composer, Dorothea, Film, Orchestrator, Soundtrack, String Arranger
It’s been a busy start to the year. And helpfully due to a raft of non-disclosure agreements I haven’t been able to tell you too much about it..
I’m presently working on a pilot for the BBC, heavily based around music. I’ve also recently recorded a number of my orchestral pieces with an orchestra at London’s Air Edel recording studios, as well as working on some interesting projects with The Times and some exciting fashion brands.. Hopefully I’ll be able to divulge more in the coming months.
One project I can talk about is feature documentary McCullin, a wonderfully moving film about acclaimed war photographer Don McCullin which I started composing for late last year. Directed by Don’s one time photography assistant Jacqui Morris and produced by the British Film Company and Rankin Film Productions, the music and edit should be finished later this month. All being well the soundtrack will be on iTunes on the film’s release..
Posted in Air Edel, Arranger, BBC, Cinema, Composer, Documentary, Experimental, Film, Orchestrator, Rankin, Sound Design, Soundtrack, String Arranger
I’m presently composing for 90min feature doc McCullin, directed by Jacqui Morris. Beautifully shot on 16mm film, it is about war photographer Don McCullin – whose images from the wars in Vietnam, Congo, Beirut and Biafra for the Sunday Times were amongst some of the most iconic photographs from the 20th Century. A cinema release for the film is scheduled for 2012.
Posted in Arranger, Cinema, Composer, Documentary, Film, Producer, Soundtrack, String Arranger
Tagged don mccullin, jacqui morris, war photographer
