David Ballantine is a composer and songwriter from Belfast, Northern Ireland, with experience across a range of subjects.
His soundtrack work includes the award-winning documentary feature 'How To Defuse A Bomb: The Project Children Story' in 2016, and the powerful 2015 film 'Collusion' for RTE; also Mná na nGlinntí and The Man Who Told The Truth (both BBC, 2018)
He wrote the score for the ‘Jackie’s the Boy’ series, broadcast on BBC1 in August 2010, ‘As Others See Us’ (BBC, 2011), a documentary focusing on journalists who reported on The Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Other soundtracks include ‘Oz: Around Australia on a Triumph’ (DVD); BBC ‘Spotlight: Divided Orange’ and ‘The Pox Doc’ (both BBC, 2011); ‘Spotlight: Home Truths’ and ‘Are Ye Comin out to Play’ (DVD) in 2012.
'As Others See Us' received the highest BBC audience approval rating in the UK for 2011.
June Tabor’s version of Ballantine’s song ‘A Tale From History (The Shooting)' appears on her Quercus album released in March 2013 by ECM. His song ‘Paint’ was a featured number on the soundtrack of an Australian movie, The Extra. His song ‘Paint’ was a featured number on the soundtrack of an Australian movie, The Extra.

Half Tomato Orchestra

A taste of David Ballantine's work used in projects for broadcast and DVD release. He composed the score for 'Collusion' (RTE, 2015), 'How To defuse A Bomb: The Project Children Story' and 'Gillespie Investigates: Domestic Terror' in 2016; also Mná na nGlinntí and The Man Who Told The Truth (both BBC, 2018) ‘Jackie’s the Boy’ series, aired on BBC1 in August 2010, ‘As Others See Us’ (BBC, 2011), a documentary focusing on journalists who reported on The Troubles in Northern Ireland; 'Divided Orange’ and ‘The Pox Doc’ (both BBC, 2011); ‘Spotlight: Home Truths’ and ‘Are Ye Comin out to Play’ (DVD) in 2012.

June Tabor’s version of Ballantine’s song ‘A Tale From History (The Shooting)' appears on her Quercus album released in March 2013 by ECM. His song ‘Paint’ was a featured number on the soundtrack of an Australian movie, The Extra. Siobhan Skates recorded three Ballantine titles for her 2010 album ‘Better Than a Dream'.

His songs are now being recorded and performed by an eclectic range of performers – from folk and country through to jazz - including Peter Corry, Susan Tomelty, Mary Duff, Cattle Company, Romeo Texas, Jennifer Licko and Brigid O’Neill.

Other Soundcloud links for instrumental and soundtrack material include
soundcloud.com/david-ballantine/sets/rivesaltes-and-others
soundcloud.com/david-ballantine/sets/suoni
soundcloud.com/david-ballantine/sets/half-tomato-orchestra
soundcloud.com/david-ballantine/sets/silent-sketches

soundcloud.com/david-ballantine/sets/songs
IMDb link, with extended bio: www.imdb.com/name/nm5089037/
email. david.ballantine1@ntlworld.com or davyballantine@hotmail.com
Tel. 07743 543752

Sounds for Vision

www.davidballantine.net
David Ballantine is a composer and songwriter from Belfast, Northern Ireland, with experience across a range of subjects.

June Tabor’s version of Ballantine’s song ‘A Tale From History (The Shooting)' appears on her Quercus album released in March 2013 by ECM. His song ‘Paint’ was a featured number on the soundtrack of an Australian movie, The Extra. Siobhan Skates recorded three co-written titles for her 2010 album ‘Better Than a Dream. 

His songs are now being recorded and performed by an eclectic range of performers – from folk and country through to jazz - including Peter Corry, Susan Tomelty, Mary Duff, Cattle Company, Romeo Texas, Jennifer Licko and Brigid O’Neill.  

He wrote the soundtrack score for the documentary film 'Collusion' (RTE, 2015), the ‘Jackie’s the Boy’ series, broadcast on BBC1 in August 2010, ‘As Others See Us’ (BBC, 2011), a documentary focusing on journalists who reported on The Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Songarden

David Ballantine is a composer and songwriter from Belfast, Northern Ireland, with experience across a range of subjects.
He wrote the score for the ‘Jackie’s the Boy’ series, broadcast on BBC1 in August 2010, ‘As Others See Us’ (BBC, 2011), a documentary focusing on journalists who reported on The Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Other soundtracks include ‘Oz: Around Australia on a Triumph’ (DVD); BBC ‘Spotlight: Divided Orange’ and ‘The Pox Doc’ (both BBC, 2011); ‘Spotlight: Home Truths’ and ‘Are Ye Comin out to Play’ (DVD) in 2012.
'As Others See Us' received the highest BBC audience approval rating in the UK for 2011.
June Tabor’s version of Ballantine’s song ‘A Tale From History (The Shooting)' appears on her Quercus album released in March 2013 by ECM. His song ‘Paint’ was a featured number on the soundtrack of an Australian movie, The Extra. Siobhan Skates recorded three Ballantine titles for her 2010 album ‘Better Than a Dream.
His songs are now being recorded and performed by an eclectic range of performers – from folk and country through to jazz - including Peter Corry, Susan Tomelty, Mary Duff, Cattle Company, Romeo Texas, Jennifer Licko and Brigid O’Neill.

Other Soundcloud links for instrumental and soundtrack material include
soundcloud.com/david-ballantine/sets/rivesaltes-and-others
soundcloud.com/david-ballantine/sets/sounds-for-vision
soundcloud.com/david-ballantine/sets/small-suoni

soundcloud.com/david-ballantine/sets/songs
IMDb link, with extended bio: www.imdb.com/name/nm5089037/

All sets and material:

@david-ballantine

email: david.ballantine1@ntlworld.com

Indian

Jangly Jongle

SG Boogie

Wood Walk

Another Country

Bottle Mooch

Opening titles for 'Jackie's The Boy': series with Jackie Fullerton meeting Irish people who've lived the American Dream. Produced by Michael Beattie Media for the BBC.

Jackie's the Boy (opening titles)

From BBC documentary series 'As Others See Us' where four war reporters return to Northern Ireland to reflect on the Troubles and the progress made since. With Martin Bell, Kate Adie, Bill Neely and Peter Taylor. Produced by Tony Curry.

Trouble

From 'Jackie's The Boy': series with Jackie Fullerton meeting Irish people who've lived the American Dream. Produced by Michael Beattie Media for the BBC.

LA Bitz

From BBC documentary 'Orange Divided'. Produced by Brendan McCourt.

Snare Hit

From 'Oz: Around Australia on a Triumph': epic journey exploring the wonders of Australia, its history, and characters. Produced by Bluebird Media (Matt Curry)

Mandolin lead

From 'Oz: Around Australia on a Triumph' DVD: epic journey exploring the wonders of Australia, its history, and its characters. Produced by Bluebird Media (Matt Curry).

Sunshine Shuffle

Dallas '63

Paint

I want a little dab of paint to colour in my day
I need a tiny drop of oil to smooth the blues away
I want a cup of something serious
That will make me go delirious
I want a car to drive my brain
I want a thief to take the pain
May it always be the same
May the rain forget it was meant to fall

Is there a heart without a door, a goal without a war
I need the time without a clock and a fall without a floor
Won’t you please just get me out of here
Everything is much too clear
There’s a horse behind a cart
And a beat that lost a heart
Before forever falls apart
May the night time find a different line

(Chorus)
Love and illusions are far
Like the light that fills a distant star
And the paint that covers all
Will be cracking on the wall

I want a little, I want a little, 
I want a little, I want a little

(Repeat first verse and chorus twice)

© David Ballantine 

Written and performed by David Ballantine, with Steven Gallagher (lead guitar), Keith McVeigh (keyboards) and Ceara Gallagher (backing vocals)

Paint

Belfast Dancing Slow


Some sad city will make me blue
And Belfast city, that girl is you
Your love is narrow, your heart is true
And no one else can take me from you

Just sitting sideways and never wrong
I’m running through you, the streets are long
I love religion, it makes me right
I’d kill to see you on another night

So where are you?
It’s all goodbye
You’ve had such a bad dream
Shhhh...

(Instrumental passage) 

Belfast city you’re dancing slow
Let me cool your aching bones
Pull me closer on your stage
Before you fly into another rage

Tomorrow’s got a heart
But somebody loves you
Today

© David Ballantine 


Belfast Dancing Slow

The Cornerstone

(Chorus)
You are the cornerstone
Of loving’s tender zone
You set my world to rights
Play down my crazy nights
You take it all away
The pain that I feel
You are the cornerstone
I’ll build upon

Strayed down some lonely roads
Where only my laughing shows
Stumbling from day to day
Trying to find my way
When this tired heart was running low
I bumped into your smile
I love you. It said I love you

(Chorus)

Climbing so high I knew
Only what clouds can do
Fell on my face again
The same old mistakes again
Still searching for what might have been
Until I saw your smile
I love you. It said I love you

(Chorus)

© David Ballantine

The Cornerstone

Aerodrone

Night Taxi

Nitin

Shime Time

Written by Garry O Briain and David Ballantine (IMRO/PRS)
Performed by Garry O Briain

It’s Funny How Life Goes On (lyrics © David Ballantine)

Got a key in my pocket
A place in my head
A space in my heart
For what might have been said
The places we go to
When dreaming is gone
It’s funny how life goes on

There’s a song in the traffic
A memory in tow
A stream with a sparkle
Where does it flow?
A daffodil sways in a 
Breeze that belongs
It’s funny how life goes on

(middle eight)
I know where I’m going
No map in my hand
Can’t say I’m lost
’Cause I know were I stand
A mile from your loving
And still going strong
It’s funny how loving goes wrong

The stream has a ticket
Sparkles and all
To a river beyond
In the night’s weary call
As I step to the door
Looks a little like home
It’s funny how life goes on

Arrangement and vocal - Garry O Briain

It's Funny How Life Goes On

I’m Gonna Leave You This Song

I’m gonna leave you this song
For you to take wherever you go
Or maybe you’ll hear it on the radio
You didn’t say goodbye you know
As I recall you said so long
I’m gonna leave you
I’m gonna leave you this song

I’m gonna leave you this song
So when the lights go down tonight
I’ll be so close but, oh, not quite
Even though I’m out of sight
I’ll be with you all along, ’cause
I’m gonna leave you
I’m gonna leave you this song

I’m gonna leave you this song
And if my love was just too late
Or you were too unsure to wait
I’m gonna still believe in fate
For I’ll be with you when I’m gone ’cause
I’m gonna leave you
I’m gonna leave you this song
(Repeat twice)

© David Ballantine/Garvin Crawford

I'm Gonna Leave You This Song

Life Lighter 2

Lots (live Beats) NEW2

Novadawn 3

Through We Go 3

Hope In A Hive 3

Light Corp 3

Here You Are

This Land 4

Welcome To The World


There’s a home for every dream that goes a’walking
There’s a light for every shadow in your day
There’s a part of you that knows there is a reason
Why the love you feel you’re losing has to stay

As long as you’re still caring
Welcome to the world
It’s raining
It’s hard but let me try explaining
The home for every dream that goes a’walking is your heart

When you want what you can’t have and nothing’s working
When you really don’t know what you want at all
And the beacon of your spirit’s like a sparrow gone
Flying from the love you can’t recall

As long as you’re still caring
Welcome to the world
It’s raining
It’s hard but let me try explaining
The home for every dream that goes a’walking is your heart

What was lost can still be found
When that river bends around
Take your hope from the love that floats your way
Remember you’re still
Welcome to the world

The home for every dream that goes a’walking is your heart
The home for every dream that goes a’walking is your heart

© David Ballantine 


Welcome To The World

Rainbows

There will be those who say
That love comes when you kneel and pray
For souls who’ve lost their way

There will be those who feel
That everything might be unreal
Except the night and day
Some things are here to stay

(Chorus)
We never touch the rainbows in the sky
And when it rains no one can see us cry
This much I know, can’t let you go
I’ll take this chance, I’ll take it slow

There will be times
When all you mean to say
Gets caught inside
You want to run and hide

And though you find
Your dreams are fading fast
And slipping by
I’ll be your guiding hand
I’ll help those dreams to land

(Chorus)

© David Ballantine


Rainbows

Written by Aran Shawcross and Matthew Martin
Arranged by Aran Shawcross
Vocal by David Ballantine

Third Time's a Charm - Shawcross &  Martin - vocal David Ballantine

www.davidballantine.net

David Ballantine is a composer and songwriter from Belfast, Northern Ireland, with experience across a range of subjects.

His soundtrack work includes the award-winning documentary film 'How To defuse A Bomb: The Project Children Story' in 2016, and the powerful 2015 documentary 'Collusion' for RTE.

He composed the score for the ‘Jackie’s the Boy’ series, broadcast on BBC1 in 2010; ‘As Others See Us’ (BBC, 2011), a documentary focusing on journalists who reported on The Troubles in Northern Ireland; and 'Gillespie Investigates: Domestic Terror' (BBC, 2016).

Other soundtracks include ‘Oz: Around Australia on a Triumph’ (DVD); BBC ‘Spotlight: Divided Orange’ and ‘The Pox Doc’ (both BBC, 2011); ‘Spotlight: Home Truths’ and ‘Are Ye Comin out to Play’ (DVD) in 2012.

'As Others See Us' received the highest BBC audience approval rating in the UK for 2011.
 
June Tabor’s version of Ballantine’s song ‘A Tale From History (The Shooting)' appears on her Quercus album released in March 2013 by ECM. His song ‘Paint’ was a featured number on the soundtrack of an Australian movie, The Extra. Siobhan Skates recorded three Ballantine titles for her 2010 album ‘Better Than a Dream. 

His songs are now being recorded and performed by an eclectic range of performers – from folk and country through to jazz - including Peter Corry, Susan Tomelty, Mary Duff, Cattle Company, Romeo Texas, Jennifer Licko and Brigid O’Neill.



email: davyballantine@hotmail.com

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