This cherry pics some material which I've written & produced (and some I've sung on).

James Clarke Misc Showreel (Composition/Production)

This is a montage of a recent Rock-Opera project I've written, arranged and produced. It's early days but I've already sourced some additional singers to develop the idea.

James Clarke Rock-Opera Showreel

Thought I'd pick up on the 'curveball' element which Hans' initial brief requested. That '90s house/dance sound seems to be coming back in a re-invented way and because the clip had to be short, I was thinking how it would suit an intro to something - possibly the Winter Olympics. I've only used the trumpet and vocal stems with some re-tuning at the cadences to accommodate the slightly different harmony. They've been time-stretched from 100 to 130 BPM and I've re-tuned the the vocal to create a harmony towards the end. Let me know your thoughts! Thanks J. 

Destiny's Dancefloor - Bleeding Fingers Contest

This is music I wrote for a silent play called Flossie & Jet for Hijinx Theatre. It is still on tour: 

http://www.hijinx.org.uk/flossie-and-jet/

Meet Flossie and Jet. Sisters of faded grandeur. Stately home to state of homelessness. Curious at the world they find themselves in, while still clinging to the remnants of a lost era, ageing companions Flossie and Jet are on a journey to find a new place to live. Somewhere not too small, somewhere warm, somewhere they can settle.

Partial to a picnic or a trip to the seaside, and always keen to meet the locals, the genteel sisters may just take you by surprise in this delightful and poignant walkabout mask show.  

 

Dream Sequence 1

This is music I wrote for a silent play called Flossie & Jet for Hijinx Theatre. It is still on tour:

www.hijinx.org.uk/flossie-and-jet/

Meet Flossie and Jet. Sisters of faded grandeur. Stately home to state of homelessness. Curious at the world they find themselves in, while still clinging to the remnants of a lost era, ageing companions Flossie and Jet are on a journey to find a new place to live. Somewhere not too small, somewhere warm, somewhere they can settle.

Partial to a picnic or a trip to the seaside, and always keen to meet the locals, the genteel sisters may just take you by surprise in this delightful and poignant walkabout mask show.

The Picnic

Dream Sequence 2

Dream Sequence 3

The Flamenco

The Itch

This is a montage of records I've produced at Ty Cerdd using our 7'4" Bosendorfer grand piano. It demonstrates the broad genre of music which we record and produce. The piano is in our 34' x 24' acoustically treated live room, big enough to accommodate small choirs and chamber ensembles. 

Montage of records recorded and produced by James Clarke

Rule the World - Clarkez version

James Clarke BA, MMus

Specialising in aesthetics, orchestration & audio production, James studied music at Bristol University achieving a first-class honours degree and a masters in film/TV composition. It was there that he had his first symphonic work Eleutherios performed along with numerous orchestral works involving various electroacoustic techniques. James then located to Denmark for 2 years and worked with Alphabeat, Lazyboy and Junior Senior at Delta Lab Studios before returning to the UK.

James has managed the recording studios at Tŷ Cerdd in the Wales Millennium Centre since he established them in 2004. He has produced and engineered for BBC, Sony, Bryn Terfel, Katherine Jenkins & Only Men Aloud and in 2010 was commissioned by the Welsh National Opera to compose a children’s opera called Billy & The Dragon. He also co-wrote, produced and performed Carbon Soldier which was commissioned by the Welsh Assembly Government as part of their climate change awareness campaign. James has produced for Pete Lawrie (Island), Joseph George (Tomato Wine) and Jem (ATO, Sony BMG, RCA) and regularly works in Santa Monica, LA, as a producer, writer, arranger and engineer. He is a percussionist, pianist, guitarist and singer.

James Edward Clarkez

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