For my beautiful daughter Z.  Happy 21st 2011.

For Z. 2011

Another StoneAge piece i did in 1992 with my minimoog D.  Amber THMC gave me some ads von VHS  to make a showreel with.  They were really kind to me and gave me lots of feedback and suggestions. They gave me different types of brief, storyboard format, written ones, scribbled ones with a few key words etc.  It was a great learning curve and I appreciated it.  

Black Ice Beer ad pitch for Amber The Heavenly Music Corporation.1991

StoneAge efforts on the Tascam Porta 2 for a Mercedes ad pitch. 1992 - 93.

Mercedes Cars (Organic) ad pitch for Amber The Heavenly Music Corporation.1992.

Theme Music From Short Film .1999
Composer of original theme, piano, synths: Marina .
Cello arrangement and cello played by EMILY BURRIDGE. 
Recorded at Brian May's Studios, UK. 
Directed by Eric Deacon. Produced by BWP, Sean Blowers,Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) & Annette Lynton-Mason. Starring Anne Stallybrass, John Henshaw & Annette Lynton-Mason.).  Shown at Cannes Film Festival, shortlisted by the First Film Foundation, entered for Bafta and also shown at Sydney and Melbourne Film Festivals.

Theme Music From a Short Film.1999.

Reworking this old piece I wrote in 1994. This was for a series of serious  interviews with people who had experienced moments of crisis in their lives.  Presented by Mavis Nicholson, At the time, Carlton TV bought the rights to a second piano piece I wrote for them, which included title and incidental music.  So this one remains my copyright.

Channel 4: 1995

I originally wrote this piece in 1994 as a pitch for a WW2 feature film that didn't get made. Decided to work on it for a new script for a possible short film.

Untitled. work in progress 2.

Another StoneAge friend I wrote in 1991, being reworked.

Noctivagant. Work in progress.1.

Layer 1.of 4.  Using Reason. I found some samples on Reason and decided to make a soundscape. I had been listening to someone's story about their Dad going to war and how he couldn't speak about what he'd really seen and experienced.   i  imagined a guy, back at home, maybe in some hospital recovering.  He felt he wanted to write things down, he pours a beer, has a smoke & he started typing.  He flicked the fan on, and just like the ceiling fan in Apocalypse Now, the memory of the rotor blades of the helicopters from his experiences, overwhelmed him and he drifted into his flashback.

ZONE6.LAYER 1.wav.SFX.soundscape.

LAYER 2.of 4.  Using Reason.. I found some samples on Reason and decided to make a soundscape. I had been listening to someone's story about their Dad going to war and how he couldn't speak about what he'd really seen and experienced.   i  imagined a guy, back at home, maybe in some hospital recovering.  He felt he wanted to write things down, he pours a beer, has a smoke & he started typing.  He flicked the fan on, and just like the ceiling fan in Apocalypse Now, the memory of the rotor blades of the helicopters from his experiences, overwhelmed him and he drifted into his flashback . Here the sub gives the undertow of constant waves of inner conflict of guilt over his past actions, from which he can't escape.

ZONE6.LAYER 2.wav.sfx.SUBbass.Soundscape.

Layer 3.of 4. Using Reason.I found some samples on Reason and decided to make a soundscape. I had been listening to someone's story about their Dad going to war and how he couldn't speak about what he'd really seen and experienced.   i  imagined a guy, back at home, maybe in some hospital recovering.  He felt he wanted to write things down, he pours a beer, has a smoke & he started typing.  He flicked the fan on, and just like the ceiling fan in Apocalypse Now, the memory of the rotor blades of the helicopters from his experiences, overwhelmed him and he drifted into his flashback . Here the sub gives the undertow of constant waves of inner conflict of guilt over his past actions, merging with the painful memories with some minimal piano.,,,,,and from both, he can't escape..

ZONE6.LAYER 3. wav.file.sfx.sub.piano.soundscape.

Layer 4 of 4.  Using Reason..I found some samples on Reason and decided to make a soundscape. I had been listening to someone's story about their Dad going to war and how he couldn't speak about what he'd really seen and experienced.   i  imagined a guy, back at home, maybe in some hospital recovering.  He felt he wanted to write things down, he pours a beer, has a smoke & he started typing.  He flicked the fan on, and just like the ceiling fan in Apocalypse Now, the memory of the rotor blades of the helicopters from his experiences, overwhelmed him and he drifted into his flashback . Here the sub gives the undertow of constant waves of inner conflict of guilt over his past actions, merging with the painful memories with some minimal piano.,,,,,and from both, he can't escape.. This is the kind of raw, searing guitar sound I want.  Needs more work.

ZONE6.LAYER 4.wav.file.sfx.sub.piano.synth.soundscape.

Credits for Short Film.1999.

Piano, keyboards, minimoog D
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