Composer & Guitarist
Excellent UK music software company Spitfire Audio recently hosted a competition for composers to score a short NASA film using only the free version of their LABS Choir (a series of free virtual instruments I reviewed not too long ago - spoiler: they're really good). I only discovered the competition a couple of days before …
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Take a look at the website for a new film from Director/Writer Ryan Garry, currently being shot around Merseyside and the Wirral. This indie feature takes inspiration from big budget legends like The Lord of the Rings and the Marvel Cinematic universe, and has set its own production sights just as high with custom made …
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I'm currently in the midst of one of those frustrating but exciting passages of time - one in which lots has been happening but it's not yet all ready for presentation - and my knack for taking on more projects than is wise reaches critical mass as summer arrives, and my music students go on …
I took a very pleasant trip to Bury Art Museum on Thursday with a good friend of mine, where I performed Brébeuf once more - my live psaltery score to Stephen Broomer's short film for Video Jam. I'll admit that, when I first wrote the score, I felt strangely detached from it and took great …
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Brébeuf and my live score for psaltery is going to be performed once more at Bury Art Gallery on 18th February! If you missed it at Manchester Jewish Museum in November last year then now is your chance to see it at this brilliant free live event. Video Jam will be bringing together some of their …
I have finally got round to recording my film score for Stephen Broomer's 'Brébeuf' which was commissioned by Video Jam and performed at Manchester Jewish Museum on the 12th November 2015. If you missed the performance, then now is your chance to hear what it sounded like - enjoy! You can read more about my …
(Originally posted 17th May 2014) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/851059627/tablet-of-destiny I'm working with director David Wilks on 'Tablet of Destiny' a new scifi chase film about an ancient, globe-trotting conspiracy - the Black Knight Satellite. It's my first chance to work on the soundtrack for a feature length film, so I'm really hoping this kicks off! It's literally …
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Alex Cottrell 