Composer & Guitarist
In the past few months I've had a handful of people contact me asking where they can download the 'Pure Psaltery' sample library I released back in 2016. I'm not sure if it's a coincidence or there's a genuine dearth of psaltery samples out there, but I realised that the link on my Bandcamp no …
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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 …
The Video Jam event at Manchester Jewish Museum draws closer. Next Thursday (12th) I will be joining Flamingods, Metaphysical Human, Layfullstop and the Sacred Sounds Women's Choir in performing a live score for a selection of short films and extracts, all focussing around a brief of faith and ritual. I've been assigned to write for Brébeuf …
(Originally posted 1st May 2014)
(Originally posted on 16th April 2014) When The Canterbury Tales ended, I found myself with a desire to take the ideas I'd discovered during that process a little bit further. Writing the music purely for a live context shaped the sound and the performances in a very particular way. The compositions were really effective in …
(Originally posted on 7th March 2014) It's great to be working again with the passionate theatre community of the University of Liverpool. Some of you may remember the otherworldly Goblin Market put on by award-winning LUDS and my eerie Balalaika-infused score that went with it. Well, this time they're teaming up with The Liverpool University Players to …
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Alex Cottrell 