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Darrel Alexander

Music Agent / CEO

Darrell Alexander of COOL Music LTD is a music agent working with composers on the world’s biggest films, games and television shows, from Harry Potter to Halo 4 to Downton Abbey. Studying at the RCA, the Leipzig Conservatoire and the UCLA, he directly studied under THE biggest names in the business, including Leonard Bernstein, John Williams, Pierre Boulez, Itzhak Perlman and more.

Christos Andreou

Award-winning Composer, Multi-instrumentalist

Christos Andreouis an award-winning composer, multi-instrumentalist and music producer based in London.

His recent work includes the original music score for the documentaryLangford Taleswhich was awardedBest Scoreat theRomford Film Festival 2023andBest Original Musicat theEastern Europe Film Festival 2023.

He has composed music and collaborated on an array of international Film and TV productions amongst othersDie Wolf-Gäng (Sony Pictures),Rosamunde Pilcher (ZDF),Wolfsland (ARD)and many other prime tv movies.

His music has been featured on Prime Time shows onNetflix,BBC,ITV,Channel 4,Amazon Prime,NBC,CNN,Sky,History,Discovery,Animal Planet,HBOand many others. He has composed music for many advertising campaigns including MINI (John Cooper Works), HBO Go, Charles Schwab, Barclays, BirdsEye / Iglo and many more.

In 2017 he was commissioned to compose the original music idents and sonic branding for both CyBC (Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation) Channel 1 and Channel 2, in celebration of the 60th anniversary of its founding.

At the 2013Corona Fastnet Film Festival, his score forBarzakhwas also nominated forBest Original Score. Furthermore, he composed the music for Meat me in Plainville, which won theBest Horror Film Awardat the 12th AnnualConey Island Film Festival(2012), and Eleven Fifty [11:50], which received the 2nd place award at theCyprus Short Film Festival2012.

He has also written music for theatre, in collaboration with various theatres in Cyprus, and other media & multimedia projects.

Sebastian Androne-Nakansishi

Multi Award-winning Composer, Orchestrator

Sebastian Androne-Nakanishi is a multi award-winning composer who writes both contemporary concert music and soundtracks for theater or film.

He studied music composition in Romania, Great Britain and France, his music being performed all around Europe and beyond by established ensembles and orchestras. He finished his PhD in 2018 at the National University of Music from Bucharest, having Dan Dediu as his doctoral adviser and long time mentor.

Obtaining two Erasmus scholarships, he studied composition with Stefano Gervasoni during his doctoral studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse and with Joe Cutler, Howard Skempton and Ed Bennett during his Masters at the Birmingham Conservatoire.

In 2022 he was awarded the title of "Composer of the Year" by the International Classical Music Awards and won the “Excellency in Contemporary Art” trophy offered by the Career Magazine from Romania.

Peter Bateman

Composer & Orchestrator (Justice League, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Shazam!)

Peter Bateman is a composer, orchestrator, and conductor for film, television, and video games. He has scored over 200 episodes of animated television for Warner Bros, Netflix, and Nickelodeon, including the iconic franchises Scooby Doo & Guess Who, Dorothy & the Wizard of Oz, and Spirit Riding Free.

As an additional composer, his work can be heard in many different productions, from major motion pictures like Justice League, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, and 50 Shades of Grey. As an orchestrator, he has done work on blockbusters like IT, IT Chapter 2, Shazam!, The Purge, and The Hunger Games. He has also worked on the video games Middle Earth: Shadow of War, Batman Arkham Origins, and Bioshock.

Peter is a brilliant composer and currently active in the industry producing trailer music for catalogues around the world.

Stephen Baysted

Games Composer

Matthew Besler

Sound Designer, Engineer (Mass Effect series, Dragon Age: Origins)

Matthew Besler is an experienced Sound Designer and Audio Engineer, with a demonstrated history of success in the audio production industry. Skilled with a myriad of classic and modern studio and field recording tools and techniques, he possesses strong professional competency with 20+ years of experience. Working as a Senior Sound Designer for BioWare, he has received accolades and awards, such as:

Mass Effect


- GANG Awards Nominee “Audio of the Year”, “Best Cinematic Cutscene Audio”
- Game Developer’s Choice Awards Nominee “Best Audio”

Mass Effect 2


- Game Developer’s Choice Awards Nominee “Best Audio”

Mass Effect 3


- IGN Best of 2012 Awards Nominee “Best Overall Sound”
Mass Effect: Andromeda


- National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards Nominee “Best Cinematic Sound Editing”

Dragon Age: Origins


- Game Developer’s Choice Awards Nominee “Best Audio”

Bill Boston

Composer & Orchestrator (Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, I, Robot)

William (Bill) Boston has enjoyed a nearly thirty-year career as a media composer, arranger, film music orchestrator and, in recent years, music educator.
Orchestration credits include: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009), Knowing (2009), Knowing (2009), Live Free or Die Hard (2007), Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005), I, Robot (2004), Star Trek: Enterprise (2002) andmany more.

Additionally, he has written a number of works for concert performance including pieces for various small chamber ensembles, chamber orchestra, wind ensemble, concert band and percussion solo. Bill was a 1994 recipient of the BMI Pete Carpenter Memorial Fellowship, which included a seven-week internship with television music composer Mike Post.

Douglas Black Heaton

Composer (Angry Birds, Nadiya's British Food Adventure)

Douglas Black Heaton is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, music editor and producer writing music for all kinds of visual media, including TV, film, advertising and games.
His latest work includes Nadiya’s British Food Adventure for BBC Studios, the Kate Humble fronted Chinese New Year: The Biggest Celebration on Earth for BBC2, Hiroshima – The Real Story for NHK/Arte (and distributed by BBC WW), Secret History: The Riddle of the Jade Mummy for Channel 4 and Piggy Tales, Angry Birds Blues, both hugely successful internationally distributed animation series.

Other examples of Douglas’s recent work include Channel 4’s Scandimania from River Cottage’s Hugh-Fearnley Whittingstall, BBC2’s The World’s Greatest Food Markets and Channel 4’s The Dambusters’ Greatest Escape narrated by Dominic West. He also contributed music to a variety of different advertisem*nts and promotional campaigns for Rovio and the Angry Birds brand (featuring Shakira, Prince William, Matt Damon and many others), as well as scoring promos and commercials for John Lewis, L’Oreal, Oriflame and Nokia.

His guitar playing has recently been heard in the Hollywood blockbuster The Angry Birds Movie where he accompanies Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad, Jason Sudeikis and Danny McBride singing the Mighty Eagle song.

Hollie Buhagiar

Multi Award-winning Composer ( Projects with Sky, Channel 4, Amazon, BFI)

Hollie Buhagiar is a multi award-winning Gibraltarian composer based in London, who specialises in crafting bespoke scores for film, TV and Theatre. She has worked on a plethora of projects including shorts, feature length films and series alongside Grammy and Academy Award winning engineers in the finest studios across London.

Graduating from Leeds College of Music with first-class honours in Music production, Hollie continued on to complete a Masters at the National Film and Television School.

Throughout her career she has been hailed for her unique and varied sonic palette as well as her ability to create fascinating scores that approach traditional composition from a new and exciting perspective.

Hollie's experience spans worldwide and includes work for the likes of Amazon, Sky, Channel 4, BFI, NOWNESS, Creative England, Tate, The Guardian, Film London, VICE and BBC. Her projects have received critical acclaim winning various prestigious awards, these include a Porsche Award, a Gold British Arrow and the McLaren Award for Best British Animation, as well as being a two time Unity Awards nominee. One of her works 'Poles Apart' won the 2018 British Short Animation BAFTA. Hollie also received the 2018 Best Composer Award at the Underwire Film Festival after having received a total of five nominations across two years. Chris McGuire
Award-winning Composer for Film and Television

Chris McGuire is an award-winning composer for film and television. He has scored for projects that were awarded BAFTA and British Arts Council funding. A variety of projects with Chris’ scores have been nominated in film festivals across the UK and worldwide. Chris was awarded the Cine Golden Eagle (New York, USA) as the overall winner in The Marvin Hamlisch Film Scoring Contest for Emerging Composers, 2017. His work was selected from over 600 applicants spanning 69 countries. Chris has worked closely with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and other artists. He is an active composer for other media including commercial advertising and worldwide stock-music commissions.

Fred Bux

Composer (Projects for Netflix, BBC, Disney +, Sky, Paramount)

Fred Bux composes and produces music for advertising, TV, games, libraries and all areas of sync. Composing in an array of sounds and styles, he has had success with track placements and custom tracks on 30 + TV Shows across platforms such as Netflix, BBC, Disney+, Sky, MTV, Discovery, Paramount and more.

He has written bespoke briefs for worldwide media outlets like Red Bull, and has composed soundtracks, sound design and SFX for upcoming indie video games.

Liam Cameron

Sound Editor & Designer (Projects with BBC, ITV, Channel 4)

Liam is best known as a sound editor and Foley artist. Growing up in Glasgow, Scotland he first started working within the music industry playing in bands, recording & writing for artists before transitioning to working on Film & TV. Since then he has worked in a variety of creative categories from Foley, performing on BAFTA-winning 'The Amazing World of Gumball', to mixing for organisations such as BBC, ITV & Channel 4.

He has worked with a variety of post-production studios and creatives all over the world and since 2019 has started working independently as a freelancer in London, UK.

Jocelyn “Phonewifey” Campbell

Composer, Songwriter, Producer, Artist, Performer

Jocelyn Campbell (aka phonewifey) is a London based composer, producer, songwriter, artist and performer who makes music across a broad variety of styles and disciplines. As a composer Jocelyn has written chamber and orchestral music for The Royal Northern Sinfonia, The Philharmonia Orchestra, New Vialles, Ensemble x.y, The Lontano Ensemble and Ensemble Eroica among others. In 2019 they completed a PhD in composition under the supervision of George Benjamin at King’s College London.

As phonewifey, they have been releasing music since 2017 and have featured prominently in the UK hyperpop scene. Jocelyn has also composed music for several feature length and short films including Julien Temple’s Ibiza: The Silent Movie and Crock of Gold: a Few Rounds with Shane McGowan, and Bertie Gilbert’s GOOD RIDDANCE for Channel 4’s Random Acts.

Danny Champion

Artist Manager & Publisher

Danny Has worked with a wide array of songs, writers and catalogues including Sony Music Publishing (Manic Street Preachers, Kasabian, Noel Gallagher, The Beatles), ThreeSixZero Group (Calvin Harris, Deadmau5, Hurts) and Peermusic Publishing (Donovan, Newton Faulkner, Dead Sara) He also ran his own Boutique music publishing business from Bristol UK called DC Music Publishing until January 2023. As a rights owners he has placed music into projects for Cadbury, Toyota and M&S as well as films such as We Need to Talk about Kevin. As a Music Supervisor Danny has worked on high profile projects for Mars, Kelloggs, Sacla and Google.

Danny has a first class degree in Music and Entertainment industry Management and has been in and around music publishing and synchronisation for the past 20 years. He also has a PGCert in Teaching and Learning and has been a Music Business focused lecturer (topics include Music publishing, synchronisation, Music Contracts and law, Business and Finance and Artist Development) since 2016. Has has released 80 episodes of the Music Business podcast ‘Behind the Music Business’ (available from Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts from) and is starting an MA in Careers Development in 2023.

Danny Champion

Artist Manager & Publisher

Danny Has worked with a wide array of songs, writers and catalogues including Sony Music Publishing (Manic Street Preachers, Kasabian, Noel Gallagher, The Beatles), ThreeSixZero Group (Calvin Harris, Deadmau5, Hurts) and Peermusic Publishing (Donovan, Newton Faulkner, Dead Sara) He also ran his own Boutique music publishing business from Bristol UK called DC Music Publishing until January 2023. As a rights owners he has placed music into projects for Cadbury, Toyota and M&S as well as films such as We Need to Talk about Kevin. As a Music Supervisor Danny has worked on high profile projects for Mars, Kelloggs, Sacla and Google.

Danny has a first class degree in Music and Entertainment industry Management and has been in and around music publishing and synchronisation for the past 20 years. He also has a PGCert in Teaching and Learning and has been a Music Business focused lecturer (topics include Music publishing, synchronisation, Music Contracts and law, Business and Finance and Artist Development) since 2016. Has has released 80 episodes of the Music Business podcast ‘Behind the Music Business’ (available from Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts from) and is starting an MA in Careers Development in 2023.

Yolanda Charles

Musician, Songwriter, Record Label Owner (Worked with Hans Zimmer, Robbie Williams, Queen)

Yolanda Charles started her career playing for Jimmy Sommerville (The Communards) and then quickly became the bass foundation of various groups in the burgeoning ‘acid jazz’ scene of the early 1990’s including Raw Stylus and Urban Species, swiftly securing her reputation as the ‘go to’ bass player resulting in her remarkable career as a session musician for the next 30 years.

From 2010 onwards saw Yolanda continue to be the first call for many recording sessions and live performances with the incredible list of headline names above – and also became Musical Director for ex-Eurythmic Dave Stewart’s London appearances and feature in the TV house bands for shows hosted by Ricky Wilson (Kaiser Chiefs) & Nicole Scherzinger (puss* Cat Dolls).

In 2018 Yolanda broadened her scope of work accepting engagements withLaura Mvula, Mercury Award nominee Eska, pianistTomasz Bura’sJazz Fusion quartet, and the trio ofBrian Jackson, Gil Scott-Heron’s co-writer. And as if to demonstrate her eclectic and varied talents, she then recorded and toured with the legendary British bandSqueezefrom 2017 to 2020
For 6 years Yolanda performed and recorded with the incomparable composerHans Zimmertouring Europe, the South Pacific region and the US. Working on various film soundtracks including “A Knight’s Tale” “Alfie” “Home” “War on Everyone” & “Boss Baby I & II’ and “DUNE”.

In 2020 Yolanda was rightfully honored with an MBE (Member Of The Most Excellent Order Of The British Empire) for services as a musician in the UK music business. Yolanda is a music business consultant and personal mentor/coach for musicians. She is a guest lecturer, holds workshops around the UK, is also involved in teaching, including running classes at ELAM, ICMP, and the Royal Northern College of Music, and currently teaches at Trinity Laban Music Conservatory.

This ‘High Priestess Of Funk’(Bass Guitar magazine) is now recording and touring with her double-faceted live projects, namely Project pH, and Project pH Instra-mentals. Both units are built around a core team of equally creative instrumentalists.

Project pH Instra-mentals’ musical variety has drawn comparisons to Parliament/Funkadelic, Herbie Hanco*ck’s Headhunters, Yes, and Return to Forever, whilst the other side of the coin, Project pH features the superb vocal delivery of vocalists Paris Ruel and Adeola Shyllon, highlighting the more soulful, funky element of Yolanda’s deeply impressive musical spectrum.

2024 also sees Yolanda expand her horizons even further, launching her own record label and production company “NLYC PRODUCTIONS” generously nurturing and developing new talent utilising the many facets and wide range of industry skills and experience she has garnered across her remarkable career. Her merchandising and clothing label ‘Acid Funk’is being launched later in the year.

Some names she has worked with include:
Hans Zimmer, BB King, Mick Jagger, Paul Weller, Squeeze, Robbie Williams, Sting, Dave Stewart, Queen, Anastasia, Lulu, Heather Small, Natasha Bedingfield, Sinead O’Connor, Daryl Hall, Marcella Detroit, Pops Mohammed, Alison Moyet, Desert Eagle Discs, Aztec Camera, Gabrielle, Robbie Williams, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Somerville, Roger Daltrey, Van Morrison, Michael Jackson, Laura Mvula, Eska, Cathy Dennis, Leee John, Brian Jackson.

Jamie Christopherson

Media Composition, Game Composition, Orchestration, Sampled Mock-ups (Fortnite, The Lord Of The Rings: Battle of Middle Earth)

Whether it be writing evocative orchestral music, recording world instruments on location in exotic places or programming cutting-edge modern synths, multi-award-winning composer Jamie Christopherson has built a reputation for consistently delivering unique, fresh, and unexpected scores. He constantly experiments with new ways to create music that gets to the heart of a project, while always infusing his signature style into the vision of the director and producers.

Known for his interest and expertise in multiple media and genres, Jamie’s music can be heard in feature films, video games, television shows, documentaries, theatrical trailers, commercial spots, webisodes, and theme parks. Jamie’s most notable works include feature films such as A California Christmas (Netflix), American Wrestler: The Wizard, and interactive scores to best-selling video games such as Fortnite, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth series, Lost Planet 1 & 2, and Lineage II. He has also scored additional music for TV many shows, most notably for Showtime Channel’s Homeland, Ray Donovan and The Affair, and the J.J. Abrams-produced NBC hit Revolution.

Michael Cryne

Composer for Concert Hall, Game, Film & TV

Michael is a British composer based in Bournemouth. He writes music for the Concert Hall, Game, Film and TV. Recent projects include 'The Hanged', his first feature film, and 'Star Wars: Shrouded Destiny' (co-composer with Peter Due). He is currently working on 'Dewborne Dawn' a metroidvania-style platformer.

He did Doctoral study in composition under the supervision of Mark Bowden and Helen Grime at Royal Holloway, University of London. His work includes acoustic and electro-acoustic compositions. He is a graduate of both London Symphony Orchestra Panufnik (2014/5) and London Philharmonic Orchestra Leverhulme (2015/16) young composer schemes, and was selected for the 2017/8 PRS Accelerate scheme, writing As Kingfishers Catch Fire for the Berkeley ensemble. He was the winner of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s 2017/18 Composers Hub scheme, and the orchestra gave the premier of Open the Eastern Windows in November 2018.

Other recent works include Frost Flower for the Laefer Quartet, Celia’s Toyshop for the Riot Ensemble, In Cloud Light for Psappha ensemble, Slipstream for Ruthless Jabiru (as part of Sound and Music’s portfolio scheme), Prism for the Molinari String Quartet and Tendrils for the Kaleidoscope saxophone quartet. His work has also been performed and recorded by cellist Laura Moody, saxophonist Ian Dingle and pianist Zubin Kanga.

He spent a substantial portion of his early career working in the theatre, writing music for over 25 plays and working as a musical director and supervisor.

Arhynn Descy

Composer & Pianist (Acclaimed music educator, Ivor Novello Award judge)

Arhynn is a French/South African composer and pianist. She has written music for feature films, shorts, documentaries, and the stage as well as for orchestra and a variety of solo instruments. Blending orchestral and electronic elements, she enjoys bringing different genres and styles together, creating a sound world unique to each project.

Arhynn is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She has served on the film music jury for the Ivor Novello awards and the Polish Film Festival in LA, she has been awarded an LAFCI fellowship with the Oscar-nominated David Newman in LA, and has earned a Masters in Composition for Film and TV as well as diplomas in Piano.

The book 'It’s Simply Filmmaking: A Guide to Creating a Successful Career as a Female Filmmaker' by Cali Gilbert has a chapter dedicated to her and her work!

Her credits include the recently-released Patriot: A Nation at War, the award-winning sci-fi thriller Blank (for which she was nominated for Best Score), and an album entitled Postcards From A Pandemic, featuring solo musicians who recorded her music at home during lockdown. Upcoming projects include the feature film Quarantine Island.

Yati Durant

International Prize-winning Composer, Orchestrator

Yati Durant is a U.S. born composer, lecturer, trumpeter and conductor currently based in the UK.

As a composer, Yati’s compositions and films have received many prizes from International festivals, including a Panorama Public Prize at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival for Erika Rabau – Der Puck von Berlin and a BAFA National Commerce Film Award nomination for the WDR/ARD documentary Ein Klavier geht um die Welt. He is a finalist of the 2009 Concorso Giovani Musicisti Europei in Aosta, Italy with his score to Charlie Chaplin’sThe Vagabond. Recent highlights include his conducting of the Staatsorchester Braunschweig to his 2005 orchestral and electronics score forBattleship Potemkin(1925) at the opening of the Braunschweig International Film Festival and at the Murnau Film and Musikfest, Bielefeld in 2018, and the inclusion of his scores for restored films from the Jean Desmet Dream Factory collection at EYE Amsterdam in 2015.

His has written in Germany for clients such as ARD and the WDR, and his compositions and film scores have been published on CD and DVD by Film Dienst/Normal Records and Filmmuseum München. He also has an international profile as a performer of jazz trumpet and electroacoustic music and has performed in Italy, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, India, France, Brazil and in the United Kingdom.

James Elsey

Video Game Composer, Orchestrator

James Elsey is an emerging Composer based in London UK, a graduate of The Academy of Contemporary Music and second year member of the BAFTA Crew Games program.

Passionate about Video Games and interactive Music, James has credits on PC and Consoles working twice with Steel Arts Software. First contributing a terrifying, yet emotional score for Survival Horror game Welcome To Hanwell, followed by a dynamic Sci-Fi score for Grey Skies: A War Of The Worlds Story, a third person, Stealth experience based on the classic H.G. Wells Novel.

He has also established a long running relationship with The Escapist on their Gameumentary series with over two million lifetime views; contributing Original Scores for 4 feature length Documentaries covering beloved gaming Franchises including; Divinity: Original Sin, Insurgency, Darkest Dungeon and Spiritfarer.

Currently he is working with Fayju Games on Amazing Frog?; a wacky Sandbox title requiring a genre-mixing Soundtrack of Funk, Hip Hop and Jazz to name a few. As well as with Sidequest Ninja on Hexahedra; an inventive Puzzle game with a Sci-Fi Factory setting and an adaptive Synthwave score

Julie Elven

Soundtrack Vocalist, Concert Soloist & Musician

Julie Elven is a soundtrack vocalist, concert soloist and musician based in Munich, Germany.

She has been a soloist for Hollywood composers James Newton Howard, Lorne Balfe and Andrew Kawczynski, as well as for Hans Zimmer’s scoring company Bleeding Fingers Music. She is a featured solo vocalist on the GRAMMY longlisted and BAFTA winning video game Horizon Forbidden West, as well as the vocalist of the BAFTA nominated Horizon Zero Dawn soundtrack.

Julie has contributed studio vocals as a soloist to major themes in the Gran Turismo movie (2023), The Legend of Vox Machina, Horizon Forbidden West, Horizon Zero Dawn, League of Legends, BBC Universe, PBS Nova, World of Warcraft - Legion, Hearthstone, Honor of Kings, Star Citizen, RuneScape, multiple Blizzard Entertainment projects, Tomb Raider - The Dark Angel album project, and more.

Will Farmer

Composer, Orchestrator, Musician, Music Editor (Staged, The Matrix)

Will is a composer, orchestrator and musician working around the Greater London area specialising in bespoke music for film, television, radio, podcasts and games.

Credits include feature films (A Gaza Weekend,The Matrix), television (Staged,Pop Paper City), national radio (Magic Radio, Greatest Hits Radio), podcasts (Audible,BFBS), and various indie shorts. Will has edited and mixed radio shows forBBC Radio,Magic,Greatest Hits Radio,KISS,Scala,HITSand more.

Combining classical training with a love of jazz, Will has been commissioned in a variety of genres including full symphonic scores, electronic-hybrid soundtracks, rock, pop, swing, ballads, and intimate piano. Past work has been featured on short films, national radio, marketing campaigns, podcasts, animations, and production libraries. Upcoming projects include music work on forthcoming television series and films.

Will graduated from Royal Holloway, University of London, with First-Class Honours in Music and the prize for Best Submitted Dissertation. Following this, Will was awarded a Master's Degree with Distinction in the 'Composition of Music for Film and Television' from the University of Bristol alongside contributing to musicology conferences and journals.

Charles Fernandez

EMMY-Nominated Composer (The Little Mermaid, Robot Chicken, The Butterfly Effect)

Charles Fernandez began composing for television and film in 1989. He has composed for television series such as Disney's Little Mermaid, Disney's Aladdin, Universal's Casper Cartoon Series (for which he received two Emmy and one Annie nominations), Disney's Doug, Disney's 101 Dalmations, Dreamworks' Toonsylvania, and Disney's Bonkers.

Among films he's written for are Doug's 1st Movie, Disney's Aladdin III, Disney's The Pebble and the Penguin, MGM's All Dog's Go To Heaven II, MGM's Aladdin and the King of Thieves, Disney's All Dogs Christmas Carol, MGM's Babes in Toyland, MGM's Tom Sawyer, MGM's Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein, and Universal's The New Adventures of Tom Thumb.

Throughout this course, he will be supporting you with written feedback on your work, as well as hosting some of the Guest Lecture/Masterclass and feedback sessions.

Marie Anne-Fischer

Media Composition, Production/Library Music, Orchestration, Sampling Technology

Marie-Anne Fischer’s composing career started in South Africa when she teamed up with a postproduction sound engineer to write several hours of music for the SABC television, corporate videos and wildlife documentaries. After leaving South Africa, Marie-Anne initially spent 18 months in the USA and did an apprenticeship at Music Annex, a sound studio outside San Francisco and then moved to London, United Kingdom.

She has written music in a wide variety of genres, completing projects ranging from music for film, television and games. She has successfully collaborated with other composers and welcomes new challenges. Recent work includes scoring, 'I am Belmaya', an award winning feature documentary directed by Sue Carpenter and Belmaya Nepali. The soundtrack for 'I Am Belmaya' became part of Mark Kermode: 'The Best Movie Music of 2021' track list.

Her music has been published by ‘Gothic Storm Music’, ‘Library Of The Human Soul’, ‘Minim’, ‘Lovely Music’, ’Warner Chappell Production Music Limited’ and ‘Synctracks’ spanning from cinematic, world, electronic, orchestral, contemporary, ambient to creating emotional pieces which have been recorded by live strings from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna Session Orchestra. Her music has been placed and broadcast worldwide on Netflix, Disney Channel (FR), NBA TV, BBC, SABC, TF1, Canal+, The History Channel, CBS Drama, MTV, National Geographic and Discovery television Channels.

As a media composer, she is able to create music in many different genres, and is both a strength and source of personal enjoyment. She draws inspiration from a wide base of people, art, music, film and nature and reflects it back in her music.
She is a voting member of PRS (Performing Rights Society), World Soundtrack Academy, Belgian Screen Composers Guild and is an active member of WFTV and AWFC.

Claire Fitch

Composer, Sound Designer (Project with Intel, Adobe, AMD)

Claire Fitch is a composer and sound-designer who has been working on independent game scores across a wide variety of genres since 2003. Claire’s clients have ranged from Intel, AMD, Adobe, Blender, Riverdeep, Forfas, Galway City, and Northern Ireland Science Park.

Gene “Machine” Freeman

Music Producer, Owner of The Machine Shop (Worked with Clutch, Lamb of God)

Legendary Grammy nominated rock producer based in Austin, Texas. He’s worked with all the biggest names in metal including Clutch, Lamb of God, Boys Night Out, Pitchshifter, King Crimson as a producer, mixer and mastering engineer.

Jake Gaule

Freelance Composer & Sound Designer

I work primarily on indie games, but also occasionally on audio drama/podcasts, short film and community led projects.

I love playful, whimsical, gentle, ambient, natural sounds, and big, brash, janky, electronic weirdness in equal measure.

I like to work on projects that will challenge me to learn new technical skills, explore fresh sonic ideas and indulge my natural curiosity for trying to make stuff I’ve never made before!

I'm interested in branching out into more composition work for Film, TV, Theatre, VR and other interactive mediums. I'm also keen to work on finding ways to make game audio more accessible to folks from low income/working class backgrounds.

Previous clients include: Idoz Games, Idle Friday, Soundcuts, The National Trust, Bristol City Council, BCfm etc.

Joel Grant

Video Game & Movie Composer, Audio Engineer

Joel Grant is a freelance composer and audio engineer specializing in Video Games and Movies. Joel spent close to a decade working as a recording and mixing engineer in a full service analogue recording studio, working on countless rock, pop, hip hop, folk and jazz projects.

Over the last few years Joel has changed his speciality to freelance composing, working from his home studio providing scores for movies, video games, podcasts and other media, using mostly "in-the-box" production techniques. His full portfolio can be foundhere.

Lucy Hackett

Musician & Composer

Lucy is a composer and musician, specialising in music for visual media. Her compositions fuse acoustic performance with experimental production and sound design, seeking harmony within contrasting elements.

Her work as a media composer and collaborator has seen her music played and published worldwide (Netflix, PHMG, Thermal Music, The Music Supervisors, EVC Music), including a recent selection in a printed anthology of piano works by women composers.

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Award-winning Film Composer & Multi-instrumentalist

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres is an award-winning film composer and multi-instrumentalist. Her critically-acclaimed music, with a focus on telling stories, blends recorded sound worlds orchestrated into a rich palette of electronica and classical music, described by BBC Radio 6 Mary Anne Hobbs as “hauntingly beautiful”.

She won Best Original Feature Film Score in the Music and Sound Awards for BAFTA Scotland-winning duo Melt The Fly celebrated by Mark Kermode as an “evocative score” in Empire Magazine, working with MRI machine sounds and Her Ensemble on strings. Her most recent feature score for BAFTA Breakthrough Paul Sng’s BIFA- Longlisted TISH, the opening gala film of Sheffield DocFest 23, was celebrated in Screen Daily as “particularly well used throughout, chiming with memories of experiences” and said to be “worth a second listen” by Mark Kermode. Other film score credits include her score for The Oil Machine by BAFTA Scotland-winning director Emma Davie, using archive recordings of an oil rig being deconstructed.

In 2020 Hamilton-Ayres’ bold debut album 2 Years Stranger was reviewed by The Guardian as “devastatingly emotional”. Hamilton-Ayres’ striking second album Play Echoes released in winter 2022, was reviewed by CLASH as “spacious and dynamic” and described by Uncut magazine as “arresting compositions that fuse classical instrumentation with electronica”. The album was largely recorded over two weeks at Leiter’s Studio in Berlin’s Funkhaus complex. It is performed by Hamilton-Ayres and Her Ensemble and is released on LEITER founded by Nils Frahm and his manager Felix Grimm.

In her last collaboration project with Her Ensemble, commissioned by DONNE UK, Hamilton-Ayres performed the premiere of Next Chapter as part of the Steinway Series at the Royal Albert Hall alongside soprano Gabriella Di Laccio.

Hamilton-Ayres has released collaboratively with multiple labels including Piano & Coffee Records, Ninja Tune, One Little Independent, PIAS and Icelandic new classical label INNI founded by film composer Atli Örvarsson. As a “BBC Radio Three favourite” she sees merging her film scores and artist work as fundamental to her love of combining sound worlds and story-telling through music. For Pianoday 22 and 23 she performed at The Barbican alongside film composers and artists such as Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, Poppy Ackroyd, Avawaves and Neil Cowley. She has performed alongside artists such as iconic DJ and producer TSHA, electronic artist Throwing Snow and Talvin Singh OBE and studied continuous piano techniques with Lubomyr Melnyk. Her love of collaboration has also led to projects with artists such as violinist and composer Anna Phoebe on film score Until We Touch and singer, electronic rock-sitarist, composer BISHI on an AV Installation Reflektions. Alexandra is known for reworking other artists tracks including a rework for Vanbur releasing on Human Reworked alongside Mogwai and Katie Gately and Hector Plimmer’s Next to Nothing - remixed alongside artists such as Matthew Herbert. Her first collaboration EP Ciara released at the end of 2021 with producing artist and songwriter Mara Simpson. Her latest rework with James Heather, sees her blending her live work with film composer and violinist Alexander Parsons on Ninjatune.

Dr. David Hammond

Award-winning Conductor, Business Manager, Orchestrator, Performer

Dr. David Hammond is a freelance conductor, French horn player, and academic. Winner of the Worshipful Company of Musicians’ Silver Medal, David has five degrees in music and business, and holds fellowships of the principal British music conservatoires. His eclectic musical experiences have seen him perform as a member of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, an electric guitarist in a support band to Status Quo, as a French horn player in the National Chamber Orchestra of South Africa, and employed as a musician in the British Army.

With over twenty years as a professional conductor, David has worked with ensembles in a variety of venues, including the Royal Albert Hall, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Cadogan Hall, Beethovenhalle (Germany), and Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

Broadcast on the BBC and Classic FM, David is an accomplished recording artist with an extensive repertoire, having made albums for both wind band and string orchestra. With a portfolio career in the music industry and having lived and worked in Southern Africa, Germany, and Gibraltar, David tutors in several areas of the music industry, including performance, business, orchestration, and historical musicology.

Thomas Hansen

Composer, Music Editor (Ubisoft, Supermassive Games)

Thomas Hansen is a composer with a strong background in Games and Film. His interests are rooted in the entire music pipeline for games. He composes, mixes, masters, edits and implements all of his own music and the music of other composers. He has worked on a broad range of titles with major studios, such as Ubisoft and Supermassive Games, to small indie studios.

He strongly believes that editing and implementing music is an art and craft and this is where the bleeding edge of the most exciting developments in music is. He is always keen to discuss/advise on composition, mixing, mastering, editing, implementation, the life of a freelancer composer in games, and the in's and out's of working with different sized studios and projects.

Emily Hawkings

Bootcamp Tutor & Composer

Based in Berlin, Emily is an established composer and orchestrator for drama and documentary films, podcasts, library music and more.

Alyx Jones

Sound Designer, Composer (Liquid Violet, Sound Architect)

One-to-One Mentor, Live Workshops, Webinars & Written Feedback

Alyx is a composer, sound designer, and dialogue editor for video games. She has worked on many AAA titles including Elden Ring, Final Fantasy Remake VII, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and Lies of P.

In 2022 she was selected as a BAFTA Breakthrough, and as one of the MCV 30 Under 30s. She also won the Sound Hero award at Game Dev Heroes, and the Community Award at the Guildford Games Awards.

With deep connections across the games industry, she is the founder of Silver Script Games, a freelance composer and dialogue editor and Head Writer at The Sound Architect, the audio focused site for reviews, interviews and articles discussing the sound for games, films, shows and more.

Tomasz Kaczor

Sound Designer & Composer

Tomasz, born in Cracow, Graduated from Chopin University of Music, and Jagiellonian University.

He is now a music composer and sound designer working in animation, films and games.

His work includes:

Design and implementation of sound effects and music for game audio.
- Sound design, foley, audio synthesis.
- Film sets and other field recordings.
- Music composition for audiovisual arts.
- Songwriting and arrangement of popular music.

Hilgrove Kenrick

Composer for Film & Computer Games (Need for Speed: Shift)

With a deep love of music engendered by that most special of beasts, the enthusiastic music teacher,Hilgrove Kenrickstarted out in the school choir, progressing up to Head Chorister and ultimately Birmingham Cathedral choir.

His professional career started out with song writing alongside performing café jazz and function music in restaurants and bars, eventually leading to a chance to score his first film at 21. The itch was scratched, and performing went west in lieu of more composing to picture.

Now based in Worcestershire with periodic sojourns in Los Angeles, Hilgrove has composed music for a wide variety of films and two of the biggest current computer games franchises,Need for Speed: Shift (2009)andThe Walking Dead: Assault (2012).

He is co-writing and producing two albums for established US artists and having released two singles, is finishing a solo album of piano improvisations which will launch in the autumn (2013).

Dr. Susan Kinnear

Business Entrepreneur, Business Manager

Dr Susan Kinnear is Director of Global Communications at the School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University. A former journalist, she has held senior roles in marketing and communications as well as working in television production and running her own consultancy. Susie is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Government Advisory Group and acts as their Chief Examiner for Digital Communications. She was a Shell Livewire and Lloyds TSB Business finalist, winning awards for business entrepreneurship and planning, and acts as a subject specialist advisor for other universities across Europe. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Chartered Institute of Public Relations and Chartered Management Institute. A Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, she also has a PhD from the University of Manchester.

Kevin Kliesch

Emmy Award Winning Composer & Orchestrator (Sofia the First, Tangled, Shrek Forever After)

Composer Kevin Kliesch won his first Daytime Emmy® Award for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for his work onSofia the First(2012) in 2015.

Originally from New Jersey, Kevin is a graduate of Boston's Berklee College of Music. Kevin has worked as a composer and orchestrator on over 100 feature films spanning the past 22 years, includingFrozen(2013),The Hangover(2009),Tangled(2010) andShrek Forever After(2010). He parlayed his success as an orchestrator to composing, where he has found success in the animation genre - receiving his first Annie Award nomination for his work onThundercats(2011). That year he earned two more nominations from BSO Spirit for their Jerry Goldsmith Awards in Best Television score (Thundercats(2011)) and Breakout Composer of the Year.

Having worked on many successful Disney properties as an orchestrator, Kevin was given the opportunity to compose forSofia the First(2012). His work on the series would earn him another Annie Award nomination as well as a total of four Daytime EMMY award nominations, and a Primetime EMMY nomination.

Dana Kyle

Composer, Songwriter (The Walking Dead, Agents of Shield)

Dana Kyle Kroplick is a composer and musician from Roslyn, New York. She loves telling stories in all forms and exploring how music can best servec characters and themes.

Her film scoring career began when she moved out to Los Angeles and was hired by Bear McCreary as a composer's assistant. Here she worked on shows such as Agent of Shield, Outlander, The Walking Dead, Defiance, DaVinci's Demons Black Sails and more.

She participated in several Women's Weekend Film Challenges, scoring the shorts Shockshuka, And So It Is, and Millennial SuccessStories.

Emer Landers

Composer, Orchestrator for Film, TV, Video Games, Theatre

Emer Landers is an Irish composer for film, television, musical theatre and video games.

A graduate of Trinity College Dublin and the Royal College of Music, her career to date includes working in-house for video game company Bigpoint Inc. San Francisco, having her work performed in the National Portrait Gallery in London, and winning 3rd prize in the International Pannonia Film Music Competition 2020.

In 2016 she was recognised as an emerging talent as a member of the BFI NETWORK x BAFTA Crew for Film and Television and BAFTA Crew for Video Games. She currently works as a tutor with Thinkspace Education to provide tuition to their pool of over 200 students studying numerous accredited Masters degrees in Composition for Media.

She is passionate about composing unique orchestral and electronic scores for a wide variety of media, and is currently developing her own original musical theatre project which recently received funding from the Arts Council of Ireland. She was appointed to the Peer Panel of the Arts Council of Ireland in late 2021.

Phil Larsen

Grammy Award-winning Music Producer (Kylie Minougue, Swedish House Mafia)

Phil has won a Grammy Award (mixer - Kylie Minogue) and worked with some of the biggest names in pop and dance music, delivering 100s of mixes and remixes to the world's best-known record labels.

Phil's highlights include official remixes for Katy Perry (x6), Lady Gaga, Charli XCX, Moby (x4), Emeli Sandé, Ellie Goulding, Nicole Scherzinger, Britney Spears and the Far East Movement.

As Manhattan Clique, Phil is a well-known for his electro-based work with pioneering acts Soft Cell, OMD, Human League, Kim Wilde and The B-52's. Manhatten Clique also co-wrote and produced Erasure frontman Andy Bell’s debut Electric Blue album. Phil loves playing live, performing with xPropaganda (Claudia Brücken and Susanne Freytag).

Phil is fortunate to work with some major International artists, featuring songs with Swedish House Mafia and remixing for Mylene Farmer, the most successful French female artist of all time. Mylene's duet with Moby, "Slipping Away" (which we produced) spent several weeks at no.1 in the French singles chart. Phil also produced songs for German girlband Queensberry, including their highest charting single "Hello" (peak position no.4).

Phil Larsen

Grammy Award-winning Music Producer (Kylie Minougue, Swedish House Mafia)

Phil has won a Grammy Award (mixer - Kylie Minogue) and worked with some of the biggest names in pop and dance music, delivering 100s of mixes and remixes to the world's best-known record labels.

Phil's highlights include official remixes for Katy Perry (x6), Lady Gaga, Charli XCX, Moby (x4), Emeli Sandé, Ellie Goulding, Nicole Scherzinger, Britney Spears and the Far East Movement.

As Manhattan Clique, Phil is a well-known for his electro-based work with pioneering acts Soft Cell, OMD, Human League, Kim Wilde and The B-52's. Manhatten Clique also co-wrote and produced Erasure frontman Andy Bell’s debut Electric Blue album. Phil loves playing live, performing with xPropaganda (Claudia Brücken and Susanne Freytag).

Phil is fortunate to work with some major International artists, featuring songs with Swedish House Mafia and remixing for Mylene Farmer, the most successful French female artist of all time. Mylene's duet with Moby, "Slipping Away" (which we produced) spent several weeks at no.1 in the French singles chart. Phil also produced songs for German girlband Queensberry, including their highest charting single "Hello" (peak position no.4).

Greg Lester

Sound Design / Games

Greg is a Sound Designer currently working at Soundcuts and has multiple shipped titles under his belt including The Quarry and As Dusk Falls.

He's passionate about education and helping people get a foot in the games industry and has created a site called Game Audio Learning bringing some of the best resources for game audio together into one place in an accessible manner. Additionally, he makes YouTube videos demystifying game audio and sound design on the channel Game Audio Analysis.

David Logan

Composer, Sound Designer (Projects for Disney/Marvel, Activision, HBO)

David Aaron Logan is an award-winning composer and recent Hollywood Music in Media Awards nominee. He is a graduate (magna cum laude) of the prestigious Berklee College of Music. After graduation, he worked for 2 years in Toronto as a television composer. In 1996, he moved to Los Angeles where he found immediate success as a composer in the video game industry. His gaming credits include music composition for popular games like X-Men: Mutant Academy (Activision), PacMan World 2 (Namco) and Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty (Disney/Marvel). In addition to this, he was the first composer to write streaming interactive MIDI music for Sony PlayStation.

His music has been used extensively in television, both in advertisem*nts like Nike’s 2004 Summer Olympics campaign featuring Marion Jones and shows like Sex and the City (HBO). He was also a featured composer for Disney’s Ready Or Not, which is currently in syndication to 42 different countries and has garnered critical acclaim.

In addition to composing music on numerous game titles for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Steam and iOS/Android, David is currently scoring an epic soundtrack for the video game "Dark Renaissance", in Italy.

Norman Ludwin

Composer, Orchestrator (Orchestration Credits on Jurassic World, Star Trek: Into the Darkness)

Dr. Norman Ludwin is a Los Angeles native who began his musical studies on piano with lessons from his father, and moved to the string bass at age 11. His passion for music led him to study the bassoon, clarinet, tenor sax, and trumpet. He is proud to have studied with Ray Brown, Henry Franklin, Barry Lieberman, and Buell Neidlinger. After graduation from the California Institute of the Arts, and studies at USC, he landed a job in the Florida Symphony in Tampa Florida.

Norman returned to L.A. in 1985 and began to work in the studios and in local orchestras. In the past 35 years he has worked on hundreds of movies, TV shows, and records as well has performed with the LA Opera, San Diego Symphony, Pacific Symphony, Pasadena Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, and many others. Norman also works as an orchestrator including credits on "Jurassic World," "Star Trek: Into Darkness," "Inside Out," "Super 8" and "John Carter."

Norman received his Doctorate in Composition in 2007 and currently teaches in the UCLA Extension Film Scoring Program, the Los Angeles College of Music, the Film Scoring Academy of Europe, and ThinkSpace Education.

He travels extensively giving master classes in New York City, Washington D.C, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Halifax, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Bulgaria, Brazil, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, and Kuala Lumbar.

Tony Manfredonia

Composer, Orchestrator, Singer & Songwriter

From epic symphonic rock albums to tender pop-piano ballads, and from mesmerizing instrumental suites to video game soundtracks — including Minecraft and Universal Studios —, his genre-bending approach and orchestral expertise shine through in everything he creates.
His newest album, "ANCHORED," achieved funding on Kickstarter in just 48 hours, bringing this project to life. Described by Obscure Sound as a reflection of “…new-found purpose, following a life initially dominated by one’s career, anguish, and resentments,” it is a story of marital redemption through the most precious pillars of life: love, family, and faith in God.
The pivotal moment in "ANCHORED" is captured in the third single, "VISIONS FROM GOD," where Tony explores themes of divine intervention, surrendering to a higher power, and the ultimate salvation of his marriage.

This release follows two powerful singles from the album, "CONFESSION" and "DISRUPTION," showcasing the contrasting yet equally captivating elements of soft rock ballads and intense orchestral-rock timbres.
His music has always been a reflection of his own life's triumphs and tribulations. In his concept album "ROSE WATER" and his EP "LOST AT SEA," he fearlessly tells stories of suffering, loss, and grief with raw honesty.

Featured on major media platforms such as Shalom World and EWTN, Tony's work resonates across diverse audiences, blending spiritual depth with creative insight.

His work has been performed worldwide by renowned ensembles such as the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Traverse Symphony Orchestra, the Washington Metropolitan Gamer Symphony Orchestra (WMGSO), and more. He has also been commissioned to orchestrate for artists like The Accidentals, Song of the Lakes, and jazz keyboardist/composer, Bob James.

With his remarkable versatility, Tony Manfredonia effortlessly navigates a wide range of artistic landscapes, leaving a lasting impact on his listeners. His symphonic compositions have a unique ability to connect with the deepest of emotions, making each listening experience a truly immersive and unforgettable one.

Kevin Manthei

Composer for Film, Television & Video Games (Ultimate Spiderman, The Sims 2)

He has collaborated with other graduates of the program,Christophe BeckandMarco Beltrami, writing additional music for Beck on the TV seriesBuffy the Vampire Slayerand other shows, and composing additional music for Beltrami on films includingScream 2,Scream 3,The Faculty,Scary Movie 2andResident Evil.

Manthei began his game writing career working on titles such asPanzer General II,Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption,Sacrifice,Wizardry 8,Twisted Metal: Black. His other work on video game titles includesKung Fu Panda,Marvel Universe Online,Upshift Strikeracer,Xiaolin Showdown,Ultimate Spider-Man,City of Villains,The Sims 2,StarCraft: Ghost,Shrek 2,Silent Hunter II, andShark Tale.

For his work onInvader Zim, Manthei received anAnnie Awardnomination for Outstanding Achievement in Music for an animated series.Invader Zimalso led toXiaolin ShowdownforWarner Bros. Animationas well asBrandy & Mr. Whiskersfor Disney. In scoring with Warner Bros' television seriesJohnny Test, he provided thepunk rock-infused main title and score to the first season. Manthei also created music for shows like Cartoon Network'sGenerator Rexand Adult Swim'sRobot Chicken.

Charles Mauleverer

Composer, Orchestrator, (Assisted on projects for Sky, HBO, BBC)

Films, documentaries and adverts featuring his music have been shown at festivals around the world from Jersey Shore to Cannes.

Charles has assisted on a number of film, TV and concert works, including shows for Sky, HBO, the BBC and other Hollywood productions.

In 2015-16, Charles completed his first symphony 'ONE HOME: An Environmental Symphony' and in 2017-18 completed a Second Symphony about the Great War entitled 'TWO BROTHERS’

Following a music exhibition to Winchester College, Jersey-born composer Charles Mauleverer read music at Oxford University, studying with Robert Saxton, Guy Newbury, and Ryan Wigglesworth, before winning a scholarship to study for a masters at the Royal College of Music in London, where his teachers included Jo Horovitz, Alison Kay and Ken Hesketh. He studied for an Erasmus semester at the Filmuniversitaet Babelsberg whilst living in Berlin as part of his masters.

John Wilson, the BBC Singers, Adrian Brendel, Craig Ogden, the Babelsberg Film Orchestra, the South Czech Philharmonic, Jersey Chamber Orchestra, and the Prague Symphonic Ensemble have all performed his music.

Recordings and performances at Abbey Road Studios, the National Portrait Gallery, Maida Vale, King's Place, Air Studios, Winchester Cathedral and Smecky Studios in Prague, with broadcasts on Classic FM and the BBC.

Roy Merchant

Mixing Engineer & Producer

Roy started assisting in 1991 at Hot nights studios in Fulham, London, learning basic studio etiquette from Ex CBS engineer Graham Dixon and producer Grant Mitchell. After 18 months he followed studio manager Sarah Partridge to Berwick St studios in Soho where he learnt about programming and engineering mainly focussing on urban music. In 1995 he worked for the same company in Jamaica, recording and mixing two albums for their in-house label and also working with UK and US artists and producers as a commercial studio engineer. From there he moved the studio to NYC and worked in Mystic studios for three months before returning to the UK. In 1997 Roy started working with Emily Taylor (Home management) as a freelance engineer then in 1999 became the in-house engineer at the Dairy studios in Brixton. Now, after helping with the sales of approx 10 million records, he is completely freelance, writing, producing and engineering with many different Artists and Producers and across a number of styles.

Now equipped with a native Pro Tools system, 32 I/O Apogee front and back end and a great production room within the heart of the UK's south coast, we can offer a service second to none. Whether it's vocal production, mixing, tuning or even tutoring, you can be assured you’re getting the highest quality engineering values combined with over 25 years industry experience.

Most recently Roy has completed a Masters degree in the Production of Popular Music from Kingston University and is lecturing and mentoring with ThinkSpace Education (online masters degree). Additional education has seen tutoring at Bournemouth Academy of Modern Music (BAMM) as well as guest lecturing between Bristol dBs, Bournemouth and Plymouth Universities.

Jack Merrett

Singer, Songwriter & Guitarist

Jack has been writing songs since he was very young, and later became the lead singer and guitarist in the band “Famous.” Jack works to write songs for the band and is looking to release and amble for the band.

Signed to and managed by untitled (recs). Represented by ATC Live (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Big Thief, Mac Demarco) and Inside Out PR (Wolf Alice, Christine and the Queens, Beabadoobee). Have toured internationally, playing with artists including black midi, Black Country New Road, Thurston Moore, Mica Levi, GAIKA, Sports Team, and many more. Featured in publications including The Guardian, The Quietus, The Telegraph, NME, and The Independent. Played on BBC Radio One and BBC Radio Six. Written music for the V&A.

Guy Michelmore

Composer / ThinkSpace CEO

Guy Michelmore is a multi award-winning film, games and television composer whose clients include Marvel, Disney, Dreamworks, Lionsgate and dozens of major TV networks around the world. He’s best known for his work with Marvel on eight animated feature films including Ultimate Avengers and Thor, as well as hundreds of episodes of television including Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Iron Man: Armoured Adventures, Hulk and many more.

His unique and accessible style opens up the whole process of writing music in a way that has seldom been done before.

Anne Miller

Film & TV Music Publisher, Music Supervisor

Anne, the founder of Accorder Music Publishing, a peermusic company, is a highly experienced film & TV music publisher and music supervisor.

Her team work with producers and developers from the earliest stages: creating music briefs, liaising with composers, helping on contractual matters and ensuring accurate royalty collection. She also works closely with Accorder’s composers, supporting both emerging and established talent ensuring they are maximising their credit opportunities and music royalties.

Anne is now actively involved in shaping television and film music policy, sitting on various industry committees; including on the board of the Music Publishers’ Association, a member of the PRS’s Operational Group, Commercial Advisory Group, and Pop Publishers’ Committee and the industry-wide organisation Royal Television Society. Anne is a full BAFTA voting member

Alex Mueller

Entertainment & Media Law Attorney

Alexandria (Alex) Mueller is an Entertainment/Media Law attorney based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With a background in music as a professional composer and musician, Alex has a unique perspective on creatives’ work, lifestyle, and legal needs. As an attorney, Alex aims to empower creatives to gain deeper understanding and greater control over the business life of their works.

Alex advises businesses of all sizes in a variety of industries including filmmakers, event vendors, musicians and performing ensembles, composers, artists, authors and game and software developers how to manage their rights and maximize their market potential. Creatives typically seek Alex’s help for transactional matters, including business formation/structure, drafting and negotiating contracts, and intellectual property matters such as copyright, trademark, clearance/risk analysis, market strategies, licensing agreements and intellectual property registration and enforcement.

Alex is the Chair of the Sports, Art and Entertainment Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association and has taught music business courses at the Institute of Production and Recording, and Saint Thomas University. Alex is an engaging speaker who makes legal subjects tangible for creatives, students, and business owners. She has been a panelist and presenter for the American Composers Forum, Minnesota Music Coalition, Springboard for the Arts, Film North, Catalyst Stories, Winona State University, and the University of Minnesota. Alex is the author of a chapter on music transactions in the latest edition of the Intellectual Property Deskbook for Business Lawyers (published by the American Bar Association).

Milton Nelson

Composer

Milton Nelson is a composer, orchestrator, arranger and pianist. He is based in the Los Angeles area and is originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico. A few of Milton’s credits include Arrangement and Orchestration for the 2016 Tony Awards Opening Production number, Supervising Orchestration includes Disney’s The Dreaming Man, The Game Plan and You Again, DreamWorks’ She’s the Man, Showtime’s Reefer Madness the Musical, Jackie Chan’s The Myth, Chinese Zodiac, Kung Fu Yoga and Lifetime’s Christmas With Holly. Additional film orchestration includes My Dog Skip, Haunting in Connecticut and Return to Nim’s Island.

As a composer of additional music, Milton’s work includes Pokémon, Scooby Doo, Green Lantern and Scrubs. On nationally syndicated television shows, Milton was the house band keyboardist and arranger for the Martin Short Show. The Wayne Brady Show was his home for three seasons as arranger. He recently orchestrated for the LA Opera, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Pasadena Pops Orchestra and the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra in China.

He is also a Board Member with ASMAC (American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers).

Allison Piccioni

Composer, Orchestrator (Graceland, First Dates, White Collar)

Past projects include score writing for television shows such asGraceland,White Collar, andFirst Dates, original score/orchestration for documentaries likeThank You For Your ServiceandDavi’s Way, score prep and orchestration for Oprah Winfrey and the Boston Pops, commercial music for Ozarka and Poland Springs, and gaming music, songwriting, and voiceover forSquare Panda Letter Lullaby. As a recording musician, Allison has recorded with Burl Audio at The Village, East West Studios, and Woodshed Studio and has worked with 4 time Grammy award-winning producer Rob Carranza as well as Grammy award-winning producer Matt Champlin amongst countless other studio projects.

Originally from Ohio, Allison is currently a Los Angeles film composer, orchestrator, arranger, performing artist, singer/songwriter and recording musician. She graduated from Berklee College of Music with a BA of Music in Film Scoring and achieved her Master’s of Music in Composition for Screen from the Royal College of Music, London

Sarah Playford

Award-nominated Composer, Orchestrator

Her first collaboration with director Jenny Jokela on the short animation Barbeque was selected by Channel 4 to be broadcast as part of their fifth Random Acts Series. They are now working on an animated sequel titled ‘Lemonade’. More recently, My Other Suit Is Human was nominated in the category for ‘Best Short Film’ at the IFTA’s.

Sarah’s score to Strength was also nominated for the Peer Raben Music Award by Soundtrack Cologne as part of their 2020 congress. Her electronica track Altitude was featured on Universal Production Music’s first ever all female produced album titled 100% HER.

Jo Quail

Songwriting / Music Production

Jo Quail is an internationally acclaimed award-winning composer and virtuoso cellist from London, UK. As a soloist Jo has toured extensively through Europe and internationally with venues and festivals including Hellfest (FR), the Melbourne Recital Centre (AUS) and the Royal Festival Hall (UK). Within an ensemble setting Jo is frequently invited to orchestrate her music for various orchestras and ensembles to perform alongside her, incorporating her sound design and live looping in the performance. Primarily a contemporary classical / avant-garde artist Jo’s music appeals to a far broader crowd; in the words of Metal Hammer “Jo breathes new life in to the cello, for the first time making classical music’s long-standing influence on metal a two-way street”.

Jo is a highly sought after guest artist for both live and recorded work and has collaborated with acts as diverse as Enslaved, Emma Ruth Rundle, Myrkur, God Is An Astronaut, My Dying Bride, Poppy Ackroyd, Caspian, MONO, Damo Suzuki, FM Einheit as well as touring with artists including Heilung, Amenra and Wardruna.

Jo’s large scale works include ‘The Cartographer, commissioned by Roadburn Festival with a brief to 'redefine heaviness’. In response Jo wrote this ambitious symphony for electric cello, electric violin, piano, male vocal, female vocal, 8 trombones and multiple percussions, premiered in Tilburg in 2022. This charted at 22 in the Amazon classical charts, 7 in the progressive music charts and 48 in the metal charts. Prior to this Jo created and facilitated a global collaboration during lockdown entitled The Parodos Cairn, a 10 minute collaborative sound sample creation involving found sound contributions from many people across the world. Her years of touring, studying and writing have enabled her to craft her bespoke path and develop her own studies in to the practical and psychological aspects of stage and performance.

Jo has a wholly inclusive approach to composition and live performance. She composes and arranges her own music to perform with professional orchestras, choirs and ensembles in Europe and writes music specifically for mixed ability /mixed instrumentation ensembles as well.

“I am passionate about your individuality in music, whether you’re writing on large or small scale, for your personal project and development or following an industry brief. I would be honoured to work with you on all and any aspects of your compositions, from the ‘blank stave’ starting point through to structure, arrangement, harmony, theory, instrumentation and orchestration. I can share with you my experience working as an independent artist, performer, composer and collaborator, and also my personal approach to sound design and production. I look forward to meeting you!”

Charlotte Raven

Film Composer, Performer

Working out of her studio in South West London,Charlotte Ravenis a Film/TV composer and performer.

Charlotte is an electro-cellist, pianist, keyboard player and singer. She has written music for film, short film and TV, original commissions, artist albums and EP projects. She has just released her debut album, “Bones” out across all major streaming platforms.

Charlotte has spent much of her career working at studios such as Sphere Studios, Abbey Road Studios, AIR Studios and Angel Studios, working with various composers, producers, directors, and engineers on their sessions.

Emily Rice

Composer & Orchestrator (Tomb Raider, The Mummy, Star Trek: Discovery)

Emily Rice is an LA based British composer, who started her musical life as a cellist playing in orchestras and rock bands. She has recorded and conducted her work at Warner Brothers, Capitol Records, and The Wiltern – with members of the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra.

Recognised as an emerging talent early on in her career, Emily was the first composer to be awarded a scholarship from BAFTA Los Angeles and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music from the University of York and a graduate certificate in film scoring from the USC Scoring for Motion Picture and Television program. She has previously served as assistant to several elite film composers including Brian Tyler, James Newton Howard and Laura Karpman, and was a writing assistant to Junkie XL.

Her music can be heard in Hollywood blockbusters such as Tomb Raider and Alita: Battle Angel, and she has garnered several orchestration credits including The Mummy, Altered Carbon and Star Trek: Discovery. More recently, Rice completed scoring the Netflix series The I-LAND (executive produced by and starring Kate Bosworth). Emily has a lot of insights into musical storytelling, mapping out your music to picture, orchestration, and what being a composer's assistant is like.

Chris Rockall

Music Marketing & Promotion (Island Records, Universal/Motown)

Chris has been in the music and entertainment industry for over 30 years with an immense amount of experience. He is an experienced marketer with a good knowledge of music marketing from promotions to online. He has immense amounts of experience and knowledge and has worked as an A&R exec for Island Records and worked for Universal/Motown Records in New York.

Chris currently works as point man and adviser to various labels and artists including The Plug Records and Dice Recordings.

Dice Recordings is one of the UK’s biggest independent record labels in the UK black music scene and we have a solid roster including celebrity and legacy artist Big Narstie.

The Plug Records is another independent label based in London and Amsterdam and by all accounts is another titan in indie labels. The last "Plug Talk" streamed almost 300,000,000 across platforms and grossed over 1 Million pounds in revenue.

With his wealth of knowledge and experience in all areas of music and the business of music, he is available to help in a variety of subjects and questions.

Robert Rodriguez

Bootcamp Tutor & Composer

Robert is a New York-based composer, orchestrator and educator whose many credits include projects for EastWest and Spitfire Audio.

Sergio Ronchetti

Composer, Sound Designer (Eldest Souls, 2021)

Sergio is an indie game composer and sound designer based in London with an interest in dark, moody themes. He started his music career as a touring bassist in metal bands until he decided to pivot towards media composition. His passion for adaptive audio comes from its still massively unexplored potential.

Each new project and game provides new and exciting questions to answer, a challenge which he enjoys solving each time. Aside from working on several concurrent indie game projects (namely Eldest Souls, 2021), he is also head of audio at Fallen Flag Studio, where he wears various 'game audio hats' in order to get the job done. Other clients have also included United Label Games, Bossa Studios and Bitrich.info. Specialising in Logic Pro, Fmod, Git workflows, linear/adaptive composition and sound design. Other skills include industry networking tactics and how to set up safeguards as a freelancer both professionally and financially.

If you're thinking about freelancing after your degree, he's the guy to talk to! His favourite games are Spider-Man (2018), God Of War, TLOU2, Doom and basically anything with a gun and monsters to shoot at.

Christopher Schelechte-Bond

Composer, Orchestrator (Worked with London Fashion Week, New York Film Festival)

Christopher Schlechte-Bond is a composer based in London. He graduated as a Master of Composition for Screen at the Royal College of Music studying under Simon Holt, Joseph Horovitz, Maurizio Malagnini and Gilbert Nouno. He gained first-class honours in music at King’s College London under Joseph Phibbs, Rob Keeley and Ed Nesbit.

He has had original scores screened at film festivals in New York, London, San Diego, Poland, Seattle, at the Cannes Short Film Corner, the BFI, the Barbican Centre and London Fashion Week and is a contributor of production music to Grey Man Music. He has previously worked with the British Sinfonietta, King’s College Chorus, the Imperial War Museum Choir, the Constanza Chorus, the Ensemble Novus Orchestra, the Helios Opera Company, the And So Forth Opera Company, the Azalea Ensemble, orchestras at the Royal College of Music, pianist Mary Dullea and Fretwork.

He was also recently accepted as part of the ‘Adopt A Composer’ Scheme run by Making Music, in partnership with Sound and Music and Radio 3. Christopher is also co-creative director of the contemporary music ensemble ECHOSHED.

Andrej Smolijan

Games Audio, Film Audio, Game Audio Implementation & Sound Mixing

Over the past eight years Andrej have been creating, editing and mixing sound for film, television and as of recent, video games.

As a sound post-production specialist he worked on over two hundred episodes of various television shows, twenty-nine shorts, three feature films, three indie video games and numerous commercials, web-shows and other short forms.

He is comfortable in performing most sound production and post-production tasks – from studio and field recording to dialogue editing and final mix. He is familiar with a wide range of audio equipment and techniques.

Game Credits-

Lead Audio Designer:
• Switchback VR
• The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me

Audio Designer:
• The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
• The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
• The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan

Freelance Audio Designer:
• Serious Sam: Tormental
• Solstice Chronicles: MIA
• Antisphere

Irwin Sparkes

Lead Vocalist & Guitarist (The Hoosiers)

Irwin Sparkesis a member of the English pop rock bandThe Hoosiers(lead vocals and guitar), accompanied by Alan Sharland Alan Sharland (drums, percussion, vocals).

The Hoosiers' first single, Worried About Ray, reached number 5 on the UK Singles Chart in July 2007. In October 2007, they released their debut album The Trick to Life, which reached numberone in the album charts. The band released their second top ten album The Illusion of Safety in August 2010 and was preceded by the lead single Choices, released on 1 August 2010, and which reached the UK top 20.

Irwin is also releasing music with his solo project, White Tail Falls, entirely self-produced with a more folky-authentic vibe.

Erasmus Talbot

Games Composer (Elite: Dangerous, The Asterisk War)

Erasmus Talbot has worked in the games industry as a composer for over 7 years. Music has been an integral part of his personal life as well as his education, having completed a BA in Music at Sussex University, including piano tuition at Guildhall School of Music.

He began his career as a sound designer working for Disney Interactive in Brighton, UK. This provided him with crucial technical insight and practical experience with most audio middlewares including FMOD, Wwise and Fabric. After developing a bespoke in-house interactive music system, he was tasked with remixing and editing the material of other composers. Eventually, he then started composing the material himself. In 2011 he set up his own company House of Open Doors and starting providing music and sound services to clients including the BBC, Microsoft, Warner Bros and Avalanche Studios.

He has worked for various platforms including all major consoles as well as iOS and PC. In 2013 he won the pitch to compose the soundtrack forElite Dangerous, a major MMO title, which launched in its first iteration in 2014 but was being developed over 8 years.

In 2014 Erasmus was the first composer to implement a game score using the new middleware Elias, for the Arrowhead’s gameGauntlet. Erasmus currently divides his time between living in Brighton, UK and Stockholm, Sweden.

Gwen Taylor

Singer, Songwriter & Instrumentalist

Hi! I'm Gwen. Under the artist name 'Gwen and the Good Thing', I have performed on the BBC Introducing stages at Glastonbury, Wilkestock and Standon Calling Festivals, sung live on BBC Three Counties Radio, and played at iconic London venues such as the O2 Academy Islington, the Borderline Soho and Camden Assembly. As an undergraduate, I studied paper and studio composition under Vic Hoyland and Jonty Harrison, and now predominantly write pop music for myself and other artists. My music has been played on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Three Counties Radio. In 2020, my music reached over 44,000 listeners on Spotify, garnering 71.2K streams and several coveted playlist spots across the platform

Kezia Tomsett

Composer, Producer & Vocalist (The Flight the Swan)

Kezia Tomsett is a London-based film composer, producer and vocalist. Working in animation, commercials, documentary, drama and thriller, Kezia uses her love of song-writing and music without words to enhance the visual narrative. Kezia has been selected for BAFTA Connect 2023 and is currently mentee to Theodore Shapiro.

Kezia creates sweeping soundscapes, combining the acoustic and electro-acoustic, heightened by her use of her own voice in rich ethereal textures and thematic melodies. She works in a hybrid of orchestral electronica, drawing from her training in classical music theory and extensive practise in solo piano.

In an article from Music by Clio, Epping depicted how Kezia is pushing her roots in orchestral music into richer soundscapes. To quote, ‘Kezia uses music composition to match the sound identity with the subject matter. Whether an ad for confections or cosmetics, she uses drama and suspense to lead the audience through the story’.

Ross Tregenza

Sound Designer, Composer (Alien Vs. Predator, Gears of War)

Ross Tregenza is a Sound Designer and Composer based in Nottingham UK. He was born in Cornwall UK in 1977 and lived in the United Arab Emirates until returning to the UK to attend University in Bristol. He has achieved cult success with his electro band ‘Goteki’ from 2000 onwards and has worked for the video games companies Free Radical Design, Rebellion & Crytek UK in the role of Sound Designer.

Just some of Ross' credits include Timesplitters 2, Timesplitters 3, Alien Vs Predator, Haze, Crysis 1, Crysis 2, Crysis 3, Homefront: The Revolution, BBC Online, Gears of War, Project Gotham Racing 3, Star Citizen, Wolfenstein Youngblood and Team Sonic Racing.

Kevin Vail

Sound Design Engineer (Far Cry 4, Batman Arkham City, Watchdogs, Far Cry 5)

Kevin studied at the Islington Music Workshop, at SAE Perth (Australia), at Bournemouth Media School where he received an MA, and went on to teach at the Art Institute of Vancouver. After around 3 years of actively searching for work spread out across this timeline he finally broke into the industry with Ubisoft Reflections in 2009. This was followed by a stint at Rocksteady before landing a permanent position with Ubisoft Montreal where Kevin have been since 2011.

Some of his credits now include Driver San Francisco, Batman Arkham City, Watchdogs, Far Cry 4, Far Cry Primal, Far Cry 5, Rainbow Six Extraction. He specialises in ambience and creature sounds. Ambience is his main passion and is he is concentrating on going forward.

Giorgio Vezzini

Sound Design, Audio Lead (Baldur Gate 3, Batman: Arkham Knight)

Working background in Sound Design, Game Design, Project Management and Data Analysis. His portfolio includes working on Batman: Arkham Knight & Narcos: Rise of the Cartels. He recently finished working on Baldur's Gate 3 as Audio Lead, where his most precious achievement is DEFINITELY the cat sounds. Baldur's Gate 3 received incredible reviews and has rapidly become a renowned games of its genre.

Born in the north of Italy, he's surrounded at an early age by music instruments, video games and boardgames. He's a mix of a creative and logical brain collapsing into a happy existence of arts and lateral thinking.

It was just a matter of time before everything combined in the crazy idea to make a living out of them.

Once he leveled up enough, he soon enrolled in a journey that led him to meet other weird creatures, who loved sounds as much as he does. Following their path, he learned tips and tricks of the job.

When he's not working, he's with friends and family watching films, playing games, going to concerts and live chatting... or together with a good cup of tea.

Ella Walker

Songwriter (Michael Kiwanuka, Danger Mouse, RHODES)

Ella Walker is a songwriter and musician, published by Danger Mouse's Figure 8 Songs. She has written for Michael Kiwanuka, RHODES, Sara Hartman, St Francis Hotel, Josh Record, and Joel Potts as well as her own projectWILDES, which has streamed over 60 million plays globally.

Having worked with producers Danger Mouse, Catherine Marks, Cam Blackwood, Alex Goose, and Bramwell Bronte, Ella is now working with developing artists to help hone their songwriting. Her emotive and visceral songwriting has led to over 20 sync uses on US television shows such asSuits, The Resident, The Royals, Scream, Reign,andLegacies.

She specialises in strong, narrative story telling about the human condition, with an honest sentiment that connects to music fans around the world. Ella trained as an ABRSM Classical Singer but is completely self taught in piano, guitar and songwriting.

Sam Watts

Composer / Orchestration

Sam Watts started his career in a big way, working as a music assistant on films like Hitch and Mrs Henderson Presents and then composing for BBC’s Planet Earth. He scored his first solo television show, The Sarah Jane Adventures, at age 24 and hasn’t slowed down since. You can hear his work on flagship television shows like Wizards vs Aliens, films like Stormhouse, and hard-hitting documentaries like For Neda and Secrets of the Vatican.

With credits for companies like Freemantle, HBO, and Optomen, Sam is a versatile film and television composer who specialises in telling compelling musical stories that keep viewers coming back for more.

Aurelie Webb

Composer, Orchestrator for TV & Film

Aurélie Webb is a UK and New York-based composer for film and live performance. She has worked with artists worldwide in film, animation, podcasting and dance. Aurélie embraces an empathetic and collaborative approach to musical storytelling and has composed for film genres as diverse as comedy, drama, mystery and horror and has a particular love of science fiction.

Drawing on her classical background, Aurélie’s style has been variously characterised as having foundations of ‘formidable skill and imagination’, a ‘beautiful modern melodic sense’ and ‘lyric spontaneity'. She has scored projects which have been critically acclaimed at film festivals across the world and her work for contemporary dance has been selected for several dance festivals in the US. Aurélie has gained recognition from numerous organisations culminating in interviews and spotlights with the Alliance for Women Film Composers and podcast interviews including 'Composer Favourites' with Giovanni Rotondo and 'The Trailer Music Composer's Podcast' with Richard Schrieber.

She is honoured to have been selected for the 2020 ASCAP Columbia University Film Scoring Workshop and the BMI Composing for the Screen Workshop. In 2021 she was delighted to be invited by ASCAP to sit on the panel of the 2021 ASCAP Experience Scoring for Superheroes panel with Lorne Balfe.

Michael Worth

Emmy Award-winning Orchestrator, Composer (Rush Hour 3, Blood Brothers, The Wonder Pets)

Michael Worth is a composer and Emmy award winning orchestrator, having worked on films, television shows, and video games. Mike has written original music for feature films such as Rush Hour 3 (featuring Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan), and composed music for the feature films, Blood Brothers, and Vampyrz on a Boat. In television, Mike was an orchestrator and MIDI orchestrator for Nickelodeon's The Wonder Pets, and has received a team Emmy award for his work on the show. Michael's music has been used on television shows playing on MTV, BET, and TNT.

Michael's video game credits include music and sound design for the Megatouch games 11 Ball, Boxxi, and Super Boxxi (AMI Entertainment), music for the mobile title, Matchington Mansion, and music for the Play Eternal title, Flight of the Bubble.

Mike is one of TSE's residentvideo game music and sound design tutors, and a complete progressive rock and retro video game music nerd. He works in the mobile and independent game industry, and thinks that Final Fantasy VI might be the greatest video game score ever written.

Mike started in the television industry in New York City, but moved to video games in 2009, and never looked back. You might know Mike from his Youtube series, Farkle Fridays, where he discusses music theory and composition whilst sampling quality bourbon

Jonny Yates

Composer & Pianist (Commercials for Santander, McLaren, British Airways, NHS)

Johnny Yates is a multi-instrumentalist composer and received an award at the Brand Film Festival sponsored by Campaign for best branded documentary, composing the music for television series Hope and nominated this years Music + Sound Awards 2017 for Best Original Composition for Television Programme Titles. He mixes a wide range of conventional and unconventional timbre of sounds, using strings, piano, percussion, synthesisers to capture a diverse and innovative range of musical genres to compose for screen.

Recently scoring the music for documentary series ‘Children In Crossfire’ and 2015 James Bond movie ‘Spectre’ commercial, including with a number of prestigious clients including Canal+, Santander, ITV, Sky, Movistar, Bentley Motors, McLaren, HSBC, British Airways, American Express, Rapha, SEGA, Decathlon, Lamborghini, NHS, Waze and more.

Darrel Alexander

Music Agent / CEO

Darrell Alexander of COOL Music LTD is a music agent working with composers on the world’s biggest films, games and television shows, from Harry Potter to Halo 4 to Downton Abbey. Studying at the RCA, the Leipzig Conservatoire and the UCLA, he directly studied under THE biggest names in the business, including Leonard Bernstein, John Williams, Pierre Boulez, Itzhak Perlman and more.

Leighton Allen

Session Bassist & Producer

I'm a UK based session bass player and Producer. My recording, touring and production credits include: Calum Scott, The Hoosiers, Kelvin Jones, George Cosby, Kim Wilde, Bob Geldof and many others.

I'm a professional session Bass/Synth player & Producer with over 15 years of experience in the music industry. I'm currently part of Calum Scott's live touring band and in 2015 became a member of the UK multi-platinum selling band, The Hoosiers. Alongside this I'm also an accomplished producer and mixing engineer.

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Mark Angus

Audio Director & Sound Designer

I am an award-winning video game audio director and linear sound designer with a background in music production. I have two decades of experience working in sound, and have headed up audio on a number of projects, including the BAFTA winning Alien: Isolation and Telling Lies.

With credits on dozens of video game titles for companies such as EA, Sega and Microsoft, I am comfortable with any role, from working as a sound editor to project managing all strands of game audio - music, dialogue, sfx, outsourcing and so on. I believe that the best results are achieved through a combination of constant technical innovation and an ear for the highest quality sound effects.

I also enjoy teach video game sound design at universities including Thinkspace and the NFTS. I am a member of BAFTA.

SELECTED TITLES
- Fast & Furious: Crossroads
- Telling Lies
- Abandon Ship
- Quantum Break
- Alien: Isolation
- Need For Speed: Most Wanted
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt 2
- Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
- Burnout: Dominator

Spencer Bambrick

Composer & Electronic Artist

Spencer Bambrick is a composer, author, educator, and electronic artist. His career as a composer, sound designer, and audio director in the video game industry spans over a decade, shipping titles and soundtracks on platforms from major consoles (Sony PlayStation 5, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch) to PC and mobile games with millions of downloads internationally. Spencer's recent composer credits include Eternights (Studio Sai, Playstation 5, Steam), Paladins (Hi-Rez Studios, console and PC), Nick Jr. Block Party (Nickelodeon, animated series), Evil Nun (Keplerians, mobile), Epic Battles of History (Frag Games, PC), and BestLuck (Jae Hyun Yoo, PC). Spencer has also designed and programmed various games and interactive installation experiences including "Voices of Hudson" (installation and video series, Hudson Emergency Arts Project) and "Spa{ce}ialization" (an interactive multichannel experience premiered at Berklee College of Music). "The Game Audio Strategy Guide," Spencer's co-authored textbook, published internationally by Taylor and Francis, was nominated for best publication at the 2022 Game Audio Network Guild Awards. Spencer is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Electronic Production and Design Department at Berklee College of Music and freelancing game and installation work in Boston, MA.

Stephen Baysted

Games Composer

Stafford Bawler

Audio Director

Howard Blake

Stafford Bawler

Audio Director

Lillian Chan

Songwriter / Producer

Lillian is a London-based, alternative R&B & pop artist/producer, marrying intimate vocal-led arrangements, vulnerable lyricism and lush electronic instrumentation to create sonic worlds that feel personal, yet expansive.

Inspired by the production of Frank Ocean, Jhené Aiko, SZA & Galimatias, Lillian underwent production lessons on Ableton in order to start creating original music, with her first EP 'Beam' being picked up by College Music Records shortly after. Recent performances include Somerset House, Colours Hoxton, XOYO and a headline show at Queen of Hoxton. Electronic Music Masters graduate from Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Ed Cox

Trailer Music Composer

Ed Cox works with top Hollywood trailer house, Louder Music Productions. Ed has been sharing his experience and techniques with us in this course and has had lots of fantastic insights - you'll be seeing a lot of him throughout this course!

Billy Decker

Country Producer & Mixer

Erik Desiderio

Composer

Erik Desiderio has worked on more than fifty films, producing the score for the Academy Award winning film The Moon and the Son, The Immortals, and the multi Emmy award-winning series The Borgias. Television work includes composing music for Entourage, and the Primetime Emmy Awards. Video game work includes clients such as: Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Nintendo and Cartoon Network Games.

Lewis Evans

Vocalist, Flautist, Saxophone player for The Black Country

Black Country, New Roadare an English rock band formed inCambridgein 2018. The original founders of the band consisted of Tyler Hyde (vocals, bass), Lewis Evans (vocals, flute, saxophone), Georgia Ellery (violin, backing vocals), May Kershaw (vocals, keys), Charlie Wayne (drums, backing vocals) and Isaac Wood (guitar, lead vocals); they added their then-seventh member, guitarist Luke Mark, in 2019.

The band gained initial attention through debut singles "Athens, France" and "Sunglasses" in 2019, which combined features ofexperimental rock,post-punkand post-rock,drawing comparisons to bands such asSlintand contemporariesBlack Midi.Their debut albumFor the First Time, released in 2021, received widespread critical acclaim, was nominated for theMercury Prizeand reached No. 4 on theUK Albums Chart. Four days before the release of their 2022 second albumAnts from Up There, Wood left the band, citing mental health struggles.The album received further critical acclaim and commercial success, debuting at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart and being featured onseveral year-end album lists.

Aaron Gillespie

Vocalist & Drummer

Dan Graham

Trailer Music Composer

Alex Green

Sound Designer

I'm Alex, a sound designer for video games and director of Greenlight Audio Ltd. Currently I'm working for the indie studio RubberBandGames on their early access game 'Wobbly Life' out on PC, Playstation and Xbox. I also work with Thinkspace Education as a tutor and helped develop their sound design & composition master’s courses. This involved extensive use of Wwise, integrating it with Unity for game projects for the students to work on. In 2018 I completed a Masters with Distinction in 'Sound Design for Video Games' also with Thinkspace.

​Previously to my career in video games I worked in theatre sound for over 8 years. My theatre career gave me the opportunity to do lots of different types of sound work such as ADR for ITV on Downton Abbey, dialogue recording for spots on various BBC Radio 4 shows, and to record numerous sound effects and voice overs on dozens of regional and West End theatre shows.

I have always had a genuine passion for recording and creating new sounds and am regularly out field recording sounds for projects.

Barry Grint

Mastering Engineer

James Grover

Composer, Songwriter, Vocal Producer (Worked with Beth Mills, We Architects)

Prolific London based professional songwriter, topliner and vocal producer, specialising in catchy pop and dance. Worked with We Architects, Beth Mills, Henry Dell - totalling over 10 million streams on Spotify.

Simon Gunton

Trombone player

Simon is a world-class Trombone player who has featured on scores for several internationally-known films and TV shows, including:

The Bourne Ultimatum

Blood Diamond

Casino Royale

Astérix et les Vikings

Joan of Arc

Simon is also part of The Wallace Collection, founded by John Wallace in 1986 to explore and perform the extensive brass repertory.

Martin Hadley

Vocalist, Producer & Songwriter

Chris Haigh

Trailer Composer

Christine Hals

Composition / Games

Christine Hals came from the snowy mountains and fjords of Norway and completed a Masters degree in Film Scoring at the highly acclaimed Dramatical Institute and the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Later, just weeks after graduating from a prestigious intensive one year course in music composition on scholarship at the University of Southern California, she was head-hunted by Disney Studios to work on a little film called ‘Frozen’.

Filmmakers praised her work on ‘Frozen’ which went on to become the top-grossing film of 2013 and win several Academy Awards including Best Animated Picture and Best Song.

Christine lives, works and plays in Venice where she writes music for films, TV shows and computer games and also provides film vocals and pop vocals for fellow composers.

John Harvey

Music Composer & Producer

Tom Howe

Composer & Musician

Jake Jackson

Orchestral Mixing

Jake Jackson joined one of London’s premier recording studios, AIR, in 1998. He worked his way up from being a runner, and now, 17 years of world-class experience of orchestral recording and mixing later, he is one of the top mix engineers in the world. He has recorded and mixed at all of London’s top studios, including Abbey Road, British Grove, Angel, AIR-Edel, RAK, Strongroom and of course, the famous AIR Lyndhurst. His work encompasses all recording genres on projects that have been awarded many Soundtrack Awards, as well as Oscars, Baftas, Grammys, BRITS, & Golden Globes. In the world of sampling technology, you will probably have heard Jake’s name alongside the work of Spitfire Audio.

Rachel James

Composer & Orchestrator

Bill Laurance

Composer & Pianist

Matt Lightbound

Sound Designer, Senior Audio Designer (Dead Island 2, Planet Coaster)

Matthew Lightbound is a freelance sound designer and Senior Audio Designer at Deep Silver Dambuster Studios. Matt worked closely with ThinkSpace Education on the development of our Postgraduate degree programmes in sound design and composition for video games. Since leaving us, Matthew has gone on to work on many different projects, some of which include:

Dead Island 2 – Lead sound design (promoted from regular/senior)
Planet Coaster- Audio QA
Jurassic World Evolution- Audio QA
The Ordinary Epic- Sound Design - nominated for BBC Audio Drama Award in Best Podcast or Online Audio Drama category.
Levitate(Team Flying Fox) - Sound Design

Harry Lightfoot

Trailer Music Composer

Perry Montague-Mason

Violinist

Perry Montague-Mason is a dedicated commercial session violinist and is happy to perform as Leader or in any other position for studio work. He has many years experience in both Pop and Film music sessions. A sample of his credits as Leader include, amongst significant others:

FILM
Gladiator, Wilde, Antz, Bridget Jones’ Diary, Gosford Park, Love Actually, The Bourne Ultimatum, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Prince Caspian, Madagascar 2 & 3, Shrek 3 & 4, The Book of Eli, Lord of the Rings 2, The Green Zone, How To Train Your Dragon, Broken Embraces, Monsters v Aliens, Iron Man, Kung Fu Panda, Calendar Girls.

MUSIC
Take That, Jamiroquai, Eric Clapton, Bryan Ferry, Amy Winehouse, Gianna Nannini, Hurts, Kylie Minogue, Nightwish, Pet Shop Boys, Tina Arena, Will Young, Anathema, The Spice Girls. Mark Knopfler.

Kristofer Murray

Music Artist & Songwriter

I am a professional songwriter with 16 years of experience. I have worked with artists and producers like Ty Dolla $ign, Chrisette Michele, TGT (Tank, Ginuwine and Tyrese), Bryan-Michael Cox and Rodney Jerkins. My biggest accomplishment was writing on two Grammy nominated albums in 2013. I got into this business as an artist first. I was a rapper but got tired of people trying to pigeonhole me to just one thing so I got into songwriting. I think the biggest thing that sets me apart is my ability to take real life situations and thoughts and translate it into lyrics that touch the soul and can be remembered with catchy melodies. Nowadays I take pride in giving back and I am a Grammy U mentor and an instructor for Thinkspace Education at the University of Bournemouth in England. I offer songwriting services and consulting.

Milton Nelson

Composer

Milton Nelson is a composer, orchestrator, arranger and pianist. He is based in the Los Angeles area and is originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico. A few of Milton’s credits include Arrangement and Orchestration for the 2016 Tony Awards Opening Production number, Supervising Orchestration includes Disney’s The Dreaming Man, The Game Plan and You Again, DreamWorks’ She’s the Man, Showtime’s Reefer Madness the Musical, Jackie Chan’s The Myth, Chinese Zodiac, Kung Fu Yoga and Lifetime’s Christmas With Holly. Additional film orchestration includes My Dog Skip, Haunting in Connecticut and Return to Nim’s Island.

As a composer of additional music, Milton’s work includes Pokémon, Scooby Doo, Green Lantern and Scrubs. On nationally syndicated television shows, Milton was the house band keyboardist and arranger for the Martin Short Show. The Wayne Brady Show was his home for three seasons as arranger. He recently orchestrated for the LA Opera, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Pasadena Pops Orchestra and the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra in China.

He is also a Board Member with ASMAC (American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers).

Erik Nielsen

Media Composer

Erik Nielsen is a full-time professional composer who lives in Brookfield, Vermont. His works have been performed in Canada, Europe, Asia, South America and Australia as well as many locations in the United States including the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Recital Hall. His music has been performed by many ensembles both within and outside Vermont. He has won awards and grants from ASCAP, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Vermont Arts Council, the Vermont Community Foundation and the Kittredge Fund. He has taught music composition and theory for over 20 years. He is Senior Composition Mentor with Music-COMP (formerly the Vermont MIDI Project). He also teaches music theory, composition and music appreciation with several organizations throughout Vermont as well as privately.

Alan Parker

Alan has not only composed themes for an assortment of films and TV shows, but also has music for television commercials and both written and recorded a huge volume of albums made up of library music for both films and television alike.

Alan started working as a session guitarist in the late 1960's; among the notable musicians that he worked as a guitarist for are Cat Stevens, Frank Sinatra, Joe co*cker, Donovan, David Bowie, Sonny & Cher, Ella Fitzgerald, and The Walker Brothers. Moreover, Parker also played guitar for the groups Blue Mink and The Congregation as well as supplied the Bay City Rollers with chart fodder in the 1970's.

Anthony Pleeth

Cellist

A highly-acclaimed concert cellist, Anthony has played on countless scores for major movies, television shows, and games. He has been a long-time collaborator with Hans Zimmer on many of his iconic scores.

Anthony's work on scores includes:

Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Hitchco*ck
The Dark Knight Rises
Kung Fu Panda 2
TRON: Legacy
Inception
How to Train Your Dragon
The Book of Eli
Sherlock Holmes
The Dark Knight
The Golden Compass
The Bourne Ultimatum
300
The Da Vinci Code
Batman Begins
The Ring
Hannibal
Billy Elliot
Gladiator

Andrea Possee

Postgraduate Course Assistant

She has scored three feature films Howl, The Devils Rock (New Zealand Film.
Council) and Catskin which have gained best score nominations at numerous
festivals, as well as dozens of shorts some of which have featured in the shorts corner
at Cannes Film Festival.

Andrea’s TV credits include Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Quantico, About The
Boy, Come Dine With Me, I’m a Celebrity!, Northumberland Tales with Robson
Jerome, and the last year has seen Andrea cutting her teeth on documentaries
including My Life With Puppets, Beyond The Photo and Chewing Gum Man.

Nic Raine

As an orchestrator and arranger, Nic has worked on film scores with: Miklos Rozsa, Elmer Bernstein, George Fenton, Maurice Jarre, Howard Blake, Hans Zimmer, Stanley Myers, Gabriel Yared, Shaun Davey, Kevin Kiner and Michael Kamen amongst others.

Nic Raine had a special collaborative relationship with John Barry. The two worked together for twenty years on many films scores, including two Bond movies (A View to a Kill and The Living Daylights), Enigma and on John’s highly acclaimed album The Beyondness of Things.

Nic Raine has worked with artists in the popular music sphere too, having arranged tracks for Maire Brennan (Clannard), Duran Duran, Aha, B.A. Robertson, Desree and Texas. He also orchestrated the Liverpool Oratorio for Carl Davis and Paul McCartney.

Nic has orchestrated the music for video games including Primal, Medievil II and Viva Pinata I and II. Collaborating with Kevin Kiner, he orchestrated the Lucasfilm animated Star Wars picture Clone Wars.

Maggie Rodford

Managing Director of Air-Edel

Maggie Rodford is Managing Director, Music Supervisor and Composer Agent for Air-Edel, one of the world’s leading publishing and production companies, and has credits on many A-list movies such as Murder on the Orient Express, Paddington 2, Harry Potter, Bridget Jones’ diary and many more.

Francis Shaw

Francis is an internationally renowned composer and is hugely influential as a music educationalist. Composers who have studied under him include BAFTA winner Rob Lane and the Oscar-winning Dario Marianelli.

Francis is as widely admired for his works for the concert hall as he is for his many scores for television and film. As composer, orchestrator, conductor and lecturer, he is one of the UK’s most gifted and respected musicians.

In 2006 Francis was awarded the Ivor Novello award for Best Film Score for his music to the Oscar-nominated Scandinavian film ‘Ondskan’ (‘Evil’).

FILM
A Room with a View
The Country Girls
The Fourth Protocol
And a Nightingale Sang
Vendetta
House of Shadows
Evil

TV
Shackleton of the Antarctic
Jamaica Inn
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Time and the Conways
The Master Builder
Crime and Punishment
The Life and Loves of Oscar Wilde
Merlin of the Crystal Cave
The Mysteries of Karnak

Steve Sidwell

GRAMMY award winner, TONY, EMMY, OLIVIER nominated renowned arranger and composer, Steve Sidwell, has featured on numerous albums, television shows, musicals, advertising campaigns and films with his distinctive and innovative orchestrations and compositions.

Television commissions include the composition of 'Elements & Motion' for the 79th Academy Awards with the Hollywood SFX Chorale, which received an Emmy nomination. Other credits include arranging and conducting the VE day 70 concert, the London Olympic Games closing ceremony, 'Robbie Williams Live at The Palladium', The BBC Music Awards, 'Live from Edinburgh Castle', 'Bruce Forsyth's Hall of Fame', BBC The Voice Series 1 & 2, 'Robbie Williams Live At The Albert Hall', 'The Robbie Williams TV Special', 'Children In Need Rocks The Albert Hall', the BBC 'Olympic Handover Concert', Victoria Wood's 'Christmas Special', 'Victoria's Empire', Chris Moyle's Big Quiz Night, Ant & Dec's shows and the opening of The Dubai World Cup.

Steve has also contributed to film including tracks for Baz Lurhman's Moulin Rouge and Romeo & Juliet, Bridget Jones' Diary, Teachers Pet Spongebob Squarepants, Finding Nemo, Mona Lisa Smiles and 101 Dalmations 2.

Advertising campaigns include the award winning Honda Choir (in which Steve is the feature conductor), Honda Illusions, Stella 4%, M&S Christmas featuring Dame Shirley Bassey, Virgin Holidays featuring Charlotte Church, Nokia Navigator, Heineken, Orange, Bounty, Dulux, Lotto, Walkers, McDonalds, Supernoodles, Coca Cola, Capital Radio and Guinness.

Album credits include the orchestration and conducting of Robbie Williams' multiplatinum selling album 'Swing Both Ways' and 'Swing When Your Winning'. Recent projects include recordings with Seal, Fayrouz, Sarah Brightman, Helene Fisher, Jack Pack, Fayrouz, Jeff Beck, Seal and Dame Shirley Bassey.

Jamie Talbot

Saxophone player

James Robert Talbot is an English jazz alto saxophonist. He performed with singers Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, George Michael, and Mel Tormé, as well as for the arrangers Nelson Riddle, Gil Evans, and Quincy Jones.

He has worked extensively as a session musician in commercial studios, and his work on scores includes:

Wonka
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Pinocchio
Cruella
Cats
Last Christmas
Downton Abbey
Judy
Motherless Brooklyn
Aladdin
Avengers: End Game
Shazam!
Dumbo
Vice
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Marry Poppins Returns
King of Thieves
Murder on the Orient Express
Amy
Shaun the Sheep Movie
Paddington
Harry Brown
Flushed Away
Shrek 2
Chicago
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

Frank Turner

Singer/Songwriter

Richard Watkins

French Horn player

Richard Watkins has contributed his French horn talents to several notable films and TV shows. His work includes significant roles in the music departments of high-profile productions such as:

Migration
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Thor: Love and Thunder
No Time to Die
The Paw Patrol Movie
Wonder Woman 1984
Ad Astra
Rocketman
Penguins
Captain Marvel
Mary Poppins Returns
Fantastic Beats: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdon
Avengers: Infinity War
Tomb Raider
Dunkirk
The Boss Baby
Bridget Jone’s Baby
Kung Fu Panda 3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

Richard Wilkinson

Games Composer (Peaky Blinders: The King's Random, Narcos)

From his studio in Brighton, UK,Richard Wilkinsondraws on a rich variety of musical inspirations, from his brass band upbringing in Lancashire, to classical piano training and creative sound-manipulation from his years of experience as a sound designer.

His music has featured on several high-profile videogame and VR projects, like Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom and Narcos: Rise of the Cartels. Narcos featured a music system designed to sound like a semi-improvisational South American folk ensemble accompanying the peaks and troughs as the action unfolds - it was praised for its authenticity as well as the dynamic, scored-to-picture effect it produced during gameplay.

His work in the Doctor Who universe has been warmly received by fans and critics, with a critically-acclaimed soundtrack to the first ever feature-length VR episode of the show, Doctor Who: The Edge of Time. He then added to the Whoniverse with his score to Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality, recorded at Air Studios.

Lindsey Wright

Media Composer

Gina Zdanowicz

Composer & Sound Designer

Gina Zdanowicz is an Emmy-nominated sound designer and music composer for games, film, and TV. A Berklee College alumni, Gina operates her own independent sound studio, Serial Lab Studios. Her work can be heard on hundreds of game titles, from award winning AAA to casual such as Just Cause 3, Paladins, Bioshock 2 and The Bureau: XCOM Declassified.

Guy Michelmore

Composer / ThinkSpace CEO

Guy Michelmore is a multi award-winning film, games and television composer whose clients include Marvel, Disney, Dreamworks, Lionsgate and dozens of major TV networks around the world. He’s best known for his work with Marvel on eight animated feature films including Ultimate Avengers and Thor, as well as hundreds of episodes of television including Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Iron Man: Armoured Adventures, Hulk and many more.

His unique and accessible style opens up the whole process of writing music in a way that has seldom been done before.

Tim Johnson

Mixing Engineer

Tim is our Head of Postgraduate Studies here at ThinkSpace Education, but also has a wealth of experience in media music. As the Founder of Cinematic Mixing, he has worked with some incredible clients at the top of the industry, mixing and mastering their work.

His knowledge in not only music production and audio engineering, but specifically the world media music, gives him a unique set of skills that makes him perfect to help you with the mixing and mastering module in this course - you're in safe hands!

David Denyer

Composer/Orchestrator

David Denyer graduated top of his class with distinction from the masters programme in Composition for Screen at the Royal College of Music in 2015.

He is a prolific composer for theatre, screen, concert and video-games, and he is an accomplished violinist in both classical and traditional contexts. He has won a Sunday Times Judges' Commendation for "Sound and Music Design" for a score he wrote to accompany UCL Classics Society's production of "Bacchae", he was short-listed for Soundtrack Cologne's European Talent Competition 2014 and on graduation received the Joseph Horovitz Prize in Composition for Screen.

In 2020 he founded Wormtea with Sami El-Enany, building sound-based video-games, with their first production "Deadly Structures" funded by the BBC and exhibited at the Intitute of Contemporary Art in London. He is highly prolific amongst the avant-garde and fringe theatre scene in London, being the resident composer for a number of theatre companies including Collide Theatre, Dirty Rascals, and Helicon Storytelling, as well as a frequent collaborator with many others. He is the composer for the Faceless Development Team, as well as being a founding member of the experimental Echoshed collectiveand the Mukslos ensemble.

He currently nurtures a number of long-standing relationships with theatre practitioners and film directors in a wide array of forms, and has been featured by HBO, BBC, ITV, Channel4, National Geographic and MUBI. As a performing artist, he's a founding member of the London-based rock band Modern Woman (playing violin, assorted percussion, tape machine, synth and backing vocals), as well as the primary songwriter, violist, and backing vocalist for the black metal project WÄven. He also played as the violinist in UK folk-metal act Isarnos, as well as performing in the live string quartet for Resin, notably on the Sophie stage at Bloodstock 2019. He also recorded session violins for UK folk metal act Oakenshield, and on the upcoming album from UK pirate-metal project Red Rum.

Mike Baugh

Social Media Lead/ Composition Tutor

Michael is, first and foremost, a coffee enthusiast, book lover, and sci-fi fan. Beyond that, Michael is a game, film, and trailer composer, session musician, and solo artist who has independently sold thousands of albums worldwide. Regularly working with Grammy winners and nominees, as well as big names in the music, film, and game industry, has provided him with a unique insight into the multifaceted world of music.

Mike has worked with Tina Guo (Hans Zimmer), Nick D’Virgilio (Tears For Fears, Spock’s Beard, Big Big Train, Mr. Big), Uli Jon Roth (The Scorpions), Rusanda Panfili (Hans Zimmer), Lara Somogyi (John Legend, Hans Zimmer), Greg Howe (Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera), Andy Timmons (Olivia Newton-John), Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big), Jon Reshard (Prince), Jennifer Batten (Michael Jackson), and many more!

Dr. Blake Troise

Head of Technology and Innovation / Games Composer

Blake is in charge of technology, be that the website, ThinkSpace Education VLE or any system that relies on power from the wall. He has the power to write anything he likes on this website - including this unauthorised, exclusive sentence. Composing chiptune under the artist name PROTODOME, Blake (genuinely) loves anything that beeps.

Blake holds a PhD in low memory music composition from the University of Southampton and has contributed to the Journal Of Sound and Music in Games, published by the University of California Press.

As a composer, Blake's video game credits include:

• Slave Zero X (PC/Xbox Series X/PS5/Switch)
• Crunchyroll Hime's Quest (Game Boy Color)
• Melon Journey Pocket (Game Boy Color)
• Obliteracers (Xbox One/PS4)
• Ruin of the Reckless (PC/Switch)
• 8BitMMO (PC)

Website (for backlinks): https://protodome.com/

Andrea Possee

Postgraduate Course Assistant

She has scored three feature films Howl, The Devils Rock (New Zealand Film.
Council) and Catskin which have gained best score nominations at numerous
festivals, as well as dozens of shorts some of which have featured in the shorts corner
at Cannes Film Festival.

Andrea’s TV credits include Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Quantico, About The
Boy, Come Dine With Me, I’m a Celebrity!, Northumberland Tales with Robson
Jerome, and the last year has seen Andrea cutting her teeth on documentaries
including My Life With Puppets, Beyond The Photo and Chewing Gum Man.

Jo Quail

Songwriting / Music Production

Jo Quail is an internationally acclaimed award-winning composer and virtuoso cellist from London, UK. As a soloist Jo has toured extensively through Europe and internationally with venues and festivals including Hellfest (FR), the Melbourne Recital Centre (AUS) and the Royal Festival Hall (UK). Within an ensemble setting Jo is frequently invited to orchestrate her music for various orchestras and ensembles to perform alongside her, incorporating her sound design and live looping in the performance. Primarily a contemporary classical / avant-garde artist Jo’s music appeals to a far broader crowd; in the words of Metal Hammer “Jo breathes new life in to the cello, for the first time making classical music’s long-standing influence on metal a two-way street”.

Jo is a highly sought after guest artist for both live and recorded work and has collaborated with acts as diverse as Enslaved, Emma Ruth Rundle, Myrkur, God Is An Astronaut, My Dying Bride, Poppy Ackroyd, Caspian, MONO, Damo Suzuki, FM Einheit as well as touring with artists including Heilung, Amenra and Wardruna.

Jo’s large scale works include ‘The Cartographer, commissioned by Roadburn Festival with a brief to 'redefine heaviness’. In response Jo wrote this ambitious symphony for electric cello, electric violin, piano, male vocal, female vocal, 8 trombones and multiple percussions, premiered in Tilburg in 2022. This charted at 22 in the Amazon classical charts, 7 in the progressive music charts and 48 in the metal charts. Prior to this Jo created and facilitated a global collaboration during lockdown entitled The Parodos Cairn, a 10 minute collaborative sound sample creation involving found sound contributions from many people across the world. Her years of touring, studying and writing have enabled her to craft her bespoke path and develop her own studies in to the practical and psychological aspects of stage and performance.

Jo has a wholly inclusive approach to composition and live performance. She composes and arranges her own music to perform with professional orchestras, choirs and ensembles in Europe and writes music specifically for mixed ability /mixed instrumentation ensembles as well.

“I am passionate about your individuality in music, whether you’re writing on large or small scale, for your personal project and development or following an industry brief. I would be honoured to work with you on all and any aspects of your compositions, from the ‘blank stave’ starting point through to structure, arrangement, harmony, theory, instrumentation and orchestration. I can share with you my experience working as an independent artist, performer, composer and collaborator, and also my personal approach to sound design and production. I look forward to meeting you!”

Bradley Jordan

Composer & Music Editor

Hugh Floyd

Video Editor

Hugh is the resident media editor at ThinkSpace Education, he creates videos, graphics and VFX. When he’s not in the editing room, Hugh’s painting miniatures, learning new instruments, brushing up on his skateboarding, drinking a lot of tea, and playing lead guitar for his band The Pocket Rockers.

Ben Moore

Head of Marketing

Ben runs the marketing – beavering away with Jake and the team to help as many music-writers around the world know about our courses and degrees, and what makes them great. He's previously been Head of Marketing at Spitfire Audio at many moons ago at Sibelius Software – taking a long detour into education software in between. A lapsed pianist, he now spends many hours 'digging in the crates' to find obscure house and funk tunes, and occasionally subjecting unsuspecting revellers to them at gatherings.

Jake Few

Marketing

Jake works behind the scenes sending out emails, answering students' questions and keeping the social media running. He is also a composer and multi-instrumentalist (drums, piano, guitar, bass) having composed, and served as musical director, for the musical LoveStuck.

Tom Janes

Course Production

Tom works behind the scenes ensuring the premium and master’s degrees are running smoothly. As an expert in classical harmony, Tom also contributes to the construction of course materials.

Since 2011 Tom has regularly performed around the country as a solo classical guitar act and as part of a duo, Tom and Ash. As a solo act he has played weddings, festivals, parties etc., performing a mix of classical pieces, traditional Spanish music, jazz arrangements as well as his own compositions.

Lucy Hackett

Musician & Composer

Lucy is a composer and musician, specialising in music for visual media. Her compositions fuse acoustic performance with experimental production and sound design, seeking harmony within contrasting elements.

Her work as a media composer and collaborator has seen her music played and published worldwide (Netflix, PHMG, Thermal Music, The Music Supervisors, EVC Music), including a recent selection in a printed anthology of piano works by women composers.

Lucy Hackett

Musician & Composer

Lucy is a composer and musician, specialising in music for visual media. Her compositions fuse acoustic performance with experimental production and sound design, seeking harmony within contrasting elements.

Her work as a media composer and collaborator has seen her music played and published worldwide (Netflix, PHMG, Thermal Music, The Music Supervisors, EVC Music), including a recent selection in a printed anthology of piano works by women composers.