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Hans Zimmer’s score for Inception arguably kick started a generation of trailers and movies copying the ‘BRAAM’ brass motif. But did Zimmer really invent the BRAAM? It’s first use actually pre-dates Inception, but it’s origins stem back over hundreds of years. (5 minute read)

This week I had the pleasure of attending the first annual Screen Music Connect at London’s South Bank Centre. One of the areas of interest at the conference was the question of Artificial Intelligence (A.I) and whether it is a threat to media composers.  * * * * * We live in an increasingly technological…

I like to think I have a good ear for curating quality playlist (as do most people). So I’ve started a new Spotify account called ARC Music. There will be a huge range of playlist being formed- starting with FUNK – What is it? This playlist is actually derived from Christian Henson’s latest vlog of…

I’m pleased to announce that all the hard work over the past 3 years has paid off, and I’ll be graduating from Falmouth University in July with a BA 1st Class Degree Honours in Creative Music Technology. I have worked so hard over the past year on my compositions, and attempting to carve a path…

In this blog post I’ve decided to unleash my inner soundtrack geek. Unfortunately John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, and Thomas Newman don’t make the cut, but I just want to acknowledge their soundtracks had equal influence on my musical life as the soundtracks I have listed below. This isn’t a list of the ‘Top 10 soundtracks…

I was privileged to be selected for the production masterclass with Joe Kearns; known for his mixing, engineering, and production with artists such as; Ellie Golding, Florence and the Machine, and Emile Sandé, as well as being part of the production team on film scores from: Kickass, The Hunger Games, and Gravity.