I am a musician and composer working across film, games, installation and education, with a focus on texture, listening and the relationship between sound and people.
Commissions include music for BFI documentary film, a series of contemporary public space soundscapes commissioned by the Noise Abatement Society, music for government funded educational films, artists’ film and installation sound design.
Example composition
Violin, cello, tape delay piano and organic textures.
Acoustic guitar, dictaphone and Roland JP8 samples.
Cornet, accordion, piano, bass and percussion.
Cellos, reverse guitar, bass, piano and Roland 808 samples.
Audience field recording, piano, voice and MicroKorg.
Acoustic guitar, piano and pencil drawing field recordings.
Recent work
Original film score
/DIRECTED BY ESTHER SPRINGETT
/PRODUCED BY CHLOE WHITE AND JODIE TAYLOR - WHALEBONE FILMS
/FUNDED BY BFI DOC SOCIETY MADE OF TRUTH FUND
/SHORT DOCUMENTARY
/2025 (20 MINS)
I’M CHARLIE JOHNSON is the coming of age story of an 18-year old skater as he navigates neurodivergence, familial mental health challenges and dreams of escaping his ‘small town life’, set against a backdrop of roller discos in the seaside town of St Leonards-on-Sea.
I’m Charlie Johnson
Original film score
/DIRECTED BY CHLOE WHITE, ESTHER SPRINGETT AND JODIE TAYLOR - WHALEBONE FILMS
/SHORT DOCUMENTARY
/2026 (10 MINS)
On a hot summer evening, 50 teenagers who have been excluded from their own school proms gather for PROM NOT PROM—a night of loud music and raw emotion that these British teens, who’ve spent their school lives on the fringes, will never forget.
Official Selection – London Short Film Festival 2026
Prom Not Prom
Sound design
I had the pleasure of supporting visual artist Sophie Dixon with a piece of sound design for the work ‘Time, Pressure, Decay’. This poetic and beautiful piece consists of film, photography, text and extensive research into the the coal mining heritage of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France and Kent, UK.
For more info on Sophie’s past and current work visit: sophie-dixon.com
Leven 34 - vernacular sound memories
Sound design
Field recordings to commemorate the end of a caravan’s life. Celebrating the ordinary sounds and aural furniture that imprint and landmark years of memories.
Part of the research and development phase of a larger project exploring spaces, memories and sound.
