A selection of visual work from projects
that I've worked on including feature films, TV
commercials, documentaries, trailers, promos, demos
& short films.
TV
Promos/Trailers (action/excitement)
Take
The Money And Run ABC Network
ABC's new reality TV game show Take The Money
And Run uses my track Titan in the
new first season's promo trailers.
You can buy and license Titan for your
own projects from my music shop here.
24 Fox Network
After using my music in season 7 trailers for
the Fox network's TV show 24 (see the clips
below), my orchestral action track Zahara
is being used again in trailers for Season 8.
You can buy and license Zahara for your
own projects from my music shop here.
24 Fox Network
The Fox network's smash hit TV show 24
starring Kiefer Sutherland is currently running
a series of promo trailers for Season 7 which
use my dramatic orchestral action track Zahara
as the music background.
Here are 2 of the promo trailer clips featuring
Zahara and you can buy Zahara as
a DRM-free CD quality mp3 download from my music
shop here.
After licensing my music track Scorpio
for his winter time lapse film Sub-Zero,
time lapse photographer Randy Halverson
asked me to write some custom music for his next
astronomy time lapse film Plains Milky Way.
The music is a quietly haunting soundtrack called
Exodus.
The film received a lot of exposure and was featured
on several high profile websites and articles
including National Geographic, MSN and many others.
After the success of Plains Milky Way,
Randy then asked me to composer another track
for his next astro time lapse piece Tempest
Milky Way. The track for this one is called
Tempest and is a more dramatic piece
to match the stormy visuals.
Tempest Milky Way was again featured on
National Geographic, Yahoo and many other websites
and reached over half a million plays in the first
week.
Sports
Promo (action/excitement)
L.A.
Lakers Pre-Game Intros
Sideshow Studios
Basketball legends the L.A. Lakers used my orchestral
action track Titan to introduce the team
in the opening game of the 2010 NBA season at
their home stadium the Staples Center in Los Angeles,
California.
The track Titan is also available to buy
and license for your own film, trailer or project
from the music shop: www.thebluemask.com/shop/titan
Following the success
of the first pre-game video for the Lakers, I
was asked to re-edit two more of my orchestral
action tracks for further use with new footage
and also to write a new dramatic orchestral piece.
The videos play in front of the crowd on a giant
360 screen in the centre of the Staples Center
in L.A.
The videos were all produced
by Peter Bailey at Sideshow Studios and are shown
here with kind permission.
All these tracks, and lots more (in a wide range
of styles from atmospheric ambient to dramatic
orchestral), are available to license at low cost
for use in your own sports trailers, promos, videos
and websites from my online web shop:
Evolution: The Grand
Experiment
Audio Visual Consultants Inc.
Evolution: The Grand Experiment is a new
documentary show which I composed the music score
for. Based on his best-selling book, Dr. Carl
Werner explains the framework for the theory of
evolution to the public and enlightens the viewer
with scientific pros and cons offered by the some
of the world’s most respected scientists
interviewed during his travels.
The approach Dr. Werner takes in explaining some
of his findings is both refreshing and appealing,
always allowing the reader to reach their own
conclusions.
The music for the documentary ranges from lighthearted
with quirky plucked pizzicato strings, acoustic
guitar and piano to darker organic soundscapes
and atmospheric sounds.
The show won 4 awards including a Gold Medal for
Excellence in Music for a Documentary Film.
Video copyright
AVC inc.
Episode 1 of Evolution:
The Grand Experiment aired on four European
channels, four North American networks and has
been broadcast in 70 countries worldwide.
I then completed work on episode 2 of the series,
Living Fossils which features some stunning
nature and underwater photography (see the clip
to the right). The music includes more orchestral
arrangements as well as piano, guitar and atmospheric
ambient sound design.
Royalty-Free
Music Collection (dark/atmospheric)
Royalty-Free Collection Vol.5 Simon Wilkinson (thebluemask.com)
The latest royalty free music collection focuses
purely on atmospheric and cinematic piano. The
music is perfect for film & documentary makers
looking for low cost but high quality music to
add to their films and video productions. This
album contains 13 tracks (48 minutes) and ranges
from dark, brooding and sinister to gentle, emotional,
reflective and melancholy. The collection includes
a license to use the music in as many films or
projects as you wish with no further fees necessary.
Find out more in the shop.
Royalty-Free Collection Vol.1 Simon Wilkinson (thebluemask.com)
This collection of royalty free music is perfect
for film & documentary makers looking to source
pre-written music for their productions at a very
reasonable price. The album contains 45 minutes
of dark atmospheric & dramatic piano music
and soundscapes. Once you buy the collection,
it includes a license to use this music in as
many films or projects you have with no further
fees necessary. Find out more in the shop.
Royalty-Free Collection Vol.2 Simon Wilkinson (thebluemask.com)
This 2nd collection of royalty free music is a
perfect complement to volume 1 but also stands
on its own as a collection of more dark and atmospheric
royalty free music for film & documentary
makers. The album contains a further 45 minutes
of dark atmospheric & dramatic piano music
and soundscapes. Find out more here.
Film
Scoring Demos (action/drama/excitement)
Watchmen (Trailer) (Unofficial demo
music)
After seeing the new Watchmen movie trailer, I
had a track I was working on that I thought might
go well with the visuals. The track is called
Scorpio and is available in full here.
(This video clip is a personal demo for promo
purposes only.)
Ronin
(Film Clip) (Unofficial
demo music)
As another demonstration of some of my scoring
techniques, I wrote some demo music against the
classic car chase scene from Ronin. Written to
demonstrate some of my film scoring techniques,
the track is called The Getaway and is
available in full here.
(This video clip is a personal demo for promo
purposes only.)
Casshern
(Trailer) (Unofficial
demo music)
This promo clip is from the cult 2004 Japanese
futuristic fantasy movie Casshern written
and directed by Kazuaki Kiriya. The music is a
new orchestral action track I've written called
Titan which is available from my mp3 music
shop to download or license for use in your own
film or trailer here.
(This video clip is a personal demo for promo
purposes only.)
Moving
Image Artwork (atmospheric piano)
Still
Life: London Wyllie O'Hagan
The moving image artwork, Still Life: London explores
a quest for stillness in a hectic world. Two screens
project moving images with piano soundtrack. One
screen shows a personal collection of still, quiet
life objects, beautifully considered and composed,
revealed at a reflective pace. The second screen
shows abstract energetic lines wildly draw with
light.
Buy the piano track Leaving Paris in my
mp3 shop here.
Nature
Footage (ambient/atmospheric)
Antarctica BBC
BBC footage of icebergs & glaciers in Antarctica,
scored with a hypnotic and atmospheric ambient
soundtrack.
You can buy the full 7 minute ambient music track
as a CD quality mp3 here.
Think Brian Eno, Harold Budd, Stars Of The Lid,
Biosphere, Vangelis, Solaris etc.
Film
Score (drama/thriller)
Spare
Change Spyce TV (Dir: Eric Omani)
Atmospheric short drama/thriller film score. After
a night out, three friends miss their last train
home. Not happy with the long walk home, they
decide to take a short cut through a nearby park
and unexpectedly witness an unspeakable act. In
the hours that follow, they are forced to return
and end a mystery with a chilling conclusion.
The Club
Logun Media
"Welcome to a place where everything goes
and where everything goes terribly wrong."
Original dramatic film score for full length feature
film thriller "The Club" starring Treva
Etienne (Black Hawk Down, Pirates Of The Caribbean),
Ilaria D'Elia (Gangs Of New York) and Arnaud Adam
(Chocolat).
"The Club" was my first full length feature
film score. The first clip is a short promo clip
showing a dramatic car chase action sequence from
the film. The second clip is the official trailer
from the film.
Original full score for film and trailer from film
composer Simon Wilkinson.
Pierre Laurent Wristwatches
One Track Mind Productions
Set of three 15-second television commercials
from Canadian production company One Track Mind
for watchmaker Pierre Laurent. Music styles included
hip-hop and urban/dance.
I composed the music based on briefs from the
client which had three basic themes (from top): Nightlife/Stylish/Clubbing A group of young successful women
working and socialising with upbeat dance music.
Hip-hop/Urban/DJ A producer/DJ goes crate digging while
the artist writes ideas in the studio. Hip hop/urban
style music.
Elegant/Professional Young professional executive goes to
an invitation with upbeat jazzy music.
I was provided with the finished
video footage and then composed the music around
them based on the genre, pacing and themes of
the ads.
Watch the three commercials on the right. Click
here for website for www.onetrackmind.ca
