Phonotheque are proud to anounce the culmination of nine month's work with the BBC and Preloaded Ltd as BBC EARTH : Life in VR is launched - the development of the BBC's flagship natural history series into virtual reality for the first time ever, with full orchestral, interactive score written and produced by Pete Mauder at Phonotheque.
The score tackles the difficulties of writing immersive music for a non-linear, interactive environment with a complex combination of synced thematic expositions, multi-layered proximity-mapped loops and synced bridges between stages of the story. The result is an uninterrupted, flowing musical narrative which allows the user to travel through the experience at their own speed, exploring the detail as much or as little as they like. It was launched in February and is available on Google Daydream.
With music and sound for VR now forming a significant proportion of Phonotheque's output, we recently completed audio for another first - Tate's first VR exhibit. Part of the Modigliani exhibition at Tate Modern, the exhibit recreates Modigliani's studio in 1919 Paris with breathtaking detail. The recreation, production and mapping of audio for the exhibit was a fascinating process of bringing the environment slowly to life.
Other work continues apace - recent trailers for Ghost Stories and Brimstone feature sound design and music from Phonotheque, and a score for a contemporary ballet film is starting to take shape.
The Phonotheque showreel featuring a selection of recent projects.
Also a performance video of the theme written for the award-winning Like Father, Like Son trailer, shot by Alexander Thompson at Phonotheque Studios London.
Brand new Idents for the youngest of the UK's terrestrial channels, Channel 5, with specially commissioned music by Phonotheque.
The project was led by Channel 5's Jo Bacon and Jody Malam, creative director at MTV, shot by Academy and directed by Si&Ad. The idents draw on the idea of Channel 5 making everyday life better, with a series of short films each featuring a moment of surprise.
Idents for newly launched TV channel, Spike.
A new departure for Phonotheque into the world of Contemporary Dance with this commission from Eloy Barrigan.
Working closely with Intermission for the last couple of years has brought a lot of great projects, not to mention awards, to Phonotheque's door. From World Cinema to Hollywood, it's always exciting to pick up a brief. Work is always a closely held secret until its launch, but there are some really amazing projects currently in the pipeline - watch this space.
Lots of work on some amazing projects from Fox Searchlight, not least the music for the Black Swan trailer… Phonotheque remixed orchestral work Eros by composer Ludovico Einaudi for this peach of a commission from Create - the remix later to be released on itunes at Einaudis request. More great commissions on high profile projects this year too...
Lots of work for MTV over the last couple of years - a few promos for car-crash telly show Geordie Shore, and a challenging but very enjoyable job creating a track for Music Matters - a promo series featuring young artists decribing why music is so important to them.
One from the archives - Theme music for the World Cinema series on Film Four - one of Phonotheques early commissions. Co-written with, and bass played by, Mr Felix Howard.
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The score for BBC Earth - Life in VR, the BBC's first development of their flagship natural history series into the world of virtual reality.
Recreation, production and mapping of 3D audio for the Tate's first ever VR exhibit: Modigliani's studio in Paris in 1919.
Music and sound design for Intermission Film's trailer for Brimstone
Brand new Idents for the youngest of the UK's terrestrial channels, Channel 5, with specially commissioned music by Phonotheque.
The project was led by Channel 5's Jo Bacon and Jody Malam, creative director at MTV, shot by Academy and directed by Si&Ad. Rather than focusing on the logo, the idents draw on the idea of Channel 5 making everyday life better, with a series of short films each featuring a moment of surprise.
Nominated for Best Original Music at the Golden Trailer Awards earlier this year, Like Father, Like Son has just won the Screen Awards Trailer of the Year prize.
Reflecting the title of the film, the movements of the right hand on the keyboard are mirrored by the left.
Music and sound design elements for the international trailer for Michau00ebl R. Roskams The Drop, James Gandolfinis final film. Commissioned by Intermission Films.
Nominated for Best Original Music at the Golden Trailer Awards earlier this year, Like Father, Like Son has just won the Screen Awards Trailer of the Year prize.
Reflecting the title of the film, the movements of the right hand on the keyboard are mirrored by the left.
Just a single sound for this Tom Hardy film trailer - the bass throb in the closing seconds - proof that a little goes a long way.
Various sound effects and music for more trailers from Intermission Films
An amazing commission from Create - remixing Einaudi's Eros for the international trailer for Aronofsky's Black Swan.
Straightforward at first sight perhaps, but this track was fiendishly difficult to create. Supplied with a selection of film takes of drummer Ash freestyling for the cameras, a track had to be built out of clips - the problem being there had been no tempo guide for Ash to drum along to at the shoot, so nothing was at the same speed. So, having searched the takes for vaguely matching snippets, the process of writing a track around them began. Each drum had to be sampled or emulated to make a kit with which to build the new track, then the music parts performed and recorded. Painstaking, but a great result.
Sometimes some of your best work just doesn't make it to the final cut for whatever reason. Here are some of Phonotheque's favourite failed pitches...