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THE TAKE DOWN
“When Jack, a hit man from London, gets given his life back and the opportunity to save his daughter, it becomes a race against time to kill or be killed.”
The Take Down (2017) is a thriller (written and directed by David Newton and produced by Eloise Singer), which follows for 24 hours the dangerous life of a London assassin as he tries to fix a hit gone wrong. We discover that Jack is a single parent caring for his daughter. This provides plenty of opportunity for intimate moments amongst the chaos of his struggle to survive.
Writing the score was a challenge in balancing the expectations that the genre demands with the desire to write music that has its own identity, nuance and logic. I hope that the soundtrack album will convey the story of the film to its listeners.
COLLABORATIONS: JOHN HARDY MUSIC
I am proud to have composed for John Hardy Music in a variety of capacities, leading on some and collaborating on others. As always, all projects at JHM are true collaborations, and the music would never turn out to be what it is without all of the composers’ inputs. Working with others to create something greater than what each of you could imagine alone is perhaps one of the most exciting things in life, and certainly so when making music. Here are some of the scores that we have written together as a team.
STEEL COUNTRY / A DARK PLACE
HINTERLAND: SERIES 3
HIDDEN: SERIES ONE
HINTERLAND: SERIES 2
COLLABORATIONS: TIC ASHFIELD
Tic is a talented composer who I have worked with for many years, both at JHM and individually. We first worked together on HINTERLAND, and then on dance and theatre projects in the south Wales area.
Our score for GALESA earned us recognition with a Welsh BAFTA, against competition from James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers) and our very own John Hardy Music.
Tic and I have since continued to work on projects in and outside of JHM. Our most recent collaboration just the two of us was on PILI PALA, and within JHM was HIDDEN: SERIES 3.
PERSONAL WORK
I enjoy writing for as wide a mix of perceived genres as possible. There are many different resources at my disposal that enable me to create a rich world of soundscapes and songs, in imagined worlds as well as rooted in common experience. I have performed and written in the styles of funk, reggae, punk rock, jazz, folk, pop, classical, hip-hop and EDM, just to name a few. My strength lies in my comfort across all music genres, my appreciation of each, and my drive to understand them.
I’ve picked out a couple of my favourites for you to listen to below, but if you want more then head over to my soundcloud page to listen to some of my work.