Paul
is an exciting fresh talent, highly regarded for his already extensive work for
Film, TV and Advertising, as well as his production and
arrangements.
Recent
Work
Pauls
recently completed work on the BBC's historical series A History of Scotland - will be broadcasted nationwide throughout 2009 (the first 5 episodes aired late 2008) and will be accompanied
by concerts around the country. The full score is available on itunes.
He also recently composed a
number of string arrangements for Sharleen Spiteri's top 10 album Melody, as well as completing work on the
7th series of BBC drama, Spooks. Paul's score for Series 5 & 6 of Spooks is now available on itunes Paul's work has already been recognised at the
highest level. He won a BAFTA (British Academy of Film &
Television Award) as Best New Composer in 2000 for Pineapple (directed by Huw Davies &
Nigel Atkinson), and received nominations for the Anthony Asquith (BAFTA) Award
and the Best Original Music for Television Ivor Novello for his score to the
2004 ITV drama Fallen (directed by
Omar Madha).
Paul
benefited early in his career from working closely with Craig Armstrong
(composer for Moulin Rouge, Love
Actually, Ray) on a number of projects, providing string arrangements,
orchestrations and arrangements and playing live.
TV
credits include; award winning drama Spooks (BBC/Kudos), Nick Crane's Britannia (BBC2), Jimmy's Farming Heroes (BBC), A Year In The Life of JK
Rowling (ITV), BBC Natural History series Galapagos with voice over by Tilda
Swinton, as well as BBC series 8 of Silent Witness and ITV drama The Brief starring Alan
Davies.
FILM:
Film
Credits include Love Me Still (2008),
romantic comedy feature Popcorn (DMS
Films), as well as Marcie’s Dowrie
(BBC/Parallel Pictures), Somersault
(Channel 4 Films/Sigma), California
Sunshine (Channel 4 Films Sigma) and Two Fingers (Channel 4 Films) all
directed by David Mackenzie. Also Sredni Vashtar and The Perpetual Twilight of Gregor Black
which premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival, The Choir (BBC Films), That Old One (BBC/Ideal World Films) and
Does God Play Football (Channel 4
Films).
ANIMATION:
Paul
worked on the Red Kite animation series
Imp for the Cartoon Network and Disney, starring the voices of Julian
Rhind-Tutt and Stephan Mangan of Channel 4’s Green Wing. He also composed the
music for the BAFTA nominated Rogue
Farm, an ‘anime machinima’ style animation, teaming up with the Scottish
band Arab Strap, as well as writing
additional music for the award winning Leonard featuring Dennis
Lawson.
TELEVISION:
Paul
has scored a number of Channel 4 Body
Shock and Dispatches
documentaries including A Mother’s
Love (Channel 4/Mentorn), Face
Transplant (Channel 4/Mentorn) and A
Mother’s Journey (Channel 4/Mentorn). Other TV credits include Ten Days That Shaped The Queen (Channel
4/IWC), Powerhouses (Channel 4/Oxford
Film), and The Other Side of Suez
(Canadian Broadcasting Corp co- production with IWC).
COMMERCIAL MUSIC PRODUCTION/ARRANGEMENTS:
In
respect of production and arrangement, Paul has worked with Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanagan on their 2006 Mercury
Prize nominated album Ballad of the
Broken Seas, as well as with a range of successful acts including Snow Patrol, Belle and Sebastian, Simple
Minds, Fried and Texas. Paul also worked with New
Yorkers Joy Zipper on their
critically acclaimed album American
Whip released on David Holmes label 13 Amp. Paul contributed arrangements
for tracks produced by Kevin Shields (My
Bloody Valentine, Lost in Translation) and David Holmes (Oceans Eleven, Out of
Sight).
ADVERTISING:
Paul's recent advertising commissions include: Stella Star Christmas 2008 online campaign; Sunday Times "For All You Are" TV Campalgn (current). Past campaigns Paul has provided bespoke music for include US
2008 Olympic team anthem, Chevron, Stella Artois, Royal Bank Of Scotland (in the
US), Sunday Times, Budweiser, Absolut Vodka (in the US), Chase Manhattan Bank
(in the US), Herbal Essence, Vauxhall Cars, Airtours and Heineken.
SOLO ALBUM:
Following
its recent success the Special Edition of Paul’s own artist album Filmtales, featuring two exclusive
bonus tracks, is now available to download from itunes. Filmtales is a mixture of original material and collaborations with Isobel Campbell, Steve Mason (Beta Band),
Jenna (Un-Cut, Shapeshifters), Richard Colburn (Belle &
Sebastian).
Agent:
Darrell Alexander - Cool Music Ltd,
London
+44.(0).20.8995.7766
email:
darrell@coolmusicltd.com
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Howard Price
