short films
Examples of my work for short films, highlighting my love for puppetry, poetry and stories.
I hope you enjoy them.
Puppets – a stop motion adventure
A beautiful puppet and animation created by artist Beth McGuiness.
I loved writing the music for this inquisitive puppet.
Imagining the situation the being had found themselves in and where their next steps were going to take them.
Puppeteer & Filmaker: Beth McGuiness
Music composed: 2022
The Novels of Emily St. John Mandel – The Unauthorised Trailer
A true love letter from filmaker Chris Eyre, to the novels of Emily St John Mandel.
Scoring this film gave me a taste of the adventure that lay ahead of me when I read Station Eleven for the first time.
Filmaker: Chris Eyre.
Music composed: 2022
The lost piano
“Memento Mori’, remember you must die.
I scored this short film as part of a competition entry.
My focus was giving room for the dialogue, shifting inside and outside of the text. Lifting and higlhighting the weight and delicacy of the narrator’s text.
Music composed: 2022
A brief for the defense by poet Jack Gilbert
For poetry fans, a touching reading of A brief for the defense, by poet Jack Gilbert.
Filmaker: Chris Eyre.
Music composed: 2020
Music for passing trains
I put this film together from stock footage, wanting to give myself a challenge to create a satisfiying visual that would open the doors to writing its score.
It’s a lonely and yearning piece.
Filmaker: me
Music composed: 2020
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