Nazanin

For C4. Original music.
The behind-the-scenes account - part love story, part thriller - of how Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was thrown into a Tehran jail, and how her family battled to get her home.

From the Daily Telegraph: “Nazanin is an extraordinary piece of documentary making that shows the very human experiences that were often hidden behind the huge geo-political story that dominated the headlines for far longer than the Zaghari-Ratcliffes had hoped.”

The Times: ★★★★★ ‘A living nightmare met with poise and dignity’
The Guardian ★★★★✩ ‘Incredibly moving’
The Independent ★★★★✩ ‘A beautiful, intimate piece of storytelling’
Evening Standard: ★★★★✩ ‘Poignant and moving’

We see Gabriella playing piano in the film, and I became sentimentally attached to the idea of including some of that wildtrack in the final music, where the family are at last reunited. After all the poise and dignity, a moment – literally – of release.

The Squid Scam

Music composition and sound design, for ITN/Audible
In 2021, scammers stole $16 million from thousands of investors across the globe, by capitalising on the hype around NFTs and the success of the hit Netflix series Squid Game. 

The scam was so believable, the BBC, Yahoo and CNBC covered its initial trading success, before later publishing headlines revealing the full scale of the fraud. Investigative technology journalist Janhoi McGregor takes a deep dive into the murky underworld of Crypto and NFTs, to attempt to uncover the true identity of the squid scammer. Much of their web trail was wiped out, but digital detective Janhoi follows the crumbs left behind in an attempt to find justice for the victims.

Podcast of the Week, Guardian and Stylist Magazine

Bad Women Season Two: The Blackout Ripper

We scored, sound designed and mixed this show

“The streets of wartime London are pitch black and the darkness offers cover to a murderer every bit as terrible as Jack the Ripper. During one awful week in February 1942 he viciously attacks women night after night. But the victims of the so-called Blackout Ripper are now all but forgotten.

“In this season of Bad Women, historian Hallie Rubenhold and criminologist Alice Fiennes share new details from the archives to tell the extraordinary and moving stories of the women who died and why their deaths were swept from view.

The Frost Tapes

We composed the title music for this series. From Apple: “David Frost was the 20th century’s most prolific interviewer, a master of conversation with a remarkable talent for getting people to open up and spill their souls. Many of his conversations, however, have been lost—until now. Presented by his son, broadcaster Wilfred Frost, in Season One of “The Frost Tapes,” we resurrected interviews covering topics that had astounding relevance with current events in 2020. In Season Two, we’re joining David as he interviews the greatest entertainers of the 20th/21st centuries: Elton John, Elizabeth Taylor, Muhhamad Ali, the Beatles, and more. You can’t hear these interviews anywhere else.”