Philip Sheppard

Tag: Akram Khan

  • Radiomovies roundup

    Things have been very busy here at Radiomovies Studio – It’s been a long time since the last post!
    Sergio has just been shortlisted for the Oscars!!
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    BBC Radio 3 have playlisted one of my Henry VIII tracks – and I’m releasing an EP any minute of the vocal tracks from the series.
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    In the dance world, Akram Khan and Sylvie Guillem are to present Sacred Monsters, score by me, in Japan before Christmas.

  • In-I score download

    In-I starring Akram Khan and Juliette Binoche is playing at BAM Harvey Theater (NY) this week.

    Akram Khan and Juliette Binoche

    To download tracks click on the buttons on the right hand side – it’s very easy!

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    And listen to lots of other tracks by clicking the pages in the right hand sidebar.

    [soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/radiomovies/sets/in-i-starring-juliette-binoche-akram-khan”]

    If you liked this.. here’s one more chilled-out track for you:
    Clear Blue – upbeat electric cello – feel free to give it the thumbs up (if you want..)!
    n.b. Leave a comment below and we’ll send you links to other free tracks when they’re released.

  • radiomovies DVD news

    It seems this is the week for DVD releases of some of my recent scores…

    Henry Mind of a Tyrant, Sacred Monsters and Moon Machines are all rolling out now!

    Henry Mind of a Tyrant is released on DVD in the UK:

    stark1Moon Machines finally gets a release on DVD in the US:

    mmThis series was fascinating to work on. The series focuses on the brains behind the mind-blowing technology that got man to the moon more than just the once. If you liked In the Shadow of the Moon (and I hope you did) then you might enjoy this too. My favourite sequences show how the software to run the craft was literally knitted by expert seamstresses using looms.

    Sacred Monsters is released worldwide on DVD by Sadlers Wells:

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    This show starred Akram Khan and Sylvie Guillem. I wrote the score and toured with the production as onstage cellist (with a great band) for the best part of a year and a half. I hope to post the soundtrack online soon as a free listen (as per my other Akram show; In-I).

  • radiomovies roundup

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    Latest show news. As you can see there’s a beautiful poster for the forthcoming Sergio directed by Greg Barker – due to be shown on HBO in June. This recently won Karen Schmeer the editing award at Sundance.I hope to put a number of the tracks online soon as a free stream.

    Looking at the above I realise I’m lucky to work on projects where the PR material seems to be thought through…

    In-I, my project with Juliette Binoche, Anish Kapoor and Akram Khan is in Beijing this week, having transferred from Shanghai. You can hear the score here.

    It’s going to have a break before opening at BAM (Harvey Theatre), New York, for the latter part of September.

  • Harrison's Chronometer online

    New tracks added!chron1

    There are some new tracks added this week from past albums including Harrison’s Chronometer which I released as the other track on the EP length Glass Cathedral album, way back in 1999.

    You’ll find them all in the sidebar to the right under Pages, including The Diver in the Crypt and In-I stage show.

    Soon to come… the score of Sacred Monsters, (the Sylvie Guillem Akram Khan dance piece) and a very weird piece I wrote about the Venetian Underground System…

  • Tracks and albums go online

    112I like sites with long streamed mp3s where I can listen to music while I work – kind of webpage radio stations for each album, show or film project (where I own the tracks or have permission from the publishers). I’ve had lots of nice requests for the scores to recent stage shows, and I don’t want to charge people for the music – especially if they’ve already paid for a ticket!

    I’ve had a really encouraging response from posts such as this.

    So..

  • Juliette Binoche & Akram Khan In-I Soundtrack now online

    The dance project In-I starring Akram Khan and Juliette Binoche continues its world tour – taking in venues from Beijing to Sydney. I’ve worked with Akram for a number of years now, as a cellist and writer. Our previous project together was Sacred Monsters in which he partnered Sylvie Guillem.

    Akram Khan and Juliette Binoche

    My score for In-I uses lots of multitracked cello, prepared piano and electric cello as well as samples of Juliette’s voice which is, to say the least highly lyrical.

    I promised I’d put the score online – so here it is!

    Casanova to steps to love[Audio http://radiomovies.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/aj1-casanova-sep-51.mp3]

    Skin solo[Audio http://radiomovies.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/aj8-skin-solo.mp3]

    The apotheosis[Audio http://radiomovies.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/the-apotheosis.mp3]

    I may make these files downloadable if possible – let me know if that’s preferred.

    The show has a truly exceptional design team in artist Anish Kapoor and lighting designer, Michael Hulls.

    Michael has recently been working with the genius Robert LePage and is (to my mind) the Howard Hodgkin of the illumination world.

    Other links:

    Here are some highlights from the show presently on youtube:
    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw-4BXwS7q8&hl=en&fs=1]

    Excerpts from an interview with Juliette here:

    http://cinematicpassions.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/juliette-binoche-dances/