I’m on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row tonight to talk about music & journeys.
I’m with a total hero of mine – Adrian Utley from Portishead – both of us being interviewed by Mark Lawson.
Here’s a free track for you if you’d like to download it – click through to Soundcloud & it’s free.[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/5680720″ iframe=”true” /]
Last night saw the first ever collaboration between Impropera & Not so Silent Movies… at the wonderful Kings Place. We improvised a new score, and new operatic narrative to Nosferatu… well, it is nearly Halloween.
Our next event is on Sunday afternoon. Click here for more details.
Last month was great fun too – Jarvis Cocker, Dario Marianelli and John Etheridge joined our fabulous house band.
Here’s Gramophone magazine’s blog about it.
If you’d like to get more free tracks, or news of gigs – click here.
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Easter gifts
Here’s an Easter present… for a little while only, these tracks are free downloads. All I ask is that you click the stumble button below, or retweet and recommend them to others if you like them!
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Stumble It!Happy and peaceful Easter to you.
Philip Sheppard
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Music for a new Utopia
Suspension by Parke Harrison Whilst our politicians in the UK struggle to create a government, I started thinking an ideal society.
Music can sometimes describe the impossible. I love the escapist potential of music and sound design, and my constant struggle is to write pieces that act as soundscapes to imaginary places. This piece is called ‘If there is a Heaven’.[soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/radiomovies/if-there-is-a-heaven” params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=1b5a7a” width=”100%” height=”81″ ]
If you enjoy this kind of thing, then feel free to download it (right downward arrow) and subscribe here for more like this.Philip Sheppard
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Volcanic Cloud
Just heard the news that there’s a volcanic cloud heading this way from Iceland. Here’s what I think it might sound like… (this may be a bit rough as I’ve written it fast!)
[soundcloud width=”100%” height=”81″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=5a4811″ url=”http://soundcloud.com/radiomovies/ls32-morse-dynamo”] CLOUD MORSE by RadiomoviesDon’t forget you can get this and other free downloads when you subscribe here!
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Keeping in touch
I like sending free tracks out sometimes, and have found a really good way to do this…
If you fill in your email address at this link, I’ll send you news of downloads, sheet music, forthcoming gigs and broadcasts. It’s totally secure and a good way to keep in touch.
There’s a song sent back to you by return by way of thanks!
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Happy Easter Gift
Here’s an Easter present… for a couple of days only, these tracks are free downloads. All I ask is you click the stumble button below, or retweet and recommend them to others if you like them!
[tweetmeme source= ‘@PhilipSheppard’ only_single=false]
[soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/radiomovies/sets/easter-radiomovies”]
Stumble It!Happy and peaceful Easter to you.
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Sponsor me and get a free album
If you’re kind enough to sponsor a wonderful charity, I’ll send you a free album download!
In 2005 I ran the London Marathon with my friends Andy and Rob in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital.
This year, we’re running it again in aid of the Anthony Nolan Trust (an incredible Leukemia charity).
26.2 miles is a jolly long way, and as many of you know I’m not a sporting chap (but I seem to be able to run for hours, which is just as well…).
I’m now up to 15 miles on my training runs. This normally involves going out fairly late at night with a headtorch, GPS and a playlist of scary music on my iPod(makes me run faster in the dark between villages!). I also have to drink lucozade Sport drinks on the way which are deeply unpleasant but do the job…
Here’s my deal with you;
If you sponsor me £1 / $1 or €1, (or more), then I will send you a special one-off album of my most popular tracks as featured on iTunes – ie tracks from, ‘In the Shadow of the Moon’, ‘Henry Mind of a Tyrant’ and pieces from my forthcoming Piano album, (examples below)
In the Shadow of the Moon[Audio http://radiomovies.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/22-re-entry.mp3]The Haunted Salon[Audio http://radiomovies.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/04-moon-over-meadow.mp3]
Go to this page here to leave however much or little you want, then drop me a message in the comments below (this can stay private), and I’ll send you a download code by return.
Thankyou lovely people….
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Another genius image from Lucy Martin Here are some recent tracks… let me know which other ones should be downloads![soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/radiomovies/sets/r-a-d-i-o-m-o-v-i-e-s” params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&show_playcount=true&show_artwork=true&color=6bb7ef” width=”100%” height=”360″ ]
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Radiomovies news
The Tillman Story is in competition at Sundance, so we’re all getting excited about the premiere at the Egyptian Theatre. Meanwhile, Sergio has made the Oscar shortlist.
Also now halfway through writing a big USA film project that I’m loving working on. Also finished a film where I’m sharing a credit with Moby (which is nice, but I doubt he shares my excitement…)
Here are some recent pieces from films (some can be downloaded..);
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Hampton Court Stompe free download
Here’s a rollicking snow dance for Henry VIII at Hampton Court, performed by me with Fretwork, the wonderful viol consort. This was used in the David Starkey series, Henry Mind of a Tyrant.
I hope you’re having a wonderful Christmas!
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His Master's Voice
His Master's Voice image by axonsolar
A 78 rpm record springs into life. This is (for a short time only) a free download![soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/radiomovies/his-masters-voice” params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=b07a10″ width=”100%” height=”81″ ]
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Orange Tree in Winter
Here’s a Christmas track to download by way of thanks for all the great support this year!
[soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/radiomovies/orange-tree-in-winter”]
The robin laughed in the orange-tree:
“Ho, windy North, a fig for thee:
While breasts are red and wings are bold
And green trees wave us globes of gold,
Time’s scythe shall reap but bliss for me
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Dickens’ Christmas Carol Overture
Here’s an overture I wrote for a production of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol starring Clive Francis, designed by Tim Bird.
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Stumble It!
If you’d like the mp3 drop me a line below!Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge’s name was good upon ‘Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.
Mind! I don’t mean to say that I know, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a door-nail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade. But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the Country’s done for. You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a door-nail.
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Henry Mind Of A Tyrant is out
Fountains Abbey – CD Cover by Lucy Martin Finally… the HENRY MIND OF A TYRANT soundtrack to David Starkey’s Henry VIII series is out!
It’s on UK iTunes now, and US iTunes here.
Stumble It!
It’ll get onto Spotify a little while later, followed by all the other major retailers. ‘O Dolce Nocte’, ‘Without Discord’ and ‘Adieu Madame’ are getting some nice attention. Thanks everyone for getting behind this.If you don’t want to buy it you can click below and stream the tracks from SoundCloud.[soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/radiomovies/sets/henry-mind-of-a-tyrant” params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&show_playcount=true&show_artwork=true&color=ff7700″ width=”100%” height=”225″ ]
I’ve teamed up with an extraordinary photographer for the artwork, Lucy Martin, and am working on a physical copy of the CD for release in the New Year.Thanks to everyone for spreading the word and getting RadioMovies CD label off the ground!
Recording details:
ISRC CODE: GBLFP0921202
Label: Radiomovies
Composer: Philip Sheppard
See the Anne Boleyn Files too.
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T h e T o u c h
Here’s a track called The Touch
[soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/radiomovies/t-h-e-t-o-u-c-h”]If it gets enough thumbs up it becomes a download!
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In-I score download
In-I starring Akram Khan and Juliette Binoche is playing at BAM Harvey Theater (NY) this week.
To download tracks click on the buttons on the right hand side – it’s very easy!
To get news of more tracks like this you could join Philip here on Instagram:
And listen to lots of other tracks by clicking the pages in the right hand sidebar.
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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..)!
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Exos animation
Steve Scott used one of my tracks in a recent animation called Legend of Exos
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/4865046]
I love his style – steampunk and surreal.
The film features my track ‘Keep Walking’ which you’re welcome to download from here:
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Radiomovies Piano News!
Well.. after lots and lots of talking and negotiating.. it looks like we can get the piano pieces released!! Initially on itunes, emusic and spotify.. as well as a nice coffee table version.
Please let me know with your comments which ones definitely make the cut!Here
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Image by Loralei Sorry for the recent radio silence! I’ve been very busy with a film and a stage show… plus there’s a really big film project in the pipeline that I wish I could tell you more about…
To all who’ve asked for Crystallised Beauty… it’s just been sent – and I’ve had a brainwave about how to release tracks more easily. Watch this space!
Also coming soon – a schedule of all forthcoming performances and film broadcasts/premieres plus dance shows too.
Here’s a new piano track that goes with the above image – a memory for water [Audio http://radiomovies.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/a-memory-of-water.mp3]
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Crystallised Beauty Piano Music
Follow him on Instagram here.Then…
Download the sheet music here!Breaking news… New piano page with tracks here
Funnily enough, I can’t play the piano as I’m a cellist by trade, so one hand carrying a melody is more than enough for me. In fact my piano reports from junior school were so bad that I still have them.They are paper reports as, back then, the only computer in school ran floppy disks the size of a pancake (same consistency too) and could achieve the incredible task of generating a row of ten prime numbers whilst making a noise like your granny clearing her throat.
Sorry, not your granny, one’s own granny.
So they were lovingly crafted from postcard sized sheets of paper stapled together with a whole page per subject, including instrumental lessons. Most of the sheets were marked with crabbed, bitter scratchings of frustrated first world war veterans sent to the darkest parts of Essex to teach us, which goes some way to explaining why they were illustrated with fag ash burns and beer stains.
Not so my piano report pages .. oh no. Elegant beautiful writing like (the then) to be Lady Di’s.
They read:
- Year one: Trying
- Year two: Still trying
- Year three: Very trying
Obviously a treasured possession now…
Anyway – A little while back I wrote a piece for solo piano called Crystallised Beauty (Crystallized if you’re American) which was recorded on an album for Chappell. For some reason, some people like it – for which I’m very grateful, as I’m an imposter in the world of the keyboard…
Here’s the not often heard full-length version of the track:
[soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/radiomovies/crystallised-beauty”]
Here’s a Jane Austen trailer using it. The sheet music is finally coming soon and will be a free download from this page…
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrQGlP4g3QQ&hl=en&fs=1]Other Keyboard pieces
The are a number of other keyboard pieces in this set.
Here’s one of them, which was recorded in Finchcocks, a stately home and piano museum. The instrument used is a Viennese double strung piano – very rare and extremely fragile instrument. [Audio http://radiomovies.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/04-moon-over-meadow.mp3]The piece is (as yet) unnamed, but is based on the idea of an empty drawing room at night – except, that is, for the piano. It holds within its wood and strings snatches of music, harmonics and melodies that others have played on it… Any ideas for names gratefully accepted – the more literary the better!
Here’s a second piece recorded on a Steinway – a slow ballade waltz [Audio http://radiomovies.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/jb3-ballade.mp3]
Here’s a third piece called The Long Letter[Audio http://radiomovies.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/07-10-long-letter.mp3]
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Philip Sheppard Composer
Philip Sheppard is a composer specializing in film and television soundtracks. He is also a solo cellist and a Professor at the Royal Academy of Music.Recent films include In the Shadow of the Moon (which won numerous awards including the World Documentary Prize at Sundance), Henry Mind of a Tyrant for David Starkey
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Track for the day
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New Piano Download
Just because it’s a Wednesday, and sunny… here’s a track called Watermark for solo piano[Audio http://radiomovies.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/watermark.mp3]Click this..
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Henry VIII CD?
I’ve had a lot of emails asking about the possible CD release of the Henry Mind of a Tyrant score on CD (and other media). It features Alamire, Fretwork, Dot Allison and Charles Mutter.
We’re working on it fast… The more messages that come through, the more likely it is to happen so it’s looking good.
Thanks everyone!
PS. check back regularly in the Free Bits section as limited edition tracks will appear there often!
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Summer’s here!
Summer’s landed – So soon after Easter?Anyway, sitting in the garden, writing music. Today’s one of those days I’m grateful to be a self-employed person… shouldn’t go on about it as it’ll start raining, and for all I know you may be sitting at a PC somewhere cold..?
I wanted to let you know that there’s a new tag in the top right hand corner called Free Bits. It’s where I’ll post anything that appears on my other posts such as free mp3 downloads and sheet music, plus the odd preview invite and so forth.
Also, I’m on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/philipsheppard/
(is this wrong?)
Join me and you’ll be the first to know about future freebies, Henry VIII soundtrack release and download (Mind of a Tyrant), Jane Austen piano tracks and release dates for some films I’ve worked on in the US.
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Moon Machines is on the Science Channel this week – the companion series to In the Shadow of the Moon. I wrote the music for the series last year which aired on the Discovery Channel.Henry Mind of a Tyrant continues its run on Channel 4 this evening at 9pm with the second episode – Warrior. Channel 4 have put a series of short films, images and even (oh no…) an interview with yours truly at this site. Don’t forget the soundtrack is a free listen on this site.
Sergio is going to be shown at HotDocs in Ontario – click here for more details.
Lots of people (hundreds in fact!) have downloaded the sheet music for Crystallised Beauty this week, and I’m asking for suggestions for the next piece to be made available. Let me know at this page!
On this site, I’ve put up a couple more archive album tracks; Aqua Voce now online, together with Penitential Psalm.
Thanks for all the messages and comments – it’s great to hear from you…
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Easter free things!
Here’s a free Easter gift for the first 100 of you who click this link. It’s a free mp3 of a piece I wrote called Penitential Psalm – hear it here:[Audio http://radiomovies.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/02-penitential-psalm.mp3]
As I’ve mentioned many times in previous posts I’m a great believer in mp3s being legally free to download where the artist/writer/publisher can give their consent, particularly where the recording is of an event for which concert/theatre/film-goers have already paid an admission charge.
This secondary exploitation is often exploited in the true sense of the word with charges being levied for something which has technically never left the digital domain.
I think a rebroadcasting of material can be free in many cases without exploitation, and can act as a way of spreading the word about a great performer, group or writer. I love it when authors upload some of their books as free pdfs in the fairly certain knowledge that (if the material is great) people will go and buy physical copies of their other work. In the case of performers, it’s a great way of getting people to come to gigs.
Here are a couple of great sites for interesting classical mp3s – all free:
The European archive of classical recordings has over 8oo pages of LPs in mp3 format on its site as free downloads. These are extraordinary recordings featuring some of the world’s most historic performers.
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has a really high quality concert series which it condenses into a regular podcast. The whole concert series is archived, and it shows great foresight on the part of the performers and the museum itself to make this available to anyone.
This week’s events/broadcasts:
David Starkey’s Henry Mind of a Tyrant is on this Easter on Channel 4 in the UK.
11th April: 7pm – Channel 4. Episode 1 Prince
13th April: 9pm – Channel 4. Episode 2 Warrior
You can hear my soundtrack for the series here for free, and a free Henry VIII download here!
Hope you have a happy and peaceful Easter.
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Crystallised Beauty Sheet Music
Crystallised Beauty Sheet Music – it’s here…
After rather a lot of emails, I’ve finally got around to writing up the piano score of Crystallised Beauty. As everyone who’s asked for it seems very friendly and sociable, I decided to make it for two pianists…
You can still play it on your own if you prefer, but… to fit all the different parts in, four hands are better than two!
It’s free, but please don’t copy it anywhere else – if anyone wants a copy they can download it from here for nothing. If you want to give anything, a comment is always welcome!
Get the sheet music by clicking here!
listen to it here:[soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/radiomovies/crystallised-beauty”]
How to get the mp3…
If you’d like the mp3, it’s not commercially available yet – but – I can send it to you.
How?
Well, leave a comment below, mention the mp3 and (because I can then see your email details) I will forward you a link for the mp3 download. Easy!
Condron.us
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Pssst! pass it on….
This animation is pretty gory.. but cool. When it gets to the more gothic 3rd section you can hear a piece of mine called keep walking…
If you like it – the full track is below plus the link to the mp3 if you’d rather hear it on your personal gramophone!
[wpvideo AWtyQOwh]listen to the full length track here:[Audio http://radiomovies.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/pssst.mp3]
This from BoingBoing:
In “Legends of Exos” we are launched into a psychedelic land of stained glass, tracking a warrior on his way to battle. His attack segues into a lovable world of fuzzy woodland creatures but concludes with a finale that Burton fans will find comforting.
PSST!3 Pass It On is collaborative film project is composed of 17 films made by 51 teams of directors and animators from around the globe. Each film is broken into three parts — beginning, middle, and end — and each part is created by a different team.
