Cinematic & Emotionally Charged Linear and Non-Linear Soundtracks

Audio Lead | Composer for Video Game studio Maze Theory, crafting bespoke adaptive non-linear WWise soundtracks. Full-time/ Permanent from August 2023. More to follow...

Announced 30th August 2022, I am excited to share that I am the Lead Game Audio tutor on this brand new, unique game development training opportunity in collaboration with Rocksteady Studios Ltd (multi-award-winning videogame developer and creators of the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham series and the highly anticipated Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League), Warner Bros. Entertainment & NextGen Skills Academy.

'Reborn' (feat. Helen Goodall on violin) used across the Emporio Armani SS20 and FW20-21 Advertising Campaigns. Step into the futuristic take on Singapore!

Audio Lead for Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier, providing both creative and technical expertise for the department. Working across full production - in addition to composing all music the responsibilities included Foley, sound design, environment location recordings and in-engine stem implementation. Pre-production audio guides, workflow concept/ delivery, audio system vision/ development, mixing and overall audio quality control were all part of the role. “Creating something new whilst staying loyal to a franchise’s roots is easier said than done…It has found its way to being one of my most important scores that I’ve come across” by The Independent.

The original music score for Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier. Written and composed by Steven Coltart.

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August 2021 release.

Announcing production music album number nine…’Sorrowful’. “Compelling album of rare beauty with powerful emotional impact ideal for heartfelt storytelling”. Available now via Adrenalin PML (AMPT3025). And soon within Warner Chappell Production Music (USA).

A gentle poignant orchestral album idea for underwater, planets, environmental documentaries, and factual content. Ten tracks (with stings/ alts) bespoke composed for nature-themed TV. 'Breathe' is available around the world from Warner/ Chappell Production Music in America, Adrenalin Sounds, Australia, and Musique & Music, France. The latter creating a powerful short film with a story by Aurélien Barrau, showcasing the track 'Disappearing World' for World Environment Day, 2021. (Artwork and footage shown here are owned, credited to Musique & Music).

LIFELINE - an album of new cinematic and emotional instrumental tracks, set for a June 2021 release across all major digital platforms. To be followed by advertising sync.

Download here: https://studiomutiny.itch.io/sai

SAI is a third person action game exploring Celtic folklore and deforestation. Set in a magical forest, players will discover an environment damaged and destroyed by onslaughts of machines. These metallic creatures wreck their way through the land to get to the core of its magic, the Heart Tree. Though its presence is now but a lost memory, the machines remain, determined to find this all powerful entity. As a Druid, protector of the natural world, you must explore this beautiful realm, harness the power that still lingers here, and uncover its dark past. Stop the machines. Protect the land. Save the forest.

As an eco-conscious Indie Games Development Studio, we made SAI because we want to make a difference. We want to reawaken the love and respect for nature we are all capable of. Therefore, we will be donating 80% of all revenue to conservation charities.

Suffolk folk duo Honey & The Bear have a new album ‘Journey Through The Roke’ out 2021 and after hearing a sneak peek of ‘The Swallow’ I had lots of ideas for a lockdown collaboration. Here is the final result. Loads of fun working a new orchestral and electronic arrangement around Lucy and Jon’s vocals and guitars.

'Fragile Planet' officially released April 29th 2020, soon to be heard across TV and advertising. Pensive, sparse piano arrangements with celestial female vocals (Emma Harvey Lawrence) & subtle strings to illustrate the fragility of life.

https://www.feltpm.com/#/album/FML1034/c72e04700fbe9531

11th July 2019 - Composer for Engine House VFX Studio on the video game 'Just Breathe'. Selected by UK Games Fund, follow Loki as he learns to navigate his anxiety and his emotions through gameplay based on mindfulness. Accompany him through his distress, panics, relief, and peace. All he can do to progress is to Just Breathe…

Demo Shown at EGX 2019.

My music is used for TV soundtrack coverage around the world. From Grammy Awards, FIFA World Cup, Japanese Anime & lots more! For the first time, I’ve been given special permission to release an hours collection of my TV tracks as an album. Announcing ‘The Prophecy’, set for release on Apple Music and Spotify November 1st 2019. Original artwork by Frank Victoria.

Latest Production Music Announcement - Viking and Norse inspired album, 'The Journey of Nine Worlds'. To be heard on TV later this year! Original artwork for the project has been created by Frank Victoria, whose own concept art credits include 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies', 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' and 'Thor: The Dark World'. Initially to be available on Apple Music and Spotify, 'The Journey of Nine Worlds' will also be bespoke arranged with alternative mixes, cues and stings especially for TV and Film usage.

'Guardians' - my latest production music album is out now via the Amplitude Label, https://www.adrenalinsounds.com/#!explorer?b=6621455.

"Emotionally charged, beautifully haunting cinematic themes. Perfect for big screen drama, and deeply moving storylines". This is one of my personal favourites so far. Several of the tracks feature vocal performances from Emma Harvey-Lawrence. The associated video is a 30-minute continuous showcase of the album, with the full production music release having extra bespoke alternative mixes, and stings across each track.

Steven Coltart (Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier, Into Light, Downward, Worldwide Production Music TV Syncs) and Marcus Warner (Liberation, Oceans, 39 Seconds) joined forces on an epic and uplifting 12 track album, with each piece co-composed for a hugely inspiring Coltart | Warner emotional sound! Released 01.01.19 on Apple Music, Amazon and Spotify, 'Pinnacle' will also be bespoke arranged with alternative mixes, cues and stings for TV/ Film early 2019.

It's December PRS distribution day & always enjoy seeing the Worldwide TV syncs. This time including continued use on Married At First Sight Australia, NBC's reality show The Riveras, Israeli thriller Hamidrasha & Portugese fantasy series Ministério do Tempo. Different genres, but all with my emotionally charged sound! My library albums can be found within the U.S Warner/Chappell Production Music website, and via Adrenalin in Australia.

Original musical score. A super-soldier is hired by a corporation to track down a deadly, yet mysterious adversary. Filmed in New Zealand, produced in Los Angeles, and scored in England. The official soundtrack album is now available on Apple Music.

Downward - A soldier's widow desperately searches for her husband's body and is forced to solicit help from a bio-engineered warrior who is somehow connected to his death. Available on Amazon Prime from summer 2018.

Eight sport themed tracks (with stings/ alts) bespoke composed for intended FIFA World Cup Russia™ coverage. 'The Beautiful Game' is available now from Warner/ Chappell Production Music in America, and Adrenalin Sounds. Immerse yourself in the soundtrack for the next sporting epic with modern beats mixed with powerful synths and orchestral instruments.

Audio lead, Composer and Sound Designer for Into Light - a visual puzzle game wrapped inside an interactive narrative. An old man explains how he escaped a mysterious labyrinth, exploring fantastic caverns, whilst avoiding the perils of the darkness as he journeys towards the light and his eventual freedom. A highly emotional soundtrack, based around a mix both both live and virtual piano, cello and choral elements, and implemented into the Unity engine. The music from this project received worldwide recognition as a winner in the 8Dio Stand Out Composing Contest. What the judges said, “Sometimes it is about getting down to the essence of music. Is there anything more soothing than a great sounding piano and delicate solo voice? Just absolutely drop dead gorgeous. The composition is such a balanced piece between virtual and live usage of instruments”.

A World War two influenced film detailing a young woman’s journey through war torn Eastern Europe, and the mysterious metal canister she refuses to leave behind.

Original music for horror feature length film American Beast (previously Solitude), distributed in America by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Synopsis: After his mothers death, James Erikson discovers her old storage locker filled with journals and newspapers of his family’s history. As he researches it, he finds out about the evil that his family has tried to contain for several generations, beginning in 1939 on a mysterious piece of property in a small town called Solitude.