My commissions include the 2018 feature 'Of Fish and Foe' for BBC Scotland, the Sundance hit 'The Moo Man,' two documentaries on Princess Diana for ITV, 'The Hunt,' BBC (Cultural Prix Italia Winner), and scores for Discovery, Ch4, Ch5, PBS, and Cinema. My style ranges from classical-romantic to more dissonant, depending on the remit, I sometimes mix my love of piano with live strings, woodwind and sampled sounds for some of my scores, including the Grierson Award-nominated "The 2000-Year-Old Computer" for BBC (2013). I am also a professional actor and VoiceOver artist, I voiced 'the Gatekeeper' in the cinema released 'Pilgrim's Progress' (Herald Entertainment, USA, 2020)…

Stephen Daltry

My commissions include the 2018 feature 'Of Fish and Foe' for BBC Scotland, the Sundance hit 'The Moo Man,' two documentaries on Princess Diana for ITV, 'The Hunt,' BBC (Cultural Prix Italia Winner), and scores for Discovery, Ch4, Ch5, PBS, and Cinema. My style ranges from classical-romantic to more dissonant, depending on the remit, I sometimes mix my love of piano with live strings, woodwind and sampled sounds for some of my scores, including the Grierson Award-nominated "The 2000-Year-Old Computer" for BBC (2013). I am also a professional actor and VoiceOver artist, I voiced 'the Gatekeeper' in the cinema released 'Pilgrim's Progress' (Herald Entertainment, USA, 2020)…

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My commissions include the 2018 feature ‘Of Fish and Foe’ for BBC Scotland, the Sundance hit ‘The Moo Man,’ two documentaries on Princess Diana for ITV, ‘The Hunt,’ BBC (Cultural Prix Italia Winner), and scores for Discovery, Ch4, Ch5, PBS, and Cinema. My style ranges from classical-romantic to more dissonant, depending on the remit, I sometimes mix my love of piano with live strings, woodwind and sampled sounds for some of my scores, including the Grierson Award-nominated “The 2000-Year-Old Computer” for BBC (2013). I am also a professional actor and VoiceOver artist, I voiced ‘the Gatekeeper’ in the cinema released ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’ (Herald Entertainment, USA, 2020)

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Composer at Sparks Productions / South Park Community Trust
November 1, 2014 - November 30, 2014
Where Then Shall We Start? – Arts Council-funded commission to compose choral and vocal music for WWI memorial mixed media play.
Composer at Blast Films
April 1, 2014 - May 30, 2014
A documentary for CH4 about smugglers, in the series 'Secret Britain' directed by Ann Hawker
Composer/Adaptor at Oxford patron Pamela Barlow / British Library Millennium Festival
January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2001
Alice Through the Looking-Glass – musical adaptation; premiered at the British Library; transferred to the New End Theatre; Critics' Choice in the Sunday Times.
Composer at New Moon Films
January 12, 2022 - May 13, 2022
I scored the music for this documentary by Steve Macmillan, 'Armadale Salmon Fishers', documenting a season of bag net salmon fishing on the coast of Sutherland, north Scotland.
Of Fish or Foe at BBC Scotland
January 12, 2019 - August 9, 2019
A documentary film following the Pullar family, salmon fishermen in the north of Scotland, for Trugglepig Films, directed by Andy Heathcote and Heike Bachelier. Broadcast 2020

Education

BA Hons Class I in Music with Radio, Film & TV Studies at Christ Church College, Canterbury
January 1, 1980 - January 1, 1983

Qualifications

Fellowship in Composing for Film, National TV School, Beaconsfield, Bucks.
September 30, 1990 - July 20, 1994
Scholarship in composing for film. I scored a wide variety of films, including 'Two Seconds to Midnight' (Director Tony Fisher), 'Dog Dish Dream' (Dir Mina Courtauld) 'The Occasion' (dir Sue Loughlin), 'Blue Baby' (dir Peter Bridgman)
Best Soundtrack, Annecy Film Festival.
March 15, 1994 - March 15, 1994
Won best soundtrack award for Sue Loughlin's animation film 'The Occasion'.

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services, Other
    uniE608 Music Reel : Odour of Chrysanthemums (drama) & 'Charlotte: A Royal at War' (documentary)
    In this reel, is a clip from my score for the DH Lawrence short story, 'Odour of Chrysanthemums', adapted, photographed and directed by Mark Partridge, with whom I have collaborated on a number of projects and with writer/ producer Andrea Wallace Grant. It features actors Geraldine O'Rawe, Geraldine James, Jake McCollough. (Scored for string trio and piano) The second clip is from a documentary by Grace Productions for BBC Knowledge and Luxembourg cinema about Queen Charlotte of Luxembourg and her important role in World War II. Directed by Ray Tostevin. (this clip has piano, but whole score was for piano, string ensemble and clarinet) video explainervideo…
    uniE608 Channel 4 TV Gardening Series "Fruity Stories" - clip
    This was an 8 part series about fruit gardening for 'Channel 4', produced by Martin Chilcott of Hourglass Pictures, directed by Robert Carter, Simon Everson and Martin Chilcott. I was given about 6 weeks to score the music, played by Ray Simmons (Trumpet), Philippa Davis (Flute), Caroline Dale (Cello) Roger Green (viola) myself on piano and using a range of sampled sounds mixed with the live instruments.…