WE’RE PLEASED AS PUNCH TO WELCOME GLASGOW BASED SCORE COMPOSER, SONGWRITER, RECORDING ARTIST, PRODUCER AND MUSICIAN KENNY INGLIS TO OUR SMA COMPOSER ROSTER.
Glasgow based score composer, songwriter, producer and musician Kenny Inglis got his big break in the U.S. scoring episodes of the original primetime CBS series CSI, then going on to work on the rest of the franchise CSI: NY, and CSI: Miami. This led to him securing his first series of major UK commissions, including […]
PASSION PICTURES’ RIVETING NEW CRIME DOCUMENTARY, SKANDAL! BRINGING DOWN WIRECARD, WITH A SCORE COMPOSED BY CHRISTOPH ZIRNGIBL IS STREAMING NOW ON NETFLIX
Upstart payment firm, Wirecard, wowed the financial industry with its runaway success — until a tenacious team of journalists exposed massive fraud.Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard Official Clip
IAN ARBER AND DAVID ROWNTREE HAVE SCORED THE SECOND SEASON OF THE CAPTURE WHICH AIRS FROM SUNDAY AUGUST 28 FOR 6 WEEKS AND ON PEACOCK IN THE US IN NOVEMBER
It’s been three long years, but The Capture is finally back! Entrenched in the UK’s own ‘Correction’ unit, DCI Rachel Carey finds herself in the middle of a new conspiracy – with a new target. But how can she solve this case when she can’t even trust her closest colleagues? Escalating from the CCTV thriller […]
BLANK, A SCI-FI THRILLER FROM KENMOR FILMS WITH A SCORE BY ARHYNN DESCY OPENS IN US CINEMAS SEPEMBER 23. DIRECTOR IS NATALIE KENNEDY AND PRODUCER RECECCA-CLARE EVANS
An author struggling with writer’s block, goes to a high-tech resort to find some peace. It seems like paradise and she’s given an A.I. companion. When a virus starts to mess with the integrity of the resort the A.I. assistant begins malfunctioning and it becomes less of a paradise with the all-powerful robot holding her […]
DEAN VALENTINE AND DAN BABOULENE HAVE SCORED THIS HEART WARMING LOVE STORY PRODUCED BY PHILIPPE WEIBEL AND CORNEL MOESLI AND DIRECTED BY PHILIPPE WEIBEL.
Released now in cinemas and Netflix will stream later in the year.
“THE INNOCENTS”, SCORED BY PESSI LEVANTO, HAS OPENED IN THE US TO RAPTUROUS APPLAUSE. IT OPENS IN THE UK MAY 20.
The movie has been featured LA Times, Guardian, Herald Tribune, Vogue, Boston Herald and countless genre-film websites, plus selected as the Critic’s Pick in NY Times #THEINNOCENTS directed by Eskil Vogt and scored by the incredible Pessi Levanto, is now playing in selected theatres in the US, AND releasing in the UK on May 20th! […]
BRAND NEW COMEDY PANEL SHOW, THE ISLAND, WITH MUSIC SCORED BY SMA COMPOSER, DAN BABOULENE NOW AIRING WEDNESDAYS AT 10PM ON DAVE
Having run aground in their ship, the SS Unsinkable, comedians, Sara Pascoe, Johnny Vegas, Ninia Benjamin, and Ahir Shah must compete across eight episodes to see whose island paradise is the best, as host, and fellow comedian, Tom Allen puts them to the test. The Island is created by James Acaster, Ed Gamble, Lloyd Langford, […]
JEAN-PAUL MERTINEZ’S DALAI LAMA FEATURE DOC ‘NEVER FORGET TIBET’ NARRATED BY HUGH BONNEVILLE OPENS IN 800 CINEMAS ACROSS THE US MARCH 31
The film details the religious leader’s daring escape from the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1959 and is told on film for the first time in his own words with the late Har Mander Singh, the Indian political officer who led him safely to India. It includes rare archival photographs and film as well as […]
IAN ARBER’S SCORE FOR ACORN’S TV SERIES THE CHELSEA DETECTIVE NOW RELEASED BY SILVA SCREEN RECORDS.
Ian’s impressive score attracted a lot of praise from reviewers and Silva Screen snapped up the rights. The series was created by Peter Fincham, produced by Expectation Entertainment the series was broadcast in March in the UK and USA on Acorn . See Ian’s profile here
EQUINOX PUBLISH JOHN ALTMAN’S RIVETING AUTOBIOGRAPHY HIDDEN MAN: MY MANY MUSICAL LIVES FEBRUARY 15 AND HE’S LINED UP FOR MAJOR PUBLICITY ACROSS ALL MEDIA.
Film composer, arranger, orchestrator, conductor and acclaimed sax player. Everyone knows his music but not so many his name. In this vivid account of over fifty years in the world of popular music, Altman explains why he is the ‘Hidden Man’, whose scores include such well-known film sequences as ‘Always Look on the Bright Side […]
THE HIT SCANDI SERIES SEASIDE HOTEL, DIRECTED BY SMA’S FABIAN WULLENWEBER, SCREENS FROM DECEMBER 17 ON WALTER PRESENTS ON ALL 4.
This Danish series, produced by TV2, is now in its 9th season under director Fabian Wullenweber. It is a hit all across Scandinavia and Europe and is the most watched programme in Denmark. It takes places at a seaside hotel and follows the lives of the guests and employees at the hotel. The story starts in […]
ROGER A PRICE HAS SIGNED A 4-BOOK DEAL WITH DARK EDGE PRESS FEATURING DETECTIVE SERGEANT MARTIN DRAKER. OUT NEXT YEAR THE FIRST IN THE SERIES WILL BE ‘INSIDE THREAT’.
Roger A Price has signed a 4-book deal with Dark Edge Press featuring Detective Sergeant Martin Draker. Out next year the first in the series will be ‘Inside Threat’.
LAURA JEAN MARSH HAS JUST WON THE ROME MUSIC VIDEO BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR AWARD FOR EVERYDAY BY MISS BABY SOL
Laura Jean Marsh has just won the Rome Music Video Best Female Director Award for Everyday by Miss Baby Sol released on the Free Seed label. Meanwhile her feature Giddy Stratophere continues to rack up great biz in the US.
EOS COUNSELL (VIOLIN) AND GAY-YEE WESTERHOFF (CELLO) ARE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE FIRST ELECTRIC ALL-FEMALE STRING QUARTET, BOND AND HAVE BEEN WRITING, ARRANGING, AND PERFORMING TOGETHER FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
Eos Counsell (Violin) and Gay-Yee Westerhoff (Cello) are founding members of the first electric all-female string quartet, Bond and have been writing, arranging, and performing together for over 20 years, combining the discipline of their classical training with the fun and flamboyance of the pop world. See their profile here.
PAUL DOOD’S DEADLY LUNCH BREAK, THE BRITISH DARK REVENGE COMEDY TOOK TOP PRIZE, THE AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD AT THE TORONTO AFTER DARK FESTIVAL 2021
PAUL DOOD’S DEADLY LUNCH BREAK, the British dark revenge comedy directed by Nick Gillespie and with music by Dan Baboulene, took Top Prize, the Audience Choice Award at the Toronto After Dark Festival 2021 See Dan Babouline’s profile
MARK CHAIT SCORED ALL 52 EPISODES OF CHINA’S CURRENT NO 1 DRAMA THE FIERY YEARS OF GAODAXIA.
Viewing figures are now above 25m for each 3 hr broadcast, one in the afternoon and another in the evening slot. This is Mark’s third hit drama series scoring success following the 55 episode Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2019 and the 54 episode Frontier of Love in 2018.
LAURA JEAN MARSH NOMINATED AS BEST FEMALE FILM MAKER FOR GIDDY STRATOSPHERES AT CHICAGO INDIE FILM AWARDS
She is currently writing and developing two major new projects; Stutter a 5-part blackly comic horror mini-series set in the heart of a magical, alternative version of the UK’s Britpop explosion of the mid-90’s and Venom Falls a mockumentary about a missing boy in a picturesque West Country village and the unnerving strange townsfolk brought […]
AWARD WINNING FIZZ AND GINGER FILMS, MATTHEW BUTLER-HART WRITER/DIRECTOR AND TORI BUTLER-HART, WRITER/PRODUCER, JOIN THE SMA CREW AS THEIR LATEST FEATURE, INFINITUM: SUBJECT UNKNOWN, HAS JUST OPENED IN US CINEMAS AND SVOD CHANNELS.
Their four features have collected 14 awards and 23 nominations at major festivals including six for Best Director and two for Best Independent Film Production Company. Infinitum: Subject Unknown stars Ian McKellen, Conleth Hill and Tori, and opened in the UK in March 2021after hitting the No. 2 spot in both Australia and New Zealand […]
CONGRATS TO JACK SAVORETTI WHOSE NEW ALBUM EUROPIANA HITS THE NO.1 SPOT IN THE UK CHARTS. NEXT UP SCORING HIS FIRST FEATURE FILM.
Jack Savoretti’s new album Europiana has the Number One spot in the UK.
NICK GREEN’S SCORE FOR OBJECTIVE MEDIA’S THE LARKINS PREMIERED ON ITV ON OCTOBER 10 & THE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL AT 9 PM ON THE 25TH
Nick Green’s score for Objective Media’s The Larkins premieres on ITV on October 10 and here’s a link to the trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2nO_kalw74. Bradley Walsh plays Pop Larkin, taking on the role previously held by David Jason in the 1990s adaptation. His wife Ma is played by The Thick of It star Joanna Scanlan, taking up […]
PESSI LEVANTO SCORES THE NORDIC SUPERNATURAL THRILLER ‘THE INNOCENTS’ SELECTED FOR CANNES 2021
Written and directed by Eskil Vogt it will be part of the Un Certain Regard screenings. During the bright Norwegian summer a group of children reveal their dark and mysterious powers when the adults aren’t looking. In this original and gripping supernatural thriller, playtime takes a dangerous turn. See Pessi’s profile here
KEITH ENGLISH IS DIRECTING MEGAFILM’S THE COST *F DECEPTION , HUNGARY’S FIRST POLITICAL CRIME FEATURE BASED ON REAL EVENTS DURING THE MAJOR POLITICAL SCANDAL IN 2006 WHICH LED TO A CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT IN 2010.
The story centres around a young and ambitious female political analyst who discovers that her boss was among a secret group who had deliberately leaked a damaging tape of an outrageous speech by the Prime Minister to ruin his reputation with the people. She decides she must get the whole truth out but she loses her […]
JESPER W. NIELSEN IS LEAD DIRECTOR ON MAX ANGER – WITH ONE EYE OPEN, 8-PART THRILLER FOR NICE DRAMA. STREAMS ON VIAPLAY FROM JUNE 6.
Jesper W. Nielsen is lead director and Executive Producer on Nice Drama’s 8-part thriller about Max Anger, a former special-ops soldier who falls in love with Pashie, a colleague at Russia-focused think tank Vektor but then she goes missing. It is based on Martin Österdahl’s best selling book Ask No Mercy the first in a trilogy focusing […]
MATTHEW CHASTNEY LANDS MARVEL VENOM 2 TRAILER
Major American superhero feature film, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, directed by Andy Serkis and starring Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Stephen Graham, Woody Harrelson and Naomie Harris, based on the Marvel Comics character Venom, produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel and Tencent Pictures Stellar cast. See Matthew’s profile here
JONATHON DEERING LANDS STEVEN SPIELBERG’S ‘OSLO’ TRAILER
Oslo is an upcoming American television drama film directed by Bartlett Sher and written by J. T. Rogers, based on Rogers’ play of the same name based on a true story. It stars Andrew Scott, Ruth Wilson and Jeff Wilbusch. Steven Spielberg is one of the Executive Producers. See Jonathon’s profile here
BREAK, WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY MICHAEL ELKIN, NOW OUT ON ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS.
Break, written and directed by Michael Elkin, now out on all streaming platforms. Starring Sam Gittins, David Yip and Jamie Foreman with Rutger Hauer in his final performance.A gifted inner-city kid, wasting his talents on crime, gets in over his head until a chance encounter with a stranger presents him with an opportunity to turn […]
HIT SONGWRITER / RECORD PRODUCER ELIOT KENNEDY STEPS INTO THE SPOTLIGHT HIMSELF WITH FIRST ALBUM A YACHT NAMED SUE.
Hit songwriter/record producer Eliot Kennedy steps into the spotlight himself with first album A Yacht Named Sue, inspired by the Yacht rock genre from the mid-1970s and early ‘80s.A Grammy and Ivor Novello award winner, Golden Globe Nominee he co-wrote with Gary Barlow the hit Broadway musical Finding Neverland. His hit list includes songs for […]