Jack Ketch

Revenge porn
17th aug 2015
Tifini for CH4
dir. Amanda Rees
Wurlitzer piano and electronic pulses – tension and threat – started focussed but required development to match the story arcs

Escaping Isis
14th July 2015
Frontline for PBS
dir. James Jones
I provided additional music for this eye-opening documentary to help enhance and underpin the dramatic tension and develop the extraordinary environment in which it is set

14 May 2015
Rize for cutting edge for CH4
dir Becky Lomax
Underground atmospheric electronic programming sparse electric guitar.  I struggled with large theme changes in this one – had to re-invent the music a couple of times as new interviews and approaches came in

Shut Ins
8th Jan 2015
Blink films for Ch4
dir. Storm Theunissen
Featuring chopped and processed vocals – all glitches and cuts, but human and melodic – think autechre covering mu’m

July 24th 2014 9pm ITV

A peek into the strange world of Hatton Gardens, the UK’s centre for diamonds, gold and jewelry.  Surprisingly warm and a bit kooky in its approach, we get an insight into the various strata of the gold and diamond world.

For this the main job was to avoid the totally obvious generic expectations of music for any programme with ‘geezers’ in the title, whilst still delivering an upbeat and fun score.  I wanted to give a sense of wonderment, in keeping with the film’s approach.  I didn’t want to be too prescriptive with the various characters as they are very well defined already.  There were a couple of fun moments on this, including enhancing an acoustic performance during a proposal on the Southbank into a full-blown romantic pop-rock ballad.

For Britespark for ITV

April 17, 24, May 1, 2014 9pm BBC2

A series in three weekly parts examining the elderly and the various agencies involved in taking care of us as we get older.  With incredible access and moving stories, Protecting Our Parents is a powerful look at the problems facing us now and in our future, both individually and as an aging society.

In this film I let the characters and the images do a lot of the talking.  The music is mostly underscore, doing it’s best when it’s almost imperceptible apart from emotional underpinning.  There are a lot of dark moments so I was keen to work against those where I could, injecting hope and an uplifting spirit wherever possible.

.                                                              For BBC for BBC2

April 9th 2014 10pm CH4

It’s not often that someone asks for music that sounds like wizards in space, so I was very pleased to have been invited to score this film.  Listening back, the music is quite movie-like: from the sci-fi ‘lair’ of Sooam biotech to the dark hushed swoosh of a night-time drive through the highlands.  The score, whilst relevant, is enjoyably inflated from the personal approach of the film but points squarely at the grand topic itself.

Celeste, sweeping and pizzicato string sections, cymbal rushes, choir, flute and theremin all over the place and a few winks here and there.  Listen out for the ‘enhanced’ cloning song…

                                                                For cbfilms for CH4

North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State has been nominated for a BAFTA – Current Affairs.  Well done everyone involved – fingers crossed!

I’ll keep you all updated.

March 19th 2014 BBC4 10pm

Made by award-winning Japanese film-maker Kyoko Miyake, it studies one of Japan’s biggest train crashes in modern history, and uses the disaster as a lens to explore post-war Japan’s culture of efficiency above all else.

The music fell into three sections – Driving & time-pressed themes, pretty underscore (reflecting the sunny day on which it happened), and music for the memory of the disaster; I particularly loved making the shimmering, spectral, floating music that I set to the recollections of the crash – completely at odds with the violence of the event and reflecting the calm detail of the survivors descriptions – check the music page.

                                                                For Bungalow Town for Storyville

To quote Arthur Russell ‘First thought best thought’ with this one – a very tight turnaround yielded an initial demo that I couldn’t improve.  I wanted it to sound as though I had just dug up the perfect track for the spot, rather than scored a piece for the occasion.  Yes, that is me singing.

For Tiger’s Eye and Habana Creative for King of shaves