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Hollow in a World Too Full / Seven Point Zero (redux)

I've been lucky to have worked with the brilliant 2Faced Dance company for almost ten years; last month they embarked on a worldwide tour of Everything (But The Girl) - a triple bill of pieces of which I scored two of - Hollow in a World Too Full and Seven Point Zero. Unfortunately due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the tour has been postponed and the dance company left unable to tour or earn an income. They work with a number of schools and community classes nationally all of which have had to be cancelled for the foreseeable future. In light of this......

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By Alex Baranowski Composer

“A Life Lived” from The Windermere Children (live piano version)

I've recently recorded this live piano version of "A Life Lived" from The Windermere Children in my studio. Whilst the production was still filming, I was so moved after reading the script for the first time - so sat at the piano and tried to put down some of the emotions that came out; thinking about how those children must have felt arriving in Windermere after being freed from Auschwitz and Theresienstadt weeks before. It's not often that a script can move you to tears like that! A shortened version appears in the end credits of the film, but the......

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By Alex Baranowski Composer Tagged as Composer, Film Music, Holocaust Memorial Day, Iain Glen, iPlayer, Michael Samuels, Music, Romola Garai, Soundtrack, The Windermere Children Composer, The Windermere Children Music, Thomas Kretschmann, Tim McInnerny, TV, Wall to Wall, Warner Brothers

“The Windermere Children” broadcast on BBC Two (UK) & ZDF (Germany)

Very happy that The Windermere Children is being broadcast today on BBC Two (UK) and ZDF (Germany) on Holocaust Memorial Day – the first drama of it’s kind to be broadcast simultaneously like this in the UK and Germany. It was hugely special composing the music for this film (I’ve written in other posts about...

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By Alex Baranowski Composer Tagged as Air Studios, Fiona Cruickshank, Freemantle, London Metropolitan Orchestra, Michael Samuels, Sony Classical, Sony Soundtracks, The Windermere Children, The Windermere Children Composer, The Windermere Children Music, Wall to Wall, Warner Bros

“The Windermere Children” score released today!

Very happy that my score to “The Windermere Children” has been released today (24th January 2020) by Sony Classics. Find the full track listing and credits on my Album Page – link to listen / download on all the main stores (link to Spotify below) As I have written about in my previous post, this...

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By Alex Baranowski Composer Tagged as Air Studios, Alex Baranowski, BBC Two, London Metropolitan Orchestra, Sony Classics, The Windermere Children, The Windermere Children Composer, The Windermere Children Music, Warner Brothers

“The Windermere Children” soundtrack released on Sony Classics

Very excited to announce that my score for The Windermere Children is being released by the incredible Sony Classics label next week (24th January). The film will be broadcast on simultaneously on BBC Two in the UK and ZDF in Germany on Monday 27th at 9pm (UK time). It is a Wall to Wall / Warner...

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By Alex Baranowski Composer Tagged as Abbey Road, Againstallodds, Andy Brown, James Rouse, Joe Rubel, London Metropolitan Orchestra, McDonald's, reindeerready, Siren

McDonald’s Christmas 2019

Every year I seem to end up scoring a Christmas ad, and it seems like 2019 was no exception…. it was lovely to be asked to write for this beautiful animation directed by the brilliant Againstallodds and James Rouse for McDonald’s. The track was recorded at Abbey Road Studio 2 with the London Metropolitan Orchestra conducted...

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By Alex Baranowski Composer Tagged as BBC Two, How I See Sound, Superunion

How I See Sound – Talk at Superunion

I was honoured to be asked to speak at an event organised and hosted by the brilliant Superunion earlier this week; I collaborated very closely with the brilliant design agency alongside BBC Creative for the new BBC Two idents on which I composed music and sound for all 30+ new idents that launched in 2018.

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By Alex Baranowski Composer Tagged as Alex Baranowski, Jonathan Watkins, Kes Reimagined, Leeds Film Festival

“Kes Reimagined” feature length dance piece released in cinemas and showing on BBC FOUR

Back in 2014, director / choreographer Jonathan Watkins and I collaborated on our first full-length dance piece at the Sheffield Crucible, Kes Reimagined; it only ran for a week but was one of the most special projects I’ve been lucky to be a part of. Five years later, it has been filmed by The Space...

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By Alex Baranowski Composer Tagged as Dr Lauren McKeown, Jungle, Lost Lectures, Luke Jerram, NASA, Natural History Museum, Soundscape

Live performance at the Natural History Museum

Very excited to be part of a one-off event as part of London’s Emerge Festival taking place across London on 27th and 28th September 2019. “Lost in The Museum” will feature myself and former NASA scientist Dr Lauren McKeown creating an auditory journey to the Moon with a live performed soundscape.. underneath Luke Jerram’s incredible art installation...

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By Alex Baranowski Composer Tagged as BBC, Iain Glen, Michael Samuels, Romola Garai, The Windermere Children, Thomas Kretschmann, Wall to Wall

The Windermere Children for BBC / Wall To Wall

Very happy to have composed the score for The Windermere Children directed by Emmy and BAFTA winning Michael Samuels and written by BAFTA nominated Simon Block. The score was recently recorded at AIR Studios by the London Metropolitan Orchestra and the film will be first shown in the UK on BBC Two in January 2020 as...