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“Anthony was brought in to compose the music for our series ‘Chasing Ocean Giants’. The brief was for an attention-grabbing pre-title sequence which showcased a combination of the unique central character, the most dramatic scenes of the series and set the tone and style. It was the most important piece of music for the whole series and he did a fantastic job with it.

The track he composed contained a blend of orchestral and electronic elements to give the epic but contemporary feel we wanted.

Being a Composer is very hard work and it takes guts to reinvent yourself and to do it by grafting through the night around your day job. I really respect him for it. And he’s a real talent - there is no doubt in my mind that he has a significant contribution to make to our industry.

He’s also a real pleasure to work with and he’ll contribute to a positive and healthy culture wherever he goes.”

James Reed, Oscar-winning Filmmaker, Director and Producer

“It was a joy to work with Ant on the BBC/PBS documentary ‘Making Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure’. The score he created was beautiful, evocative, poignant and witty (in all the right places) - and I still get goosebumps listening to some of the pieces, even after hearing them a thousand times in the edit!

It wasn’t an easy brief - the film required a broad range of styles and tones - as well as being very fast turn-around, but Ant was consistently creative, dedicated and tenacious and we were all delighted with the end results.

I would highly recommend Ant as a composer for any film and television project, and would love to work with him again (he’s also genuinely one of the nicest people you could meet!)”

Victoria Bobin, award-winning Producer and Series Producer

“Anthony is my number one go-to composer for any programme I edit that has a budget for a musical score. His music is consistently rich, clever and complex, and emanates from his incredible virtuosity. All the compositions he has created for me have elevated enormously the production values of the shows. He demonstrates the versatility of composer well beyond his years and experience, turning his creative hand successfully to any genre of music or style of programming given him. He works intuitively with the director and editor, adeptly interpreting their brief and transforming it magically into a compelling score. Able to take on board constructive criticism, he reworks his tracks to the desired perfection, delivering them with technical precision, incredible professionalism, but never forgetting his sense of humour.

Unlike some composers who operate more at arm’s length, Anthony is always on hand and delivers tracks quickly and efficiently while the offline is still in process, which always results in the best harmony possible between pictures and music. If you are after an outstanding and unforgettable score, you should really look nowhere else.”

Deborah Williams, Film and TV Editor

“Anthony composed the full scores for two natural history films I produced for Smithsonian. Each had a distinct style and pace, so there was very little opportunity for crossover and the deadlines were tight. Anthony collaborated closely with me and with the two editors to tailor each score beautifully, a process that inevitably involved multiple rewrites and some feedback from the commissioner that pulled no punches. Throughout, his dedication was unwavering and his sense of humour never failed him.

The resultant scores won praise not just from the commissioner, but from the 'seen (and heard) it all before' dubbing editors. I wouldn't hesitate to work with Anthony again.”

Steve Cole, Series Producer

“Anthony did a fantastic job composing the complete score for ‘First Brit: Secrets of the 10,000 Year Old Man’ (Channel 4, Feb. 2018). I worked very closely with Anthony through the whole process, and found him great to work with, and very responsive to notes and input. As with all film scores, there were cues that proved very hard to get exactly right, and I was incredibly impressed with Anthony’s willingness and ability to re-work pieces a number of times to make them perfect.

Anthony had a huge amount of creative input into the score, as we started discussing it and thinking about it many weeks before the edit even began. Again, I was very impressed with how well he responded to the creative brief, and with the ideas he came up with.

I’d have been very happy to get this score from a composer with many years of experience.”

Steven Clarke - Senior Producer

"Anthony composed superb pieces for our Real Tiger Safari film. His pieces worked in perfect synergy with the pictures, creating and enhancing exactly the right emotional charge. Some pieces were to create tension, some to add mystery, some to act as a backdrop to travelling sequences - all did the job extremely well. He made our first tiger encounter really thrilling, way more exciting that it would have been without his music. 

As the whole film is set in India, Anthony was able to imbue the pieces with an Indian flavour without it being in anyway trite or predictable. Anthony was able to re-work suggested existing themes but also take on board the producer's thoughts on entirely new compositions. Its very difficult for non-musicians to try to explain their thoughts to expert musicians but Anthony picked up and enhanced our ideas with great skill. We were very lucky to have Anthony and he has significantly enhanced our film."

Martin Hughes-Games - Natural History Presenter and Producer

"Anthony came on board last minute to our advertisement film ‘Sixer’, so was straight away put under pressure to deliver a quality product fast. He took examples of what we were looking for and put together a quality composition. He worked collaboratively with us on tweaks and changes to really get the music working with the edit. We were impressed with his passion, dedication and ability to understand what we wanted."

Robin Lewis - Editor and Filmmaker