A new commission for BBC Studios and PBS, and again working with Nic Stacey who wrote and directed the Order & Disorder and Mechanical Marvels documentaries. Described by BBC2 as “Drama-documentary telling the gripping story of an encounter with an…
Another bit of scoring work sees the light of day, this time for David Eagleman’s documentary on creativity. It features a pretty diverse array of creative people including Tim Robbins, Kelis, Michael Chabon and Nick Cave, and it’s on Netflix…
Recent commission to score the 1908 silent film ‘St Kilda, It’s People And Birds’, to be performed as part of the Edinburgh Film Festival. The premiere was at the unique Flowave facility in Edinburgh University, the world’s second largest wave…
A new composition for Scottish Ballet’s ‘Haud Close Tae Me’ set to a poem by Scotland’s Makar Jackie Kay, choreographed by Artistic Director Christopher Hampson, and directed by Eve McConnachie. Watch it below
The score for Sophie Laplane’s ‘Sibilo’, commissioned by Scottish Ballet, is now available from Kathexis. An alternate version of the ‘Prologue’ is also here as a free download, and is the version actually used in the final dance piece: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qhjwpcebinkwq8e/SIBILO%20-%20Prologue%20%28BONUS%20VERSION%29.aif?dl=0
Originally composed for the BBC4 documentary of the same name, the score is now getting a full release on Ricardo Donoso’s Kathexis label. Out on June 10th You can preview a few snippets over at Resident Advisor.
‘Swung’, a new film from Sigma Films, directed by Colin Kennedy is premiering at the Edinburgh Film Festival. And it has already picked up some international distribution. It features some original music by myself.
Available on very limited green vinyl as of yesterday. My Order Disorder score composed for the BBC series of the same name. Includes free mp3 version. http://boomkat.com/vinyl/1257484-alex-menzies-order-disorder and (for US) http://www.kathexis.org/#!store/cuaz
Coming out this month is the score I wrote for the BBC’s Order & Disorder programme in 2012, now getting a release through Ricardo Donoso’s new Kathexis imprint. It’s under my real name and is released on 24th April. You…