Sound design for 'A Thousand Fires' by Saeed Taji Farouky
I’ve recently finished the sound design for a new film, A Thousand Fires by director Saeed Taji Farouky. It is a visceral, temporal portrayal of life in the Magway region of Myanmar.
Read More'Island' now available online
Island is now available to download via iTunes, Vimeo, Google Play and Amazon Prime Video
Across the water on the island, four individuals experience the year in which their lives will end. Illness progresses, relationships gently shift, and we are witness to rarely seen and intensely private moments. One person shares their acceptance of death, whilst another is surrounded by a community in shock. We observe bedside care and the rhythm of breathing. In a pathology lab, microscopic biopsies in close-up show the interior of bodies, our biology. Filmed over 12 months on the Isle of Wight, Island is a life-affirming reflection on the phenomena of dying, portraying the transition away from personhood and observing the last days and hours of life and the moment of death. Like the ferries cyclically arriving and departing in this an enigmatic landscape, the film appears buoyant, afloat. Death is shown to be natural and everyday but also unspeakable and strange.
★★★★★ – The Sunday Times
★★★★ – The Guardian
“Poetic; disarmingly intimate” – Sight & Sound
“Probes uncharted territory with great intelligence and sensitivity” – Little White Lies
'Island' released on MUBI
Island directed by Steven Eastwood, for which I composed the score and sound design, is up on Mubi for the next 30 days. You can watch the film here: https://mubi.com/films/island-2017-steven-eastwood
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