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NICK NORTON-SMITH'S LATEST PROJECT NEWS:
Shottas Paradise
Nick Norton-Smith is currently composing for
upcoming feature Shottas Paradise
www.shottasparadise.com.
Copenhagen Climate Summit
Nick Norton-Smith
is
currently working on documentary about the
Kampar peninsula currently playing at the Copenhagen Climate Summit 2009
"Eyes on the Kampar Peninsula”
http://www.lifemosaic.net/kamparpeninsula.php
INFORMATION ON NICK NORTON-SMITH:
Nick Norton-Smith is an award
winning multi instrumentalist and composer whose originality and diversity
have ensured an eclectic and successful career in many areas of the music
industry.
Based in a central London studio writing and recording diverse and original
music for film, TV, theatre, corporate and broadcast media encompassing many
different musical genres.
Commissions for a diverse range of briefs and projects include major TV
networks, independent film makers, corporate animation, national daytime TV,
primetime TV, short film, feature film, documentary, corporate idents, press
launches, quiz shows, comedy, theatre, production music, sound design and LA
horror features.
Drawing from an extensive playing career that has included performances
worldwide with numerous international artists including Frank Sinatra, the
Brand New Heavies and the Proclaimers in addition to TV, theatre, radio,
video appearances and studio sessions.
Live performances form an integral part of compositions featuring some of
London's finest instrumentalists - including members of the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra, Amy Winehouse band and Mark Ronson band.
Clients include Talkback Thames, Gmtv, BBC4, Battersea Power Station.,
Evening Standard, Wired Video, Gruntworks entertainment, Pleasance Theatre
Trust and many others.
"I am convinced that Nick is the most patient man in the universe! I am not
musical and yet I knew exactly the kind of title music I wanted for my
series. Could I describe it? Nope. Could Nick translate my random thoughts
into the perfect music? Yes. This was a complicated project. No time and
many egos to manage and Nick did a brilliant job at making everyone feel
part of the creative process. Once we put the music to our pictures the
result was amazing."
Benedetta Pinelli
Series Producer Homes and Property
Talkbackthames
"Nick was able to take a complex brief and work very quickly to produce a
striking and catchy theme for the re-launch of Lorraine Kelly’s daily show
on Gmtv. He stayed calm and focused when we changed our minds and moved the
goalposts and was more than happy to produce revised versions at short
notice a real boon for a TV producer. He also isn’t precious about his work
and is happy to take on board suggestions and revisions whilst defending the
integrity of his music."
Helen Mcmurray
Head of Programme Presentation
Gmtv
"Nick's score added the most important element to our animation... a human
aspect. His evocative sounds were not only uplifting, but delivered the
excitement and anticipation for the project that no "PR" words could
describe."
Jade Bell
Creative Director - Battersea Power Station corporate movie
Parkview International
"When you're not at all musical, like me, it's quite hard to describe the
sort of sounds you want for your fairly ridiculous comedy quiz. But after
seeing just one preview and having a couple of conversations where I said
things like, 'the music needs to be funny but serious, over the top but not
too wacky, tense but still funny', Nick somehow managed to get it spot on,
first time and helped give our chaotic show the professional element it so
desperately needed."
Alex Horne
Devisor/ MD -
“We Need Answers” BBC 4 comedy quiz show
"Nick judged the tone of the show perfectly, and walked a fine tightrope
between the grandiose and the silly to give our quiz the stamp of an
authority it didn't really have."
Mark Watson
Comedian – “We Need Answers”
"When we got Nick's music the show stopped being a slight, divvy piece of
nonsense and was transformed into a grand, divvy pile of nonsense."