Dec 11, 2010:

Combined Mind commissioned us to compose an original soundtrack to this promo for Elsepage – a sweet score for piano, strings and french horn.  Super fast turnaround as we only had about a day to spare, but thankfully director Ross Webb of Mindway Media gave a great brief which made it lots easier.

Stuart Nicholas White (of David Morrissey’s Don’t Worry About Me) was Director of Photography, and James Abadi (The Story of ****) produced.

Here’s the video:

Elsepage from MindwayMedia on Vimeo.

And here’s the music:

Mogul & the Prawn: Commercial: Elsepage – Statue Love
Commercial: Elsepage – Statue Love by Mogul & the Prawn

We have, you will be delighted to learn, a full commercials & corporates music reel.

Jun 19, 2010:

We’ve composed an original soundtrack for Nour Wazzi’s UK Film Council-backed short film Habibti, which stars Hiam Abbass (The Visitor, I Am Slave), Yasmine Al Massri (Caramel, Miral) and Jimmy Akingbola (Rev., Holby City).

Working closely with Nour, we pared the sonic palette down to a spare 5-piece ensemble, fusing Middle Eastern and Western elements to support the unfolding narrative and brilliant performances.

Here’s the full original soundtrack, plus a cheeky bonus unused cue!  ’Mama’ is a key cue, so check that first if you’re in a hurry…

Alexandra Benedict & Tris Taylor: Habibti OST
Alexandra Benedict & Tris Taylor: Habibti OST by A.K. Benedict/T. Taylor

Undoubtedly the only sensible thing to do now you have listened to the above is to move on to our full film soundtrack reel.

Jun 9, 2010:

Oliver Crowther’s Sleeping Lions short film has been selected by Straight 8 to premiere at the upcoming Rushes Soho Shorts Festival.

Congratulations Olly!

We composed the music and produced the sound design.

Update: the premiere is at the Curzon Renoir on Tuesday 27 July – details here.

Here’s the music:

Alexandra Benedict & Tris Taylor: Sleeping Lions – original soundtrack
Sleeping Lions – original soundtrack by A.K. Benedict/T. Taylor

Click here to listen to more music we’ve written for film.

Apr 16, 2010:

We’ve composed a quiet, balletic waltz soundtrack for Oliver Crowther’s Straight 8 short film Sleeping Lions.

The film’s ensemble cast includes Robert Sample. It was filmed in one take on Bexhill seafront.

Our score stars haunting organ as The Clown, music box as The Girl, and piano and violin as Omniscient Narrators. Listen past the gap for the full ending…

Sleeping Lions – original soundtrack by A.K. Benedict/T. Taylor
Sleeping Lions – original soundtrack by A.K. Benedict/T. Taylor

Or click here to listen to more music we’ve composed for films.

Oct 17, 2009:

On|Off TV has licensed ‘We Liek Bock!’ by The Lavender Assassins for its London Fashion Week coverage.

The Lavender Assassins is Tris’s punk electro side project. They are currently remixing self confessed ‘world’s second greatest pop group’ The Teeth.

The Lavender Assassins: We Liek Bock!The Lavender Assassins: We Liek Bock! by Mogul & the Prawn

For more silly names (and some serious ones), have a proverbial poke around our current artist releases showreel.

Sep 26, 2009:

Investec has launched a new global careers campaign managed by Gravity, and we’re writing the music for the accompanying films.

Here’s the first video…

…and here’s the music.

Investec – Careers (Gravity/Treetop Productions) by Mogul & the Prawn
Investec – Careers (Gravity/Treetop Productions) by Mogul & the Prawn

We are afraid that is the end of this article.  Why not move on to this page now.

Aug 27, 2009:

Mark French‘s short documentary film The Catch, about Laetitia Yhap’s fishing industry paintings, screens at the Shot By The Sea festival next month. It will be shown at the Electric Palace, Hastings (one of the three best boutique cinemas in the UK, says The Guardian).

We composed the score for The Catch using sounds from the beach, the fishermen and Laetitia Yhap herself, alongside harp and strings.  Oh, and an accordion playing a sea shanty.

Here’s the full set – ‘An Ending’ is our favourite:

Alexandra Benedict & Tris Taylor: The Catch (OST) by A.K. Benedict/T. TaylorAlexandra Benedict & Tris Taylor: The Catch (OST) by A.K. Benedict/T. Taylor

The film is also showing as part of the Memorial Gallery‘s Laetitia Yhap retrospective.

Here’s a full reel of music we’ve composed for films.