News

19 Jan, 2012:

We are delighted to be able to say that the Mogul has a) accepted a place on the Women in Film & TV mentoring scheme and b) agreed a deal with Orion to publish her upcoming novel The Beauty of Murder.

Because of this, she’ll have less time for music, so we’ll be making some changes to the way we work.

  1. You’ll still be able to hire both of us to compose for your feature, short film, or TV drama (availability permitting, of course)
  2. The Prawn will handle all other commissions – either here or via tristaylor.com.

DO NOT PANIC. We are still here. Thank you so much for your support thus far!

For more on Alexandra’s writing please visit akbenedict.com.

Dec 6, 2011:

Off the back of 15 international festival screenings of her last film Habibti, director Nour Wazzi is now crowdfunding her next short, Shackled.

A psychological thriller, it’s co-produced by Shirine Best and Ellie Emptage through Panacea Productions and Traveller Films.  They sent us a beautiful hand-drawn title sequence and an irresistible brief – sinister 1950s circus music.

Here’s the result – a score for two music boxes, soprano voice, violin, accordion, calliope, tuba and orchestral percussion:

And here’s the music:

Film: Shackled – Titles (Panacea Productions/Traveller Films) by A.K. Benedict/T. Taylor

Please visit the crowdfunding page for Shackled now! For a few dollars you can get an on-screen ‘Special Thanks’; for a few more you can get even better perks…

Oct 20, 2011:

Habibti has won the ‘Special Mention for a Leading Female Role’ award in Cyprus and got this special jury mention at the Montréal International Black Film Festival too:

“It’s impossible not to mention this film in which family, religion and opening oneself up to others are really put to the test through images that are as powerful as they are piercingly truthful. A powerhouse of a film.”

Huzza!

Plus it has added more screenings to the list – here’s an updated one:

Dubai International Film Festival
Short Film Corner, Cannes International Film Festival
ÉCU European Indie-Film Festival
Arab Film Festival Australia
Durban International Film Festival
Montréal International Black Film Festival
Beirut International Film Festival
Helsinki International Film Festival
Cyprus International Film Festival
Seminci Valladolid International Film Festival
Romania International Film Festival
Gold Lion Film Festival
Arab Film Festival (California)
Heartland Film Festival
Capalbio Cinema International Short Film Festival

Here’s our soundtrack:

Alexandra Benedict & Tris Taylor: Habibti OST

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

Stuff: 7 Tips for Getting A Great Score

From the studio
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The Prawn has written an article for Directors Notes. Damn thorough too.

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TV: Cookery School reruns are on now!

News
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C4 are repeating super-early in the morning – set the recorder if you fancy.

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Film: Habibti festival screenings worldwide

Film
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Paris, Durban, Malkerns, Sydney, Helsinki and Beirut already confirmed, with more to come.

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Corporate: return of the Caravan theme

Commercials & corporates
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One of the very first pieces we were commissioned to compose has become a theme tune for Caravan.

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