Daniel Pemberton | Think-Work-Play (original) (raw)
- Name: Daniel Pemberton
- Website: http://www.danielpemberton.com/
- Info: Daniel Pemberton is the BAFTA nominated composer behind many of the themes and sounds you hear everyday on TV.
We had a bit of a moment under a piano the other day. Composer of music for TV, films and video games, Daniel Pemberton insisted on it.
We touched on the performance aspect of making music and how, despite being an incredibly gifted musician, he’s never been keen to perform.
He occasionally plays recitals for one friend at a time as they lie under his grand piano. So we got on down, a singular audience lying on a wooden floor beneath a massive instrument. And our mind got blown.
Its not often you get to listen to music that isn’t coming through a speaker. It’s a different kind of ordeal. You’ve got the weight and the power of the instrument to contend with – its materials and inner workings – rather than just the volume.
We’re in the hands of someone who uses music to create an atmosphere so it’s a pretty affecting experience. Hairs stand, eyes well, butterflies take flight.
Daniel Pemberton is an Ivor Novello winning and multi BAFTA nominated composer. You’ll have heard his music if you’ve got any interest in TV shows or video games but unless you pay close attention to the end credits or sleeve notes, his name may have escaped you.
We wanted to speak to Daniel because he’s a bit of an obscure treasure. Like one of the strange old instruments that inhabit his studio. Half man, half marxotron.
