Testimonials We listened to the work of literally hundreds of composers to find the right person to create music for our documentary, My Big Break. David had just what we were searching for: talent, a willingness to collaborate and an amazing, unique sensibility. We feel fortunate to have had the chance to work with him - he added so much to our film. Elizabeth Yoffe & Tony Zierra Producer & Director, My Big Break Biography David Ben Shannon is an English film composer with experience of projects ranging in scope from promotional material to award-winning feature films. He composes music for theatre and is involved in the new music scene as a composer of electroacoustic music. He is a music graduate of the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, where he majored in advanced music creation and production, and in 2010 was selected to attend the Berlinale Talent Campus for young filmmakers. He is a keys player, additionally working as an instrumental and composition teacher, function performer. arranger and programmer. にほんご の がくせい。He is based in Merseyside. This is Lodestar’s third collaboration with composer David Ben Shannon and his input has been instrumental in shaping our shows. We say things like ‘give us fourteen seconds of purple sadness with a twist of triumph at the end’ and somehow, he does exactly that. The man is a whispering genius. Lodestar Theatre Company The Liverpool Shakespeare Festival David's score has turned our film into gold. He took our ideas on board, suggested his own and presented us with a result that is much more like what we were actually after than what we had initially pictured and asked for. He's worked within our tight time scale with great enthusiasm and was very helpful and supportive throughout the process. Lovely collaboration, fantastic result. Nina Borgner Director, Macbeth Having worked with David previously he was my preferred choice of composer. He works quickly and instinctively and produces material that is always wholly appropriate and always invisive. I will work with David whenever I can in future as I know he will produce intelligent imaginative work that is innovative whilst adhering to a specific brief. Max Rubin Director. Macbeth, Lear, Hamlet, AMND, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead I know that when I give a film or rough edit to David he’ll produce a score to enhance the project. He’s a good collaborator and he understands the relationship between visual narrative and music. Edward Connole Chief Executive, Toxteth TV CREDITS NEWS
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