Films

Short film about a young man tor­ment­ed over some­thing he has done, and is torn between guilt and denial. A very clever sto­ry line fea­tur­ing only one char­ac­ter and an inter­est­ing end­ing. Music and SFX were cru­cial to the sto­ry telling and relies very much on visu­als and sound, rather than dialogue. 

Crime thriller about a pro­fes­sion­al hired killer who, after com­mit­ting a bru­tal mur­der and is on the run, resorts to kid­nap­ping his main con­tact in an attempt to escape. The sto­ry cen­tres on the rela­tion­ship between the hired killer and the hostage negotiator. 

Sea­son­al pro­mo advert com­mis­sioned by Talacrest fea­tur­ing some stun­ning cars and some cheeky girls! Hard grungy track with heavy rock style per­cus­sion and fea­tur­ing dis­tort­ed top line motifs. 

Dra­ma (extracts). On the after­noon of their grad­u­a­tion, a cou­ple, who after a mis­un­der­stand­ing come togeth­er again, face an immi­nent end in a most unex­pect­ed way. A short film direct­ed by Calum Chalmers based on a short sto­ry by Stephen King.

A short film by Gary Delaney, about the wildlife that vis­it­ed his gar­den over a twelve month peri­od, with footage for every month of the year. There was no dia­logue, so the music was essen­tial for telling the sto­ry as the sea­sons unfolded.

The open­ing cred­it sequence from the film ‘Zom­bie Res­ur­rec­tion’ with music by Dale Sum­n­er (direct­ed by Andy Phelps and Jake Hawkins 2013).

A young man arrives to meet an old Uni­ver­si­ty friend for a date, only to be quizzed by an omi­nous grand­fa­ther with a pas­sion for taxi­dermy. A short psy­cho­log­i­cal thriller star­ring Arthur Smith in his debut role as the grandad. My score most­ly fea­tures orches­tral aton­al music, to great effect. 

A man hails a lift from a stranger after his car breaks down in the mid­dle of nowhere. A psy­cho­log­i­cal short film with a sur­prise ending. 

Open­ing visu­als and music theme for the 2012 Nation­al Spir­it of Fire Awards, host­ed by Clas­sic FM’s Nicholas Owen. This is an annu­al event which recog­nis­es acts of brav­ery with­in the UK Fire & Res­cue Ser­vice and ded­i­ca­tion to The Fire Fight­ers Char­i­ty. (Visu­als cre­at­ed by Lam­o­ra Pic­tures, music by Dale Sumner)

Teas­er trail­er for hor­ror short based on the chil­dren’s sto­ry of the Ted­dy Bears’ Pic­nic. A cou­ple spend a week­end away camp­ing, and things go hor­ri­bly wrong. Fea­tur­ing Lucille Sharp (Down­ton Abbey Sea­son 3) and Daniel Sawka, with music by Dale Sumner.

Les Dal­ton is on parole from prison. Peo­ple have wait­ed for his release for nine years only to be told he knows noth­ing about the miss­ing gold. Nobody believes him, includ­ing the retired detec­tive who head­ed the orig­i­nal man­hunt and his estranged daugh­ter. Plans are afoot to make him reveal the hid­den stash, but at what cost? Except for the end cred­it song, I wrote the entire score, for which I won an award for best score. 

A group of con artists, betrayed by one of their own dur­ing a recent sting, take refuge in their ware­house lair while attempt­ing to force the trai­tor to reveal the loca­tion of the loot. How­ev­er, the leader of the team, Alice, seems more deter­mined to uncov­er the motive for the betray­al itself, much to the increas­ing frus­tra­tion of her fel­low grifters.

A short dra­ma film about demen­tia and the effects on suf­fer­ers and their fam­i­lies. Direct­ed by Lorne Guy/Goodguy Productions. 

A silent hor­ror short based on the children’s sto­ry of the Ted­dy Bears’ Pic­nic. A cou­ple spend a week­end away camp­ing, and things go hor­ri­bly wrong. Fea­tur­ing Lucille Sharp (Down­ton Abbey Sea­son 3) and Daniel Sawka, with music by Dale Sumner.