David Beard
About:  Award winning Film Composer, Musician and Sound Designer, David Beard Music Production creates original film music and sound design to a wide range of commercial media, specialising in the use of music and sound for the moving image. With a well-equipped music studio in the heart of Derbyshire accommodating the magnificent Yamaha C7 concert grand piano, samplers, synths, sound manipulation software, FX units and the latest VST technology. Most recent involvement has been in writing music for film and TV, library music and music for dance school and theatre productions. - Enthusiastic - Well-motivated - Accustomed to working to tight deadlines - Experienced - Member of Equity, PRS, PCAM and The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. Recent work includes: Jack Says Film, Tern TV Eight-part Documentary, Derby Metro Cinema adverts, Quad Card advert, Scoring the short films 'Ctrl+Alt+Del' by Ethics Film Production, Indian, 'Catharsis' and 'The Opening' by Derby's Owen Tooth, 'Daddy' and 'Fragile' for DIB Pictures USA and the production of the library music CDs 'Africa', 'Cinematic Moods', 'Child's Play' and 'The Orient' for AKM Music. Full CV, more information and many music MP3 examples available from the official website (updated frequently) ----------------------------------- www.davidbeardmusic.com ----------------------------------- Please check out the 'updated' web links to the left of this page. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Categories:  Arranger, Composer, Electronic music, Keyboards, Music Supervisor, Music producer, Orchestrator, Piano eMail:  http://www.ukscreen.com/contact/goaty69 WWW:  http://www.ukscreen.com/solo/goaty69 Tel:  01773 824340 Mobile:  07815 573121 Address:  176 Sandbed Lane Belper DE56 0SN East Midlands United Kingdom Music: Acoustic, African, Ambient, Big Beat, Classical, Country, Electronica, Folk, Various, World Music Music Band: David Beard Music Production Vocal Range: Tenor Date of Birth: 1962-07-19 Nationality: United Kingdom
Training and Skills
Formal Training:  BA (Hons) in Popular Music and Music Technology (First Class) Diploma in Media Composition - Film Music Institute of Los Angeles. ABRSM Theory of Music, A Level Music / Music Technology
Additional Information
Experienced in all styles of music from a Children's TV programme to Dark Horror film scores. Small or no-budget projects may still be considered. For CV, Showreel and many MP3 music downloads of many styles (updated frequently) please visit :- ----------------------------------- www.davidbeardmusic.com ----------------------------------- The DIB Pictures film 'Fragile' had its premiere screening at the AMC Arizona Center on 25th October in The Almost Famous Film Festival All Star Challenge - Amongst other awards it was presented with 'Best Original Score' To hear a short extract of the film music now visit www.davidbeardmusic.com and click on 'Fragile'.
Credits
Type Production Name Company Role Year Feature Film Jack Rio GruntWorks Entertainment Composer for the Film within the film 2008 Feature Film Jack Says Lucky Strike Productions Composer / Music Production 2008 Short Film Black? Mad Elephant Productions Composer / Music Production / Stock music 2008 Short Film Blunder Warped Perspective Productions Composer / Arranger / Music Production 2008 Short Film Effigy Owen Tooth Composer / Arranger / Music Production 2008 Short Film Lebensraum Raees Mirza Composer / Arranger / Performer 2008 Short Film The Gift Shler Murdochy Composer / Arranger / Music Production 2008 Animation The First Nowell David Beard Music Production Composer / Producer / Animator 2007 Documentary Chantal Mukandoli Ellipsis Productions Composer / Arranger / Performer 2007 Documentary Great British Journeys Tern TV Composer / Arranger / Performer 2007 Documentary Lifeline BBC Composer / Arranger / Performer 2007 Documentary Mothersland Yosef Haimanot Composer / Arranger / Performer 2007 Music CD The Orient AK075 AKM Music Composer / Producer / Arranger / Performer 2007 Short Film Daddy D.I.B. Pictures Entertainment - USA Composer / Arranger / Performer 2007 Short Film Fragile D.I.B. Pictures Entertainment - USA Composer (Awarded Best Original Score) 2007 Short Film Miss Matched D.I.B. Pictures Entertainment - USA Composer / Producer / Arranger / Performer 2007 Short Film The Opening Owen Tooth Composer / Arranger / Performer 2007 Commercials Metro is Moving Metro Cinema Derby Composer / Arranger / Performer 2006 Commercials Quad Card Quad Arts Composer / Arranger / Performer 2006 Documentary Restless Spirits Fifth Twilight Films Composer / Arranger / Performer 2006 Music CD Child's Play AK066 AKM Music Composer / Producer / Arranger / Performer 2006 Music CD Cinematic Moods AK062 AKM Music Composer / Producer / Arranger / Performer 2006 Short Film Claw Feeling Spooky Films Composer / Arranger / Performer 2006 Short Film Nowhere Christopher Cheng Rossiter Film, USA Composer / Arranger / Performer 2006 Music CD Africa AK056 AKM Music Composer / Producer / Arranger / Performer 2005 Short Film Ctrl+Alt+Del Ethics Film Production, India Composer / Arranger / Performer / Sound Design 2005 Theatre A Midsummer Night's Dream The Compromise Theatre Company, London Composer / Arranger / Performer 2005 Commercials Metro Cinema Metro Cinema Derby Composer / Arranger / Performer 2004 Corporate ARKive Wildscreen, Bristol Composer / Arranger / Performer 2004 Short Film Spiked Mark Skinner Composer / Arranger / Performer 2003 Short Film Beyond the End Yosef Haimanot Composer / Arranger / Performer 2002 Short Film Catharsis Owen Tooth Composer / Arranger / Performer 2002 Short Film Misplaced Yosef Haimanot Composer / Arranger / Performer 2001 Short Film Painting with Light Harminder Rai Composer / Arranger / Performer 2001 Short Film Russia Owen Tooth Composer / Arranger / Performer 2001 Short Film Soulmate Harminder Rai Composer / Arranger / Performer 2000
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