Theatre &
Sound Design
Alex is an Ivor Novello-nominated composer who creates music and sound design for theatre, dance and the concert hall. Experienced in both contemporary classical and electronic music, he is at home collaborating on everything from dance to opera, and theatre to podcasts. Recent work includes commissions from the BBC Proms, Streetwise Opera, horn player Ben Goldscheider and cellist Kate Ellis, and performances at the National Gallery, Royal Albert Hall and The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
Examples
Recent Work
Re:Sound
Martin Constantine, director
Sound design commissioned by Streetwise Opera
Southbank Centre
Macbeth
Ashley Zhangazha, director
Composition
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
The Dream Prom
Ruth Mariner, writer/director
Sound design commissioned by the BBC Proms
Royal Albert Hall
Anti/thesis
ZE, choreographer
Composition and sound design
The Place
Back into the World
Rebecca Hanbury, writer/director
Composition and sound design commissioned by English Touring Opera
UK Tour
I Could See the Smallest Thing
Patrick Eakin Young, director
Composition and sound design
Soundworlds
Paradise Planet
Rebecca Hanbury, writer/director
Composition and sound design commissioned by ETO
UK Tour
A Time of Listening
Rebecca Hanbury, writer/director
Composition and sound design commissioned by Britten Pears Arts
Snape Maltings
Biosphere IV
Tom Bailey, writer/director
Sound design for R&D
Eden Project
12:40
David Sulkin, director
Sound design commissioned by the National Opera Studio
Hoxton Hall
Rinaldo Remix
Patrick Eakin Young, director
Composition and sound design commissioned by the V&A
V&A Museum
Remnants
Patrick Eakin Young, director
Sound design commissioned by ERRATICA, nominated for Best Sound Design at The Offies
The Print Room
La Voix Humane
Tom Bailey, director
Composition and sound design for R&D
NT Studio
Sister
Rebecca Hanbury, writer/director
Composition and sound design co-commissioned by Spitalfields Music and Ovalhouse
Rich Mix & Ovalhouse
It Snows
Amy Insole, director
Composition and sound design commissioned by Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch
Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch & Lyric Hammersmith
Then
Yve Blake, writer/director
Co-composition with Yve Blake
VAULT Festival, Battersea Arts Centre & Soho Theatre
Tendrillar
Hannah Anderson-Ricketts, choreographer
Composition co-commissioned by the Royal Opera House & East London Dance
Linbury Theatre, ROH