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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

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