Steve Dunster - Film Composer & Screenwriter
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Commissioned to write a dark short film screenplay for Corel Bark Productions -
April 2008
Completed short film screenplay
Save Lives, Give Blood - April 2008
Completed short film screenplay
Illicit
Assignation - April 2008
Completed short film screenplay
Marital Aid
- March 2008
Commissioned to compose the score for
The
Coffee Shop - March 2008
The
Coffee Shop goes into production - March 2008
Commissioned to write the script for a short film called
The
Coffee Shop
- February 2008
Commissioned to write a treatment for a feature length script by Coral Bark
Productions - February 2008
King Arthur Album track drafted:
King
Arthur's Wedding - 28 August 2007
Fourth King Arthur Album track drafted:
King
Uther is Dead - 19 July 2007
Third King Arthur Album track drafted:
Saxon
Raid - 17 July 2007
Second King Arthur Album track drafted:
Lullaby
to Baby Arthur - 14 July 2007
First King Arthur Album track drafted:
King
Uther gives his new born son Arthur to Merlin - 12 July 2007
Started writing the first tracks of my album of orchestral music depicting the
Legends of King Arthur - 8 July 2007
Raised over £1,100 for CHILDLINE at my Charity Concert with Woodfalls
Concert Brass, Bev Williams and 12 year old Zoe Mace - 30 June 2007
Completed the score for WWII documentary about how ENSA entertained the troops,
The
Dancing Years, directed by Award Winning director Ella Waite of Frame of
Mind Productions - 10 June 2007
The Shadow of the
Dark Lord reaches number 10 in the Film Music sub-genre (with
more than 7,000 other tracks) of Soundclick.com Charts and number 20
in the Classical Charts (with more than 25,000 other tracks) - 8 June
2007
Completed the score for
Absentis,
a short film by Award Winning director Liam Garvo of Coral Bark Productions -
6 June 2007
Completed a draft score direct from the brilliantly written medieval comedy
script The Shadow of the
Dark Lord , written by the talented Luchian Deurell. Composed as a
pre-production exercise to help the crew, and will have to be re-done once the
locked picture is in - 15 May 2007
Appointed score composer for I Have Lived, a poignant short film by
writer/director Mark Brown - 14 February 2007
Appointed score composer for Dressing Simon, a searching short film with
an interesting twist, written and directed by Liam Garvo of Coral Bark
Productions - 10 February 2007
Appointed score composer for Captured, a short film written and directed
by Joe Gibson - 23 January 2007
Completed the Love Theme (mp3)
for a romantic short film -
20 January 2007
Appointed score composer for a documentary about a charity trek to the lost
Peruvian city of Machu Picchu, produced by Dudleigh Films - 2 January 2007
Appointed score composer for a feature film written by George Elder and produced
by Dudleigh Films. Production is planned for 2007. The film currently has no
title - 20 December 2006
Comedy Theme (mp3)
completed for the brilliantly written short film The Last Chapter,
produced by Multistory Films and scheduled for completion by the end of the year
- 14 December 2006
Appointed score composer for the short film comedy Happiness is as simple as
a phone call... written by Michel J Duthin and produced/directed by the
talented Jay Rodriguez. Production is expected to start within a few weeks - 4 December 2006
Started a collaborative venture with producer Owen Archer, to create an album of
my orchestral music depicting the legend of King Arthur - 2 December
2006
Episode 1 of Night is Day (the web series)
has been released and is free to view by following this link:http://www.sillyweefilms.co.uk/nid-episode1.html
and choose which site you'd like to watch the episode from. It is proving very
popular so far - 1 December 2006
Draft titles track for
The Fight Within (mp3),
about a conflicted boxer. The music depicts the cruel laughter of his inner
dialog, fueled by the lack of faith others have in him - 26 November 2006
Received the locked picture for suspense thriller By Blood and By Water,
beautifully written by George Elder and produced directed by Jennifer Belander -
12 November 2006
Completed Titles and Credits music for corporate DVD of the book launch
Bulletproof Suzy (mp3), debut novel by Ian Brotherhood. Critically acclaimed to
quickly attract cult status - 5 November 2006
Appointed score composer for a new short film "Greek Tragedy." Written by
Ysabel Jackmay and directed by talented young director Zaid Adham - who I had
the pleasure of working with on Black Coffee, which is shortly to be
shown in the Mini Film Festival 2006 (http://www.mini-me.com)
- 27 October 2006
Draft Titles Track for Night
is Day (mp3), the mini series, completed. Episode One is due for release
sometime next month (see their
website) - 27 October 2006
Selected as score composer for Rosie, psychological thriller. Production
planned for Summer 2007 by Multistory Films - 30 September 2006
First draft of music for a Mexican stand-off
spoof (mp3) for a scene in Pondlife, directed by Scottish film director Sean
Logue - 18 September 2006
First draft of music for trailer of Vampire
(mp3), director Sean Logue - 15 September 2006
First draft of Pondlife (mp3) completed.
Drums, bass, trumpets, trombones and flute create a dark cue for a breathless
tongue-in-cheek style private detective, set in modern times but with the
Humphrey Bogart first person recollecting voice-over, complete with quick fire
similes and shot in grainy black and white - 10 September 2006
Selected as score composer for Night Is Day: the Web Series - 27 July
2006
Selected as composer for cues in Pondlife - 27 July 2006
First draft of an Anniversary March (mp3) for
my very good friends who will be renewing their vows on the occasion of their
25th Wedding Anniversary, this march is my gift to them, I hope they have a
great day - 30 June 2006
Locked edit for Immersion feature length American thriller has arrived.
Post production is planned for completion in August 2006 - 25 June 2006
First draft score (mp3) completed
for a six minute American super hero short FREyeD - 11 June 2006
"What IS this place?" music (mp3)
written as a demo for feature length thriller Immersion - 15 May 2006
Chase music (mp3) written as a
demo for feature length thriller Immersion - 14 May 2006
Appointed score composer for American feature film thriller Immersion,
which completes production in June 2006 - 12 May 2006
Created 20 seconds of orchestral
excitement (mp3) to accompany a fast cut clip of sword-fighting rehearsals
for The Journey (apologies for the sudden ending, but the video just
stopped!) - 4 May 2006
Completed Final Draft of the score (mp3 -
35MB) for the suspense thriller The Audit - 2 May 2006
Completed Ident Music (mp3) for
Beelander Films - 26 April 2006
Completed score (mp3) for the
thriller short Black Coffee - 25 April 2005
Electric guitars, synthesizers and drum kit went to make this soundtrack to a
documentary about a Body Art Convention (mp3)
- 17 April 2006
Teaser Trailer for
Torn (mov) released - 10 April 2006
The Audit draft first edit available - 10 April 2006
Completed the
soundtrack for Torn (mp3)
- 6 April 2006
Completed the first draft of the music for the opening scene of the beautifully crafted short
Torn,
about the emotional turmoil endured by a woman caught in a love triangle.
Music with the opening voice-over (mp3)
rough mix - 4 April 2006
Composed a Wedding Anthem (mp3) as a gift
for my good friends Paul and Mel, who are getting married on Saturday - 30
March 2006
Completed dark music for
The Journey promotional DVD, to be looped
over the menu - 26 March 2006
Completed betrayal music for a Super
Hero Festival in the United States - 20 March 2006
Updated my Feedback page with comments from directors
- 20 March 2006
Updated the trailer score
for a new edit of the latest trailer for exciting Scottish sword-fighting
feature film
The Journey - 20 March 2006
The Audit officially entered into the Cannes Film Festival - 6 March 2006
Completed the score for
the latest trailer for exciting Scottish sword-fighting feature film
The Journey - 23 February 2006
The Silent Note entered into the
Sony TropFest 2006, the World's largest
short film festival - 23 January 2006
Appointed score composer for Black Coffee, a psychological thriller set
in a London cafe - 20 January 2006
The Journey launches its own
website, including a forum - 18
January 2006
Completed the score for The Silent Note - 16 January 2006
Received the locked picture for The Silent Note (WWII pilots
make a pact that one of them must break) - 11 January 2006
Received the script for Living On The Line, a World War II production
based on a true story, written by Jez Foster, directed and produced by
Johnnie Oddball. Production planned for Mid Feb - 4 January 2006
Next drop of The Recruit now not expected to come to me until mid
February 2006 - 1 January 2006
Received script and first draft edit for The Silent Note (WWII pilots
make a pact that one of them must break) - 31 December 2005
Received final draft of the feature length Mosskirk Harvest script and a
first draft for its sequel the Spear of Destiny - 24 December 2005
Final cut of The Wall (dark drama short film) now not expected until
February 2006 - 20 December 2005
Received the latest trailer (trailer c) for the feature length
sword-fighting action film The Journey - 12 December 2005
Updated The Journey page with production stills of
sword fight scenes recently shot in the Highlands - 10 December 2005
Added a page for The Last Chapter
Multistory
Films - 9 December 2005
Updated Mosskirk Harvest page with some great
production stills, fresh from the set last weekend - 6 December 2005
My band wins the WBBA Championship Section and I get Best Conductor's Award
- 3 December 2005
Updated website with
composition notes for the
Librarian theme -
2 December 2005
Completed pre-production version of the
Librarian theme for Briefest of
Encounters
Multistory
Films, composed after watching the filming of the scene - 29 November 2005
Spent the day on the film set for the Briefest of
Encounters (great new production photos added to
page)
Multistory
Films again - 26 November 2005
Post production completed for Faces of Change - 26 November 2005
Received early draft of scenes for The Recruit by writer/director Archie
Allison of
Digital Stramash and completed the initial spotting track for the score -
25 November 2005
Appointed score composer for The Wall, a dark and disturbing story by
writer/director Tim Parsons - 22 November 2005
Updated Action Sequence
for Mosskirk Harvest with a stronger motif, taken from Samson's Theme
(light-hearted)
and extended, with a bigger climax at the end - 21 November 2005
Finished the second trailer to The Journey, here is the
video with the music and sound effects,
sorry about the low quality but when it is released I will put a link to it on
this site - 20 November 2005
Wrote an extended version of the
music for the second trailer of The Journey - 19 November 2005
Added synopsis for each of the films in my credits.
Added a link to My BBC -
Film Network Website - 17 November 2005
Appointed score composer for The Audit
written by the
fantastic writer/director George Elder (of Mosskirk Harvest). The
script is so well crafted. You follow a lovely young couple as the happy day of
their engagement turns into the worst of their lives, in a way that is so
believable you really think that this might actually be happening - fortunately
it is just a story ...or is it? - 16 November 2005
Attended film set for The Last Chapter
Multistory
Films - 13 November 2005
Wrote A Crushing Loss for
Mosskirk Harvest. The hero suffers with the loss of his murdered wife -
12 November 2005
Attended film set for the Briefest of
Encounters
Multistory
Films - 12 November 2005
Appointed score composer for The Last Chapter
Multistory
Films - 12 November 2005
Injured writer/director Fraser Coull back home and recovering well after being
hit by a car whilst shooting scenes for The Journey trailer - 10
November 2005
Wrote this Action Sequence
as a candidate for Mosskirk Harvest fight, chase and action scenes - 4
November 2005
Wrote Samson's Theme
(light-hearted)
from the script of Mosskirk Harvest for a possible option for a comic
early scene - 3 November 2005
Invited to compose for productions by up and coming independent film
company, Rare Entertainment - 30 October 2005
Completed scoring for the opening scene of Faces of Change,
Multistory
Films - 27 October 2005
Young talented director, Fraser Coull, and two of his crew, hit by car whilst
shooting scenes for The Journey trailer. He is currently in hospital with
a broken leg and broken arm. We wish him a speedy recovery - 27 October 2005
Asked to score romantic comedy The Briefest of Encounters,
Multistory Films - 24
October 2005
Asked to score opening scenes of Faces of Change,
Multistory Films -
24 October 2005
Received latest draft for Mosskirk Harvest script and production photos,
written and directed by George Elder - 22 October 2005
Wrote A Bad Day At The Office
as a third movement of music I am writing to describe our life with baby Becky,
New Born Suite -
21 October 2005
Asked to score Coffee and Internet (written and directed by Fraser Coull) -
15 October 2005
Wrote First Day Out With
The Baby as a second movement of music I am writing to describe our life
with baby Becky, New Born Suite - 14
October 2005
Started my composing/conducting
Blog - 13 October 2005
Asked to score a spy film noire called Hush (written and directed by Fraser Coull) -
12 October 2005
Joined Soundclick.com under my composing name of
Steve Dunster,
genre Classical, subgenre Film Music - 11 October 2005
My wonderful new daughter Becky is born - wrote
Becky's Birthday to mark
the occasion, part of my New Born Suite - 10 October 2005
Completed scoring for Night is Day: Dusk (written and directed by Fraser
Coull) - 30 September 2005
Trailer music for The Journey completed (written and directed by Fraser
Coull) - September 2005
My band achieves 3rd place in the National Finals of Great Britain - September
2005
Received partial unedited footage for Mosskirk Harvest (written and
directed by George Elder) - September 2005
Received locked picture for Night is Day: Dusk (written and directed by
Fraser Coull) - September 2005
Appointed score composer for The Journey feature length film (written and
directed by Fraser Coull) - August 2005
Completed scoring for Bottle (written and directed by Fraser Coull) short film -
June 2005
Selected as score composer for PITS (written and directed by Fraser
Coull) - May 2005
Completed scoring for A Thing or Two About Old People short film (produced by Krystal Lord
and directed by Derek Deems) - May 2005
Selected as score composer for black comedy Bottle (written and directed
by Fraser Coull) - May 2005
Editing for Night is Day: Dusk (written and directed by Fraser Coull) starts -
15 April 2005
Selected as score composer for A Thing or Two About Old People - a American
suburban comedy (produced by Krystal Lord
and directed by Derek Deems) - 12 April 2005
Night is Day: Dusk production completed - 10 April 2005
My band achieves 2nd place in the regional qualifiers, securing a place at the
National Finals and achieving promotion to the First Section - March 2005
Appointed score composer for Fall of the Brotherhood - an American Civil War
film by Trico Films (production due Summer/Fall 2005) - 10 March 2005
Selected as score composer for Night is Day: Dusk - a Scottish sci-fi drama
(production due Spring 2005, release Summer 2005) - December 2004
My Song: By My Side reaches number 11 twice in Soundclick.com - early weeks of
2004
Available for use...
All the titles below are available for use, but ONLY WITH MY PRIOR WRITTEN
PERMISSION AND CREDITS, thank you.
Song: By My Side mp3,
4 min 08 secs, 3.888MB - light instrumental and female vocals, sung by the
wonderful Lisa Baron.
Written in collaboration with my lyricist,
Franzisca Guedel, this song
reached number 11 in the Soundclick charts in the early weeks of 2004.
Originally written for an American Suburban comedy,
but never actually used in the released version of the film:
Suburban Comedy mp3,
1 min 32 secs, 2.17MB - pizz strings, woodwind, harpsichord and harp
It is the night before the battle. The rest of the camp is asleep. I am alone
with my thoughts. Tomorrow I might die.
"Let me lead my men well and save me from the fear that can freeze a man.
If I am to die, let me die a brave death."
A Soldier's Prayer mp3, 1 min,
1.36MB - Haunting flute, cellos and basses
[At one point this was to be used as the opening monologue music to Night is
Day: Dusk, but when the video came in, it wasn't what I expected. There were
quite fast cuts, plus there was quite a lot of melancholy in the first few
scenes, so I needed to use something much more upbeat. This then remains
unused.]
Three treatments of the same childlike melody:
Childlike Innocent Melody mp3,
23 secs, 367KB - music box
Sinister Childlike Melody
mp3, 23 secs, 367KB - distorted sinister crying version of the same melody
Uplifting Childlike Melody mp3, 27
secs, 427KB - upbeat electo-accoustic, with same Childlike theme
Horror-scape mp3, 1 min
34 sec, 1.469MB - creepy building synthesized soundscape, turn up the volume!
Stately Home mp3, 25 secs, 0.597MB - happy and stately
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