Composer and musician Neil Brand presents a series on the movie musical – from Hollywood to China and the USSR, and from Snow White and Gene Kelly to Grease and La La Land.
The M.R. James BBC Radio Collection
The M. R. James
BBC Radio Collection
Dramatisations and readings of his classic ghost stories
M. R. James Mark Gatiss (Read by) James D’Arcy (Read by) Anton Lesser (Read by) Julian Rhind-Tutt (Read by) Derek Jacobi (Read by) Fenella Woolgar (Read by) Full Cast (Read by)
Spine-tingling stories by M. R. James, plus a chilling original drama and two bonus programmes about his life and work
M. R. James was the master of the uncanny. His classic supernatural stories have haunted readers for over a century, and been adapted countless times for radio, TV and film.
BASCA Award 2016
On Monday 3rd October, 2016, twelve exceptional individuals collected a Gold Badge Award from BASCA, in recognition of their unique contribution to music.
Crispin Hunt, BASCA Chairman said: “It is a great pleasure for BASCA to celebrate the creativity, inspiration, taste and genius included in this year’s list of Gold Badge Award recipients.
Each of these remarkable individuals has helped shape the architecture of the music Britain loves in their own unique and significant way. For BASCA’s community of songwriters and composers to be able to congratulate and pay tribute to their influence in our profession at this joyous event is an honour. It’ll be a good one.”
BBCSO perform A Christmas Carol at Barbican Concert Hall
The BBCSO and Barbican Concert Hall are looking to perform Neil’s acclaimed concert adaptation of A Christmas Carol next December (2016) – watch this space.
More on the original radio adaptation here – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02dklq7/p02dkln1, and here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04v9n00
Hitchcock’s Blackmail in USA
Neil visited University of Indiana, Bloomington, to help promote the US premiere of his score to Hitchcock’s Blackmail.
You can hear an interview and read more about the event here: http://indianapublicmedia.org/arts/blackmail-neil-brand-scores-big/
Jekyll & Hyde – BBC Radio Drama
Neil’s next project for BBC Radio Drama is an adaptation of Stevenson’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde as a Saturday drama – and no, it won’t be anything like the excellent Charlie Higson ITV version!
Cosmic Voyage – Film Museum Munich
Neil is currently scoring the great Soviet space movie Cosmic Voyage for Filmmuseum Munich DVD release next year.
Neil presented as a Fellow of Aberystwyth University
On Wednesday 10 July, 2013, Neil Brand was presented as Fellow of Aberystwyth University.
Neil, who graduated in English and Drama from Aberystwyth, was presented by Professor Robert Meyrick, Head of the School of Art. See full article.
Sound of Cinema – the Music that made the Movies
Neil was at the heart of the BBC’s Film Music season which plays across BBC4 and all the BBC national radio networks in September – he wrote and presented the 3-part series ‘Sound of Cinema – the Music that made the Movies’ for BBC4 and also appeared on Radio 3 and again on BBC 4 presenting the Film Prom from the Royal Albert Hall.