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One of the new niche areas of music making is trailer music - the music you hear accompanying the trailer for a film is never the music from the film, and a new industry has grown up to provide this very particular style. The music needs to be incredibly impactful, and tell the story in 2 minutes, and survive against the huge sound effects on the soundtrack. Most of this music comes from the US, but a new library in the UK, Audio Network, has set itself to compete with the American companies. I have just completed recording ten titles with co composer Terry Devine-King with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road
In January last year I started to score an album to raise money for UNICEF, with Danish composer Carsten Moreche, and we continued to record the next four titles in Prague in November and we finish the album next week with the Czech Philharmonic.
In the 1990's I worked extensively with French producer/composer Pascal Obispo, now a huge star in his native country. After many years, Pascal called me about a new project he is keen to record as a homage to the British music scene of the Seventies. We will be recording in Paris in March 2009
It was a great pleasure to team up with producer Stephen Lipson again just before Xmas. Ronan Keaone recorded an album with Stephen at the helm and myself on arranging and conducting duties. We recorded the whole project, including orchestra, rhythm section, and Ronan himself completely live, an event almost unheard of in this technology driven era. The album is dedicated to Ronan's mother who died of breast cancer two years ago, featuring her favourite songs, to be released on Mothers Day
A band who have risen to prominence recently although they have been around for a while is Manchester based Elbow. I was contacted by them and the BBC to score the whole of their new album, Seldom Seen Kid, for a live concert at Abbey Road which we recorded with The BBC Concert Orchestra last week.
Producer Simon Climmie, taking a break from his production duties with Eric Clapton has asked me to score some tracks for Canadian singer Lara Fallon, who has sold a staggering 80 million records in the US. We record in London in February
On the film front, I worked on the new Terry Gilliam film, "The Imaginarium Of Doctor Panassus" starring Johnny Depp, who has taken over the role originally slated for the late Heath Ledger. We were re-creating music from the 1920's - a real forensic job!
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NICK'S WORK PROCESS
In the two fields in which I work, pop and film, my work process can vary from one extreme to another. As with all things, information is power, or in my case, information is the key to a successful project. When I am hired, whether as an arranger, an orchestrator or conductor, the amount of information I can get from the client will make my job harder or easier...
Nick Ingman is an established composer, arranger, orchestrator and conductor in the commercial music field who has worked with some of the most prestigious names in the world of entertainment.
For almost thirty five years Nick has provided the backdrop to many iconic and high profile records and films. Often bridging the gap between the classical music field and the commercial area, Nick has brought his considerable experience to a number of successful projects. As well as working in the field, Nick’s career has included starting one of the first Commercial Music Courses in the country at the Royal Academy of Music, and the number of his students who have gone on to have successful careers of their own, confirms his success as an educator.