BASCA EVENT FOR LONDON SONGWRITERS WEEK
Date: Wednesday, 20th May 2009
Time: 4pm-5.30pm
Venue: Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), Cinema 1, 12 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
How to get there: www.ica.org.uk
Nearest Tube Stations: Charing Cross (Northern and Bakerloo lines) or Piccadilly Circus (Bakerloo and Piccadilly lines).
Maximum Number of attendees: 180
MY LIFE AS A FILM COMPOSER
with David Arnold & Debbie WisemanPresented by Basca
www.basca.org.uk
Chair: Mark Fishlock, composer, Director of BASCA and Chair of the BASCA Media Executive Committee
A fascinating and unique insight into the parallels and differences in working methods of two world-renowned British film composers working methods and backgrounds differ and their advice to aspiring film composers of tomorrow
After a biographical chat with each of them, Chair Mark Fishlock will ask David and Debbie about the point at which they first get involved in a film, their relationship with directors, how they get approached or approach projects, how they decide where to put the music to picture, temp tracks, rights issues, budgets, how to sustain a career and their opinions on the current state of film music.
David Arnold
www.davidarnold.comGrammy Award-winning British film composer best known for scoring five James Bond films The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace and also scored films Stargate , Independence Day, Zoolander, Changing Lanes, Hot Fuzz and the television series, Little Britain. He has also collaborated with The Cardigans, Kaiser Chiefs, Massive Attack, Pulp, Natasha Bedingfield, Bjrk, Chris Cornell and Shirley Manson. David is a Fellow of BASCA.
Debbie Wiseman, MBE
www.debbiewiseman.co.ukBAFTA, Ivor Novello Award and Emmy-winning composer and conductor of music for numerous television programs and films, most recently for the film Lesbian Vampire Killers, but also Flood, The Office, Judge John Deed, Middletown, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Toms Midnight Garden, Timewatch and Wilde, starring Stephen Fry, Vanessa Redgrave and Jude Law.
This is your chance to ask questions of highly sought-after professionals at the top of their game for many years, so book your place now to avoid disappointment. Numbers are strictly limited!