Award-winning composer Stephen Rennicks has been crafting inimitable soundtracks for the best of Independent Cinema and Television for over twenty years.
Rennicks' latest projects include Conversations With Friends; the highly anticipated follow up to Normal People. The 12-part TV Drama, directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Leanne Welham and produced by Element Pictures, airs on the BBC and Hulu on May 15th. Good Luck To You, Leo Grande; written by Katy Brand and directed by Sophie Hyde, the sex-positive tale of empowerment and self-discovery stars Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack. And An Cailín Ciuín/The Quiet Girl is adapted from a short story by Claire Keegan and directed by Colm Bairéad. The mesmerising feature tells the story of a neglected girl sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer.
In 2020 Rennicks scored 'Normal People', continuing his working partnership with director Lenny Abrahamson. The 12-part adaptation of Sally Rooney's bestselling novel tells the coming-of-age story of two young people moving from adolescence to young adulthood against the backdrop of Ireland during the global economic recession. It was one of the most-watched shows in 2020 on the BBC and Hulu, with the music on the show receiving outstanding reviews in publications such as Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vice, The NY Times and The Hollywood Reporter.
Prior to Normal People, Rennicks and Abrahamson collaborated on the feature Room, based on Emma Donoghue's bestselling novel of the same name starring Brie Larson (who picked up the Oscar for Best Actress), Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen and William H. Macy, the film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Abrahamson's first Oscar nomination for Best Director. And the breakout cult-hit, Frank, starring Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Domhnall Gleeson - a film with music at its heart saw Rennicks' stand-out songwriting, score and musical direction unanimously praised. Rennicks won the 'Best Technical Achievement in Music' award at the British Independent Film Awards for his incredible work on the film. In addition, the soundtrack was named number three in Mojo's soundtrack albums that year.
Among Rennicks' other credits are Death of a Ladies Man - a feature about a carousing college professor played by Gabriel Byrne, whose life becomes blighted by surreal hallucinations; Maya Zinshtein's, Forever Pure, an extraordinary feature-length documentary on the transfer of two Chechen Muslim soccer players to Israel's Beitar Jerusalem FC; Spanish language film Viva, directed by Paddy Breathnach and set in the crumbling beauty of Havana, is an emotionally-charged drama about a hairdresser who is forced to quit performing at the local drag club by his boxer father; Muse, a psych-thriller about an academic who slips into a world controlled by the ancient spirits of inspiration, the Muses; while Birthmarked, starring Toni Collette, is an off-the-wall comedy about genetics, destiny and – ultimately – family.
If you would like to enquire about working with Stephen, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Christopher Nicholas Bangs is a London based composer and record producer.
Bangs kicked off his compositional career in 2011, gaining high praise for his score for the multi-award winning feature 'Junkhearts', directed by BAFTA award-winning director Tinge Krishnan and starring Eddie Marsan, Romola Garai and John Boyega.
Most recently, you will have heard his electronically driven score for the Apple TV+ show 'WeCrashed'. Starring Academy Award Winning Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway, the show chronicles the turbulent rise and fall of the co-working space company WeWork.
Other projects include the award-winning Netflix feature-length hit TV musical, 'Been So Long', staring Michaela Cole and Arinze Kene; the feature-length documentary 'Battle of The Sexes', which tells the story of the legendary tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs; and the award-winning, 'Soon Gone - A Windrush Chronicle’, for the BBC and Young Vic. Bangs also composed the claustrophobic score for 'Panic'. Directed by Sean Spenser, the feature-length thriller starring David Gyasi (Interstellar/Cloud Atlas) follows a journalist suffering from PTSD confined to his apartment after witnessing a murder in a neighbouring tower block. He then shifted musical gears on the feature-length road-trip comedy, 'Highly Functional’. Directed by Marc Forby, the film tells the story of a washed-up country singer. As well as composing the score, Christopher also co-wrote and produced the original Country songs which appear throughout the film.
Along with producing records under the monikers of Shadow Orchestra and Talk In Colour, Bangs has dedicated much of his time in this area of his career to collaborating with a plethora of young and up and coming artists, including Livvy Nicole, Scarlet (Hedera), Kerri Watt, Me For Queen and Jessica Sharman.
If you want to enquire about working with Christopher, email contact@dirtysoup.com
27-year-old Keana Bernard's career in music kicked off when she noticed a Broadcast Assistant position had opened up at Rinse FM. After securing the job, she quickly worked her way up the ranks to become the station's Head of Production. Then, feeling like she needed a new challenge, she accepted a position as Assistant Producer at the BBC. Within a year, Keana became a Music Content Producer for BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra & BBC Sounds - a role which saw her creatively pitch, organise, produce, and music-supervise a station-wide live music project to commemorate the anniversary of the Grenfell Tower disaster.
With a burning passion for unearthing the most exciting new underground talent, she accepted an offer to work on season four of the hit TV show Top Boy. She stamped her mark on the show's soundtrack by placing the track BTD by South London producer Emil featuring North-West London rapper Knucks - who, shortly after the show aired, went on to score his first Top 3 UK album.
Keana also worked as a Music Researcher on Ticket to Paradise, starring George Clooney & Julia Roberts - placing the laid-back Balinese intruded track, O La La, by Koes Plus Brothers.
Having just wrapped the latest season of Top Boy and the docu-series Basketball League Africa, which chronicles the NBA's new overseas league in Africa, Keana continues to build on her role as Music Content Producer at the BBC whilst working alongside Dirty Soup's Founder, Raife Burchell and Ian Neil on the twelve-part Disney Plus TV series, A Thousand Blows, written by Stephen Knight and starring Stephen Graham.
If you would like to enquire about working with Keana, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Steven Price is an Academy, Emmy, and Bafta Award-winning composer whose individualistic approach to scoring music to film has seen him work on many of the most innovative productions of recent years, from Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity to Edgar Wright's Baby Driver.
Whether it's incorporating original WW2 tanks in his score for Fury, starring Brad Pitt, or his wind instrument-driven score for Tom Harper's The Aeronauts, the music Steven creates seeks to give each story a completely unique voice, the result of a profoundly experimental and collaborative process.
Beginning his career in the late 1990s contributing to productions such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Batman Begins, Price went on to make his scoring debut in 2011 with Joe Cornish's horror comedy Attack The Block.
After winning a Bafta for his score for Sir David Attenborough's The Hunt, Steven went on to score Our Planet for Netflix Originals and the autobiographical documentary David Attenborough – A Life On Our Planet, for which Price won a Primetime Emmy. With performances of Our Planet Live In Concert at historic venues such as The Royal Albert Hall and The Hollywood Bowl, his musical masterpiece continues to sell out arenas across the US and Europe.
Recent projects include: Last Night In Soho, where he again teamed up with Edgar Wright; David Ayer's Suicide Squad; Oscar-nominated Netflix Animation Over The Moon; Michael Grandage's My Policeman, starring Harry Styles; Beast starring Idris Elba; Netflix Original's Heart Of Stone, directed by Tom Harper starring Gal Godot; the live-action animation hybrid Coyote Vs Acme; Los Frikis, the new feature from Peanut Butter Falcon directors Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson; and collaborations with brands including Samsung and Sonos.
Steven's extraordinary music continues to enhance the ideas and images of the world's most respected brands and filmmakers.
If you would like to enquire about working with Steven, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Aska Matsumiya is a classically-trained pianist, artist, and composer.
Matsumiya's career in scoring music for film kicked off when Spike Jonze asked to use her music as the theme song for his short film; I'm Here. The soundtrack went on to pick up the award for Best Original Music at the AICP Awards, and Aska has never looked back.
Recent projects include Halle Berry's directorial debut Netflix feature, Bruised - A24's After Yang, starring Colin Farrell and Jodie Turner-Smith, where she partnered with legendary Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. Phoenix Rising, directed by Oscar-nominated Amy Berg, is a 2-part documentary for HBO Max that follows Evan Rachel Wood's journey to pursue justice following domestic abuse. And directed by Steve Buscemi and starring Tessa Thompson, The Listener tells the harrowing story of a helpline volunteer fielding calls from broken people on the edges of society.
The past years have seen Matsumiya work on back-to-back projects, including the 2020 HBO series Betty with long-time collaborator Crystal Moselle, a series based on the Sundance breakout film, Skate Kitchen. Matsumiya and Moselle previously collaborated on Moselle's award-winning documentary, The Wolfpack, with Aska's haunting score garnering high praise across the industry. She also composed the sublime electronically-driven score for the life-affirming Japanese feature, 37 Seconds, which won the coveted Panorama Audience award at the Berlin Film Festival. Selah & The Spades, directed by Tayarisha Poe; I'm Your Woman, directed by Julia Hart, written and produced by Jordan Horowitz (La La Land); and This Is Personal, which saw Aska once again collaborate with Amy Berg.
Outside of scoring music to film, Aska and Alex Somers (Jónsi/Sigur Rós) teamed up to create the musical soundscapes for 'If Only the Sea Could Sleep', an exhibition of painter Claire Tabouret's work at HAB Galerie in Nantes, France. Aska and Alex's pieces included field recordings of boats creaking and chimes swinging in the wind - the feeling of being in the middle of the ocean. Their soundscapes were played throughout the event space's 24-channel-surround-sound speaker system, separating each element of the compositions to intertwine and flow effortlessly alongside Tabouret's mesmerising paintings.
If you would like to enquire about working with Aska, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Aska Matsumiya is a classically-trained pianist, artist, and composer.
Matsumiya's career in scoring music for film kicked off when Spike Jonze asked to use her music as the theme song for his short film; I'm Here. The soundtrack went on to pick up the award for Best Original Music at the AICP Awards, and Aska has never looked back.
Recent projects include Halle Berry's directorial debut Netflix feature, Bruised - A24's After Yang, starring Colin Farrell and Jodie Turner-Smith, where she partnered with legendary Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. Phoenix Rising, directed by Oscar-nominated Amy Berg, is a 2-part documentary for HBO Max that follows Evan Rachel Wood's journey to pursue justice following domestic abuse. And directed by Steve Buscemi and starring Tessa Thompson, The Listener tells the harrowing story of a helpline volunteer fielding calls from broken people on the edges of society.
The past years have seen Matsumiya work on back-to-back projects, including the 2020 HBO series Betty with long-time collaborator Crystal Moselle, a series based on the Sundance breakout film, Skate Kitchen. Matsumiya and Moselle previously collaborated on Moselle's award-winning documentary, The Wolfpack, with Aska's haunting score garnering high praise across the industry. She also composed the sublime electronically-driven score for the life-affirming Japanese feature, 37 Seconds, which won the coveted Panorama Audience award at the Berlin Film Festival. Selah & The Spades, directed by Tayarisha Poe; I'm Your Woman, directed by Julia Hart, written and produced by Jordan Horowitz (La La Land); and This Is Personal, which saw Aska once again collaborate with Amy Berg.
Having picked up Gold for Best Original Music at the Ciclope Creative Festival for Daniel Askill's Audi Electric Wave film, Matsumiya is also in high demand in the commercial space. You can hear her compositions on campaigns for Porsche, Levi, Chanel, Hermes, Miu Miu, and Prada.
Outside of scoring music to film, Aska and Alex Somers (Jónsi/Sigur Rós) teamed up to create the musical soundscapes for 'If Only the Sea Could Sleep', an exhibition of painter Claire Tabouret's work at HAB Galerie in Nantes, France. Aska and Alex's pieces included field recordings of boats creaking and chimes swinging in the wind - the feeling of being in the middle of the ocean. Their soundscapes were played throughout the event space's 24-channel-surround-sound speaker system, separating each element of the compositions to intertwine and flow effortlessly alongside Tabouret's mesmerising paintings.
If you would like to enquire about working with Aska, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Award-winning composer Stephen Rennicks has been crafting inimitable soundtracks for the best of Independent Cinema and Television for over twenty years.
Rennicks' latest projects include Conversations With Friends; the highly anticipated follow up to Normal People. The 12-part TV Drama, directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Leanne Welham and produced by Element Pictures, airs on the BBC and Hulu on May 15th. Good Luck To You, Leo Grande; written by Katy Brand and directed by Sophie Hyde, the sex-positive tale of empowerment and self-discovery stars Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack. And An Cailín Ciuín/The Quiet Girl is adapted from a short story by Claire Keegan and directed by Colm Bairéad. The mesmerising feature tells the story of a neglected girl sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer.
In 2020 Rennicks scored 'Normal People', continuing his working partnership with director Lenny Abrahamson. The 12-part adaptation of Sally Rooney's bestselling novel tells the coming-of-age story of two young people moving from adolescence to young adulthood against the backdrop of Ireland during the global economic recession. It was one of the most-watched shows in 2020 on the BBC and Hulu, with the music on the show receiving outstanding reviews in publications such as Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vice, The NY Times and The Hollywood Reporter.
Prior to Normal People, Rennicks and Abrahamson collaborated on the feature Room, based on Emma Donoghue's bestselling novel of the same name starring Brie Larson (who picked up the Oscar for Best Actress), Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen and William H. Macy, the film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Abrahamson's first Oscar nomination for Best Director. And the breakout cult-hit, Frank, starring Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Domhnall Gleeson - a film with music at its heart saw Rennicks' stand-out songwriting, score and musical direction unanimously praised. Rennicks won the 'Best Technical Achievement in Music' award at the British Independent Film Awards for his incredible work on the film. In addition, the soundtrack was named number three in Mojo's soundtrack albums that year.
Among Rennicks' other credits are Death of a Ladies Man - a feature about a carousing college professor played by Gabriel Byrne, whose life becomes blighted by surreal hallucinations; Maya Zinshtein's, Forever Pure, an extraordinary feature-length documentary on the transfer of two Chechen Muslim soccer players to Israel's Beitar Jerusalem FC; Spanish language film Viva, directed by Paddy Breathnach and set in the crumbling beauty of Havana, is an emotionally-charged drama about a hairdresser who is forced to quit performing at the local drag club by his boxer father; Muse, a psych-thriller about an academic who slips into a world controlled by the ancient spirits of inspiration, the Muses; while Birthmarked, starring Toni Collette, is an off-the-wall comedy about genetics, destiny and – ultimately – family.
If you would like to enquire about working with Stephen, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Karl Westman’s illustrious journey in the industry has taken many musical twists and turns.
Aged 24, Westman kicked off his career by landing an entry-level job at one of New York City’s go-to recording studios for the US advertising industry. His passion and inherent understanding for the art of crafting music to picture quickly moved him up the ranks - first, with Ogilvy & Mather NYC drafting him in as their In-House Music Producer, then as Executive Producer with two of NYC's premiere music houses. He returned to Ogilvy NYC in 1999 to take on the Director of Music role.
Westman’s limitless knowledge of the musical process knows no bounds. And with a pair of the most finely tuned ears in the industry, his hands-on approach has seen him sculpt music for the world’s most recognisable brand campaigns and head into the studio with many of the world’s most talented artists - from Dave Brubeck, Philip Glass, Danny Elfman, Quincy Jones, all the way through to Timbaland and James Murphy.
In Film, Westman teamed up with Dirty Soup Founder Raife Burchell to Music Supervise the spellbinding documentary feature, Bombshell, The Hedy Lamarr Story, directed by Emmy-award winning journalist, Alexandra Dean, produced by Adam Haggiag, and Executive Produced by Susan Sarandon. Karl and Raife teamed up again for To Dust - a dark, brooding tale in which Matthew Broderick tries to help Géza Röhrigg (Son of Saul), a Hasidic cantor in upstate New York, come to terms with the untimely death of his wife.
No matter the form – short or long, existing track placement, or original composition for TV, Film, or Branded content – Westman lives for the process of music-making.
There isn’t enough bandwidth on the World Wide Web to host all of the projects Karl worked on before joining Dirty Soup’s Music Supervision roster, but you can check out a small handful of those projects by hitting play on any of the videos.
If you would like to enquire about working with Karl, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Ian Neil is a multi-award winning music supervisor with a career spanning over 25 years. His depth of knowledge across music research and handling music clearances has seen him supervise over 150 films for many of the world's most respected directors and producers.
Before becoming an independent film music supervisor, Ian took on the role of head of film and TV for Polygram Records and director of independent film, TV and advertising at Warner Chappell Music Ltd, placing the likes of Moby, Groove Armada and The Cardigans in many of the world's most recognisable commercial brand campaigns.
In his first outing in film, he supervised the box-office mega-hit Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. With a double-platinum winning soundtrack at the film's heart, a strong working relationship was instantly forged with Brit-director Guy Ritchie and producer Matthew Vaughn, making Ian the obvious choice to supervise Ritchie and Vaughn's follow up hit, Snatch, starring Brad Pitt. He has since supervised films such as the multi-award-winning Elton John biopic Rocketman; Anton Corbin's Control; Danny Boyle's 127 Hours; Shame & Widows, directed by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen; Kingsman: The Secret Service, starring Colin Firth and Samuel L. Jackson, and Kick-Ass with Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
Part of securing his place in the industry as one of the most respected independent film music supervisors was as Director of Film & TV at Sony Music. During his eleven years at the label, Ian helped many Sony artists gain further success in sync, including Kasabian, Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris, Rag'n'Bone Man, Paloma Faith, The Clash, Primal Scream, Tom Odell & Tom Walker.
As well as serving as exec-producer on the Ian Dury Biopic, Sex & Drugs And Rock & Roll, directed by Matt Whitecross, the upcoming documentary 'Who Killed The KLF?', with long time collaborator Chris Atkins, and 'I Still Breathe', directed by Alfred Bailey, Ian's current supervision projects include Elizabeth, Tetris, The Son, Ipcress Files, Quant, Culprits, and Pistol, directed by Danny Boyle.
Ian is a Board Member of the Sensoria Film and Music Festival and The Teenage Cancer Trust.
If you would like to enquire about working with Ian for Film and TV projects, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Award-winning composer Stephen Rennicks has been crafting inimitable soundtracks for the best of Independent Cinema and Television for over twenty years.
Rennicks' latest projects include Conversations With Friends; the highly anticipated follow up to Normal People. The 12-part TV Drama, directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Leanne Welham and produced by Element Pictures, airs on the BBC and Hulu on May 15th. Good Luck To You, Leo Grande; written by Katy Brand and directed by Sophie Hyde, the sex-positive tale of empowerment and self-discovery stars Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack. And An Cailín Ciuín/The Quiet Girl is adapted from a short story by Claire Keegan and directed by Colm Bairéad. The mesmerising feature tells the story of a neglected girl sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer.
In 2020 Rennicks scored 'Normal People', continuing his working partnership with director Lenny Abrahamson. The 12-part adaptation of Sally Rooney's bestselling novel tells the coming-of-age story of two young people moving from adolescence to young adulthood against the backdrop of Ireland during the global economic recession. It was one of the most-watched shows in 2020 on the BBC and Hulu, with the music on the show receiving outstanding reviews in publications such as Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vice, The NY Times and The Hollywood Reporter.
Prior to Normal People, Rennicks and Abrahamson collaborated on the feature Room, based on Emma Donoghue's bestselling novel of the same name starring Brie Larson (who picked up the Oscar for Best Actress), Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen and William H. Macy, the film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Abrahamson's first Oscar nomination for Best Director. And the breakout cult-hit, Frank, starring Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Domhnall Gleeson - a film with music at its heart saw Rennicks' stand-out songwriting, score and musical direction unanimously praised. Rennicks won the 'Best Technical Achievement in Music' award at the British Independent Film Awards for his incredible work on the film. In addition, the soundtrack was named number three in Mojo's soundtrack albums that year.
Among Rennicks' other credits are Death of a Ladies Man - a feature about a carousing college professor played by Gabriel Byrne, whose life becomes blighted by surreal hallucinations; Maya Zinshtein's, Forever Pure, an extraordinary feature-length documentary on the transfer of two Chechen Muslim soccer players to Israel's Beitar Jerusalem FC; Spanish language film Viva, directed by Paddy Breathnach and set in the crumbling beauty of Havana, is an emotionally-charged drama about a hairdresser who is forced to quit performing at the local drag club by his boxer father; Muse, a psych-thriller about an academic who slips into a world controlled by the ancient spirits of inspiration, the Muses; while Birthmarked, starring Toni Collette, is an off-the-wall comedy about genetics, destiny and – ultimately – family.
If you would like to enquire about working with Stephen, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Award-winning composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Robert Cairns' eclectic body of work ranges from feature films to multi-season episodic television scores, to short, impactful main titles, commercials and brand identities.
Cairns recently won a coveted Annie Award – widely recognised as the Oscars for Animation – for his stand-out score on 'Sonnie's Edge', episode 2 of the Emmy-winning animated Netflix series, Love Death and Robots, which was produced by David Fincher, Tim Miller, Jennifer Miller and Josh Donen.
His many credits include The Forger starring John Travolta and Christopher Plummer, Stephen Soderberg's Magic Mike, Girl In Progress starring Eva Mendes, ABC's Suburgatory and CW's Ringer. He also worked on the Oscar-nominated animated short Gopher Broke, Dayyan Eng's Chinese comedy, Wished, as well as producing the main-titles for Stitchers.
Cairns has also produced and arranged an updated cover of the classic 'Bang Bang (My Baby Shot me Down)' for the Titanfall II cinematic trailer and created a multi-genre mashup of Norman Greenbaum's 'Spirit in the Sky' for the Lawbreakers cinematic trailer.
As well as Cairns' vast body of work being featured across film and TV for the past 20 years, his extensive musical knowledge, skill and collaborative approach has made him a highly-valued creative partner on commercial campaigns for the likes of Audi and Mercedes, as well as video game franchises like Star Wars, Elder Scrolls and Halo.
Robert is working on season two of Love Death and Robots for Netflix.
If you would like to enquire about working with Robert, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Steven Price is an Academy, Emmy, and Bafta Award-winning composer whose individualistic approach to scoring music to film has seen him work on many of the most innovative productions of recent years, from Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity to Edgar Wright's Baby Driver.
Whether it's incorporating original WW2 tanks in his score for Fury, starring Brad Pitt, or his wind instrument-driven score for Tom Harper's The Aeronauts, the music Steven creates seeks to give each story a completely unique voice, the result of a profoundly experimental and collaborative process.
Beginning his career in the late 1990s contributing to productions such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Batman Begins, Price went on to make his scoring debut in 2011 with Joe Cornish's horror comedy Attack The Block.
After winning a Bafta for his score for Sir David Attenborough's The Hunt, Steven went on to score Our Planet for Netflix Originals and the autobiographical documentary David Attenborough – A Life On Our Planet, for which Price won a Primetime Emmy. With performances of Our Planet Live In Concert at historic venues such as The Royal Albert Hall and The Hollywood Bowl, his musical masterpiece continues to sell out arenas across the US and Europe.
Recent projects include: Last Night In Soho, where he again teamed up with Edgar Wright; David Ayer's Suicide Squad; Oscar-nominated Netflix Animation Over The Moon; Michael Grandage's My Policeman, starring Harry Styles; Beast starring Idris Elba; Netflix Original's Heart Of Stone, directed by Tom Harper starring Gal Godot; the live-action animation hybrid Coyote Vs Acme; Los Frikis, the new feature from Peanut Butter Falcon directors Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson; and collaborations with brands including Samsung and Sonos.
Steven's extraordinary music continues to enhance the ideas and images of the world's most respected brands and filmmakers.
If you would like to enquire about working with Steven, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Prior to launching Dirty Soup in 2011, Raife spent 15 years working as a session musician. This dream journey spanned everything from playing the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury to TV appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Later with Jools Holland. It's a deep-rooted industry experience that makes Raife trusted by artists and music management alike.
As a music supervisor, Raife has adeptly placed music from every genre and engaged many of the world's most creative composers in all categories and media. His latest projects include the feature Die, My Love, directed by Lynne Ramsay and starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson; season one of the twelve-part Disney Plus TV series A Thousand Blows, written by Stephen Knight and starring Stephen Graham; and global brand campaigns for the directors, Jonas Lindstroem and Miles Jay.
Raife still writes and performs and is currently engaged in two projects, with album launches set for 2025.
If you would like to enquire about working with Raife, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Steven Price is an Academy, Emmy, and Bafta Award-winning composer whose individualistic approach to scoring music to film has seen him work on many of the most innovative productions of recent years, from Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity to Edgar Wright's Baby Driver.
Whether it's incorporating original WW2 tanks in his score for Fury, starring Brad Pitt, or his wind instrument-driven score for Tom Harper's The Aeronauts, the music Steven creates seeks to give each story a completely unique voice, the result of a profoundly experimental and collaborative process.
Beginning his career in the late 1990s contributing to productions such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Batman Begins, Price went on to make his scoring debut in 2011 with Joe Cornish's horror comedy Attack The Block.
After winning a Bafta for his score for Sir David Attenborough's The Hunt, Steven went on to score Our Planet for Netflix Originals and the autobiographical documentary David Attenborough – A Life On Our Planet, for which Price won a Primetime Emmy. With performances of Our Planet Live In Concert at historic venues such as The Royal Albert Hall and The Hollywood Bowl, his musical masterpiece continues to sell out arenas across the US and Europe.
Recent projects include: Last Night In Soho, where he again teamed up with Edgar Wright; David Ayer's Suicide Squad; Oscar-nominated Netflix Animation Over The Moon; Michael Grandage's My Policeman, starring Harry Styles; Beast starring Idris Elba; Netflix Original's Heart Of Stone, directed by Tom Harper starring Gal Godot; the live-action animation hybrid Coyote Vs Acme; Los Frikis, the new feature from Peanut Butter Falcon directors Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson; and collaborations with brands including Samsung and Sonos.
Steven's extraordinary music continues to enhance the ideas and images of the world's most respected brands and filmmakers.
If you would like to enquire about working with Steven, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Ian Neil is a multi-award winning music supervisor with a career spanning over 25 years. His depth of knowledge across music research and handling music clearances has seen him supervise over 150 films for many of the world's most respected directors and producers.
Before becoming an independent film music supervisor, Ian took on the role of head of film and TV for Polygram Records and director of independent film, TV and advertising at Warner Chappell Music Ltd, placing the likes of Moby, Groove Armada and The Cardigans in many of the world's most recognisable commercial brand campaigns.
In his first outing in film, he supervised the box-office mega-hit Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. With a double-platinum winning soundtrack at the film's heart, a strong working relationship was instantly forged with Brit-director Guy Ritchie and producer Matthew Vaughn, making Ian the obvious choice to supervise Ritchie and Vaughn's follow up hit, Snatch, starring Brad Pitt. He has since supervised films such as the multi-award-winning Elton John biopic Rocketman; Anton Corbin's Control; Danny Boyle's 127 Hours; Shame & Widows, directed by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen; Kingsman: The Secret Service, starring Colin Firth and Samuel L. Jackson, and Kick-Ass with Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
Part of securing his place in the industry as one of the most respected independent film music supervisors was as Director of Film & TV at Sony Music. During his eleven years at the label, Ian helped many Sony artists gain further success in sync, including Kasabian, Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris, Rag'n'Bone Man, Paloma Faith, The Clash, Primal Scream, Tom Odell & Tom Walker.
As well as serving as exec-producer on the Ian Dury Biopic, Sex & Drugs And Rock & Roll, directed by Matt Whitecross, the upcoming documentary 'Who Killed The KLF?', with long time collaborator Chris Atkins, and 'I Still Breathe', directed by Alfred Bailey, Ian's current supervision projects include Elizabeth, Tetris, The Son, Ipcress Files, Quant, Culprits, and Pistol, directed by Danny Boyle.
Ian is a Board Member of the Sensoria Film and Music Festival and The Teenage Cancer Trust.
If you would like to enquire about working with Ian for Film and TV projects, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Ian Neil is a multi-award winning music supervisor with a career spanning over 25 years. His depth of knowledge across music research and handling music clearances has seen him supervise over 150 films for many of the world's most respected directors and producers.
Before becoming an independent film music supervisor, Ian took on the role of head of film and TV for Polygram Records and director of independent film, TV and advertising at Warner Chappell Music Ltd, placing the likes of Moby, Groove Armada and The Cardigans in many of the world's most recognisable commercial brand campaigns.
In his first outing in film, he supervised the box-office mega-hit Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. With a double-platinum winning soundtrack at the film's heart, a strong working relationship was instantly forged with Brit-director Guy Ritchie and producer Matthew Vaughn, making Ian the obvious choice to supervise Ritchie and Vaughn's follow up hit, Snatch, starring Brad Pitt. He has since supervised films such as the multi-award-winning Elton John biopic Rocketman; Anton Corbin's Control; Danny Boyle's 127 Hours; Shame & Widows, directed by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen; Kingsman: The Secret Service, starring Colin Firth and Samuel L. Jackson, and Kick-Ass with Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
Part of securing his place in the industry as one of the most respected independent film music supervisors was as Director of Film & TV at Sony Music. During his eleven years at the label, Ian helped many Sony artists gain further success in sync, including Kasabian, Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris, Rag'n'Bone Man, Paloma Faith, The Clash, Primal Scream, Tom Odell & Tom Walker.
As well as serving as exec-producer on the Ian Dury Biopic, Sex & Drugs And Rock & Roll, directed by Matt Whitecross, the upcoming documentary 'Who Killed The KLF?', with long time collaborator Chris Atkins, and 'I Still Breathe', directed by Alfred Bailey, Ian's current supervision projects include Elizabeth, Tetris, The Son, Ipcress Files, Quant, Culprits, and Pistol, directed by Danny Boyle.
Ian is a Board Member of the Sensoria Film and Music Festival and The Teenage Cancer Trust.
If you would like to enquire about working with Ian for Film and TV projects, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Alex Brady-Epton is a composer, record producer, mixer and DJ.
After gaining critical acclaim for his production work with the band Spank Rock, Epton went on to forge a creative bond with the internationally revered label XL Records. A unique relationship that has seen Alex collaborate with acclaimed artists, such as FKA Twigs, Arca, Kali Uchis, Wiki, Amber Mark, Skepta, Aj Tracey, David Byrne and Jack Penate.
In addition to his eclectic production work, Epton has brought his unique musical voice to global commercial brand campaigns and short film projects, including the spellbinding GANG, directed by Clayton Vomero. Juvenile, directed by Jovan Todorovic, and After Maria - the hard-hitting Netflix Documentary-Short that chronicled the harrowing aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
Highly sought-after by artists in a variety of genres, NYC based Epton has produced remixes for The Kills, Kele Okereke, Björk, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Thom Yorke, TV on the Radio, Lily Allen, Kool Keith, Kylie Minogue, Beach Fossils, Neon Indian and others.
If you would like to enquire about working with Alex, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Aska Matsumiya is a classically-trained pianist, artist, and composer.
Matsumiya's career in scoring music for film kicked off when Spike Jonze asked to use her music as the theme song for his short film; I'm Here. The soundtrack went on to pick up the award for Best Original Music at the AICP Awards, and Aska has never looked back.
Recent projects include Halle Berry's directorial debut Netflix feature, Bruised - A24's After Yang, starring Colin Farrell and Jodie Turner-Smith, where she partnered with legendary Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. Phoenix Rising, directed by Oscar-nominated Amy Berg, is a 2-part documentary for HBO Max that follows Evan Rachel Wood's journey to pursue justice following domestic abuse. And directed by Steve Buscemi and starring Tessa Thompson, The Listener tells the harrowing story of a helpline volunteer fielding calls from broken people on the edges of society.
The past years have seen Matsumiya work on back-to-back projects, including the 2020 HBO series Betty with long-time collaborator Crystal Moselle, a series based on the Sundance breakout film, Skate Kitchen. Matsumiya and Moselle previously collaborated on Moselle's award-winning documentary, The Wolfpack, with Aska's haunting score garnering high praise across the industry. She also composed the sublime electronically-driven score for the life-affirming Japanese feature, 37 Seconds, which won the coveted Panorama Audience award at the Berlin Film Festival. Selah & The Spades, directed by Tayarisha Poe; I'm Your Woman, directed by Julia Hart, written and produced by Jordan Horowitz (La La Land); and This Is Personal, which saw Aska once again collaborate with Amy Berg.
Having picked up Gold for Best Original Music at the Ciclope Creative Festival for Daniel Askill's Audi Electric Wave film, Matsumiya is also in high demand in the commercial space. You can hear her compositions on campaigns for Porsche, Levi, Chanel, Hermes, Miu Miu, and Prada.
Outside of scoring music to film, Aska and Alex Somers (Jónsi/Sigur Rós) teamed up to create the musical soundscapes for 'If Only the Sea Could Sleep', an exhibition of painter Claire Tabouret's work at HAB Galerie in Nantes, France. Aska and Alex's pieces included field recordings of boats creaking and chimes swinging in the wind - the feeling of being in the middle of the ocean. Their soundscapes were played throughout the event space's 24-channel-surround-sound speaker system, separating each element of the compositions to intertwine and flow effortlessly alongside Tabouret's mesmerising paintings.
If you would like to enquire about working with Aska, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Steven Price is an Academy, Emmy, and Bafta Award-winning composer whose individualistic approach to scoring music to film has seen him work on many of the most innovative productions of recent years, from Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity to Edgar Wright's Baby Driver.
Whether it's incorporating original WW2 tanks in his score for Fury, starring Brad Pitt, or his wind instrument-driven score for Tom Harper's The Aeronauts, the music Steven creates seeks to give each story a completely unique voice, the result of a profoundly experimental and collaborative process.
Beginning his career in the late 1990s contributing to productions such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Batman Begins, Price went on to make his scoring debut in 2011 with Joe Cornish's horror comedy Attack The Block.
After winning a Bafta for his score for Sir David Attenborough's The Hunt, Steven went on to score Our Planet for Netflix Originals and the autobiographical documentary David Attenborough – A Life On Our Planet, for which Price won a Primetime Emmy. With performances of Our Planet Live In Concert at historic venues such as The Royal Albert Hall and The Hollywood Bowl, his musical masterpiece continues to sell out arenas across the US and Europe.
Recent projects include: Last Night In Soho, where he again teamed up with Edgar Wright; David Ayer's Suicide Squad; Oscar-nominated Netflix Animation Over The Moon; Michael Grandage's My Policeman, starring Harry Styles; Beast starring Idris Elba; Netflix Original's Heart Of Stone, directed by Tom Harper starring Gal Godot; the live-action animation hybrid Coyote Vs Acme; Los Frikis, the new feature from Peanut Butter Falcon directors Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson; and collaborations with brands including Samsung and Sonos.
Steven's extraordinary music continues to enhance the ideas and images of the world's most respected brands and filmmakers.
If you would like to enquire about working with Steven, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Christopher Nicholas Bangs is a London based composer and record producer.
Bangs kicked off his compositional career in 2011, gaining high praise for his score for the multi-award winning feature 'Junkhearts', directed by BAFTA award-winning director Tinge Krishnan and starring Eddie Marsan, Romola Garai and John Boyega.
Most recently, you will have heard his electronically driven score for the Apple TV+ show 'WeCrashed'. Starring Academy Award Winning Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway, the show chronicles the turbulent rise and fall of the co-working space company WeWork.
Other projects include the award-winning Netflix feature-length hit TV musical, 'Been So Long', staring Michaela Cole and Arinze Kene; the feature-length documentary 'Battle of The Sexes', which tells the story of the legendary tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs; and the award-winning, 'Soon Gone - A Windrush Chronicle’, for the BBC and Young Vic. Bangs also composed the claustrophobic score for 'Panic'. Directed by Sean Spenser, the feature-length thriller starring David Gyasi (Interstellar/Cloud Atlas) follows a journalist suffering from PTSD confined to his apartment after witnessing a murder in a neighbouring tower block. He then shifted musical gears on the feature-length road-trip comedy, 'Highly Functional’. Directed by Marc Forby, the film tells the story of a washed-up country singer. As well as composing the score, Christopher also co-wrote and produced the original Country songs which appear throughout the film.
Along with producing records under the monikers of Shadow Orchestra and Talk In Colour, Bangs has dedicated much of his time in this area of his career to collaborating with a plethora of young and up and coming artists, including Livvy Nicole, Scarlet (Hedera), Kerri Watt, Me For Queen and Jessica Sharman.
If you want to enquire about working with Christopher, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Prior to launching Dirty Soup in 2011, Raife spent 15 years working as a session musician. This dream journey spanned everything from playing the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury to TV appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Later with Jools Holland. It's a deep-rooted industry experience that makes Raife trusted by artists and music management alike.
As a music supervisor, Raife has adeptly placed music from every genre and engaged many of the world's most creative composers in all categories and media. His latest projects include the feature Die, My Love, directed by Lynne Ramsay and starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson; season one of the twelve-part Disney Plus TV series A Thousand Blows, written by Stephen Knight and starring Stephen Graham; and global brand campaigns for the directors, Jonas Lindstroem and Miles Jay.
Raife still writes and performs and is currently engaged in two projects, with album launches set for 2025.
If you would like to enquire about working with Raife, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Aska Matsumiya is a classically-trained pianist, artist, and composer.
Matsumiya's career in scoring music for film kicked off when Spike Jonze asked to use her music as the theme song for his short film; I'm Here. The soundtrack went on to pick up the award for Best Original Music at the AICP Awards, and Aska has never looked back.
Recent projects include Halle Berry's directorial debut Netflix feature, Bruised - A24's After Yang, starring Colin Farrell and Jodie Turner-Smith, where she partnered with legendary Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. Phoenix Rising, directed by Oscar-nominated Amy Berg, is a 2-part documentary for HBO Max that follows Evan Rachel Wood's journey to pursue justice following domestic abuse. And directed by Steve Buscemi and starring Tessa Thompson, The Listener tells the harrowing story of a helpline volunteer fielding calls from broken people on the edges of society.
The past years have seen Matsumiya work on back-to-back projects, including the 2020 HBO series Betty with long-time collaborator Crystal Moselle, a series based on the Sundance breakout film, Skate Kitchen. Matsumiya and Moselle previously collaborated on Moselle's award-winning documentary, The Wolfpack, with Aska's haunting score garnering high praise across the industry. She also composed the sublime electronically-driven score for the life-affirming Japanese feature, 37 Seconds, which won the coveted Panorama Audience award at the Berlin Film Festival. Selah & The Spades, directed by Tayarisha Poe; I'm Your Woman, directed by Julia Hart, written and produced by Jordan Horowitz (La La Land); and This Is Personal, which saw Aska once again collaborate with Amy Berg.
Having picked up Gold for Best Original Music at the Ciclope Creative Festival for Daniel Askill's Audi Electric Wave film, Matsumiya is also in high demand in the commercial space. You can hear her compositions on campaigns for Porsche, Levi, Chanel, Hermes, Miu Miu, and Prada.
Outside of scoring music to film, Aska and Alex Somers (Jónsi/Sigur Rós) teamed up to create the musical soundscapes for 'If Only the Sea Could Sleep', an exhibition of painter Claire Tabouret's work at HAB Galerie in Nantes, France. Aska and Alex's pieces included field recordings of boats creaking and chimes swinging in the wind - the feeling of being in the middle of the ocean. Their soundscapes were played throughout the event space's 24-channel-surround-sound speaker system, separating each element of the compositions to intertwine and flow effortlessly alongside Tabouret's mesmerising paintings.
If you would like to enquire about working with Aska, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Christopher Nicholas Bangs is a London based composer and record producer.
Bangs kicked off his compositional career in 2011, gaining high praise for his score for the multi-award winning feature 'Junkhearts', directed by BAFTA award-winning director Tinge Krishnan and starring Eddie Marsan, Romola Garai and John Boyega.
Most recently, you will have heard his electronically driven score for the Apple TV+ show 'WeCrashed'. Starring Academy Award Winning Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway, the show chronicles the turbulent rise and fall of the co-working space company WeWork.
Other projects include the award-winning Netflix feature-length hit TV musical, 'Been So Long', staring Michaela Cole and Arinze Kene; the feature-length documentary 'Battle of The Sexes', which tells the story of the legendary tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs; and the award-winning, 'Soon Gone - A Windrush Chronicle’, for the BBC and Young Vic. Bangs also composed the claustrophobic score for 'Panic'. Directed by Sean Spenser, the feature-length thriller starring David Gyasi (Interstellar/Cloud Atlas) follows a journalist suffering from PTSD confined to his apartment after witnessing a murder in a neighbouring tower block. He then shifted musical gears on the feature-length road-trip comedy, 'Highly Functional’. Directed by Marc Forby, the film tells the story of a washed-up country singer. As well as composing the score, Christopher also co-wrote and produced the original Country songs which appear throughout the film.
Along with producing records under the monikers of Shadow Orchestra and Talk In Colour, Bangs has dedicated much of his time in this area of his career to collaborating with a plethora of young and up and coming artists, including Livvy Nicole, Scarlet (Hedera), Kerri Watt, Me For Queen and Jessica Sharman.
If you want to enquire about working with Christopher, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Alex Brady-Epton is a composer, record producer, mixer and DJ.
After gaining critical acclaim for his production work with the band Spank Rock, Epton went on to forge a creative bond with the internationally revered label XL Records. A unique relationship that has seen Alex collaborate with acclaimed artists, such as FKA Twigs, Arca, Kali Uchis, Wiki, Amber Mark, Skepta, Aj Tracey, David Byrne and Jack Penate.
In addition to his eclectic production work, Epton has brought his unique musical voice to global commercial brand campaigns and short film projects, including the spellbinding GANG, directed by Clayton Vomero. Juvenile, directed by Jovan Todorovic, and After Maria - the hard-hitting Netflix Documentary-Short that chronicled the harrowing aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
Highly sought-after by artists in a variety of genres, NYC based Epton has produced remixes for The Kills, Kele Okereke, Björk, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Thom Yorke, TV on the Radio, Lily Allen, Kool Keith, Kylie Minogue, Beach Fossils, Neon Indian and others.
If you would like to enquire about working with Alex, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Aska Matsumiya is a classically-trained pianist, artist, and composer.
Matsumiya's career in scoring music for film kicked off when Spike Jonze asked to use her music as the theme song for his short film; I'm Here. The soundtrack went on to pick up the award for Best Original Music at the AICP Awards, and Aska has never looked back.
Recent projects include Halle Berry's directorial debut Netflix feature, Bruised - A24's After Yang, starring Colin Farrell and Jodie Turner-Smith, where she partnered with legendary Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. Phoenix Rising, directed by Oscar-nominated Amy Berg, is a 2-part documentary for HBO Max that follows Evan Rachel Wood's journey to pursue justice following domestic abuse. And directed by Steve Buscemi and starring Tessa Thompson, The Listener tells the harrowing story of a helpline volunteer fielding calls from broken people on the edges of society.
The past years have seen Matsumiya work on back-to-back projects, including the 2020 HBO series Betty with long-time collaborator Crystal Moselle, a series based on the Sundance breakout film, Skate Kitchen. Matsumiya and Moselle previously collaborated on Moselle's award-winning documentary, The Wolfpack, with Aska's haunting score garnering high praise across the industry. She also composed the sublime electronically-driven score for the life-affirming Japanese feature, 37 Seconds, which won the coveted Panorama Audience award at the Berlin Film Festival. Selah & The Spades, directed by Tayarisha Poe; I'm Your Woman, directed by Julia Hart, written and produced by Jordan Horowitz (La La Land); and This Is Personal, which saw Aska once again collaborate with Amy Berg.
Having picked up Gold for Best Original Music at the Ciclope Creative Festival for Daniel Askill's Audi Electric Wave film, Matsumiya is also in high demand in the commercial space. You can hear her compositions on campaigns for Porsche, Levi, Chanel, Hermes, Miu Miu, and Prada.
Outside of scoring music to film, Aska and Alex Somers (Jónsi/Sigur Rós) teamed up to create the musical soundscapes for 'If Only the Sea Could Sleep', an exhibition of painter Claire Tabouret's work at HAB Galerie in Nantes, France. Aska and Alex's pieces included field recordings of boats creaking and chimes swinging in the wind - the feeling of being in the middle of the ocean. Their soundscapes were played throughout the event space's 24-channel-surround-sound speaker system, separating each element of the compositions to intertwine and flow effortlessly alongside Tabouret's mesmerising paintings.
If you would like to enquire about working with Aska, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Berlin and LA-based composer team Matthias Biermann and Sebastian Pille met in 2013 and immediately realised they had a unique creative connection.
Before relocating from his native Netherlands to Berlin, Matthias Biermann studied jazz guitar at the Amsterdam Conservatory. After carefully honing his composition, writing and production skills, he fast became a staple of the German music scene. As well as being in high demand as a composer, he continues to be a key part of the band Roosevelt, playing worldwide concerts, festivals and TV shows.
Sebastian Pille grew up in Northern Germany first hammering out a tune on his family’s piano at the age of five. After realising very early on that he wanted to dedicate his life to becoming a composer, he went on to study music for film at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts, where he was taught by, among others, the legendary film composer, Ennio Morricone. Following Pille’s contribution to the score for Labyrinth of Lies, which landed on the Oscar shortlist, he decided to relocate to Los Angeles where he continues to live and work.
Since joining forces, Biermann and Pille’s fledgeling partnership has seen them score global commercial campaigns for brands such as Mercedes Benz, Coca-Cola, Volkswagen, Facebook, Samsung and Mini.
If you would like to enquire about working with Matthias and Sebastian, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Alex Brady-Epton is a composer, record producer, mixer and DJ.
After gaining critical acclaim for his production work with the band Spank Rock, Epton went on to forge a creative bond with the internationally revered label XL Records. A unique relationship that has seen Alex collaborate with acclaimed artists, such as FKA Twigs, Arca, Kali Uchis, Wiki, Amber Mark, Skepta, Aj Tracey, David Byrne and Jack Penate.
In addition to his eclectic production work, Epton has brought his unique musical voice to global commercial brand campaigns and short film projects, including the spellbinding GANG, directed by Clayton Vomero. Juvenile, directed by Jovan Todorovic, and After Maria - the hard-hitting Netflix Documentary-Short that chronicled the harrowing aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
Highly sought-after by artists in a variety of genres, NYC based Epton has produced remixes for The Kills, Kele Okereke, Björk, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Thom Yorke, TV on the Radio, Lily Allen, Kool Keith, Kylie Minogue, Beach Fossils, Neon Indian and others.
If you would like to enquire about working with Alex, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Ian Neil is a multi-award winning music supervisor with a career spanning over 25 years. His depth of knowledge across music research and handling music clearances has seen him supervise over 150 films for many of the world's most respected directors and producers.
Before becoming an independent film music supervisor, Ian took on the role of head of film and TV for Polygram Records and director of independent film, TV and advertising at Warner Chappell Music Ltd, placing the likes of Moby, Groove Armada and The Cardigans in many of the world's most recognisable commercial brand campaigns.
In his first outing in film, he supervised the box-office mega-hit Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. With a double-platinum winning soundtrack at the film's heart, a strong working relationship was instantly forged with Brit-director Guy Ritchie and producer Matthew Vaughn, making Ian the obvious choice to supervise Ritchie and Vaughn's follow up hit, Snatch, starring Brad Pitt. He has since supervised films such as the multi-award-winning Elton John biopic Rocketman; Anton Corbin's Control; Danny Boyle's 127 Hours; Shame & Widows, directed by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen; Kingsman: The Secret Service, starring Colin Firth and Samuel L. Jackson, and Kick-Ass with Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
Part of securing his place in the industry as one of the most respected independent film music supervisors was as Director of Film & TV at Sony Music. During his eleven years at the label, Ian helped many Sony artists gain further success in sync, including Kasabian, Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris, Rag'n'Bone Man, Paloma Faith, The Clash, Primal Scream, Tom Odell & Tom Walker.
As well as serving as exec-producer on the Ian Dury Biopic, Sex & Drugs And Rock & Roll, directed by Matt Whitecross, the upcoming documentary 'Who Killed The KLF?', with long time collaborator Chris Atkins, and 'I Still Breathe', directed by Alfred Bailey, Ian's current supervision projects include Elizabeth, Tetris, The Son, Ipcress Files, Quant, Culprits, and Pistol, directed by Danny Boyle.
Ian is a Board Member of the Sensoria Film and Music Festival and The Teenage Cancer Trust.
If you would like to enquire about working with Ian for Film and TV projects, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Award-winning composer Stephen Rennicks has been crafting inimitable soundtracks for the best of Independent Cinema and Television for over twenty years.
Rennicks' latest projects include Conversations With Friends; the highly anticipated follow up to Normal People. The 12-part TV Drama, directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Leanne Welham and produced by Element Pictures, airs on the BBC and Hulu on May 15th. Good Luck To You, Leo Grande; written by Katy Brand and directed by Sophie Hyde, the sex-positive tale of empowerment and self-discovery stars Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack. And An Cailín Ciuín/The Quiet Girl is adapted from a short story by Claire Keegan and directed by Colm Bairéad. The mesmerising feature tells the story of a neglected girl sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer.
In 2020 Rennicks scored 'Normal People', continuing his working partnership with director Lenny Abrahamson. The 12-part adaptation of Sally Rooney's bestselling novel tells the coming-of-age story of two young people moving from adolescence to young adulthood against the backdrop of Ireland during the global economic recession. It was one of the most-watched shows in 2020 on the BBC and Hulu, with the music on the show receiving outstanding reviews in publications such as Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vice, The NY Times and The Hollywood Reporter.
Prior to Normal People, Rennicks and Abrahamson collaborated on the feature Room, based on Emma Donoghue's bestselling novel of the same name starring Brie Larson (who picked up the Oscar for Best Actress), Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen and William H. Macy, the film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Abrahamson's first Oscar nomination for Best Director. And the breakout cult-hit, Frank, starring Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Domhnall Gleeson - a film with music at its heart saw Rennicks' stand-out songwriting, score and musical direction unanimously praised. Rennicks won the 'Best Technical Achievement in Music' award at the British Independent Film Awards for his incredible work on the film. In addition, the soundtrack was named number three in Mojo's soundtrack albums that year.
Among Rennicks' other credits are Death of a Ladies Man - a feature about a carousing college professor played by Gabriel Byrne, whose life becomes blighted by surreal hallucinations; Maya Zinshtein's, Forever Pure, an extraordinary feature-length documentary on the transfer of two Chechen Muslim soccer players to Israel's Beitar Jerusalem FC; Spanish language film Viva, directed by Paddy Breathnach and set in the crumbling beauty of Havana, is an emotionally-charged drama about a hairdresser who is forced to quit performing at the local drag club by his boxer father; Muse, a psych-thriller about an academic who slips into a world controlled by the ancient spirits of inspiration, the Muses; while Birthmarked, starring Toni Collette, is an off-the-wall comedy about genetics, destiny and – ultimately – family.
If you would like to enquire about working with Stephen, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Aska Matsumiya is a classically-trained pianist, artist, and composer.
Matsumiya's career in scoring music for film kicked off when Spike Jonze asked to use her music as the theme song for his short film; I'm Here. The soundtrack went on to pick up the award for Best Original Music at the AICP Awards, and Aska has never looked back.
Recent projects include Halle Berry's directorial debut Netflix feature, Bruised - A24's After Yang, starring Colin Farrell and Jodie Turner-Smith, where she partnered with legendary Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. Phoenix Rising, directed by Oscar-nominated Amy Berg, is a 2-part documentary for HBO Max that follows Evan Rachel Wood's journey to pursue justice following domestic abuse. And directed by Steve Buscemi and starring Tessa Thompson, The Listener tells the harrowing story of a helpline volunteer fielding calls from broken people on the edges of society.
The past years have seen Matsumiya work on back-to-back projects, including the 2020 HBO series Betty with long-time collaborator Crystal Moselle, a series based on the Sundance breakout film, Skate Kitchen. Matsumiya and Moselle previously collaborated on Moselle's award-winning documentary, The Wolfpack, with Aska's haunting score garnering high praise across the industry. She also composed the sublime electronically-driven score for the life-affirming Japanese feature, 37 Seconds, which won the coveted Panorama Audience award at the Berlin Film Festival. Selah & The Spades, directed by Tayarisha Poe; I'm Your Woman, directed by Julia Hart, written and produced by Jordan Horowitz (La La Land); and This Is Personal, which saw Aska once again collaborate with Amy Berg.
Having picked up Gold for Best Original Music at the Ciclope Creative Festival for Daniel Askill's Audi Electric Wave film, Matsumiya is also in high demand in the commercial space. You can hear her compositions on campaigns for Porsche, Levi, Chanel, Hermes, Miu Miu, and Prada.
Outside of scoring music to film, Aska and Alex Somers (Jónsi/Sigur Rós) teamed up to create the musical soundscapes for 'If Only the Sea Could Sleep', an exhibition of painter Claire Tabouret's work at HAB Galerie in Nantes, France. Aska and Alex's pieces included field recordings of boats creaking and chimes swinging in the wind - the feeling of being in the middle of the ocean. Their soundscapes were played throughout the event space's 24-channel-surround-sound speaker system, separating each element of the compositions to intertwine and flow effortlessly alongside Tabouret's mesmerising paintings.
If you would like to enquire about working with Aska, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Brian’s career kicked off in style when, at age 16, he with his classmate Damien Rice started playing music together in school. This led to them forming the indie band Juniper and then later Bell X1, with whom Brian went on to record four albums and extensively tour the world.
Brian then set about creating The Cake Sale – a project set up to raise funds for the international charity Oxfam. The all-star-line-up featured Snowpatrol’s Gary Lightbody, The Cardigans Nina Persson, The Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon, Lisa Hannigan, Glen Hansard, and Paul Noonan from Bell X1. The record was released in Europe and America to huge critical acclaim, became a multi-platinum selling hit, and still generates royalties for Oxfam.
Not being able to ignore his lifelong calling to score music to picture, Brian up’d sticks and moved to Berlin, where he converted a 3500sq ft factory in the heart of Kreuzberg into a modular recording studio complex. The studio became home to a head-spinning stable of composers including Hildur Guõnadóttir, Dustin O’Halloran, Rutger Hoedemaekers and the late, great Jóhann Jóhannsson - with whom Brian collaborated with on various TV and Film projects including Transparent, The Mercy, Mary Magdalene & I Love Dick.
After eight busy years in Berlin, Brian decided to return to his roots in his native Ireland. Inspired by the vast wooded landscape of County Wicklow, he designed and built ‘Treehouse Studios’, a stunning log cabin recording studio at the foot of Carrick Mountain.
In the spring of 2021, while most of the world was still in lockdown, Brian recorded his debut solo album Imbrium. The Sunday Times described the record as “nine unadorned piano instrumentals capture the stillness of life suspended, each piece as delicate and moving as it is restrained. The result is a quietly meditative work perfectly in tune with our present lives”.
In addition to composing music for Film and TV, the worlds most revered advertising agencies continue to engage Brian’s talents to help them soundtrack global brand campaigns for clients such as Samsung, Google, Under Armour, Dodge, Toyota, Wolf Blass, Volkswagen, Ferrero Küsschen, Uniqlo & Pfizer.
Brian is also a director of the Irish Music Rights Organisation and is Chair of the Screen Composers Guild of Ireland.
If you would like to enquire about working with Brian, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Born in Mexico, schooled in Barcelona and London, Javier Quesada has fast become one of the most sought after sound designers working in the industry. Since graduating from SAE Barcelona and London with a Masters Degree in Audio Engineering and Postproduction Sound, Quesada quickly started working on back to back projects, before going on to participate in creating the incredible sound design for Alfonso Cuarón’s multi-award winning feature, Roma. Javier picked up a Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing for his work on the movie. Javier is a member of the MPSE.
If you would like to enquire about working with Javier, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Award-winning composer Stephen Rennicks has been crafting inimitable soundtracks for the best of Independent Cinema and Television for over twenty years.
Rennicks' latest projects include Conversations With Friends; the highly anticipated follow up to Normal People. The 12-part TV Drama, directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Leanne Welham and produced by Element Pictures, airs on the BBC and Hulu on May 15th. Good Luck To You, Leo Grande; written by Katy Brand and directed by Sophie Hyde, the sex-positive tale of empowerment and self-discovery stars Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack. And An Cailín Ciuín/The Quiet Girl is adapted from a short story by Claire Keegan and directed by Colm Bairéad. The mesmerising feature tells the story of a neglected girl sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer.
In 2020 Rennicks scored 'Normal People', continuing his working partnership with director Lenny Abrahamson. The 12-part adaptation of Sally Rooney's bestselling novel tells the coming-of-age story of two young people moving from adolescence to young adulthood against the backdrop of Ireland during the global economic recession. It was one of the most-watched shows in 2020 on the BBC and Hulu, with the music on the show receiving outstanding reviews in publications such as Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vice, The NY Times and The Hollywood Reporter.
Prior to Normal People, Rennicks and Abrahamson collaborated on the feature Room, based on Emma Donoghue's bestselling novel of the same name starring Brie Larson (who picked up the Oscar for Best Actress), Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen and William H. Macy, the film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Abrahamson's first Oscar nomination for Best Director. And the breakout cult-hit, Frank, starring Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Domhnall Gleeson - a film with music at its heart saw Rennicks' stand-out songwriting, score and musical direction unanimously praised. Rennicks won the 'Best Technical Achievement in Music' award at the British Independent Film Awards for his incredible work on the film. In addition, the soundtrack was named number three in Mojo's soundtrack albums that year.
Among Rennicks' other credits are Death of a Ladies Man - a feature about a carousing college professor played by Gabriel Byrne, whose life becomes blighted by surreal hallucinations; Maya Zinshtein's, Forever Pure, an extraordinary feature-length documentary on the transfer of two Chechen Muslim soccer players to Israel's Beitar Jerusalem FC; Spanish language film Viva, directed by Paddy Breathnach and set in the crumbling beauty of Havana, is an emotionally-charged drama about a hairdresser who is forced to quit performing at the local drag club by his boxer father; Muse, a psych-thriller about an academic who slips into a world controlled by the ancient spirits of inspiration, the Muses; while Birthmarked, starring Toni Collette, is an off-the-wall comedy about genetics, destiny and – ultimately – family.
If you would like to enquire about working with Stephen, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Aska Matsumiya is a classically-trained pianist, artist, and composer.
Matsumiya's career in scoring music for film kicked off when Spike Jonze asked to use her music as the theme song for his short film; I'm Here. The soundtrack went on to pick up the award for Best Original Music at the AICP Awards, and Aska has never looked back.
Recent projects include Halle Berry's directorial debut Netflix feature, Bruised - A24's After Yang, starring Colin Farrell and Jodie Turner-Smith, where she partnered with legendary Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. Phoenix Rising, directed by Oscar-nominated Amy Berg, is a 2-part documentary for HBO Max that follows Evan Rachel Wood's journey to pursue justice following domestic abuse. And directed by Steve Buscemi and starring Tessa Thompson, The Listener tells the harrowing story of a helpline volunteer fielding calls from broken people on the edges of society.
The past years have seen Matsumiya work on back-to-back projects, including the 2020 HBO series Betty with long-time collaborator Crystal Moselle, a series based on the Sundance breakout film, Skate Kitchen. Matsumiya and Moselle previously collaborated on Moselle's award-winning documentary, The Wolfpack, with Aska's haunting score garnering high praise across the industry. She also composed the sublime electronically-driven score for the life-affirming Japanese feature, 37 Seconds, which won the coveted Panorama Audience award at the Berlin Film Festival. Selah & The Spades, directed by Tayarisha Poe; I'm Your Woman, directed by Julia Hart, written and produced by Jordan Horowitz (La La Land); and This Is Personal, which saw Aska once again collaborate with Amy Berg.
Having picked up Gold for Best Original Music at the Ciclope Creative Festival for Daniel Askill's Audi Electric Wave film, Matsumiya is also in high demand in the commercial space. You can hear her compositions on campaigns for Porsche, Levi, Chanel, Hermes, Miu Miu, and Prada.
Outside of scoring music to film, Aska and Alex Somers (Jónsi/Sigur Rós) teamed up to create the musical soundscapes for 'If Only the Sea Could Sleep', an exhibition of painter Claire Tabouret's work at HAB Galerie in Nantes, France. Aska and Alex's pieces included field recordings of boats creaking and chimes swinging in the wind - the feeling of being in the middle of the ocean. Their soundscapes were played throughout the event space's 24-channel-surround-sound speaker system, separating each element of the compositions to intertwine and flow effortlessly alongside Tabouret's mesmerising paintings.
If you would like to enquire about working with Aska, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Since joining Dirty Soup's music supervision department in 2018, Ella has worked alongside Raife, assisting him in crafting creative approaches on countless global advertising campaigns for brands such as Porsche, Mercedes, Mini and Audi. Zwietnig also Music Supervised the German feature film, Fuck Fame, directed by Lilian Frank and Robert Cibis, and worked as a music consultant on the German TV show, Das Wichtigste Im Leben, directed by Till Franzen.
Ella has dedicated her life to the music industry - studying classical music, appearing as a panellist at Right the Right, a festival focused on music copyright and the accessibility of music and art. She also participated in the Redbull Music Academy - where students study under the likes of Tony Visconti, Björk, Bootsy Collins, Nile Rogers, and ASAP Rocky. And before his untimely death, Ella was working closely with Johan Johansson at his recording studio in the heart of Berlin. She is also very active in the DIY music scene - DJing at clubs across Austria and Germany, and writing, producing and performing live under the moniker, UMA at many of Europes' most revered music festivals including Field Day and Sonar Festival.
Supporting new music is extremely important to everyone at Dirty Soup, and Ella leads the charge for us - curating our monthly new music update, "Dirty Soup Recommends". She's continuously digging deep down and dirty to unearth the latest releases. With almost every song ever recorded now available to stream, it's all too easy to simply look back. As a passionate champion of new music, Ella is playing her part in helping to create a viable future for the musicians of tomorrow.
If you would like to enquire about working with Ella, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Berlin and LA-based composer team Matthias Biermann and Sebastian Pille met in 2013 and immediately realised they had a unique creative connection.
Before relocating from his native Netherlands to Berlin, Matthias Biermann studied jazz guitar at the Amsterdam Conservatory. After carefully honing his composition, writing and production skills, he fast became a staple of the German music scene. As well as being in high demand as a composer, he continues to be a key part of the band Roosevelt, playing worldwide concerts, festivals and TV shows.
Sebastian Pille grew up in Northern Germany first hammering out a tune on his family’s piano at the age of five. After realising very early on that he wanted to dedicate his life to becoming a composer, he went on to study music for film at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts, where he was taught by, among others, the legendary film composer, Ennio Morricone. Following Pille’s contribution to the score for Labyrinth of Lies, which landed on the Oscar shortlist, he decided to relocate to Los Angeles where he continues to live and work.
Since joining forces, Biermann and Pille’s fledgeling partnership has seen them score global commercial campaigns for brands such as Mercedes Benz, Coca-Cola, Volkswagen, Facebook, Samsung and Mini.
If you would like to enquire about working with Matthias and Sebastian, email contact@dirtysoup.com
With a 20-year-spanning career encompassing artist management and overseeing countless album releases from inception to completion, Juliet Martin's deep-rooted knowledge of the music industry has seen her work closely with many of Ireland's most respected music artists and composers.
In 2020, Juliet joined forces with the US-based music supervisor, Maggie Phillips, to co-create the spellbinding musical backdrop for the Emmy, Golden Globe and Bafta Nominated TV series 'Normal People'. A show that's music was so talked about; the BBC commissioned a special Original Sound Track for its BBC Sounds platform.
Juliet's current projects include Conversations With Friends; the highly anticipated follow up to Normal People. The 12-part TV Drama, directed by Oscar-Nominated Lenny Abrahamson and Leanne Welham, and produced by Element Pictures, airs on the BBC and Hulu on May 15th. And God's Creatures starring Emily Watson and Paul Mescal. Directed by Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer, produced by Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly in association with A24 and BBC Films, the psychological drama has already been selected for the prestigious directors fortnight strand at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
Other TV and Film Music Supervision work include Rosie, Conor McGregor: Notorious, Ballywalter, The South Westeries, Christmas Waltz, The Bright Side, The Drummer and the Keeper, and the IFTA winning A Date For Mad Mary.
Juliet is a Music Publishing Director on the board of The Irish Music Rights Organisation.
If you would like to enquire about working with Juliet for Branded and Commercial projects, email us at contact@dirtysoup.com
Award-winning composer Stephen Rennicks has been crafting inimitable soundtracks for the best of Independent Cinema and Television for over twenty years.
Rennicks' latest projects include Conversations With Friends; the highly anticipated follow up to Normal People. The 12-part TV Drama, directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Leanne Welham and produced by Element Pictures, airs on the BBC and Hulu on May 15th. Good Luck To You, Leo Grande; written by Katy Brand and directed by Sophie Hyde, the sex-positive tale of empowerment and self-discovery stars Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack. And An Cailín Ciuín/The Quiet Girl is adapted from a short story by Claire Keegan and directed by Colm Bairéad. The mesmerising feature tells the story of a neglected girl sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer.
In 2020 Rennicks scored 'Normal People', continuing his working partnership with director Lenny Abrahamson. The 12-part adaptation of Sally Rooney's bestselling novel tells the coming-of-age story of two young people moving from adolescence to young adulthood against the backdrop of Ireland during the global economic recession. It was one of the most-watched shows in 2020 on the BBC and Hulu, with the music on the show receiving outstanding reviews in publications such as Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vice, The NY Times and The Hollywood Reporter.
Prior to Normal People, Rennicks and Abrahamson collaborated on the feature Room, based on Emma Donoghue's bestselling novel of the same name starring Brie Larson (who picked up the Oscar for Best Actress), Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen and William H. Macy, the film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Abrahamson's first Oscar nomination for Best Director. And the breakout cult-hit, Frank, starring Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Domhnall Gleeson - a film with music at its heart saw Rennicks' stand-out songwriting, score and musical direction unanimously praised. Rennicks won the 'Best Technical Achievement in Music' award at the British Independent Film Awards for his incredible work on the film. In addition, the soundtrack was named number three in Mojo's soundtrack albums that year.
Among Rennicks' other credits are Death of a Ladies Man - a feature about a carousing college professor played by Gabriel Byrne, whose life becomes blighted by surreal hallucinations; Maya Zinshtein's, Forever Pure, an extraordinary feature-length documentary on the transfer of two Chechen Muslim soccer players to Israel's Beitar Jerusalem FC; Spanish language film Viva, directed by Paddy Breathnach and set in the crumbling beauty of Havana, is an emotionally-charged drama about a hairdresser who is forced to quit performing at the local drag club by his boxer father; Muse, a psych-thriller about an academic who slips into a world controlled by the ancient spirits of inspiration, the Muses; while Birthmarked, starring Toni Collette, is an off-the-wall comedy about genetics, destiny and – ultimately – family.
If you would like to enquire about working with Stephen, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Ian Neil is a multi-award winning music supervisor with a career spanning over 25 years. His depth of knowledge across music research and handling music clearances has seen him supervise over 150 films for many of the world's most respected directors and producers.
Before becoming an independent film music supervisor, Ian took on the role of head of film and TV for Polygram Records and director of independent film, TV and advertising at Warner Chappell Music Ltd, placing the likes of Moby, Groove Armada and The Cardigans in many of the world's most recognisable commercial brand campaigns.
In his first outing in film, he supervised the box-office mega-hit Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. With a double-platinum winning soundtrack at the film's heart, a strong working relationship was instantly forged with Brit-director Guy Ritchie and producer Matthew Vaughn, making Ian the obvious choice to supervise Ritchie and Vaughn's follow up hit, Snatch, starring Brad Pitt. He has since supervised films such as the multi-award-winning Elton John biopic Rocketman; Anton Corbin's Control; Danny Boyle's 127 Hours; Shame & Widows, directed by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen; Kingsman: The Secret Service, starring Colin Firth and Samuel L. Jackson, and Kick-Ass with Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
Part of securing his place in the industry as one of the most respected independent film music supervisors was as Director of Film & TV at Sony Music. During his eleven years at the label, Ian helped many Sony artists gain further success in sync, including Kasabian, Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris, Rag'n'Bone Man, Paloma Faith, The Clash, Primal Scream, Tom Odell & Tom Walker.
As well as serving as exec-producer on the Ian Dury Biopic, Sex & Drugs And Rock & Roll, directed by Matt Whitecross, the upcoming documentary 'Who Killed The KLF?', with long time collaborator Chris Atkins, and 'I Still Breathe', directed by Alfred Bailey, Ian's current supervision projects include Elizabeth, Tetris, The Son, Ipcress Files, Quant, Culprits, and Pistol, directed by Danny Boyle.
Ian is a Board Member of the Sensoria Film and Music Festival and The Teenage Cancer Trust.
If you would like to enquire about working with Ian for Film and TV projects, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Award-winning composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Robert Cairns' eclectic body of work ranges from feature films to multi-season episodic television scores, to short, impactful main titles, commercials and brand identities.
Cairns recently won a coveted Annie Award – widely recognised as the Oscars for Animation – for his stand-out score on 'Sonnie's Edge', episode 2 of the Emmy-winning animated Netflix series, Love Death and Robots, which was produced by David Fincher, Tim Miller, Jennifer Miller and Josh Donen.
His many credits include The Forger starring John Travolta and Christopher Plummer, Stephen Soderberg's Magic Mike, Girl In Progress starring Eva Mendes, ABC's Suburgatory and CW's Ringer. He also worked on the Oscar-nominated animated short Gopher Broke, Dayyan Eng's Chinese comedy, Wished, as well as producing the main-titles for Stitchers.
Cairns has also produced and arranged an updated cover of the classic 'Bang Bang (My Baby Shot me Down)' for the Titanfall II cinematic trailer and created a multi-genre mashup of Norman Greenbaum's 'Spirit in the Sky' for the Lawbreakers cinematic trailer.
As well as Cairns' vast body of work being featured across film and TV for the past 20 years, his extensive musical knowledge, skill and collaborative approach has made him a highly-valued creative partner on commercial campaigns for the likes of Audi and Mercedes, as well as video game franchises like Star Wars, Elder Scrolls and Halo.
Robert is working on season two of Love Death and Robots for Netflix.
If you would like to enquire about working with Robert, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Award-winning composer Stephen Rennicks has been crafting inimitable soundtracks for the best of Independent Cinema and Television for over twenty years.
Rennicks' latest projects include Conversations With Friends; the highly anticipated follow up to Normal People. The 12-part TV Drama, directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Leanne Welham and produced by Element Pictures, airs on the BBC and Hulu on May 15th. Good Luck To You, Leo Grande; written by Katy Brand and directed by Sophie Hyde, the sex-positive tale of empowerment and self-discovery stars Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack. And An Cailín Ciuín/The Quiet Girl is adapted from a short story by Claire Keegan and directed by Colm Bairéad. The mesmerising feature tells the story of a neglected girl sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer.
In 2020 Rennicks scored 'Normal People', continuing his working partnership with director Lenny Abrahamson. The 12-part adaptation of Sally Rooney's bestselling novel tells the coming-of-age story of two young people moving from adolescence to young adulthood against the backdrop of Ireland during the global economic recession. It was one of the most-watched shows in 2020 on the BBC and Hulu, with the music on the show receiving outstanding reviews in publications such as Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vice, The NY Times and The Hollywood Reporter.
Prior to Normal People, Rennicks and Abrahamson collaborated on the feature Room, based on Emma Donoghue's bestselling novel of the same name starring Brie Larson (who picked up the Oscar for Best Actress), Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen and William H. Macy, the film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Abrahamson's first Oscar nomination for Best Director. And the breakout cult-hit, Frank, starring Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Domhnall Gleeson - a film with music at its heart saw Rennicks' stand-out songwriting, score and musical direction unanimously praised. Rennicks won the 'Best Technical Achievement in Music' award at the British Independent Film Awards for his incredible work on the film. In addition, the soundtrack was named number three in Mojo's soundtrack albums that year.
Among Rennicks' other credits are Death of a Ladies Man - a feature about a carousing college professor played by Gabriel Byrne, whose life becomes blighted by surreal hallucinations; Maya Zinshtein's, Forever Pure, an extraordinary feature-length documentary on the transfer of two Chechen Muslim soccer players to Israel's Beitar Jerusalem FC; Spanish language film Viva, directed by Paddy Breathnach and set in the crumbling beauty of Havana, is an emotionally-charged drama about a hairdresser who is forced to quit performing at the local drag club by his boxer father; Muse, a psych-thriller about an academic who slips into a world controlled by the ancient spirits of inspiration, the Muses; while Birthmarked, starring Toni Collette, is an off-the-wall comedy about genetics, destiny and – ultimately – family.
If you would like to enquire about working with Stephen, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Ian Neil is a multi-award winning music supervisor with a career spanning over 25 years. His depth of knowledge across music research and handling music clearances has seen him supervise over 150 films for many of the world's most respected directors and producers.
Before becoming an independent film music supervisor, Ian took on the role of head of film and TV for Polygram Records and director of independent film, TV and advertising at Warner Chappell Music Ltd, placing the likes of Moby, Groove Armada and The Cardigans in many of the world's most recognisable commercial brand campaigns.
In his first outing in film, he supervised the box-office mega-hit Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. With a double-platinum winning soundtrack at the film's heart, a strong working relationship was instantly forged with Brit-director Guy Ritchie and producer Matthew Vaughn, making Ian the obvious choice to supervise Ritchie and Vaughn's follow up hit, Snatch, starring Brad Pitt. He has since supervised films such as the multi-award-winning Elton John biopic Rocketman; Anton Corbin's Control; Danny Boyle's 127 Hours; Shame & Widows, directed by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen; Kingsman: The Secret Service, starring Colin Firth and Samuel L. Jackson, and Kick-Ass with Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
Part of securing his place in the industry as one of the most respected independent film music supervisors was as Director of Film & TV at Sony Music. During his eleven years at the label, Ian helped many Sony artists gain further success in sync, including Kasabian, Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris, Rag'n'Bone Man, Paloma Faith, The Clash, Primal Scream, Tom Odell & Tom Walker.
As well as serving as exec-producer on the Ian Dury Biopic, Sex & Drugs And Rock & Roll, directed by Matt Whitecross, the upcoming documentary 'Who Killed The KLF?', with long time collaborator Chris Atkins, and 'I Still Breathe', directed by Alfred Bailey, Ian's current supervision projects include Elizabeth, Tetris, The Son, Ipcress Files, Quant, Culprits, and Pistol, directed by Danny Boyle.
Ian is a Board Member of the Sensoria Film and Music Festival and The Teenage Cancer Trust.
If you would like to enquire about working with Ian for Film and TV projects, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Karl Westman’s illustrious journey in the industry has taken many musical twists and turns.
Aged 24, Westman kicked off his career by landing an entry-level job at one of New York City’s go-to recording studios for the US advertising industry. His passion and inherent understanding for the art of crafting music to picture quickly moved him up the ranks - first, with Ogilvy & Mather NYC drafting him in as their In-House Music Producer, then as Executive Producer with two of NYC's premiere music houses. He returned to Ogilvy NYC in 1999 to take on the Director of Music role.
Westman’s limitless knowledge of the musical process knows no bounds. And with a pair of the most finely tuned ears in the industry, his hands-on approach has seen him sculpt music for the world’s most recognisable brand campaigns and head into the studio with many of the world’s most talented artists - from Dave Brubeck, Philip Glass, Danny Elfman, Quincy Jones, all the way through to Timbaland and James Murphy.
In Film, Westman teamed up with Dirty Soup Founder Raife Burchell to Music Supervise the spellbinding documentary feature, Bombshell, The Hedy Lamarr Story, directed by Emmy-award winning journalist, Alexandra Dean, produced by Adam Haggiag, and Executive Produced by Susan Sarandon. Karl and Raife teamed up again for To Dust - a dark, brooding tale in which Matthew Broderick tries to help Géza Röhrigg (Son of Saul), a Hasidic cantor in upstate New York, come to terms with the untimely death of his wife.
No matter the form – short or long, existing track placement, or original composition for TV, Film, or Branded content – Westman lives for the process of music-making.
There isn’t enough bandwidth on the World Wide Web to host all of the projects Karl worked on before joining Dirty Soup’s Music Supervision roster, but you can check out a small handful of those projects by hitting play on any of the videos.
If you would like to enquire about working with Karl, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Prior to launching Dirty Soup in 2011, Raife spent 15 years working as a session musician. This dream journey spanned everything from playing the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury to TV appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Later with Jools Holland. It's a deep-rooted industry experience that makes Raife trusted by artists and music management alike.
As a music supervisor, Raife has adeptly placed music from every genre and engaged many of the world's most creative composers in all categories and media. His latest projects include the feature Die, My Love, directed by Lynne Ramsay and starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson; season one of the twelve-part Disney Plus TV series A Thousand Blows, written by Stephen Knight and starring Stephen Graham; and global brand campaigns for the directors, Jonas Lindstroem and Miles Jay.
Raife still writes and performs and is currently engaged in two projects, with album launches set for 2025.
If you would like to enquire about working with Raife, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Ian Neil is a multi-award winning music supervisor with a career spanning over 25 years. His depth of knowledge across music research and handling music clearances has seen him supervise over 150 films for many of the world's most respected directors and producers.
Before becoming an independent film music supervisor, Ian took on the role of head of film and TV for Polygram Records and director of independent film, TV and advertising at Warner Chappell Music Ltd, placing the likes of Moby, Groove Armada and The Cardigans in many of the world's most recognisable commercial brand campaigns.
In his first outing in film, he supervised the box-office mega-hit Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. With a double-platinum winning soundtrack at the film's heart, a strong working relationship was instantly forged with Brit-director Guy Ritchie and producer Matthew Vaughn, making Ian the obvious choice to supervise Ritchie and Vaughn's follow up hit, Snatch, starring Brad Pitt. He has since supervised films such as the multi-award-winning Elton John biopic Rocketman; Anton Corbin's Control; Danny Boyle's 127 Hours; Shame & Widows, directed by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen; Kingsman: The Secret Service, starring Colin Firth and Samuel L. Jackson, and Kick-Ass with Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
Part of securing his place in the industry as one of the most respected independent film music supervisors was as Director of Film & TV at Sony Music. During his eleven years at the label, Ian helped many Sony artists gain further success in sync, including Kasabian, Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris, Rag'n'Bone Man, Paloma Faith, The Clash, Primal Scream, Tom Odell & Tom Walker.
As well as serving as exec-producer on the Ian Dury Biopic, Sex & Drugs And Rock & Roll, directed by Matt Whitecross, the upcoming documentary 'Who Killed The KLF?', with long time collaborator Chris Atkins, and 'I Still Breathe', directed by Alfred Bailey, Ian's current supervision projects include Elizabeth, Tetris, The Son, Ipcress Files, Quant, Culprits, and Pistol, directed by Danny Boyle.
Ian is a Board Member of the Sensoria Film and Music Festival and The Teenage Cancer Trust.
If you would like to enquire about working with Ian for Film and TV projects, email contact@dirtysoup.com
With a 20-year-spanning career encompassing artist management and overseeing countless album releases from inception to completion, Juliet Martin's deep-rooted knowledge of the music industry has seen her work closely with many of Ireland's most respected music artists and composers.
In 2020, Juliet joined forces with the US-based music supervisor, Maggie Phillips, to co-create the spellbinding musical backdrop for the Emmy, Golden Globe and Bafta Nominated TV series 'Normal People'. A show that's music was so talked about; the BBC commissioned a special Original Sound Track for its BBC Sounds platform.
Juliet's current projects include Conversations With Friends; the highly anticipated follow up to Normal People. The 12-part TV Drama, directed by Oscar-Nominated Lenny Abrahamson and Leanne Welham, and produced by Element Pictures, airs on the BBC and Hulu on May 15th. And God's Creatures starring Emily Watson and Paul Mescal. Directed by Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer, produced by Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly in association with A24 and BBC Films, the psychological drama has already been selected for the prestigious directors fortnight strand at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
Other TV and Film Music Supervision work include Rosie, Conor McGregor: Notorious, Ballywalter, The South Westeries, Christmas Waltz, The Bright Side, The Drummer and the Keeper, and the IFTA winning A Date For Mad Mary.
Juliet is a Music Publishing Director on the board of The Irish Music Rights Organisation.
If you would like to enquire about working with Juliet for Branded and Commercial projects, email us at contact@dirtysoup.com
Berlin and LA-based composer team Matthias Biermann and Sebastian Pille met in 2013 and immediately realised they had a unique creative connection.
Before relocating from his native Netherlands to Berlin, Matthias Biermann studied jazz guitar at the Amsterdam Conservatory. After carefully honing his composition, writing and production skills, he fast became a staple of the German music scene. As well as being in high demand as a composer, he continues to be a key part of the band Roosevelt, playing worldwide concerts, festivals and TV shows.
Sebastian Pille grew up in Northern Germany first hammering out a tune on his family’s piano at the age of five. After realising very early on that he wanted to dedicate his life to becoming a composer, he went on to study music for film at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts, where he was taught by, among others, the legendary film composer, Ennio Morricone. Following Pille’s contribution to the score for Labyrinth of Lies, which landed on the Oscar shortlist, he decided to relocate to Los Angeles where he continues to live and work.
Since joining forces, Biermann and Pille’s fledgeling partnership has seen them score global commercial campaigns for brands such as Mercedes Benz, Coca-Cola, Volkswagen, Facebook, Samsung and Mini.
If you would like to enquire about working with Matthias and Sebastian, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Alex Brady-Epton is a composer, record producer, mixer and DJ.
After gaining critical acclaim for his production work with the band Spank Rock, Epton went on to forge a creative bond with the internationally revered label XL Records. A unique relationship that has seen Alex collaborate with acclaimed artists, such as FKA Twigs, Arca, Kali Uchis, Wiki, Amber Mark, Skepta, Aj Tracey, David Byrne and Jack Penate.
In addition to his eclectic production work, Epton has brought his unique musical voice to global commercial brand campaigns and short film projects, including the spellbinding GANG, directed by Clayton Vomero. Juvenile, directed by Jovan Todorovic, and After Maria - the hard-hitting Netflix Documentary-Short that chronicled the harrowing aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
Highly sought-after by artists in a variety of genres, NYC based Epton has produced remixes for The Kills, Kele Okereke, Björk, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Thom Yorke, TV on the Radio, Lily Allen, Kool Keith, Kylie Minogue, Beach Fossils, Neon Indian and others.
If you would like to enquire about working with Alex, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Christopher Nicholas Bangs is a London based composer and record producer.
Bangs kicked off his compositional career in 2011, gaining high praise for his score for the multi-award winning feature 'Junkhearts', directed by BAFTA award-winning director Tinge Krishnan and starring Eddie Marsan, Romola Garai and John Boyega.
Most recently, you will have heard his electronically driven score for the Apple TV+ show 'WeCrashed'. Starring Academy Award Winning Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway, the show chronicles the turbulent rise and fall of the co-working space company WeWork.
Other projects include the award-winning Netflix feature-length hit TV musical, 'Been So Long', staring Michaela Cole and Arinze Kene; the feature-length documentary 'Battle of The Sexes', which tells the story of the legendary tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs; and the award-winning, 'Soon Gone - A Windrush Chronicle’, for the BBC and Young Vic. Bangs also composed the claustrophobic score for 'Panic'. Directed by Sean Spenser, the feature-length thriller starring David Gyasi (Interstellar/Cloud Atlas) follows a journalist suffering from PTSD confined to his apartment after witnessing a murder in a neighbouring tower block. He then shifted musical gears on the feature-length road-trip comedy, 'Highly Functional’. Directed by Marc Forby, the film tells the story of a washed-up country singer. As well as composing the score, Christopher also co-wrote and produced the original Country songs which appear throughout the film.
Along with producing records under the monikers of Shadow Orchestra and Talk In Colour, Bangs has dedicated much of his time in this area of his career to collaborating with a plethora of young and up and coming artists, including Livvy Nicole, Scarlet (Hedera), Kerri Watt, Me For Queen and Jessica Sharman.
If you want to enquire about working with Christopher, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Prior to launching Dirty Soup in 2011, Raife spent 15 years working as a session musician. This dream journey spanned everything from playing the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury to TV appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Later with Jools Holland. It's a deep-rooted industry experience that makes Raife trusted by artists and music management alike.
As a music supervisor, Raife has adeptly placed music from every genre and engaged many of the world's most creative composers in all categories and media. His latest projects include the feature Die, My Love, directed by Lynne Ramsay and starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson; season one of the twelve-part Disney Plus TV series A Thousand Blows, written by Stephen Knight and starring Stephen Graham; and global brand campaigns for the directors, Jonas Lindstroem and Miles Jay.
Raife still writes and performs and is currently engaged in two projects, with album launches set for 2025.
If you would like to enquire about working with Raife, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Award-winning composer Stephen Rennicks has been crafting inimitable soundtracks for the best of Independent Cinema and Television for over twenty years.
Rennicks' latest projects include Conversations With Friends; the highly anticipated follow up to Normal People. The 12-part TV Drama, directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Leanne Welham and produced by Element Pictures, airs on the BBC and Hulu on May 15th. Good Luck To You, Leo Grande; written by Katy Brand and directed by Sophie Hyde, the sex-positive tale of empowerment and self-discovery stars Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack. And An Cailín Ciuín/The Quiet Girl is adapted from a short story by Claire Keegan and directed by Colm Bairéad. The mesmerising feature tells the story of a neglected girl sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer.
In 2020 Rennicks scored 'Normal People', continuing his working partnership with director Lenny Abrahamson. The 12-part adaptation of Sally Rooney's bestselling novel tells the coming-of-age story of two young people moving from adolescence to young adulthood against the backdrop of Ireland during the global economic recession. It was one of the most-watched shows in 2020 on the BBC and Hulu, with the music on the show receiving outstanding reviews in publications such as Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vice, The NY Times and The Hollywood Reporter.
Prior to Normal People, Rennicks and Abrahamson collaborated on the feature Room, based on Emma Donoghue's bestselling novel of the same name starring Brie Larson (who picked up the Oscar for Best Actress), Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen and William H. Macy, the film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Abrahamson's first Oscar nomination for Best Director. And the breakout cult-hit, Frank, starring Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Domhnall Gleeson - a film with music at its heart saw Rennicks' stand-out songwriting, score and musical direction unanimously praised. Rennicks won the 'Best Technical Achievement in Music' award at the British Independent Film Awards for his incredible work on the film. In addition, the soundtrack was named number three in Mojo's soundtrack albums that year.
Among Rennicks' other credits are Death of a Ladies Man - a feature about a carousing college professor played by Gabriel Byrne, whose life becomes blighted by surreal hallucinations; Maya Zinshtein's, Forever Pure, an extraordinary feature-length documentary on the transfer of two Chechen Muslim soccer players to Israel's Beitar Jerusalem FC; Spanish language film Viva, directed by Paddy Breathnach and set in the crumbling beauty of Havana, is an emotionally-charged drama about a hairdresser who is forced to quit performing at the local drag club by his boxer father; Muse, a psych-thriller about an academic who slips into a world controlled by the ancient spirits of inspiration, the Muses; while Birthmarked, starring Toni Collette, is an off-the-wall comedy about genetics, destiny and – ultimately – family.
If you would like to enquire about working with Stephen, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Aska Matsumiya is a classically-trained pianist, artist, and composer.
Matsumiya's career in scoring music for film kicked off when Spike Jonze asked to use her music as the theme song for his short film; I'm Here. The soundtrack went on to pick up the award for Best Original Music at the AICP Awards, and Aska has never looked back.
Recent projects include Halle Berry's directorial debut Netflix feature, Bruised - A24's After Yang, starring Colin Farrell and Jodie Turner-Smith, where she partnered with legendary Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. Phoenix Rising, directed by Oscar-nominated Amy Berg, is a 2-part documentary for HBO Max that follows Evan Rachel Wood's journey to pursue justice following domestic abuse. And directed by Steve Buscemi and starring Tessa Thompson, The Listener tells the harrowing story of a helpline volunteer fielding calls from broken people on the edges of society.
The past years have seen Matsumiya work on back-to-back projects, including the 2020 HBO series Betty with long-time collaborator Crystal Moselle, a series based on the Sundance breakout film, Skate Kitchen. Matsumiya and Moselle previously collaborated on Moselle's award-winning documentary, The Wolfpack, with Aska's haunting score garnering high praise across the industry. She also composed the sublime electronically-driven score for the life-affirming Japanese feature, 37 Seconds, which won the coveted Panorama Audience award at the Berlin Film Festival. Selah & The Spades, directed by Tayarisha Poe; I'm Your Woman, directed by Julia Hart, written and produced by Jordan Horowitz (La La Land); and This Is Personal, which saw Aska once again collaborate with Amy Berg.
Having picked up Gold for Best Original Music at the Ciclope Creative Festival for Daniel Askill's Audi Electric Wave film, Matsumiya is also in high demand in the commercial space. You can hear her compositions on campaigns for Porsche, Levi, Chanel, Hermes, Miu Miu, and Prada.
Outside of scoring music to film, Aska and Alex Somers (Jónsi/Sigur Rós) teamed up to create the musical soundscapes for 'If Only the Sea Could Sleep', an exhibition of painter Claire Tabouret's work at HAB Galerie in Nantes, France. Aska and Alex's pieces included field recordings of boats creaking and chimes swinging in the wind - the feeling of being in the middle of the ocean. Their soundscapes were played throughout the event space's 24-channel-surround-sound speaker system, separating each element of the compositions to intertwine and flow effortlessly alongside Tabouret's mesmerising paintings.
If you would like to enquire about working with Aska, email contact@dirtysoup.com
With a 20-year-spanning career encompassing artist management and overseeing countless album releases from inception to completion, Juliet Martin's deep-rooted knowledge of the music industry has seen her work closely with many of Ireland's most respected music artists and composers.
In 2020, Juliet joined forces with the US-based music supervisor, Maggie Phillips, to co-create the spellbinding musical backdrop for the Emmy, Golden Globe and Bafta Nominated TV series 'Normal People'. A show that's music was so talked about; the BBC commissioned a special Original Sound Track for its BBC Sounds platform.
Juliet's current projects include Conversations With Friends; the highly anticipated follow up to Normal People. The 12-part TV Drama, directed by Oscar-Nominated Lenny Abrahamson and Leanne Welham, and produced by Element Pictures, airs on the BBC and Hulu on May 15th. And God's Creatures starring Emily Watson and Paul Mescal. Directed by Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer, produced by Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly in association with A24 and BBC Films, the psychological drama has already been selected for the prestigious directors fortnight strand at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
Other TV and Film Music Supervision work include Rosie, Conor McGregor: Notorious, Ballywalter, The South Westeries, Christmas Waltz, The Bright Side, The Drummer and the Keeper, and the IFTA winning A Date For Mad Mary.
Juliet is a Music Publishing Director on the board of The Irish Music Rights Organisation.
If you would like to enquire about working with Juliet for Branded and Commercial projects, email us at contact@dirtysoup.com
Ian Neil is a multi-award winning music supervisor with a career spanning over 25 years. His depth of knowledge across music research and handling music clearances has seen him supervise over 150 films for many of the world's most respected directors and producers.
Before becoming an independent film music supervisor, Ian took on the role of head of film and TV for Polygram Records and director of independent film, TV and advertising at Warner Chappell Music Ltd, placing the likes of Moby, Groove Armada and The Cardigans in many of the world's most recognisable commercial brand campaigns.
In his first outing in film, he supervised the box-office mega-hit Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. With a double-platinum winning soundtrack at the film's heart, a strong working relationship was instantly forged with Brit-director Guy Ritchie and producer Matthew Vaughn, making Ian the obvious choice to supervise Ritchie and Vaughn's follow up hit, Snatch, starring Brad Pitt. He has since supervised films such as the multi-award-winning Elton John biopic Rocketman; Anton Corbin's Control; Danny Boyle's 127 Hours; Shame & Widows, directed by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen; Kingsman: The Secret Service, starring Colin Firth and Samuel L. Jackson, and Kick-Ass with Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
Part of securing his place in the industry as one of the most respected independent film music supervisors was as Director of Film & TV at Sony Music. During his eleven years at the label, Ian helped many Sony artists gain further success in sync, including Kasabian, Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris, Rag'n'Bone Man, Paloma Faith, The Clash, Primal Scream, Tom Odell & Tom Walker.
As well as serving as exec-producer on the Ian Dury Biopic, Sex & Drugs And Rock & Roll, directed by Matt Whitecross, the upcoming documentary 'Who Killed The KLF?', with long time collaborator Chris Atkins, and 'I Still Breathe', directed by Alfred Bailey, Ian's current supervision projects include Elizabeth, Tetris, The Son, Ipcress Files, Quant, Culprits, and Pistol, directed by Danny Boyle.
Ian is a Board Member of the Sensoria Film and Music Festival and The Teenage Cancer Trust.
If you would like to enquire about working with Ian for Film and TV projects, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Ian Neil is a multi-award winning music supervisor with a career spanning over 25 years. His depth of knowledge across music research and handling music clearances has seen him supervise over 150 films for many of the world's most respected directors and producers.
Before becoming an independent film music supervisor, Ian took on the role of head of film and TV for Polygram Records and director of independent film, TV and advertising at Warner Chappell Music Ltd, placing the likes of Moby, Groove Armada and The Cardigans in many of the world's most recognisable commercial brand campaigns.
In his first outing in film, he supervised the box-office mega-hit Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. With a double-platinum winning soundtrack at the film's heart, a strong working relationship was instantly forged with Brit-director Guy Ritchie and producer Matthew Vaughn, making Ian the obvious choice to supervise Ritchie and Vaughn's follow up hit, Snatch, starring Brad Pitt. He has since supervised films such as the multi-award-winning Elton John biopic Rocketman; Anton Corbin's Control; Danny Boyle's 127 Hours; Shame & Widows, directed by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen; Kingsman: The Secret Service, starring Colin Firth and Samuel L. Jackson, and Kick-Ass with Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
Part of securing his place in the industry as one of the most respected independent film music supervisors was as Director of Film & TV at Sony Music. During his eleven years at the label, Ian helped many Sony artists gain further success in sync, including Kasabian, Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris, Rag'n'Bone Man, Paloma Faith, The Clash, Primal Scream, Tom Odell & Tom Walker.
As well as serving as exec-producer on the Ian Dury Biopic, Sex & Drugs And Rock & Roll, directed by Matt Whitecross, the upcoming documentary 'Who Killed The KLF?', with long time collaborator Chris Atkins, and 'I Still Breathe', directed by Alfred Bailey, Ian's current supervision projects include Elizabeth, Tetris, The Son, Ipcress Files, Quant, Culprits, and Pistol, directed by Danny Boyle.
Ian is a Board Member of the Sensoria Film and Music Festival and The Teenage Cancer Trust.
If you would like to enquire about working with Ian for Film and TV projects, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Christopher Nicholas Bangs is a London based composer and record producer.
Bangs kicked off his compositional career in 2011, gaining high praise for his score for the multi-award winning feature 'Junkhearts', directed by BAFTA award-winning director Tinge Krishnan and starring Eddie Marsan, Romola Garai and John Boyega.
Most recently, you will have heard his electronically driven score for the Apple TV+ show 'WeCrashed'. Starring Academy Award Winning Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway, the show chronicles the turbulent rise and fall of the co-working space company WeWork.
Other projects include the award-winning Netflix feature-length hit TV musical, 'Been So Long', staring Michaela Cole and Arinze Kene; the feature-length documentary 'Battle of The Sexes', which tells the story of the legendary tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs; and the award-winning, 'Soon Gone - A Windrush Chronicle’, for the BBC and Young Vic. Bangs also composed the claustrophobic score for 'Panic'. Directed by Sean Spenser, the feature-length thriller starring David Gyasi (Interstellar/Cloud Atlas) follows a journalist suffering from PTSD confined to his apartment after witnessing a murder in a neighbouring tower block. He then shifted musical gears on the feature-length road-trip comedy, 'Highly Functional’. Directed by Marc Forby, the film tells the story of a washed-up country singer. As well as composing the score, Christopher also co-wrote and produced the original Country songs which appear throughout the film.
Along with producing records under the monikers of Shadow Orchestra and Talk In Colour, Bangs has dedicated much of his time in this area of his career to collaborating with a plethora of young and up and coming artists, including Livvy Nicole, Scarlet (Hedera), Kerri Watt, Me For Queen and Jessica Sharman.
If you want to enquire about working with Christopher, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Prior to launching Dirty Soup in 2011, Raife spent 15 years working as a session musician. This dream journey spanned everything from playing the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury to TV appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Later with Jools Holland. It's a deep-rooted industry experience that makes Raife trusted by artists and music management alike.
As a music supervisor, Raife has adeptly placed music from every genre and engaged many of the world's most creative composers in all categories and media. His latest projects include the feature Die, My Love, directed by Lynne Ramsay and starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson; season one of the twelve-part Disney Plus TV series A Thousand Blows, written by Stephen Knight and starring Stephen Graham; and global brand campaigns for the directors, Jonas Lindstroem and Miles Jay.
Raife still writes and performs and is currently engaged in two projects, with album launches set for 2025.
If you would like to enquire about working with Raife, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Award-winning composer Stephen Rennicks has been crafting inimitable soundtracks for the best of Independent Cinema and Television for over twenty years.
Rennicks' latest projects include Conversations With Friends; the highly anticipated follow up to Normal People. The 12-part TV Drama, directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Leanne Welham and produced by Element Pictures, airs on the BBC and Hulu on May 15th. Good Luck To You, Leo Grande; written by Katy Brand and directed by Sophie Hyde, the sex-positive tale of empowerment and self-discovery stars Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack. And An Cailín Ciuín/The Quiet Girl is adapted from a short story by Claire Keegan and directed by Colm Bairéad. The mesmerising feature tells the story of a neglected girl sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer.
In 2020 Rennicks scored 'Normal People', continuing his working partnership with director Lenny Abrahamson. The 12-part adaptation of Sally Rooney's bestselling novel tells the coming-of-age story of two young people moving from adolescence to young adulthood against the backdrop of Ireland during the global economic recession. It was one of the most-watched shows in 2020 on the BBC and Hulu, with the music on the show receiving outstanding reviews in publications such as Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vice, The NY Times and The Hollywood Reporter.
Prior to Normal People, Rennicks and Abrahamson collaborated on the feature Room, based on Emma Donoghue's bestselling novel of the same name starring Brie Larson (who picked up the Oscar for Best Actress), Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen and William H. Macy, the film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Abrahamson's first Oscar nomination for Best Director. And the breakout cult-hit, Frank, starring Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Domhnall Gleeson - a film with music at its heart saw Rennicks' stand-out songwriting, score and musical direction unanimously praised. Rennicks won the 'Best Technical Achievement in Music' award at the British Independent Film Awards for his incredible work on the film. In addition, the soundtrack was named number three in Mojo's soundtrack albums that year.
Among Rennicks' other credits are Death of a Ladies Man - a feature about a carousing college professor played by Gabriel Byrne, whose life becomes blighted by surreal hallucinations; Maya Zinshtein's, Forever Pure, an extraordinary feature-length documentary on the transfer of two Chechen Muslim soccer players to Israel's Beitar Jerusalem FC; Spanish language film Viva, directed by Paddy Breathnach and set in the crumbling beauty of Havana, is an emotionally-charged drama about a hairdresser who is forced to quit performing at the local drag club by his boxer father; Muse, a psych-thriller about an academic who slips into a world controlled by the ancient spirits of inspiration, the Muses; while Birthmarked, starring Toni Collette, is an off-the-wall comedy about genetics, destiny and – ultimately – family.
If you would like to enquire about working with Stephen, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Ian Neil is a multi-award winning music supervisor with a career spanning over 25 years. His depth of knowledge across music research and handling music clearances has seen him supervise over 150 films for many of the world's most respected directors and producers.
Before becoming an independent film music supervisor, Ian took on the role of head of film and TV for Polygram Records and director of independent film, TV and advertising at Warner Chappell Music Ltd, placing the likes of Moby, Groove Armada and The Cardigans in many of the world's most recognisable commercial brand campaigns.
In his first outing in film, he supervised the box-office mega-hit Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. With a double-platinum winning soundtrack at the film's heart, a strong working relationship was instantly forged with Brit-director Guy Ritchie and producer Matthew Vaughn, making Ian the obvious choice to supervise Ritchie and Vaughn's follow up hit, Snatch, starring Brad Pitt. He has since supervised films such as the multi-award-winning Elton John biopic Rocketman; Anton Corbin's Control; Danny Boyle's 127 Hours; Shame & Widows, directed by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen; Kingsman: The Secret Service, starring Colin Firth and Samuel L. Jackson, and Kick-Ass with Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
Part of securing his place in the industry as one of the most respected independent film music supervisors was as Director of Film & TV at Sony Music. During his eleven years at the label, Ian helped many Sony artists gain further success in sync, including Kasabian, Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris, Rag'n'Bone Man, Paloma Faith, The Clash, Primal Scream, Tom Odell & Tom Walker.
As well as serving as exec-producer on the Ian Dury Biopic, Sex & Drugs And Rock & Roll, directed by Matt Whitecross, the upcoming documentary 'Who Killed The KLF?', with long time collaborator Chris Atkins, and 'I Still Breathe', directed by Alfred Bailey, Ian's current supervision projects include Elizabeth, Tetris, The Son, Ipcress Files, Quant, Culprits, and Pistol, directed by Danny Boyle.
Ian is a Board Member of the Sensoria Film and Music Festival and The Teenage Cancer Trust.
If you would like to enquire about working with Ian for Film and TV projects, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Award-winning composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Robert Cairns' eclectic body of work ranges from feature films to multi-season episodic television scores, to short, impactful main titles, commercials and brand identities.
Cairns recently won a coveted Annie Award – widely recognised as the Oscars for Animation – for his stand-out score on 'Sonnie's Edge', episode 2 of the Emmy-winning animated Netflix series, Love Death and Robots, which was produced by David Fincher, Tim Miller, Jennifer Miller and Josh Donen.
His many credits include The Forger starring John Travolta and Christopher Plummer, Stephen Soderberg's Magic Mike, Girl In Progress starring Eva Mendes, ABC's Suburgatory and CW's Ringer. He also worked on the Oscar-nominated animated short Gopher Broke, Dayyan Eng's Chinese comedy, Wished, as well as producing the main-titles for Stitchers.
Cairns has also produced and arranged an updated cover of the classic 'Bang Bang (My Baby Shot me Down)' for the Titanfall II cinematic trailer and created a multi-genre mashup of Norman Greenbaum's 'Spirit in the Sky' for the Lawbreakers cinematic trailer.
As well as Cairns' vast body of work being featured across film and TV for the past 20 years, his extensive musical knowledge, skill and collaborative approach has made him a highly-valued creative partner on commercial campaigns for the likes of Audi and Mercedes, as well as video game franchises like Star Wars, Elder Scrolls and Halo.
Robert is working on season two of Love Death and Robots for Netflix.
If you would like to enquire about working with Robert, email contact@dirtysoup.com
With a 20-year-spanning career encompassing artist management and overseeing countless album releases from inception to completion, Juliet Martin's deep-rooted knowledge of the music industry has seen her work closely with many of Ireland's most respected music artists and composers.
In 2020, Juliet joined forces with the US-based music supervisor, Maggie Phillips, to co-create the spellbinding musical backdrop for the Emmy, Golden Globe and Bafta Nominated TV series 'Normal People'. A show that's music was so talked about; the BBC commissioned a special Original Sound Track for its BBC Sounds platform.
Juliet's current projects include Conversations With Friends; the highly anticipated follow up to Normal People. The 12-part TV Drama, directed by Oscar-Nominated Lenny Abrahamson and Leanne Welham, and produced by Element Pictures, airs on the BBC and Hulu on May 15th. And God's Creatures starring Emily Watson and Paul Mescal. Directed by Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer, produced by Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly in association with A24 and BBC Films, the psychological drama has already been selected for the prestigious directors fortnight strand at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
Other TV and Film Music Supervision work include Rosie, Conor McGregor: Notorious, Ballywalter, The South Westeries, Christmas Waltz, The Bright Side, The Drummer and the Keeper, and the IFTA winning A Date For Mad Mary.
Juliet is a Music Publishing Director on the board of The Irish Music Rights Organisation.
If you would like to enquire about working with Juliet for Branded and Commercial projects, email us at contact@dirtysoup.com
Ian Neil is a multi-award winning music supervisor with a career spanning over 25 years. His depth of knowledge across music research and handling music clearances has seen him supervise over 150 films for many of the world's most respected directors and producers.
Before becoming an independent film music supervisor, Ian took on the role of head of film and TV for Polygram Records and director of independent film, TV and advertising at Warner Chappell Music Ltd, placing the likes of Moby, Groove Armada and The Cardigans in many of the world's most recognisable commercial brand campaigns.
In his first outing in film, he supervised the box-office mega-hit Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. With a double-platinum winning soundtrack at the film's heart, a strong working relationship was instantly forged with Brit-director Guy Ritchie and producer Matthew Vaughn, making Ian the obvious choice to supervise Ritchie and Vaughn's follow up hit, Snatch, starring Brad Pitt. He has since supervised films such as the multi-award-winning Elton John biopic Rocketman; Anton Corbin's Control; Danny Boyle's 127 Hours; Shame & Widows, directed by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen; Kingsman: The Secret Service, starring Colin Firth and Samuel L. Jackson, and Kick-Ass with Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
Part of securing his place in the industry as one of the most respected independent film music supervisors was as Director of Film & TV at Sony Music. During his eleven years at the label, Ian helped many Sony artists gain further success in sync, including Kasabian, Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris, Rag'n'Bone Man, Paloma Faith, The Clash, Primal Scream, Tom Odell & Tom Walker.
As well as serving as exec-producer on the Ian Dury Biopic, Sex & Drugs And Rock & Roll, directed by Matt Whitecross, the upcoming documentary 'Who Killed The KLF?', with long time collaborator Chris Atkins, and 'I Still Breathe', directed by Alfred Bailey, Ian's current supervision projects include Elizabeth, Tetris, The Son, Ipcress Files, Quant, Culprits, and Pistol, directed by Danny Boyle.
Ian is a Board Member of the Sensoria Film and Music Festival and The Teenage Cancer Trust.
If you would like to enquire about working with Ian for Film and TV projects, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Berlin and LA-based composer team Matthias Biermann and Sebastian Pille met in 2013 and immediately realised they had a unique creative connection.
Before relocating from his native Netherlands to Berlin, Matthias Biermann studied jazz guitar at the Amsterdam Conservatory. After carefully honing his composition, writing and production skills, he fast became a staple of the German music scene. As well as being in high demand as a composer, he continues to be a key part of the band Roosevelt, playing worldwide concerts, festivals and TV shows.
Sebastian Pille grew up in Northern Germany first hammering out a tune on his family’s piano at the age of five. After realising very early on that he wanted to dedicate his life to becoming a composer, he went on to study music for film at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts, where he was taught by, among others, the legendary film composer, Ennio Morricone. Following Pille’s contribution to the score for Labyrinth of Lies, which landed on the Oscar shortlist, he decided to relocate to Los Angeles where he continues to live and work.
Since joining forces, Biermann and Pille’s fledgeling partnership has seen them score global commercial campaigns for brands such as Mercedes Benz, Coca-Cola, Volkswagen, Facebook, Samsung and Mini.
If you would like to enquire about working with Matthias and Sebastian, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Prior to launching Dirty Soup in 2011, Raife spent 15 years working as a session musician. This dream journey spanned everything from playing the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury to TV appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Later with Jools Holland. It's a deep-rooted industry experience that makes Raife trusted by artists and music management alike.
As a music supervisor, Raife has adeptly placed music from every genre and engaged many of the world's most creative composers in all categories and media. His latest projects include the feature Die, My Love, directed by Lynne Ramsay and starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson; season one of the twelve-part Disney Plus TV series A Thousand Blows, written by Stephen Knight and starring Stephen Graham; and global brand campaigns for the directors, Jonas Lindstroem and Miles Jay.
Raife still writes and performs and is currently engaged in two projects, with album launches set for 2025.
If you would like to enquire about working with Raife, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Ian Neil is a multi-award winning music supervisor with a career spanning over 25 years. His depth of knowledge across music research and handling music clearances has seen him supervise over 150 films for many of the world's most respected directors and producers.
Before becoming an independent film music supervisor, Ian took on the role of head of film and TV for Polygram Records and director of independent film, TV and advertising at Warner Chappell Music Ltd, placing the likes of Moby, Groove Armada and The Cardigans in many of the world's most recognisable commercial brand campaigns.
In his first outing in film, he supervised the box-office mega-hit Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. With a double-platinum winning soundtrack at the film's heart, a strong working relationship was instantly forged with Brit-director Guy Ritchie and producer Matthew Vaughn, making Ian the obvious choice to supervise Ritchie and Vaughn's follow up hit, Snatch, starring Brad Pitt. He has since supervised films such as the multi-award-winning Elton John biopic Rocketman; Anton Corbin's Control; Danny Boyle's 127 Hours; Shame & Widows, directed by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen; Kingsman: The Secret Service, starring Colin Firth and Samuel L. Jackson, and Kick-Ass with Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
Part of securing his place in the industry as one of the most respected independent film music supervisors was as Director of Film & TV at Sony Music. During his eleven years at the label, Ian helped many Sony artists gain further success in sync, including Kasabian, Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris, Rag'n'Bone Man, Paloma Faith, The Clash, Primal Scream, Tom Odell & Tom Walker.
As well as serving as exec-producer on the Ian Dury Biopic, Sex & Drugs And Rock & Roll, directed by Matt Whitecross, the upcoming documentary 'Who Killed The KLF?', with long time collaborator Chris Atkins, and 'I Still Breathe', directed by Alfred Bailey, Ian's current supervision projects include Elizabeth, Tetris, The Son, Ipcress Files, Quant, Culprits, and Pistol, directed by Danny Boyle.
Ian is a Board Member of the Sensoria Film and Music Festival and The Teenage Cancer Trust.
If you would like to enquire about working with Ian for Film and TV projects, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Aska Matsumiya is a classically-trained pianist, artist, and composer.
Matsumiya's career in scoring music for film kicked off when Spike Jonze asked to use her music as the theme song for his short film; I'm Here. The soundtrack went on to pick up the award for Best Original Music at the AICP Awards, and Aska has never looked back.
Recent projects include Halle Berry's directorial debut Netflix feature, Bruised - A24's After Yang, starring Colin Farrell and Jodie Turner-Smith, where she partnered with legendary Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. Phoenix Rising, directed by Oscar-nominated Amy Berg, is a 2-part documentary for HBO Max that follows Evan Rachel Wood's journey to pursue justice following domestic abuse. And directed by Steve Buscemi and starring Tessa Thompson, The Listener tells the harrowing story of a helpline volunteer fielding calls from broken people on the edges of society.
The past years have seen Matsumiya work on back-to-back projects, including the 2020 HBO series Betty with long-time collaborator Crystal Moselle, a series based on the Sundance breakout film, Skate Kitchen. Matsumiya and Moselle previously collaborated on Moselle's award-winning documentary, The Wolfpack, with Aska's haunting score garnering high praise across the industry. She also composed the sublime electronically-driven score for the life-affirming Japanese feature, 37 Seconds, which won the coveted Panorama Audience award at the Berlin Film Festival. Selah & The Spades, directed by Tayarisha Poe; I'm Your Woman, directed by Julia Hart, written and produced by Jordan Horowitz (La La Land); and This Is Personal, which saw Aska once again collaborate with Amy Berg.
Having picked up Gold for Best Original Music at the Ciclope Creative Festival for Daniel Askill's Audi Electric Wave film, Matsumiya is also in high demand in the commercial space. You can hear her compositions on campaigns for Porsche, Levi, Chanel, Hermes, Miu Miu, and Prada.
Outside of scoring music to film, Aska and Alex Somers (Jónsi/Sigur Rós) teamed up to create the musical soundscapes for 'If Only the Sea Could Sleep', an exhibition of painter Claire Tabouret's work at HAB Galerie in Nantes, France. Aska and Alex's pieces included field recordings of boats creaking and chimes swinging in the wind - the feeling of being in the middle of the ocean. Their soundscapes were played throughout the event space's 24-channel-surround-sound speaker system, separating each element of the compositions to intertwine and flow effortlessly alongside Tabouret's mesmerising paintings.
If you would like to enquire about working with Aska, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Fiona Brice is a multi-talented composer and orchestral arranger.
Before seamlessly making her move into the world of live recording and touring, Brice graduated from King’s College London and the Royal Academy of Music.
Her incredible feel for classical arrangement and performance makes her one of the leading lights in the industry. Fiona has written for the BBC Proms, BBC6 Music and MTV, and artists including Kanye West, Jay-Z & Beyonce, Mark Ronson, John Grant, Anna Calvi, Jarvis Cocker, Placebo, Elbow, Boy George, Stereophonics and Florence and the Machine.
Brice also has her own career as a solo artist. Her first album “Postcards From” in 2016 was released on Bella Union, followed by “String Quartet No.1” in 2018 for Bigo & Twigetti, and a single “To A Place of Safety” in 2020.
If you would like to enquire about working with Fiona, email us at contact@dirtysoup.com
Award-winning composer Stephen Rennicks has been crafting inimitable soundtracks for the best of Independent Cinema and Television for over twenty years.
Rennicks' latest projects include Conversations With Friends; the highly anticipated follow up to Normal People. The 12-part TV Drama, directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Leanne Welham and produced by Element Pictures, airs on the BBC and Hulu on May 15th. Good Luck To You, Leo Grande; written by Katy Brand and directed by Sophie Hyde, the sex-positive tale of empowerment and self-discovery stars Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack. And An Cailín Ciuín/The Quiet Girl is adapted from a short story by Claire Keegan and directed by Colm Bairéad. The mesmerising feature tells the story of a neglected girl sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer.
In 2020 Rennicks scored 'Normal People', continuing his working partnership with director Lenny Abrahamson. The 12-part adaptation of Sally Rooney's bestselling novel tells the coming-of-age story of two young people moving from adolescence to young adulthood against the backdrop of Ireland during the global economic recession. It was one of the most-watched shows in 2020 on the BBC and Hulu, with the music on the show receiving outstanding reviews in publications such as Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vice, The NY Times and The Hollywood Reporter.
Prior to Normal People, Rennicks and Abrahamson collaborated on the feature Room, based on Emma Donoghue's bestselling novel of the same name starring Brie Larson (who picked up the Oscar for Best Actress), Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen and William H. Macy, the film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Abrahamson's first Oscar nomination for Best Director. And the breakout cult-hit, Frank, starring Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Domhnall Gleeson - a film with music at its heart saw Rennicks' stand-out songwriting, score and musical direction unanimously praised. Rennicks won the 'Best Technical Achievement in Music' award at the British Independent Film Awards for his incredible work on the film. In addition, the soundtrack was named number three in Mojo's soundtrack albums that year.
Among Rennicks' other credits are Death of a Ladies Man - a feature about a carousing college professor played by Gabriel Byrne, whose life becomes blighted by surreal hallucinations; Maya Zinshtein's, Forever Pure, an extraordinary feature-length documentary on the transfer of two Chechen Muslim soccer players to Israel's Beitar Jerusalem FC; Spanish language film Viva, directed by Paddy Breathnach and set in the crumbling beauty of Havana, is an emotionally-charged drama about a hairdresser who is forced to quit performing at the local drag club by his boxer father; Muse, a psych-thriller about an academic who slips into a world controlled by the ancient spirits of inspiration, the Muses; while Birthmarked, starring Toni Collette, is an off-the-wall comedy about genetics, destiny and – ultimately – family.
If you would like to enquire about working with Stephen, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Award-winning composer Stephen Rennicks has been crafting inimitable soundtracks for the best of Independent Cinema and Television for over twenty years.
Rennicks' latest projects include Conversations With Friends; the highly anticipated follow up to Normal People. The 12-part TV Drama, directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Leanne Welham and produced by Element Pictures, airs on the BBC and Hulu on May 15th. Good Luck To You, Leo Grande; written by Katy Brand and directed by Sophie Hyde, the sex-positive tale of empowerment and self-discovery stars Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack. And An Cailín Ciuín/The Quiet Girl is adapted from a short story by Claire Keegan and directed by Colm Bairéad. The mesmerising feature tells the story of a neglected girl sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer.
In 2020 Rennicks scored 'Normal People', continuing his working partnership with director Lenny Abrahamson. The 12-part adaptation of Sally Rooney's bestselling novel tells the coming-of-age story of two young people moving from adolescence to young adulthood against the backdrop of Ireland during the global economic recession. It was one of the most-watched shows in 2020 on the BBC and Hulu, with the music on the show receiving outstanding reviews in publications such as Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vice, The NY Times and The Hollywood Reporter.
Prior to Normal People, Rennicks and Abrahamson collaborated on the feature Room, based on Emma Donoghue's bestselling novel of the same name starring Brie Larson (who picked up the Oscar for Best Actress), Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen and William H. Macy, the film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Abrahamson's first Oscar nomination for Best Director. And the breakout cult-hit, Frank, starring Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Domhnall Gleeson - a film with music at its heart saw Rennicks' stand-out songwriting, score and musical direction unanimously praised. Rennicks won the 'Best Technical Achievement in Music' award at the British Independent Film Awards for his incredible work on the film. In addition, the soundtrack was named number three in Mojo's soundtrack albums that year.
Among Rennicks' other credits are Death of a Ladies Man - a feature about a carousing college professor played by Gabriel Byrne, whose life becomes blighted by surreal hallucinations; Maya Zinshtein's, Forever Pure, an extraordinary feature-length documentary on the transfer of two Chechen Muslim soccer players to Israel's Beitar Jerusalem FC; Spanish language film Viva, directed by Paddy Breathnach and set in the crumbling beauty of Havana, is an emotionally-charged drama about a hairdresser who is forced to quit performing at the local drag club by his boxer father; Muse, a psych-thriller about an academic who slips into a world controlled by the ancient spirits of inspiration, the Muses; while Birthmarked, starring Toni Collette, is an off-the-wall comedy about genetics, destiny and – ultimately – family.
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Ian Neil is a multi-award winning music supervisor with a career spanning over 25 years. His depth of knowledge across music research and handling music clearances has seen him supervise over 150 films for many of the world's most respected directors and producers.
Before becoming an independent film music supervisor, Ian took on the role of head of film and TV for Polygram Records and director of independent film, TV and advertising at Warner Chappell Music Ltd, placing the likes of Moby, Groove Armada and The Cardigans in many of the world's most recognisable commercial brand campaigns.
In his first outing in film, he supervised the box-office mega-hit Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. With a double-platinum winning soundtrack at the film's heart, a strong working relationship was instantly forged with Brit-director Guy Ritchie and producer Matthew Vaughn, making Ian the obvious choice to supervise Ritchie and Vaughn's follow up hit, Snatch, starring Brad Pitt. He has since supervised films such as the multi-award-winning Elton John biopic Rocketman; Anton Corbin's Control; Danny Boyle's 127 Hours; Shame & Widows, directed by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen; Kingsman: The Secret Service, starring Colin Firth and Samuel L. Jackson, and Kick-Ass with Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
Part of securing his place in the industry as one of the most respected independent film music supervisors was as Director of Film & TV at Sony Music. During his eleven years at the label, Ian helped many Sony artists gain further success in sync, including Kasabian, Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris, Rag'n'Bone Man, Paloma Faith, The Clash, Primal Scream, Tom Odell & Tom Walker.
As well as serving as exec-producer on the Ian Dury Biopic, Sex & Drugs And Rock & Roll, directed by Matt Whitecross, the upcoming documentary 'Who Killed The KLF?', with long time collaborator Chris Atkins, and 'I Still Breathe', directed by Alfred Bailey, Ian's current supervision projects include Elizabeth, Tetris, The Son, Ipcress Files, Quant, Culprits, and Pistol, directed by Danny Boyle.
Ian is a Board Member of the Sensoria Film and Music Festival and The Teenage Cancer Trust.
If you would like to enquire about working with Ian for Film and TV projects, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Toni Frashammer is an award-winning editor, painter and musician – a true artist to his core.
His deep-rooted musical knowledge has seen him soundtrack feature films and commercially branded content for many of the world's most respected directors and producers. Froshhammer's latest works include the Oscar-nominated feature Perfect Days, directed by Wim Wenders, and the internationally revered painter Albert Oehlen's soon-to-be-released feature film.
If you would like Toni to soundtrack your project, email us at contact@dirtysoup.com
Award-winning composer Stephen Rennicks has been crafting inimitable soundtracks for the best of Independent Cinema and Television for over twenty years.
Rennicks' latest projects include Conversations With Friends; the highly anticipated follow up to Normal People. The 12-part TV Drama, directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Leanne Welham and produced by Element Pictures, airs on the BBC and Hulu on May 15th. Good Luck To You, Leo Grande; written by Katy Brand and directed by Sophie Hyde, the sex-positive tale of empowerment and self-discovery stars Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack. And An Cailín Ciuín/The Quiet Girl is adapted from a short story by Claire Keegan and directed by Colm Bairéad. The mesmerising feature tells the story of a neglected girl sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer.
In 2020 Rennicks scored 'Normal People', continuing his working partnership with director Lenny Abrahamson. The 12-part adaptation of Sally Rooney's bestselling novel tells the coming-of-age story of two young people moving from adolescence to young adulthood against the backdrop of Ireland during the global economic recession. It was one of the most-watched shows in 2020 on the BBC and Hulu, with the music on the show receiving outstanding reviews in publications such as Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vice, The NY Times and The Hollywood Reporter.
Prior to Normal People, Rennicks and Abrahamson collaborated on the feature Room, based on Emma Donoghue's bestselling novel of the same name starring Brie Larson (who picked up the Oscar for Best Actress), Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen and William H. Macy, the film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Abrahamson's first Oscar nomination for Best Director. And the breakout cult-hit, Frank, starring Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Domhnall Gleeson - a film with music at its heart saw Rennicks' stand-out songwriting, score and musical direction unanimously praised. Rennicks won the 'Best Technical Achievement in Music' award at the British Independent Film Awards for his incredible work on the film. In addition, the soundtrack was named number three in Mojo's soundtrack albums that year.
Among Rennicks' other credits are Death of a Ladies Man - a feature about a carousing college professor played by Gabriel Byrne, whose life becomes blighted by surreal hallucinations; Maya Zinshtein's, Forever Pure, an extraordinary feature-length documentary on the transfer of two Chechen Muslim soccer players to Israel's Beitar Jerusalem FC; Spanish language film Viva, directed by Paddy Breathnach and set in the crumbling beauty of Havana, is an emotionally-charged drama about a hairdresser who is forced to quit performing at the local drag club by his boxer father; Muse, a psych-thriller about an academic who slips into a world controlled by the ancient spirits of inspiration, the Muses; while Birthmarked, starring Toni Collette, is an off-the-wall comedy about genetics, destiny and – ultimately – family.
If you would like to enquire about working with Stephen, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Award-winning composer Stephen Rennicks has been crafting inimitable soundtracks for the best of Independent Cinema and Television for over twenty years.
Rennicks' latest projects include Conversations With Friends; the highly anticipated follow up to Normal People. The 12-part TV Drama, directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Leanne Welham and produced by Element Pictures, airs on the BBC and Hulu on May 15th. Good Luck To You, Leo Grande; written by Katy Brand and directed by Sophie Hyde, the sex-positive tale of empowerment and self-discovery stars Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack. And An Cailín Ciuín/The Quiet Girl is adapted from a short story by Claire Keegan and directed by Colm Bairéad. The mesmerising feature tells the story of a neglected girl sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer.
In 2020 Rennicks scored 'Normal People', continuing his working partnership with director Lenny Abrahamson. The 12-part adaptation of Sally Rooney's bestselling novel tells the coming-of-age story of two young people moving from adolescence to young adulthood against the backdrop of Ireland during the global economic recession. It was one of the most-watched shows in 2020 on the BBC and Hulu, with the music on the show receiving outstanding reviews in publications such as Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vice, The NY Times and The Hollywood Reporter.
Prior to Normal People, Rennicks and Abrahamson collaborated on the feature Room, based on Emma Donoghue's bestselling novel of the same name starring Brie Larson (who picked up the Oscar for Best Actress), Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen and William H. Macy, the film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Abrahamson's first Oscar nomination for Best Director. And the breakout cult-hit, Frank, starring Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Domhnall Gleeson - a film with music at its heart saw Rennicks' stand-out songwriting, score and musical direction unanimously praised. Rennicks won the 'Best Technical Achievement in Music' award at the British Independent Film Awards for his incredible work on the film. In addition, the soundtrack was named number three in Mojo's soundtrack albums that year.
Among Rennicks' other credits are Death of a Ladies Man - a feature about a carousing college professor played by Gabriel Byrne, whose life becomes blighted by surreal hallucinations; Maya Zinshtein's, Forever Pure, an extraordinary feature-length documentary on the transfer of two Chechen Muslim soccer players to Israel's Beitar Jerusalem FC; Spanish language film Viva, directed by Paddy Breathnach and set in the crumbling beauty of Havana, is an emotionally-charged drama about a hairdresser who is forced to quit performing at the local drag club by his boxer father; Muse, a psych-thriller about an academic who slips into a world controlled by the ancient spirits of inspiration, the Muses; while Birthmarked, starring Toni Collette, is an off-the-wall comedy about genetics, destiny and – ultimately – family.
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With a 20-year-spanning career encompassing artist management and overseeing countless album releases from inception to completion, Juliet Martin's deep-rooted knowledge of the music industry has seen her work closely with many of Ireland's most respected music artists and composers.
In 2020, Juliet joined forces with the US-based music supervisor, Maggie Phillips, to co-create the spellbinding musical backdrop for the Emmy, Golden Globe and Bafta Nominated TV series 'Normal People'. A show that's music was so talked about; the BBC commissioned a special Original Sound Track for its BBC Sounds platform.
Juliet's current projects include Conversations With Friends; the highly anticipated follow up to Normal People. The 12-part TV Drama, directed by Oscar-Nominated Lenny Abrahamson and Leanne Welham, and produced by Element Pictures, airs on the BBC and Hulu on May 15th. And God's Creatures starring Emily Watson and Paul Mescal. Directed by Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer, produced by Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly in association with A24 and BBC Films, the psychological drama has already been selected for the prestigious directors fortnight strand at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
Other TV and Film Music Supervision work include Rosie, Conor McGregor: Notorious, Ballywalter, The South Westeries, Christmas Waltz, The Bright Side, The Drummer and the Keeper, and the IFTA winning A Date For Mad Mary.
Juliet is a Music Publishing Director on the board of The Irish Music Rights Organisation.
If you would like to enquire about working with Juliet for Branded and Commercial projects, email us at contact@dirtysoup.com
Alex Brady-Epton is a composer, record producer, mixer and DJ.
After gaining critical acclaim for his production work with the band Spank Rock, Epton went on to forge a creative bond with the internationally revered label XL Records. A unique relationship that has seen Alex collaborate with acclaimed artists, such as FKA Twigs, Arca, Kali Uchis, Wiki, Amber Mark, Skepta, Aj Tracey, David Byrne and Jack Penate.
In addition to his eclectic production work, Epton has brought his unique musical voice to global commercial brand campaigns and short film projects, including the spellbinding GANG, directed by Clayton Vomero. Juvenile, directed by Jovan Todorovic, and After Maria - the hard-hitting Netflix Documentary-Short that chronicled the harrowing aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
Highly sought-after by artists in a variety of genres, NYC based Epton has produced remixes for The Kills, Kele Okereke, Björk, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Thom Yorke, TV on the Radio, Lily Allen, Kool Keith, Kylie Minogue, Beach Fossils, Neon Indian and others.
If you would like to enquire about working with Alex, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Award-winning composer Stephen Rennicks has been crafting inimitable soundtracks for the best of Independent Cinema and Television for over twenty years.
Rennicks' latest projects include Conversations With Friends; the highly anticipated follow up to Normal People. The 12-part TV Drama, directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Leanne Welham and produced by Element Pictures, airs on the BBC and Hulu on May 15th. Good Luck To You, Leo Grande; written by Katy Brand and directed by Sophie Hyde, the sex-positive tale of empowerment and self-discovery stars Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack. And An Cailín Ciuín/The Quiet Girl is adapted from a short story by Claire Keegan and directed by Colm Bairéad. The mesmerising feature tells the story of a neglected girl sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer.
In 2020 Rennicks scored 'Normal People', continuing his working partnership with director Lenny Abrahamson. The 12-part adaptation of Sally Rooney's bestselling novel tells the coming-of-age story of two young people moving from adolescence to young adulthood against the backdrop of Ireland during the global economic recession. It was one of the most-watched shows in 2020 on the BBC and Hulu, with the music on the show receiving outstanding reviews in publications such as Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vice, The NY Times and The Hollywood Reporter.
Prior to Normal People, Rennicks and Abrahamson collaborated on the feature Room, based on Emma Donoghue's bestselling novel of the same name starring Brie Larson (who picked up the Oscar for Best Actress), Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen and William H. Macy, the film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Abrahamson's first Oscar nomination for Best Director. And the breakout cult-hit, Frank, starring Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Domhnall Gleeson - a film with music at its heart saw Rennicks' stand-out songwriting, score and musical direction unanimously praised. Rennicks won the 'Best Technical Achievement in Music' award at the British Independent Film Awards for his incredible work on the film. In addition, the soundtrack was named number three in Mojo's soundtrack albums that year.
Among Rennicks' other credits are Death of a Ladies Man - a feature about a carousing college professor played by Gabriel Byrne, whose life becomes blighted by surreal hallucinations; Maya Zinshtein's, Forever Pure, an extraordinary feature-length documentary on the transfer of two Chechen Muslim soccer players to Israel's Beitar Jerusalem FC; Spanish language film Viva, directed by Paddy Breathnach and set in the crumbling beauty of Havana, is an emotionally-charged drama about a hairdresser who is forced to quit performing at the local drag club by his boxer father; Muse, a psych-thriller about an academic who slips into a world controlled by the ancient spirits of inspiration, the Muses; while Birthmarked, starring Toni Collette, is an off-the-wall comedy about genetics, destiny and – ultimately – family.
If you would like to enquire about working with Stephen, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Award-winning composer Stephen Rennicks has been crafting inimitable soundtracks for the best of Independent Cinema and Television for over twenty years.
Rennicks' latest projects include Conversations With Friends; the highly anticipated follow up to Normal People. The 12-part TV Drama, directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Leanne Welham and produced by Element Pictures, airs on the BBC and Hulu on May 15th. Good Luck To You, Leo Grande; written by Katy Brand and directed by Sophie Hyde, the sex-positive tale of empowerment and self-discovery stars Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack. And An Cailín Ciuín/The Quiet Girl is adapted from a short story by Claire Keegan and directed by Colm Bairéad. The mesmerising feature tells the story of a neglected girl sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer.
In 2020 Rennicks scored 'Normal People', continuing his working partnership with director Lenny Abrahamson. The 12-part adaptation of Sally Rooney's bestselling novel tells the coming-of-age story of two young people moving from adolescence to young adulthood against the backdrop of Ireland during the global economic recession. It was one of the most-watched shows in 2020 on the BBC and Hulu, with the music on the show receiving outstanding reviews in publications such as Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vice, The NY Times and The Hollywood Reporter.
Prior to Normal People, Rennicks and Abrahamson collaborated on the feature Room, based on Emma Donoghue's bestselling novel of the same name starring Brie Larson (who picked up the Oscar for Best Actress), Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen and William H. Macy, the film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Abrahamson's first Oscar nomination for Best Director. And the breakout cult-hit, Frank, starring Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Domhnall Gleeson - a film with music at its heart saw Rennicks' stand-out songwriting, score and musical direction unanimously praised. Rennicks won the 'Best Technical Achievement in Music' award at the British Independent Film Awards for his incredible work on the film. In addition, the soundtrack was named number three in Mojo's soundtrack albums that year.
Among Rennicks' other credits are Death of a Ladies Man - a feature about a carousing college professor played by Gabriel Byrne, whose life becomes blighted by surreal hallucinations; Maya Zinshtein's, Forever Pure, an extraordinary feature-length documentary on the transfer of two Chechen Muslim soccer players to Israel's Beitar Jerusalem FC; Spanish language film Viva, directed by Paddy Breathnach and set in the crumbling beauty of Havana, is an emotionally-charged drama about a hairdresser who is forced to quit performing at the local drag club by his boxer father; Muse, a psych-thriller about an academic who slips into a world controlled by the ancient spirits of inspiration, the Muses; while Birthmarked, starring Toni Collette, is an off-the-wall comedy about genetics, destiny and – ultimately – family.
If you would like to enquire about working with Stephen, email contact@dirtysoup.com
Prior to launching Dirty Soup in 2011, Raife spent 15 years working as a session musician. This dream journey spanned everything from playing the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury to TV appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Later with Jools Holland. It's a deep-rooted industry experience that makes Raife trusted by artists and music management alike.
As a music supervisor, Raife has adeptly placed music from every genre and engaged many of the world's most creative composers in all categories and media. His latest projects include the feature Die, My Love, directed by Lynne Ramsay and starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson; season one of the twelve-part Disney Plus TV series A Thousand Blows, written by Stephen Knight and starring Stephen Graham; and global brand campaigns for the directors, Jonas Lindstroem and Miles Jay.
Raife still writes and performs and is currently engaged in two projects, with album launches set for 2025.
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