November 2, 2022

First Contact: An Alien Encounter

A new commission for BBC Studios and PBS, and again working with Nic Stacey who wrote and directed the Order & Disorder and Mechanical Marvels documentaries. Described by BBC2 as “Drama-documentary telling the gripping story of an encounter with an…

Creative Brain

Another bit of scoring work sees the light of day, this time for David Eagleman’s documentary on creativity. It features a pretty diverse array of creative people including Tim Robbins, Kelis, Michael Chabon and Nick Cave, and it’s on Netflix…

Short Film Score

Recent commission to score the 1908 silent film ‘St Kilda, It’s People And Birds’, to be performed as part of the Edinburgh Film Festival. The premiere was at the unique Flowave facility in Edinburgh University, the world’s second largest wave…

Sibilo Score Released

The score for Sophie Laplane’s ‘Sibilo’, commissioned by Scottish Ballet, is now available from Kathexis. An alternate version of the ‘Prologue’ is also here as a free download, and is the version actually used in the final dance piece: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qhjwpcebinkwq8e/SIBILO%20-%20Prologue%20%28BONUS%20VERSION%29.aif?dl=0

Swung

‘Swung’, a new film from Sigma Films, directed by Colin Kennedy is premiering at the Edinburgh Film Festival. And it has already picked up some international distribution. It features some original music by myself.

Order Disorder Vinyl

Available on very limited green vinyl as of yesterday. My Order Disorder score composed for the BBC series of the same name. Includes free mp3 version. http://boomkat.com/vinyl/1257484-alex-menzies-order-disorder and (for US) http://www.kathexis.org/#!store/cuaz