Sound on Film II

Synopsis

Series in which a composer and a director collaborate to devise and make an original music work for television.
1 (director: John Smith; composer: Jocelyn Pook) The building of the M11 link road in east London provoked a long and bitter campaign by local residents to protect their homes from demolition. Filmed while the houses were being torn down, music and images are woven into an elegaic evocation of memory and loss.
2 (director: Margaret Williams; composer: Judith Weir): Left at the mercy of a wicked step-mother and two ugly sisters, a young woman uses the powers of her magic doll to sort out her tormenters.
3 (director: Mike Stubbs; composer: Ulf Langhenirich): Against the background of the post-industrial lunar landscape of the Wolfen-Bitterfield district of former East Germany, hypnotic electronic music is constructed and mixed from the industrial sounds recorded on location.
4 (director: Phil Mulloy; composer: Alex Balenscu): An animated film based on the reminiscences of composer and musician Alex Balenscu. Subject to a rigid set of rules in Romania, the composer, believing he has escaped from this in New York, soon finds conformity of a different nature.
5 (director: Terry Braun; composer: Django Bates): Follows a day in the lives of a young composer and her daughter. Chance events influence her musical activities and these in turn inform her choice of numbers for a National Lottery entry. Will she be lucky?
6 (director: Peter Mumford; composer: Andy Shephard): A boy dreams of playing the saxophone in a jazz band while practicing the clarinet. When his supervising mother leave the house the the boy’s dreams manifest themselves: musicians invade the house and the music spills into the street.

Series

Sound on Film, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 15 min.

Year of production

1996

Availability

Hire
Sale; 1998 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS) each

Subjects

Music

Keywords

music for television

Credits

Director

John Smith; Margaret Williams; Mike Stubbs; Peter Mumford; Phil Mulloy; Terry Braun

Contributor

Alex Balenscu; Andy Shephard; Django Bates; Jocelyn Pook; Judith Weir; Peter Maniura; Rodney Wilson; Ulf Langheinrich

Sections

Title

Blight

Synopsis

1 (director: John Smith; composer: Jocelyn Pook) The building of the M11 link road in east London provoked a long and bitter campaign by local residents to protect their homes from demolition. Filmed while the houses were being torn down, music and images

Title

Helly Dolly goodbye Mummy

Synopsis

2 (director: Margaret Williams; composer: Judith Weir): Left at the mercy of a wicked step-mother and two ugly sisters, a young woman uses the powers of her magic doll to sort out her tormenters.

Title

Gift

Synopsis

3 (director: Mike Stubbs; composer: Ulf Langhenirich): Against the background of the post-industrial lunar landscape of the Wolfen-Bitterfield district of former East Germany, hypnotic electronic music is constructed and mixed from the industrial sounds r

Title

Wind of changes, The

Synopsis

4 (director: Phil Mulloy; composer: Alex Balenscu): An animated film based on the reminiscences of composer and musician Alex Balenscu. Subject to a rigid set of rules in Romania, the composer, believing he has escaped from this in New York, soon finds co

Title

One in a million

Synopsis

5 (director: Terry Braun; composer: Django Bates): Follows a day in the lives of a young composer and her daughter. Chance events influence her musical activities and these in turn inform her choice of numbers for a National Lottery entry. Will she be luc

Title

Music practice, The

Synopsis

6 (director: Peter Mumford; composer: Andy Shephard): A boy dreams of playing the saxophone in a jazz band while practicing the clarinet. When his supervising mother leave the house the the boy's dreams manifest themselves: musicians invade the house and

Sponsor

Name

Arts Council

Phone

020 7973 6820

Fax

020 7973 6449

Notes

Contact: Will Bell (7/99), e-mail will.bell@artscouncil.org.uk

Name

BBC Television

Distributor

Name

Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster

Notes

Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.