EARDRUM PRODUCTIONS

ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS/ SOUND DESIGN/ AUDIO PRODUCTION

Future of Food Series – BBC TWO/ Blakeway/ Ten Alps Media
Future of Food

A three part documentary series in which George Alagiah travels the world to reveal a growing global food crisis that could affect the planet in the years ahead.

Paramount Comedy Central
Paramount Comedy Central

Comedy central UK commissioned original channel ident music for it's launch and programming.

The Climate Group
The Climate Group

Two commissions: we wrote and produced spoof single 'Energy wasting Day by Dan Power' and created the soundtrack for Together.com's 'Eat Seasonably' advertisement and campaign.

Dispatches: Jon Snow's American Journey – Quicksilver Media/ Dispatches/ C4
Jon Snow

As Obama and McCain's gladiatorial showdown entered its final week, Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow went in search of the new America.

O2 Arena British Music Experience
British Music Experience

Sound design and audio post production for interactive exhibitions.

Dispatches/ Blakeway TV – Channel 4
Jon Snow

Dispatches/ Blakeway TV commissioned original music for this one hour documentary looking into the state of Iraq five years after the invasion. Presented by Jon Snow.

Panorama – BBC One
BBCOne

Panorama followed a unit of British soldiers on a six-month tour to the front line in Afghanistan. It ended with one soldier dead and 12 seriously wounded. The programme has an original soundtrack by Charlie Jefferson.

Please follow the link below to watch the programme: Panorama

Terra Firma – FilmFour/ Sigma Films
The Goddess Cinema China 07

In March 2007 Eardrum Productions collaborated on the live soundtrack to accompany the screening of the silent film 'The Goddess' for the ''Cinema China 07'' festival in Edinburgh.

'The Goddess' (1934) is a silent film from the golden age of Chinese realist film-making. The leading role was played by the actress Ruan LingYu, who was a star in her time and has become a legend since.

Maggie Cheung ('Hero'/ 'Flying Daggers') the special guest of Cinema China 07, who played Ruan LingYu in the feature 'Centre Stage' (1992), was present at the premier and was weeping uncontrollably by the end of the performance.

Cinema China

Involved in the project were:

Charlie Jefferson: recording engineer, sound designer & percussion.
Dillon Bennett: recording engineer
Filip Davidse: soprano saxophone.
KimHo Ip: composer & yang-chin player.
Lucy Kendra: vocalist
Anothai Nitibhon: piano

Together.com/ Live Earth
Live Earth

Soundtrack commissioned for this corporate advertisement screened live as part of the Live Earth concert.

LoveFilm
Lovefilm.com

Contemporary music commissioned for this online computer game promoting the DVD rental company LoveFilm.

The Moon BBC TWO
bbc2

Produced by Ruth Whippman, this one hour documentary focuses on the moon and our relationship with it throughout the ages. An orchestral score was composed by Charlie Jefferson.

The Sun BBC TWO
bbc2

Produced by Micky Lachman, this one hour documentary examines closely the nature of the sun.

An orchestral score was commissioned by the BBC, composed by Charlie Jefferson.

Bitter Britain, Ideas Factory/ Channel 4
Ideasfactory

Soundtrack commissioned for this comedy short written and directed by Colin Kennedy (Sigma Films).

Hewlett Packard
HP

Soundtrack commissioned for an online computer game promoting HP's photography subsidiary Snapfish.

Law of Averages
Teachers tv

Winner of the Special Projects Award at First Light Movies Awards 2006. Directed by Colin Kennedy and written by the pupils of Barrhead High School, Glasgow this educational short film, screened on Teachers TV, followed the trials of a family coping with kidney disease. Soundtrack by Charlie Jefferson.

Inmarsat
Inmarsat

Original music commissioned for Inmarsat's global communications micro-site.

IBM/ OGLIVIE
IBM

Soundtrack commissioned for an IBM corporate.

Original Bob, Sigma Films/ Digicult
BBC2

Original music commissioned for this subtle comedy short directed by Zam Salim. Screened as part of BBC2's 'Home-grown Hollywood' season.

Offside Dreams, Fresh Film & TV
fresh film

Soundtrack commissioned for this half hour documentary following the first homeless world cup. Directed by Ruth Kelly.

Runaway Horses

This album presents the collaboration of two musicians interacting inter-culturally, Filip from Holland and Kimho from Hong Kong, China. Each has also worked musically across several cultures. The selected music, mostly influenced by East Asian folk music, combined with the aesthetics of European classical tradition, represents a state of mind in music that reflects a genuine interest to understand others' cultures and their subtle nuances. It is possibly the world's first ever recorded album of the instrumental combination of a Chinese dulcimer (Yang chin) and a soprano saxophone.

The Album was recorded live in the Canongate Kirk on Edinburgh's Royal Mile and was engineered and mastered by Charlie Jefferson.

Heshang/ River Elegy: The Complete Six Part Collection
Heshang

When CCTV broadcasted the documentary River Elegy (Heshang) in June 1988 the television series caused immediate shockwaves throughout China and was not pleasant viewing for the Chinese patriot. Proclaiming the death of Chinese civilisation and calling for thorough westernisation, it was one of the most talked about topics among Chinese intellectuals as well as western observers and is still debated as the Heshang-Phenomenom long after its official ban in 1989.

Eardrum Productions worked with the University of Edinburgh in recording the first translated version of this documentary, never before heard in the English Language. (voiceover by Cristofer Eikenes)

Imperial War Museum
Imperial War Museum

Ian Fleming: sound design and audio post production for interactive exhibits.

Tower of London
Henry VIII

Henry VIII: Dressed to Kill: sound design and audio post production for interactive exhibits.

Museum of London
Museum of London

Sound design and audio post production for interactive exhibits.