Goldstein

08/03/2023

This International Women’s Day, we’re taking the opportunity to celebrate women in music once again — but this time, we’re looking at things from a different angle. Here’s a list of some of our favourite inventors and innovators who have contributed to the artistic development of music over the past century or so. Enjoy! goldsteinmusic.com/mothers-of-invention-five-pioneering-women-and-their-musical-creations/

28/02/2023

Latest work for Office Angels, directed by Luke Brookner for Media Zoo. We licensed a bright and upbeat soul-pop track for the film that provides warmth, energy and optimism.

Agency: Media Zoo
Director: Luke Brookner
Editor: Lewis Bullock
Grade: Alex Webb
Music Supervision: Goldstein

22/02/2023

A large-scale exhibition at the V&A Museum in London is celebrating the vibrant world of musical theatre — with relics charting the medium’s evolution and craftsmanship over the decades. ‘Re:Imagining Musicals’ collates a total of 100 rarely-displayed objects, including costumes, props, music and video footage taken from 30 classic productions. Take a look inside the fascinating collection!

08/02/2023

This week we're listening to Radiooooo.com - a web radio station showcasing music from different decades and countries all over the world. Recent journey highlights include choro guitar music from ‘20s Brazil, an emotive estrada performance from the '50s Soviet Union, Japanese enka music from the ‘70s, and afrobeat rhythms from ‘90s Nigeria. That's quite an adventure!

Radiooooo, a web radio station that explores the music of the world across multiple decades, celebrates its tenth anniversary this year.

25/01/2023

New work for Lexus, directed by Bruce St.Clair for Great Guns and Theandpartnership. As well as providing the sound design and audio mix, we produced the tender and moving folk-pop track that guides the story’s emotional journey.⁣
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Director: Bruce st clair
Agency: The&Partnership Japan
Production: Great Guns Asia⁣
Post Production: UPP Post Prague
Music production: Goldstein⁣
Sound Design & Mix: Goldstein

17/01/2023

The Turner Contemporary gallery has announced a new exhibition that will bring the work of an award-winning contemporary artist to Margate. ‘Feeling Her Way’ is a multi-disciplinary installation by British Afro-Caribbean artist Sonia Boyce, who was awarded the Golden Lion for Best National Participation for the project at the Venice Biennale in 2022.

‘Feeling Her Way’ centres on the vocal experimentation of five Black female musicians: jazz singer Jacqui Dankworth, neo-soul artist Poppy Ajudha, experimental vocalist Sofia Jernberg, folk-pop singer-songwriter Tanita Tikaram, and composer Errollyn Wallen. Through improvisational sessions at Abbey Road Studios Studios in London and Atlantis Studios in Stockholm, the group were encouraged to explore the potential of collaboration as a route to innovation.
https://goldsteinmusic.com/feeling-her-way-sonia-boyce-turner-contemporary/

05/01/2023

A new book exploring a Soviet Union black market that distributed forbidden music via x-ray film has been announced for publication via Strange Attractor Press. ‘Bone Music’, due for release this month, is the latest work by musician and author Stephen Coates — who previously explored the subject via 2015’s ‘X-Ray Audio: The Strange History of Soviet Music on the Bone’.

Read the interesting story of how DIY records were distributed through an underground community.

A new book exploring Soviet Union 'Bone Music' has been announced for publication via Strange Attractor Press.

09/12/2022

From ‘The Batman’ to ‘Nope’ and from ‘The White Lotus’ to ‘Andor’, 2022 has been another year to remember for music in film and television.

We’ve created a new playlist featuring some of our favourite scores of the year (including works by Terence Blanchard, Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, Jung Jae-il and more). You can check it out on our site now, enjoy!
https://goldsteinmusic.com/best-scores-of-2022/

17/11/2022

’Tis the season to watch footy — or so reckons Peter Crouch in this Christmassy World Cup spot from director Rich Hall for Paddy Power. We adapted several classic carols to make the montage as merry as possible, while also sourcing the choir vocals, before our score reaches a rousing climax.

Agency: Droga5
Director: Rich Hall
Production: Riff Raff Films
Edit: Stitch
VFX: Nineteentwenty
Music production: Goldstein

01/11/2022

Latest work for Aberlour Single Malt directed by Elena Petitti Roreto. We composed a score with rhythmic flare and a blend of unique instruments to communicate sophistication and complexity.

Director: Elena Petitti di Roreto
Production company: Anonymous Content
Agency: Crispin porter + Bogusky
Editor: Francesco Roma
SFX studio: Black Kite
Music Production: Goldstein

07/09/2022

We had a great time at the Creativepool Awards last week, where we were delighted to take home an award in the category of 'Music & Sound'!

Our work for Samsung 'The Marketplace' was awarded Bronze, and our music supervision and licensing arm DOLCE, took home both the Silver and People's Choice awards for a recent project for Jo Malone London.

Thanks again to Creativepool for the recognition, and to everyone that we worked on these projects with. We'll see you there again next year!

25/08/2022

New work for Paddy Power!

We produced a stripped-back, dreamy re-record of Bonnie Tyler's 'Holding Out For A Hero', with added operatic vocals. Who wouldn't want to see Peter Crouch (barely) fitting into a bath? 🛁🕯⁣
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Agency: Droga5
Director: Traktor⁣
Production: Stink Films
Edit: Final Cut
Post Production: Ninteentwenty
Track: Holding Out For a Hero - Bonnie Tyler⁣
Music Production: Goldstein

08/08/2022

An experimental interpretation of London on the cusp of the ’80s will screen at the BFI this week. ‘Codex’ is a 1979 film by director Stuart Pound, who took influence from the avant-garde music of the era.

The most remarkable quality of the film is its innovative editing, modelled on the repetitive and minimalist sounds of artists like Steve Reich and Philip Glass (whose music accompanies the film) and executed with musical and technical virtuosity.

An experimental film influenced by the avant-garde music of artists like Steve Reich will screen at the BFI Southbank in August.

14/07/2022

The Barbican Centre has announced a new live adaptation of one of the world’s most cherished animated films ‘My Neighbour Totoro’. The Royal Shakespeare Company will perform the Hayao Miyazaki film as a full stage play with cultural icon, and Studio Ghibli’s most cherished collaborator, Joe Hisaishi adapting his original score.

A new stage production of Studio Ghibli's 'My Neighbour Totoro' will premiere at the Barbican Theatre this year.

12/07/2022

We were touched to be a part of this powerful new film from The&Partnership and Pets at Home’s Vets4Pets, directed by Tom Green of Stink Films. Alongside a mixture of documentary and dramatised footage, we utilised the sounds of lilting strings and gentle pianos, which ebb and flow across the film to imbue the journey with a breadth of emotions. ⁣
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Director: Tom Green⁣
Agency: The&Partnership
Production: Stink Films
Sound Design: Factory
Music Production: Goldstein

16/06/2022

A new exhibition at the Design Museum explores an emerging field of creativity where new tools and materials create unexpected sensory responses. Described as an “experience-driven experiment” by curator James Taylor-Foster, ‘Weird Sensation Feels Good: The World of ASMR’ is the first exhibition of its kind in the UK.

Read more >>> goldsteinmusic.com/asmr-exhibition-design-museum-weird-sensation-feels-good-goldstein/

26/05/2022

A Danish arts collective caught our attention this week after we stumbled across footage from one of their fascinating subaquatic concerts. Between Music, who have been dubbed “the world’s first underwater band” by publications like New Scientist, premiered their ‘AquaSonic’ show in the Netherlands in 2016 after over a decade of preparation involving professors, divers and physicists.

‘AquaSonic’ sees five musicians and singers submerged in glass water tanks to perform a uniquely eerie and almost alien brand of music on specially-designed instruments. These include an underwater organ (or hydraulophone), a crystallophone, a rotacorda as well as percussion and violin.

Read more: goldsteinmusic.com/between-music-aquasonic-underwater-goldstein-music/

22/04/2022

New work with Andrea Love & United Nations Development Programme - UNDP for 💙🌏💚🌍⁣
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Fabrication & Animation: Andrea Love
Music production: Goldstein

01/04/2022

Check out our latest work for OnePlus directed by Jara Moravec and produced by Kode. The film explores a day in the life of a teenage student, made all the more exciting thanks to the electronics brand’s nifty new mobile phone hardware. For the director's cut, we licensed Andrew Tanker’s funky and percussive track ‘Swahili’ to bring colour and energy to the film.

Production: Kode
Director: Jara Moravec
Producer: Gwilym Gwillim
Executive Producer: Jack Goodwin
Service Production Company: Red Creek Productions
DOP: Filip Marek
Post & Online: ENVY Advertising
Colour: Filip Marek
Animation: Bill Wright
Track: ”Swahili” by Andre Tanker
Music Supervision: Goldstein

24/03/2022

A major two-month celebration of Japanese animation will begin at the BFI this month, with over 50 shorts and features spanning over 100 years charting a cinematic journey from early innovations to the world-renowned productions of the present. We’ve spotlighted three essential works from the event that highlight the synergising relationship between musical composition and animation. Check them out below!

A major celebration of Japanese anime commences at the BFI this month. We spotlighted three works regarded for their musical elements.

15/03/2022

SXSW is back in full swing in 2022, with a vibrant line-up of talks, films and live performances comprising a packed festival schedule. We took a deep dive into this year’s events to compile a list of highlights – check them out: goldsteinmusic.com/sxsw-2022-highlights-schedule-goldstein/

10/03/2022

A major celebration of the life and career of Ravi Shankar has opened at the Southbank Centre.

‘Shankar 100’ is a two-month event comprising live performances, workshops and archival exhibitions focused on the world-famous sitar player who helped bring the sounds of the Indian raga to the West, and whose collaborators included Philip Glass, John Coltrane and The Beatles.

Check out the new blog post: goldsteinmusic.com/shankar-100-southbank-centre-goldstein/

23/02/2022

Honoured to be involved in this new campaign for Centre Point UK highlighting the value and importance of the aid they provide. We composed a minimal piano piece for the film produced by Mrs Baxter Production.

Director: Ross Bolidai
Agency: Arthur London Agency
Production: Mrs Baxter Production
Editor: Marshall Street Editors
Colour: Cheat
Music production: Goldstein

15/02/2022

Nestled in a Whitechapel back alley behind a terrace of Victorian house fronts is one of London’s best-kept secrets: a mid-19th century music hall that is one of the last of its kind still standing.

Wilton Music Hall, today known as the “oldest Grand Music Hall in the world” is home to around 300 performances from over 80 productions per year. Read more about it in our latest blog post - goldsteinmusic.com/wiltons-music-hall-london-goldstein/