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Kim began playing the violin at age 7, took up the guitar and dropped the violin (although he kept the bow) at 13, and spent his early teens trying to become Jimmy Page. Rescued from a life in prog rock by Dr Feelgood, Kim signed up for the punk wars having seen Wilko Johnson prove that a Telecaster could be a lot more exciting than a Pantechnicon full of guitar effects. After several years of punk, new wave, psychobilly and ska, in garages, rehearsal studios, and a short and very depressing time in someone's completely black front room, Kim decided that life in a sweaty transit van with 3 blokes he hated wasn't a sensible career goal, so he set off on a path towards film music and movie composer superstardom.
Somewhere along the way he seemed to have picked up how to play keyboards and sax, and he went to the London International Film School to find out how difficult writing to picture really was. Having scored several prizeb winning shorts at the Film School, kim inflicted his music on the waiting world in such classics as "The Thames Path", "CGX - the Awards Show", "The Television Show", "Pakex - the Movie" and the now legendary "A Time To Manage (Inland Revenue Training Department)". He also worked with Clive Langer on the music for feature film Still Crazy, arranged strings for Virgin Records signed band The Family of Free Love and worked with Rat Scabies on songs and pieces, as well as becoming experienced writing music for theatre, music for television, and sound design and music for video and multimedia projects.
At some point he obviously earned some money, as he built his own studio under the Heathrow flight path and equipped it with as many weird instruments as he could think of, including a Waterphone, a Mandocello, an Autoharp, and lots of guitars. A chest full of itchy and scratchy percussion is also available, mainly to keep small children (and Kim) amused.
Visitors to the studio have included the afore-mentioned Rat Scabies, author Jeanette Winterson, the legendary Nick Lowe, and assorted other like-minded folk. Meanwhile, Kim continues on his quest for a small golden statue through work in the media/music/electronic interface (as one of his tutors once called it - film music to us normal mortals!)
A full list of works:
Proboscis Film Music
(London Film School) Short Film (1995)
Time to Manage Corporate Video Music (upstream)
TV/Video (1995)
Skin Flick Film Music
(London Film School) Short Film (1996)
The Thames Path Documentary Music
(talking business) Corporate Video (1996)
A Street-Sweeper named Desire Film Music
(London Film School) Short Film (1996)
Collection Production Music
CD (1997)
The Method Film Music
(London Film School) Short Film (1997)
5 Plays in 5 Days Theatre Music & Sound Design
(DGGB/Writers Guild) Theatre (1998)
Framing Shakespeare Event Music
(DGGB) Event (1998)
The Canada Memorial Documentary Music
(talking business) Corporate Video (1998)
B-movie Status Film Music
(London Film School) Short Film (1998)
CGIX Awards Event Music
(CGIX) Event (1999)
DGGB Show-reel Corporate Video Music (DGGB)
TV/Video (1999)
Family of Free Love String Arrangements (Virgin
Records) Strings (1999)
Pakex Corporate Video Music (talking
business) Corporate Video (1999)
Three in a bed Theatre Music & Sound Design (Independent
Theatre) Theatre (1999)
Still Crazy (assisting) Film Music
(Columbia Tristar) Film (1999)
GPT Event Music
(upstream) Event (1999)
5 plays in 5 days Theatre Music & Sound Design
(DGGB/Writers Guild) Theatre (2000)
P G Wodehouse golf stories Film Music
(talking business) TV/Video (2000)
Disparate Bodies Theatre Music & Sound Design
(Amnesty International) Theatre (2000)
Pink Pumpkins at Dawn Film Music
(Independent Film) Feature Film (2000)
SITA CD-rom Music & Sound Design
(Navedian) Multimedia (2000)
In Search of Solutions Documentary Music
(Anglia TV) TV/Video (2001)
Vintage Living Texts Theme Music
(Random House) Multimedia (2001)
City4kids Music & Sound Design
Multimedia (2001)
Arcangel Mutlimedia Music
Multimedia (2001)
(god save) the mad parade Album
CD (2002)
PSI Music & Sound Design
Multimedia (2002)
Non-compliance Piano, Cello, Tape Loops
Piece (2003)
String Quartets String Quartet
Piece (2003)
For 'Cello Solo Cello
Piece (2003)
Miserere String Quartet & Choir
Piece (2003)
What's the Time, Mister Wolf? Piano, Percussion, Samples
Piece (2003)
Practical Norwegian Film Music
(Conviction Pictures) Short Film (2003)
For Celli Cello Duet
Piece (2004)
Necessmothinvention Piano
Piece (2004)
Klangerzeugern Piano
Piece (2004)
Wailing Wall Tape loops, effects
Piece (2004)
Origami Chamber Orchestra & Tape
Piece (2004)
Piano Miniatures Piano
Piece (2005)
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