Author Archives: Nic Paton

 

The Inyathelo Philanthropy Awards 2013

Nov
06
2013
by Nic Paton | 0 Comments

I scored the music for the Inyathelo Philanthropy Awards, which took place on Tuesday 5th November at a gala dinner at the City Hall, Cape Town. Filmmaker Marisa van Jaarsveld had this to say about […]

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Mama Dance Composer Interviews – Nic Paton

Aug
27
2013
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As part of the Pianism launch, there is a write-up on South African Industry portal Film Contact and a video interview by Mama Dance’s visionary founder, Craig McGahey.

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Aish! Beardyman “sings” TED

Aug
04
2013
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Musical inventor Beardyman combines astonishing vocal flexibility, near-unbounded imagination and a to-die-for live rig to almost get a TED audience to rock…

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Pianism: elegant, minimal, piano themes

Jun
25
2013
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My new production library collection is called “Pianism”. These compositions for piano are elegant, minimal, and flowing, creating space, style and expansiveness, calming and uplifting, and yet hinting at deeper, darker wells of emotion and […]

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“Pine” – the stalker scene

Feb
15
2013
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A case of species confusion by an invading alien witnessed by a botanically-correct stalker –  a scene from Stephen Schmidt’s nutty Caper “Pine” with my score.

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Ableton Live 9 / Push

Nov
06
2012
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Dear  Santa This is the state of the art of music making. Ableton’s Gerhard Behles and some incredibly talented music makers present the advent of Live 9, including “Push” (much more than a controller, but […]

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KFC Journey of Hope

Oct
05
2012
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Using the track “Wonder” from “Twana Toons”

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Rubner TV Impressions using “Equipoise”

Aug
01
2012
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Equipoise plays from 4:02

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Bradley Stilwell 2012 showreel

Jun
13
2012
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Animation and compositing/lighting genius Bradley Stilwell recently returned to South Africa from Aardman Animations in the UK. I scored his showreel, which includes “The Pirates! Band of Misfits”, “Legend of the Guardians”, and Sunrise’s Jungle […]

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A Tone Poem : The Arc of Home

Jun
07
2012
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This spacious pianistic piece, “The Arc of Home”, is a tone poem set to a simple, short and yet deeply profound visual narrative by director Amelia Olsen-Boyd.

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