Max de Wardener

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Max de Wardener is a British composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist [1] known for his scores for film and television and his work in jazz, classical, world and electronic music.

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Career

Since graduating from York University and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, [2] he has written music for film and television, including Pawel Pawlikowski's feature films Last Resort (2000) and The Woman in the Fifth (2011), and Jerry Rothwell's 2008 documentary Heavy Load. [3]

As a bass player, he has appeared on albums by Dani Siciliano, Matthew Herbert, Róisín Murphy, Simon Bookish and Plaid [4] and is a member of the Zimbabwean Mbira player Chartwell Dutiro's band. [1]

Inspired by Harry Partch, de Wardener has built some unusual percussion instruments for use in his compositions, including a Bass Marimba [5] and a set of "Cloud Chamber Bowls". [6]

His work as a classical composer includes commissions for the Elysian String Quartet, [7] the London Symphony Orchestra [8] and a multimedia piece for the percussionist Joby Burgess. [9]

In 2008, collaborating with the singer/songwriter Mara Carlyle under the name "Max de Mara", he released an EP on Stanley Donwood's Six Inch Records [10] titled Classist.

To date, his solo discography comprises three albums and two EPs on Mathew Herbert's label, Accidental Records. His first EP, Stops, is a combination of electronic music and recordings of a church organ. [11] His discography also includes remixes for Gabriel Prokofiev, John Richards and Efterklang. [12]

Solo discography

Albums

EPs

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