Recorded in Berlin by the Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt ( the state owned orchestra of Berlin) and conducted by Bernd Ruf. Some of the basic melody was written late one night and I returned to it over the next few days always changing it but kept returning to what I originally had. I guess the first idea is often what sticks.
A big thanks to all the musicians and everyone involved.

Broadcast Worldwide on Cartoon Network

Back in 2008, before The Amazing World of Gumball was commissioned, Ben Bocquelet, the show’s creator asked me to pitch some music for scoring the pilot. What I came up with as it turned out was the shows theme song , though we didn’t know that yet…

As there wasn’t any animation at this point Ben sent me some images that he had drawn and I then used those to get a feel for what the show might sound like. Gumball has lots of different characters, feels bright and is quirky too so the music needed to be a mix of instruments with a good vibe.
I had been visiting home in Melbourne around that time and found my recorder I had at primary school and brought it back to London thinking it might come in handy one day. Once I had the track more or less done I then added the recorder, overdubbing quite a few of them and it seemed to give it that certain sound I was looking for.

The Amazing World of Gumball – The DVD Episode
Broadcast Worldwide on Cartoon Network

Some 1200 cues later (not including rewrites!) plus the theme tune, end credits, promos etc, it’s been genre hopping musical mayhem.  From a chamber ensemble to odd little electro ditties, orchestral scores such as this one and back again.  

The Amazing World of Gumball is now in its third season and airs worldwide in 166 countries on Cartoon Network.

The Amazing Adventures of Kid Cole and Klay
Pilot series for Cartoon Network
Created by Pete Candeland and Stu Connolly/Directed by Stephene Coedel.

I’d worked with Pete Candeland on a Kia Sportage advert and he asked me to compose the music for this pilot episode. A homage to the 50’s sci-fi and horror, I loved working on this! Twangy guitars and jazzy horns were on the menu and a theremin was thrown in for good measure..I then ran the mix through some tape to add a bit of dust…

I got in touch with a fantastic banjo player by the name of Phil Morley for this Kia advert. We recorded the band live initially with a click track, but it wasn’t working so we ditched the click and got it one take at the right tempo. Good players and a bit of luck never go astray!