Andrew Simon McAllister
Andrew Simon McAllister is an award-winning composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer. His background of composing music for screen includes cinema released feature films, television series for broadcasting giants such as BBC, ITV, Channel 4, HBO, National Geographic, Discovery, Sky, MTV, Nickelodeon, Netflix, indents and video games.
His television credits include BBC ‘Planet of the Apemen', HBO Original Series 'Halfworlds', Andrew also scored BAFTA nominated primetime drama The Secret (TV series) for ITV. Feature film credits include Netflix ‘Hostage to the Devil’,‘We’re Doomed! Dad’s Army’, cinema released ‘Shooting for Socrates' and ‘The White Room’[1]
Career[edit]
Andrew Simon McAllister started playing brass instruments at age 6 including Cornet and Trumpet before progressing to Horn. He started learning guitar at age 11 and performed and toured in multi bands including a band with his cousin Nathan Connolly of Snow Patrol[2]. Andrew studied classical music at Queen’s University graduating with a BA in Music and Electro-Acoustic Composition. He then relocated to the U.S. to enhance his knowledge of writing to picture, here Andrew attended Berklee College of Music, graduating Summa Cum Laude in Film Scoring[2]
Andrew's television credits include BBC – Planet of the Apemen’ and BBC WWI drama ‘37 Days’ starring Ian McDiarmid, Tim Pigott-Smith and Nicholas Farrell, for which Andrew received a Royal Television Society Awards nomination [3]. Feature film credits include Netflix ‘Hostage to the Devil’, ‘We’re Doomed! The Dad’s Army Story’, ‘Shooting for Socrates’, ‘The White Room’, ‘The Breaker’ starring Bernard Hill, 'Rocky Ros Muc' and ‘My Lonely Me’[1]. His soundtrack for ‘My Lonely Me’ was nominated for Best Soundtrack at the World Music & Independent Film Festival Awards and won Best Soundtrack at the International Independent Film Awards. In 2015 Andrew composed the music for Endemol’s TV movie ‘We’re Doomed! The Dad’s Army Story’ for BBC, which was broadcast on Christmas Day. Andrew also scored BAFTA nominated [4] primetime drama The Secret (TV series) for ITV,starring James Nesbitt and directed by Nick Murphy.
Filmography[edit]
Andrew's current credits include[1]
- Ghost of Shergar
- The Devil's Doorway
- Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs (TV Movie)
- Rocky Ros Muc
- Of My Kin
- The Wedding Speech
- Dispatches (TV Series documentary)
- The White Room
- Noob (Short)
- Netflix Hostage to the Devil
- The Secret (TV Series)
- We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story (TV Movie)
- Find Me a Family (TV Mini-Series documentary)
- The Healer
- My Lonely Me
- Vultures
- Girona
- The Captors
- The Good Word
- The Breaker
- Shooting for Socrates
- 37 Days (TV Series)
- 13 Coins (Video Game)
- Pennyinch
- The Test
- Macrophonics (Video Game)
- Macropolis
- Planet Earth - Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth (TV Series documentary)
- Paint
Awards and nominations[edit]
- Royal Television Society Awards Nomination for 37 Days [5]
- Best Soundtrack Winner International Independent Film Awards for My Lonely Me[6]
- Best Soundtrack Nomination World Music & Independent Film Festival for My Lonely Me[7]
- Best Soundtrack Winner at Apollo Awards for HBO Halfworlds[8]
- Movie Score Winner Prestige Awards for My Lonely Me[9]
- Best Score Nomination Maverick Awards Nomination for My Lonely Me[10]
- Best Scores of 2017 Irish Times Awards for Rocky Ros Muc [11]
- BAFTA Nomination Best TV Mini-Series for ITV The Secret [12]
- Royal Television Award Nomination Best Current Affairs for Dispatches Under Lock and Key[13]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Air-Edel Composer Agency". Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Berklee College of Music Interview with Andrew Simon McAllister". Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ↑ "Royal Television Awards Official Site". Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ↑ "BAFTA Awards Official Site - Nomination Best TV Mini-Series". Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ↑ "Royal Television Society Awards Official Site - Nomination". Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ↑ "International Film Awards Official Site". Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ↑ "World Music and Film Awards Official Site". Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ↑ "Apollo Awards Official Site". Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ↑ "Prestige Awards Official Site". Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ↑ "Maverick Awards Official Site". Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ↑ "Irish Times Awards Official Site". Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ↑ "BAFTA TV Awards Official Site". Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ↑ "Royal Television NI Awards Official Site". Retrieved 19 March 2018.
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