Sunday 7 December 2008

Composer David Beard wins the Soundtrack Film Scoring Prize.

David Beard's film score has been selected for the winner of the 2008 'Soundtrack - International Film Festival' film scoring prize held in Cardiff this year.
An extract of the opening section can be heard here - "Hello Cardiff" or from the Composer's website.
The Soundtrack Film Festival; in association with The Screen and Sound Archive of Wales opened The Soundtrack Film Scoring Prize to all ages and across the globe.
It was an opportunity to create an original score for a clip of archive 50's film of Cardiff Bay

Entrants were provided with a piece of archive footage, courtesy of The Screen and Sound Archive of Wales, for which an original score would be created. Submitted scores was then assessed by a panel of experts, with the winner being screened at the inaugural Soundtrack Film Festival.