Music For Historical Productions
Film - T.V. - Radio
'A picture is worth a thousand words…'
But the right music puts you there even before the pictures begin to roll!
Pic above shows our collection of various Roman musical instrument
replicas.
Latest News: A Troubadours fanfare was recently used in Oscar winning film "Finding Neverland" which stars Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet. The film won the Oscar for "Best Music Score" so in a small way The Troubadours contributed to that win!
Also, The Troubadours were recently featured in Sky TV's "Brianiac - History Abuse". The prog was first shown in June 2005 and featured the band playing together and also busking outside the Clapham Grand in London. It is expected that the programme will be repeated regularly.
Last year we provided help with the soundtrack for the motion picture The Gospel Of John (www.gospelofjohnthefilm.com). Spectator magazine recently ran an article explaining our involvement - "Seeking to reflect the Roman influence on the period that the film depicts, Stephen Cera and Jeff Danna (Music Supervisor and Composer for the film) discovered Praecones Britanniae, a Cambridgeshire, U.K., group specializing in the music of Roman times. The pair duly incorporated the group into the soundtrack.".
We also recently provided Aulos music for the BBC for their forthcoming programme on The First Olympians.
The authentic sounds for early historical period productions are very difficult to obtain.
WE CAN FILL THIS GAP
What can we offer you?
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The correct style of music for the era
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Played on accurate copies of historical instruments
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Extensive performance experience
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The ability to compose pieces in the style, to specifically meet your personal needs
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Our own costumes for several periods
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Reasonable fees
We own and play a large collection of instruments - woodwinds - strings - brass - percussions
Using these instruments with imagination, we can easily conjure the right mood for any scene you wish.
Click below to hear some of the sounds we can give you:
Roman (File name
"copa.mp3" - 475K)
Mediæval
(File name "citole2.wav" - 921K)
Tudor (File name
"feast.wav" - 347K)
(We have wardrobes for each of the periods above)
Music can also be provided for any of the following periods:
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Biblical and Ancient World
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Iron Age/Celtic
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Dark Ages
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Anglo-Saxon
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Norman
(Costumes would need to be provided for these)
Please contact us to discuss your requirements for specific periods. We have a wide range of early and ancient instruments with which we could well be able to provide what you need. mediamusicians@ancestral.co.uk
Medieval Music Library
Note that we can also provide sound samples
or extracts of medieval, Tudor and Roman music for use on websites, in computer
and video games etc. Again contact us to discuss your requirements.
Picture Gallery
Here are just a few pictures to show you some of what we can do.
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To discuss your requirements contact
Lee Gillett - (01353) 667556
or
Valerie Marshall - (01353) 698084
mediamusicians@ancestral.co.uk
Tudor Lodge, Pymoor Lane, Pymoor, Ely, Cambridgeshire. CB6 2EE. England.