ashley best.

Sep 7th, 2011

Sage@School.

Sage / Coffee Design, Newcastle upon Tyne

Brief: Compose a piece of aspirational and uplifting music that fits to a presentation video for the global enterprise software company, Sage. Some subtle sound effects will also be required. Sage suggested Coldplay's Paradise as inspiration for the music.

The video will be shown around the country at events encouraging students to enroll on a course teaching valuable business skills.

Aug 27th, 2011

E.P.2

Better Fly Honey Bee

Brief: Record and produce the second E.P. of
Better Fly Honey Bee, providing additional instrumentation and vocals.

More news about the upcoming release to follow. In the meantime here's a delightful cover of Slipknot's Wait and Bleed, which will feature on the E.P.

Jun 25th, 2011

Morph E4.

E4, Channel 4 TV Corporation.

Brief: "We want you to take our logo and create an original brand sting that smacks of E4 attitude and can be played out on our E4 telly-channel." Duration: 10 seconds.

Inspired by the T4 Toyota Aygo stings, I wanted to create a morphing effect that captured E4's random style of humour. After sketching up some ideas the animation took just a day to create in Adobe Flash.

My entry received over 2,700 public votes and spent considerable time amongst the top 16 highest rated entries! You can see the finalists here.

Jun 21st, 2011

Memoirs of a Bristol Crane.

Brief: Compose a music piece to accompany an animated film created for Bristol Encounters 0117 Film Challenge 2011. The film will be screened at several Bristol events including: Mshed, Harbourside Festival and Encounters Festival.

Jun 6th, 2011

Dylan Dog Biting His Tail.

Brief: Add atmospheres, edit dialogue, clean up some captured audio, insert composer's music stems, insert sound designer's stems and create a stereo mix for the short documentary film: Dylan Dog Biting His Tail.

Dylan Dog Biting His Tail is an experimental documentary about the power of imagination...

May, 2011

Gentleman Ghosts & Brotherly Love.

Brief: Record and produce the début E.P. of Better Fly Honey Bee. Provide additional instrumentation and vocals.

Gentleman Ghosts and Brotherly Love is available on iTunes and various other digital music stores, or you can contact BFHB for a physical copy!

Apr, 2011

Dabo.

Tap Things, Inc. Dallas, TX, USA

Brief: Produce sound effects for an iPhone game based on the fictional roulette-style betting game within Star Trek.

The game will soon be available in the iOS App Store.

In-game footage coming soon...

Apr 22nd, 2011

Project Stealth.

I am part of an online community of developers working on Project Stealth, a free, stand-alone UDK(tm)-powered game based on Stealth Action Multiplayer (SAM) game play. I receive sound design briefs by the producer and have to provide regular updates and examples.

I have created sounds from footsteps on concrete to fragmentation grenade explosions. There is an example below:

Mar 8th, 2011

This is Our Generation So Let's Make it Count.

Brief: Record and produce a 2-track demo for up and coming band Tides.

This is Our Generation So Let's Make it Count is available on iTunes and various other digital music stores, or you can contact Tides for a physical copy!

May 4th, 2010

Solemn Tree Hill.

Brief: Compose a piece of Chill-out music for a website promoting a health drink. The track must fit in with the company brand. Hear the track Somlemn Tree Hill below.

Apr 19th, 2010

Charlotte Tompkins.

Brief: Record and mix two classical pieces performed by Charlotte Tompkins, to be played at a funeral.

Piano and Organ by Chester Trinick.

Sep 20th, 2009

Ella Intro.

This soundscape was created for a progressive hardcore band from Bristol called Ella.

Ella's EP On The Verge Of Losing Everything received national acclaim, they toured alongside high profile bands such as Enter Shikari and were on the brink of being signed to an US record label, but after a particularly arduous UK tour everything fell apart.

Flutes by Cadence Dollive.

Jan 24th, 2009

Lori Best.

Brief: Produce a 4-track covers recording to be given as a gift on CD.

Dec 28th, 2008

Late Night Tit-Bits.

Brief: Create an extended version of the track 'Heal You', which features on my début album So Colourful to be used in a long-running theatre production entitled:

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Jun 1st, 2008

So Colourful (Album).

Brief: Write, record and produce an album of original music that fits in the alternative pop category. The album was my final year individual project for my degree in Music Technology. So Colourful is available on iTunes and various other digital download stores.

Released: June 1st, 2008. All Music and lyrics written by Ashley Best © 2008. Recorded and produced by Ashley Best at The University Of Huddersfield and The Broadway Studios, Norton. Artwork by Alex Benn. Photgraphy by Laura Hebron.

Jun 20th, 2008

Telefluenza.

This soundscape was created for a computer composition module at university. The piece was selected to be played at the very first concert in the new Creative Arts building on the Huddersfield University campus, which had been opened by her Majesty The Queen weeks before!

Headphone listening recommended!