New Festival Celebrating Music & Visual Culture 'vision Sound Music' Announced At The Southbank Centre in September
Vision Sound Music is the UK's first event of its kind, a three day festival celebrating the unique relationship between audio and visual cultures.
Vision Sound Music will bring the music, advertising, games and film worlds together to provide an unprecedented line up of night time entertainment and daytime educational and industry events, with a schedule including The London Philharmonic Orchestra presenting a history of video game music, Ok Go, Nitin Sawhney, Gilles Peterson and Kutiman.
Focusing solely on the meeting point between music, film, advertising and games, Vision Sound Music will be an extraordinary place to learn and experience the ways in which music and sound elevate visual culture.
Taking place at the Southbank Centre on 2nd, 3rd and 4th September 2011, Visions Sound Music is produced in partnership with the creative agency Fallon, the video game festival GameCity and Sound and Music (SAM) the UK's leading organisation for contemporary music and sound art. The festival is presented in association with Music Week and supported by the Music Publishers' Association, the Musicians' Union and PPL.
Festival director Andrew Missingham, comments:
"Video Games from Heavenly Sword to Little Big Planet are taken to the next level by music. In film, from classic scores like Bernard Herrmann's 'Psycho' to the smart soundtracking of Scorsese and Tarantino, music is an essential dramatic component. Brands and adverts from Eno's Microsoft jingles to Cadbury's drumming Gorilla, are at their best with music in their heart. And in the digital space, from OK Go's treadmills to Kutiman's YouTube collages, music makes visuals come alive. It's high time music's essential role in all visual culture is celebrated"
As well as exciting evening events, Vision Sound Music aims to provide an unparalleled business to business opportunity for members of all visual industries connected and enhanced by music to discover the latest ideas and technologies within the sync community. The festival will be a platform for all people who make content for which music is an integral part, to exchange knowledge and challenge current industry models.
Programme Of Events:
Friday 2 September:
Day:
Vision Sound Music Professional
A one-day business to business seminar on Friday, bringing together the music, film, advertising and video games industries in a uniquely creative mix. VSM Pro is the place for professionals to network and find out about the latest, most exciting innovations from businesses doing business with music. Featuring Fallon, creative directors Chris Bovill and John Allison, video directors Jake Nava (Beyonce/Kelis/Robbie Williams) and Fred & Nick (Mumford & Sons)production companies such as Big Balls and Pulse Films, Sony Playstation, ieMusic, the Music Publishers’ Association, Xbox Kinect, Soundcloud and many more. http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/vision-sound-music-festival
Evening:
Fallon Presents:
Fallon London, the creative brains behind Cadbury’s Gorilla, ŠKODA’s Cake and Sony’s Balls, presents a unique showcase of music like you've never seen. Promising an audio-visual evening feast of music and multimedia art, featuring a curated line-up of headlined by Blacktronica’s head-honcho, Charlie Dark (creating a specially commissioned remix of a classic film) and Radio 1 DJ Gilles Peterson. Full details announced on www.visionsoundmusic.com Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £17.50 £15 http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/vision-sound-music-festival
London Philharmonic Orchestra: Video Games Heroes
Hear video game themes including Super Mario and Angry Birds like you’ve never heard them before, performed by one of the world’s best orchestras. Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/vision-sound-music-festival
Saturday 3 September
Day:
Vision Sound Music How2
Aimed at aspiring musicians, game and sound designers and film makers, Saturday daytime is filled with insider insights by top industry professionals uncovering the creative processes that bring visuals and music together. Whether you’re a music, design, animation, graphics, film or computer science student or a seasoned professional, VSM How2 offers a deep insight into these complementary industries. Featuring Nitin Sawhney, Richard Turner (Gorillaz/Roger Waters’ The Wall/Depeche Mode), Soundlounge, Dan Pemberton (Little Big Planet/Peep Show), Serena Cullen (Sophia’s Diary/Sex & Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Roll), Faber Music Academy and many more. Queen Elizabet Hall / Purcell Room Tickets: £45 http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/vision-sound-music-festival
Evening:
Sound of Fear: The Musical Universe of Horror Part I
Three performances celebrating the menacing effect of sound and music in horror movies. Vicki Bennett (AKA People Like Us) presents an audio collage from over 100 features to illustrating common concepts and themes, Korean artist Lee Hangjun creates an immersive deconstruction of Hitchcock’s legendary Psycho shower scene in After Psycho Shower and John Carpenter’s closest collaborator Alan Howarth performs live selections from classic soundtracks to Halloween, Escape From New York, Assault On Precinct 13 and The Thing. Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 6.15pm £10 (or £17.50 combined for ticket to Parts I & II) http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/vision-sound-music-festival
Sound of Fear: The Musical Universe of Horror Part II
A discussion panel comprising Friday 13th composer Harry Manfredini, musician and author Stephen Thrower and film critic Kim Newman take the audience on a journey through iconic music moments in the history of horror. As well as celebrating the familiar sounds of iconic blockbusters such as The Omen, Hellraiser and Friday 13th, their presentation will pay homage to the lesser known soundtracks of movies like The Beyond, Cannibal Holocaust and The Return Of The Living Dead. This will be followed by A Musical Compendium Of Horror – a new arrangement created exclusively for Sound of Fear by the acclaimed international ensemble of soloists zeitkratzer. The 12-strong group will draw on the entire musical gamut of traditional horror film-score techniques, combining carefully crafted theatrical lighting and sound design, to plunge the audience into a chilling sound-world of tension, fear and unease. Queen Elizabeth Hall, 8.30pm £12.50 (or £17.50 for combined ticket to Parts I&II) http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/vision-sound-music-festival
Sunday 4 September
Day:
Vision Sound Music’s last day before school
On the last day before schools return from summer holidays, VSM Family is a day for parents, kids and friends to share a packed Sunday full of interactive, creative, hands-on fun, exploring video games, music and film. Featuring Theramin Hero, interactive artworks from Chris O’Shea, Airside animation workshops, the 3D audio game Papa Sangre, Sony Playstation and xBox Kinect. Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room, 10.30am – 5pm, £10 or £25 for a family of three http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/vision-sound-music-festival
Evening:
Inside the magical world of Ok Go
OK Go have racked up close to 100 million YouTube views for their videos featuring dogs, impossibly intricate machines, treadmill and paintball guns. OK Go’s lead singer and kingpin Damian Kulash, joins the festival for a world exclusive interview lifting the lid on the band's creative visual process, armed with never-before-seen out-takes, B-roll and test footage that show why OK Go are arguably the most important band mixing music and visuals in the 21st century. Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £17.50 £15 http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/vision-sound-music-festival
The making of Rocky Horror (including full gory details)
Rocky Horror Picture Show creators Richard O’Brien and Richard Hartley share their inspiration and anarchic creative process. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes weird, sometimes touch-a touch-a touching, hear first hand the full uncensored story of how Rocky Horror was brought to life (and afterlife). Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £10 http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/vision-sound-music-festival
Vision Sound Music Interactive
The festival will have lots of exclusive, interactive content online at www.visionsoundmusic.com, including an Audio Ad Remix project - your chance to remix classic ads from the Cadbury’s Gorilla to the Guinness Surfers. A video talent search with Pulse Films, online Q&A surgery sessions with professionals, and specially commissioned film profile with mash-up artist, Kutiman, film and ad director Alan Parker and director/composer, John Carpenter. http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/vision-sound-music-festival
About Andrew Missingham:
Andrew Missingham is an independent consultant specialising in strategic advice to the creative industries. Working across disciplines with a focus on digital, youth and emerging culture, the advice that he gives and projects and events he creates have their basis in 20 years working in music. Recent consultancy ranges from writing Arts Council England’s ICT strategy, to on-going work looking at the recording industry’s transition into a digital economy for UK Music, to writing a report examining the impact of music-based games, “Why Console Games are Bigger than Rock 'n' Roll”. Andrew is a governor of The Contemporary Dance Trust (The Place) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
About Sound and Music
Sound and Music promotes exciting and challenging contemporary music and sound art through a range of projects, incorporating live events, learning, artist development, and digital platforms. We embrace complexity and risk-taking and invite the audience to listen in new ways. Simply put, we want more people to discover the joy and rewards of listening. www.soundandmusic.org
About Fallon
Fallon London was founded in 1998 and is one of the most awarded creative agencies in the world, responsible for the reaction of iconic campaigns for Skoda ‘Cake’, Cadbury ‘Gorilla’ and Sony ‘Balls’. Part of the Publicis Groupe, Fallon is powered by a belief in the unreasonable power of creativity. www.fallon.co.uk
About GameCity
Part of Nottingham Trent University’s Centre for Contemporary Play, GameCity aims to bring together developers and the public to explore and celebrate videogames and videogames culture, with a particular focus on students. We attract the best speakers in the world, offer up-and-coming artists and developers a platform for games and create totally unique events. www.gamecity.org
George Wigens
Wasted Youth PR
Tel: +44 (0)203 227 0430
Cell: +44 (0)772 370 4575
Wasted Youth PR, 53 Corsica Street, London, N5 1JT
www.wastedyouthpr.com
Representing: Alexander, AlunaGeorge, The Amorphous Androgynous, Matt Berry, The Candle Thieves, Carnaby Street Festival, Tony Christie, Citadels, Matt Costa, Delays, The Dresden Dolls, Duologue, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, Evryone, fun., Fun Lovin' Criminals, The Futureheads, Genuflex, Get Loaded In The Park, Charlotte Hatherley, Hervé, Ivyrise, Keane, Kids in Glass Houses, Lamb, The Like, Little Dragon, Love Amongst Ruin, Ida Maria, Mechanical Bride, Antony Micallef, Mighty Mouse, Music Video Awards, OK Go, Owl City, Amanda Palmer, Paramore, Lou Rhodes, Scouting For Girls, They Might Be Giants, Trevor Moss and Hannah-Lou, We Fell To Earth, Yadi, Yelle
Focusing solely on the meeting point between music, film, advertising and games, Vision Sound Music will be an extraordinary place to learn and experience the ways in which music and sound elevate visual culture.
Taking place at the Southbank Centre on 2nd, 3rd and 4th September 2011, Visions Sound Music is produced in partnership with the creative agency Fallon, the video game festival GameCity and Sound and Music (SAM) the UK's leading organisation for contemporary music and sound art. The festival is presented in association with Music Week and supported by the Music Publishers' Association, the Musicians' Union and PPL.
Festival director Andrew Missingham, comments:
"Video Games from Heavenly Sword to Little Big Planet are taken to the next level by music. In film, from classic scores like Bernard Herrmann's 'Psycho' to the smart soundtracking of Scorsese and Tarantino, music is an essential dramatic component. Brands and adverts from Eno's Microsoft jingles to Cadbury's drumming Gorilla, are at their best with music in their heart. And in the digital space, from OK Go's treadmills to Kutiman's YouTube collages, music makes visuals come alive. It's high time music's essential role in all visual culture is celebrated"
As well as exciting evening events, Vision Sound Music aims to provide an unparalleled business to business opportunity for members of all visual industries connected and enhanced by music to discover the latest ideas and technologies within the sync community. The festival will be a platform for all people who make content for which music is an integral part, to exchange knowledge and challenge current industry models.
Programme Of Events:
Friday 2 September:
Day:
Vision Sound Music Professional
A one-day business to business seminar on Friday, bringing together the music, film, advertising and video games industries in a uniquely creative mix. VSM Pro is the place for professionals to network and find out about the latest, most exciting innovations from businesses doing business with music. Featuring Fallon, creative directors Chris Bovill and John Allison, video directors Jake Nava (Beyonce/Kelis/Robbie Williams) and Fred & Nick (Mumford & Sons)production companies such as Big Balls and Pulse Films, Sony Playstation, ieMusic, the Music Publishers’ Association, Xbox Kinect, Soundcloud and many more. http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/vision-sound-music-festival
Evening:
Fallon Presents:
Fallon London, the creative brains behind Cadbury’s Gorilla, ŠKODA’s Cake and Sony’s Balls, presents a unique showcase of music like you've never seen. Promising an audio-visual evening feast of music and multimedia art, featuring a curated line-up of headlined by Blacktronica’s head-honcho, Charlie Dark (creating a specially commissioned remix of a classic film) and Radio 1 DJ Gilles Peterson. Full details announced on www.visionsoundmusic.com Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £17.50 £15 http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/vision-sound-music-festival
London Philharmonic Orchestra: Video Games Heroes
Hear video game themes including Super Mario and Angry Birds like you’ve never heard them before, performed by one of the world’s best orchestras. Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm £39 £33 £27 £21 £16 http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/vision-sound-music-festival
Saturday 3 September
Day:
Vision Sound Music How2
Aimed at aspiring musicians, game and sound designers and film makers, Saturday daytime is filled with insider insights by top industry professionals uncovering the creative processes that bring visuals and music together. Whether you’re a music, design, animation, graphics, film or computer science student or a seasoned professional, VSM How2 offers a deep insight into these complementary industries. Featuring Nitin Sawhney, Richard Turner (Gorillaz/Roger Waters’ The Wall/Depeche Mode), Soundlounge, Dan Pemberton (Little Big Planet/Peep Show), Serena Cullen (Sophia’s Diary/Sex & Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Roll), Faber Music Academy and many more. Queen Elizabet Hall / Purcell Room Tickets: £45 http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/vision-sound-music-festival
Evening:
Sound of Fear: The Musical Universe of Horror Part I
Three performances celebrating the menacing effect of sound and music in horror movies. Vicki Bennett (AKA People Like Us) presents an audio collage from over 100 features to illustrating common concepts and themes, Korean artist Lee Hangjun creates an immersive deconstruction of Hitchcock’s legendary Psycho shower scene in After Psycho Shower and John Carpenter’s closest collaborator Alan Howarth performs live selections from classic soundtracks to Halloween, Escape From New York, Assault On Precinct 13 and The Thing. Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 6.15pm £10 (or £17.50 combined for ticket to Parts I & II) http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/vision-sound-music-festival
Sound of Fear: The Musical Universe of Horror Part II
A discussion panel comprising Friday 13th composer Harry Manfredini, musician and author Stephen Thrower and film critic Kim Newman take the audience on a journey through iconic music moments in the history of horror. As well as celebrating the familiar sounds of iconic blockbusters such as The Omen, Hellraiser and Friday 13th, their presentation will pay homage to the lesser known soundtracks of movies like The Beyond, Cannibal Holocaust and The Return Of The Living Dead. This will be followed by A Musical Compendium Of Horror – a new arrangement created exclusively for Sound of Fear by the acclaimed international ensemble of soloists zeitkratzer. The 12-strong group will draw on the entire musical gamut of traditional horror film-score techniques, combining carefully crafted theatrical lighting and sound design, to plunge the audience into a chilling sound-world of tension, fear and unease. Queen Elizabeth Hall, 8.30pm £12.50 (or £17.50 for combined ticket to Parts I&II) http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/vision-sound-music-festival
Sunday 4 September
Day:
Vision Sound Music’s last day before school
On the last day before schools return from summer holidays, VSM Family is a day for parents, kids and friends to share a packed Sunday full of interactive, creative, hands-on fun, exploring video games, music and film. Featuring Theramin Hero, interactive artworks from Chris O’Shea, Airside animation workshops, the 3D audio game Papa Sangre, Sony Playstation and xBox Kinect. Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room, 10.30am – 5pm, £10 or £25 for a family of three http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/vision-sound-music-festival
Evening:
Inside the magical world of Ok Go
OK Go have racked up close to 100 million YouTube views for their videos featuring dogs, impossibly intricate machines, treadmill and paintball guns. OK Go’s lead singer and kingpin Damian Kulash, joins the festival for a world exclusive interview lifting the lid on the band's creative visual process, armed with never-before-seen out-takes, B-roll and test footage that show why OK Go are arguably the most important band mixing music and visuals in the 21st century. Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm £17.50 £15 http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/vision-sound-music-festival
The making of Rocky Horror (including full gory details)
Rocky Horror Picture Show creators Richard O’Brien and Richard Hartley share their inspiration and anarchic creative process. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes weird, sometimes touch-a touch-a touching, hear first hand the full uncensored story of how Rocky Horror was brought to life (and afterlife). Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.45pm £10 http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/vision-sound-music-festival
Vision Sound Music Interactive
The festival will have lots of exclusive, interactive content online at www.visionsoundmusic.com, including an Audio Ad Remix project - your chance to remix classic ads from the Cadbury’s Gorilla to the Guinness Surfers. A video talent search with Pulse Films, online Q&A surgery sessions with professionals, and specially commissioned film profile with mash-up artist, Kutiman, film and ad director Alan Parker and director/composer, John Carpenter. http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/festivals-series/vision-sound-music-festival
About Andrew Missingham:
Andrew Missingham is an independent consultant specialising in strategic advice to the creative industries. Working across disciplines with a focus on digital, youth and emerging culture, the advice that he gives and projects and events he creates have their basis in 20 years working in music. Recent consultancy ranges from writing Arts Council England’s ICT strategy, to on-going work looking at the recording industry’s transition into a digital economy for UK Music, to writing a report examining the impact of music-based games, “Why Console Games are Bigger than Rock 'n' Roll”. Andrew is a governor of The Contemporary Dance Trust (The Place) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
About Sound and Music
Sound and Music promotes exciting and challenging contemporary music and sound art through a range of projects, incorporating live events, learning, artist development, and digital platforms. We embrace complexity and risk-taking and invite the audience to listen in new ways. Simply put, we want more people to discover the joy and rewards of listening. www.soundandmusic.org
About Fallon
Fallon London was founded in 1998 and is one of the most awarded creative agencies in the world, responsible for the reaction of iconic campaigns for Skoda ‘Cake’, Cadbury ‘Gorilla’ and Sony ‘Balls’. Part of the Publicis Groupe, Fallon is powered by a belief in the unreasonable power of creativity. www.fallon.co.uk
About GameCity
Part of Nottingham Trent University’s Centre for Contemporary Play, GameCity aims to bring together developers and the public to explore and celebrate videogames and videogames culture, with a particular focus on students. We attract the best speakers in the world, offer up-and-coming artists and developers a platform for games and create totally unique events. www.gamecity.org
George Wigens
Wasted Youth PR
Tel: +44 (0)203 227 0430
Cell: +44 (0)772 370 4575
Wasted Youth PR, 53 Corsica Street, London, N5 1JT
www.wastedyouthpr.com
Representing: Alexander, AlunaGeorge, The Amorphous Androgynous, Matt Berry, The Candle Thieves, Carnaby Street Festival, Tony Christie, Citadels, Matt Costa, Delays, The Dresden Dolls, Duologue, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, Evryone, fun., Fun Lovin' Criminals, The Futureheads, Genuflex, Get Loaded In The Park, Charlotte Hatherley, Hervé, Ivyrise, Keane, Kids in Glass Houses, Lamb, The Like, Little Dragon, Love Amongst Ruin, Ida Maria, Mechanical Bride, Antony Micallef, Mighty Mouse, Music Video Awards, OK Go, Owl City, Amanda Palmer, Paramore, Lou Rhodes, Scouting For Girls, They Might Be Giants, Trevor Moss and Hannah-Lou, We Fell To Earth, Yadi, Yelle