Short Pieces for Short Films Volume 1, by Stephen Gallagher

Short Pieces for Short Films Volume 1

by Stephen Gallagher

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1.	Rū 01:36	buy track
2.	Ambulance 02:16	buy track
3.	Time for the Carry 03:06	buy track
4.	Connection 02:35	buy track
5.	Mahalo 01:45	buy track
6.	Lea Tupu'anga 01:50	buy track
7.	Second Lift 06:42	buy track
8.	Haymaker 06:31	buy track
9.	Lyn Watches Shaun 02:44	buy track
10.	Earthlings 01:39	buy track

about

The intrinsic relationship between music and film is a space we explore on Stephen Gallagher’s Short Pieces for Short Films Volume 1.

Stephen is a composer who seeks open collaboration with the visual storytellers he’s working with. It is fundamental to his approach, ensuring the score he creates serves the story, the intent, and ultimately the inward significance of the images the viewer experiences unfolding before them.

His music inhabits a space where the sheen of contemporary electronics and imperfection of human performance intersect. Sometimes it comes from unexpected places. Sometimes memorable mistakes.

Short Pieces for Short Films Volume 1 is a snapshot of this award-winning composer’s collaborative approach to scoring for film - the music here is drawn from short films: Rū (2019) directed by Awanui Simich-Pene, Lea Tupu’anga (2020) by Vea Mafile’o, Morning Hate (2023) by Dean O’ Gorman, Cub (2014) and Earthlings (2023), both directed by Jamie Lawrence.

Aware that every script demands a different, bespoke, musical approach and dialect, creating this in tandem with the director is one of Stephen’s favourite things to do, and a feature of his prolific body of work.

Hauntingly beautiful and deeply sincere in its portrayal of human emotion, Short Pieces for Short Films Volume 1 captures distinct themes of loss, repetition, strength, and forgiveness.

credits

released November 10, 2023

Composed and produced by Stephen Gallagher

Mixed by Mark Willsher at pin3hot, London UK

Musicians: David Long - Cello, Banjo, Guitars, Feedback, Stephen Gallagher - Synthesizers, Piano, Vocals

These collected pieces came out of collaborations with the following generous film makers: Jamie Lawrence (Earthlings, Cub), Vea Mafileo (Lea Tupu’anga), Dean O’Gorman (Morning Hate), Awanui Simich- Pete (Rū)

Cover art by Michael Mouritz

With thanks to Anita FIjn, Ruben, Sylvie, Cleo, Mark Willsher, David Long, John Kingston, Paul Berrington and Strange Behaviour, Modwheel, The Cargo Cult, Park Road Post Production, Maggie, Alice and all at Air - Edel Associates, Liquidsonics, Ben Fulton and Red Witch Pedals, Russ Hughes and Sociatech, Leon Dahl at Rockshop NZ, Peter Jameson at Music Planet Wellington, Alistair at Alistair’s Music and to you for listening.

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