Mark Slater (composer)

Mark Slater and London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios
Mark Slater conducting the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios

Mark Andrew Slater (born 1 April 1969) is a British film composer, conductor, cellist and pianist. He is the composer for the film Flatland, 400 Years of the Telescope.,[1] and numerous planetarium fulldome films.[2] Slater is a sponsored artist of the Make Art Not War Foundation.[3]

Early years

Slater was born on 1 April 1969 in Reigate, Surrey. His musical background includes a father who is a professor of music and conductor, a degree from the London College of Music and five years as a cathedral chorister at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.[4] Slater appeared on Central TV in 1982[5] as a treble soloist on A Ceremony of Carols filmed as a follow-up to an album issued by ASV Records and on the 1984 Decca release of the Messiah performed by the Academy of Ancient Music.[6] In 1998, Slater made his debut at Dorking Halls, Surrey as a solo pianist performing Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini.[7] Slater's "crisp" piano playing was compared to Gershwin in a performance of Rhapsody in Blue.[8] A composition by Slater written for a fund raising concert in 1999 for Kosovo War refugees 'Tempus Fugit' made a "stunning impression."[9] Slater appeared in other Surrey concerts as a conductor[10] and organist.[11]

Recent years

In 2006 Slater scored the animated feature film Flatland: The Film[12][13][14] directed by Ladd Ehlinger Jr. In 2007 Tribal DDB commissioned Slater to provide a film score for the Philips Aurea Seduction by Light[15][16] campaign.[17] The project won prestigious industry awards in the Consumer Electronics category including specific awards for music[18] and People's Voice at the 12th Annual 2008 Webby Awards.

In 2008 Slater scored the music for 400 Years of the Telescope,[19] a PBS special for the 2009 International Year of Astronomy, with the London Symphony Orchestra, which garnered Slater a Telly Award. The related fulldome video project, Two Small Pieces of Glass, became the most played planetarium full dome film shown for 3 years in a row.[20] Planetarium Director Andrew Kerr said "it has the most spectacular beginning of any planetarium show", noting the "visceral feeling" created by the score with the visuals.[21] This marked the start of acclaimed soundtracks[22] for the fulldome planetarium world[23] such as Natural Selection (2010),[24] Dinosaurs at Dusk (2013),[25] Edge of Darkness (2015), Mars 1001 (2018).[26]

In 2020, Slater produced music for the Tokyo Olympics VR coverage by COSM Studios[27] and an 8-part VR series for Meta Platforms, Tokyo Origami.[28] The episode "Through the Eyes of an Otaku" won Best Short at the Brno Fulldome Film Festival.[29]

In 2021, Slater collaborated with Argentinian composer Gabriel Lococo on an anti-war concept album about the Falklands War / Guerra de Malvinas: a 10-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over the islands.[30] The album, Temas Unidos,[31][32] was recognized by the legislature of Buenos Aires as Culturally and Socially Significant in 2022.

Awards

  • Cannes Cyberlions Grand Prix Shortlist (Seduction by Light)[33]
  • Webby Award (Seduction by Light)[34][35]
  • The One Show (Seduction by Light)[36]
  • Web Award (Seduction by Light)[37]
  • Telly Award (400 Years of the Telescope)[38]
  • Imiloa Fulldome Film Festival (Natural Selection)[24]
  • Accolade Competition (Saved by Grace)[39]
  • European Independent Film Award (Saved by Grace)
  • Virgin Spring Cinefest (Saved by Grace)
  • Fulldome Festival Brno (Tokyo Origami)[29]

Works

Films

Documentary

References

  1. ↑ "400 Years of the Telescope". Los Angeles Times. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Mark Slater". Fulldome Database. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Mark Slater". Make Art Not War Foundation. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  4. ↑ Rubin, Judith (9 September 2012). "Music as a Learning Tool" (PDF). Planetarian. 41 (3): 36. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  5. ↑ TV "A Ceremony of Carols" (Britten): Christ Church Oxford 1982 (Francis Grier), retrieved 2024-01-11
  6. ↑ "Music Record: Georg Friedrich Händel - Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby, Carolyn Watkinson, Paul Elliott, David Thomas [9], The Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood: Messiah · A Sacred Oratorio". Colnect. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  7. ↑ "Concert Scene". Surrey Mirror. August 27, 1998. p. 25.
  8. ↑ Elsberg, Max (July 10, 1997). "Gershwin would have approved". Surrey Mirror. p. 18.
  9. ↑ Bass, D (July 29, 1999). "Inside Out". Surrey Mirror. p. 9.
  10. ↑ Preston, Keith (July 8, 1999). "Review: Slater Orchestra". Surrey Mirror. p. 9.
  11. ↑ Elsberg, Max (November 13, 1997). "Sound waves reach force 10 in La Mer". Surrey Mirror. p. 18.
  12. ↑ Schneider, Dan (August 15, 2007). "DVD Review: Flatland - The Film". Blogcritics. Archived from the original on 2010-05-14. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  13. ↑ "Flatland the Film - DVD Review". Sci-Fi Movie Page.
  14. ↑ Schwartz, Dennis (5 August 2019). "Flatland". Movie Reviews. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  15. ↑ "The London Symphony Orchestra plays for Philips Aurea website". Adland. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  16. ↑ Macleod, Duncan (23 September 2007). "Philips Seduction By Light". Postkiwi. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  17. ↑ "Philips Aurea: Senses Seduced". UNIT9. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  18. ↑ "Tribal DDB Worldwide wins 2008 WebAward for SEDUCTION BY LIGHT". WebAwards. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  19. ↑ "400 Years of the Telescope". University of Toronto Libraries. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  20. ↑ "State of the Dome Address 2011". Loch Ness Productions. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  21. ↑ Szydelko, Paul (June 2–8, 2016). "Seven Questions for Andrew Kerr". Vegas Seven Magazine: 66. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  22. ↑ "Mark Slater Soundtracks for Fulldome Films". Film Score Monthly. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  23. ↑ "Planetarian, Vol. 41, No.3" (PDF). International Planetarium Society. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  24. 1 2 "Natural Selection - Fulldome Show". Fulldome Database. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  25. ↑ "Dinosaurs at Dusk (Original Soundtrack) by Mark Slater". Plixid. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  26. ↑ "Weekly Recommendations, Sep 2021". Reel Music. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  27. ↑ "NBC Olympics VR by Xfinity: Tokyo | Cosm Technology". Cosm Tech. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  28. ↑ "Experience Life In Tokyo from Eight Unique Perspectives in 'Tokyo Origami,' Available Now on the Oculus Quest Platform | Meta Quest Blog". www.meta.com. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  29. 1 2 "Festival 2023". Fulldome Festival Brno. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  30. ↑ "Temas Unidos: un disco conceptual antibélico sobre la guerra de Malvinas". Unidiversidad. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  31. ↑ "Temas Unidos". FM Rock & Pop 95.9. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  32. ↑ "Lanzamiento: United Themes / Temas Unidos /". Pampanoise Records. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  33. ↑ "SHORTLIST on Cannes Lions 2008". Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  34. ↑ "SEDUCTION BY LIGHT". The Webby Awards. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  35. ↑ "12th Webby Awards Consumer Electronics". The Webby Awards. Archived from the original on 2013-03-07. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  36. ↑ "Philips: SEDUCTION BY LIGHT". The One Club.
  37. ↑ "Tribal DDB Worldwide wins 2008 WebAward for SEDUCTION BY LIGHT". Web Awards. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  38. ↑ The 32nd Annual TELLY Awards | Winners
  39. ↑ "Awards of Merit". Accolade Global Film Competition. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
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