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Neil Codling as a soundtrack composer part 3 : Your Number’s Up (2010)
Rocky Horror actress, the wonderfully gregarious Patricia Quinn (aunt of Snow Patrol drummer, Johnny Quinn) is the star of Your Number’s Up, a touching and darkly comic short film written and directed by Jonson D’Angelo. […] Shot on location last year, Your Number’s Up, produced by Karlene Page of Big Hug Limited and backed by the award-winning Trevor Beattie (Moon) – who instantly loved the script – premieres this Saturday as part of the Belfast Film Festival. It follows the loud, gaudy, eccentric, Bingo-loving Bernie from the Falls Road, as she whiles away her days since her husband’s death scouring the local paper and deciding which wake to gatecrash next.
The main theme was composed by Neil Codling.
Your Numbers Up’ has been showed as part of the 10th Belfast Film Festival at the QFT, Belfast on Sat 24 April 2010.
I wrote to the director to ask about the future release of the movie, I’ll keep you updated with the details.
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Neil Codling as a soundtrack composer part 2: Songs of Grace and Redemption (2007)
Songs of Grace and Redemption gives us a chance to redress this balance. Theatre 503’s new production brings the music man’s role to the fore and that man is Neil Codling. Anyone who was a teenager during Britpop might recognise the name, as he played keys and guitars in Suede, watching serenely from the side while Brett Anderson camped it up at the front.
Before we get to Neil, an introduction to the play, which shows the struggles of five young urbanites in the modern world. They decide to rescue themselves and each other by performing random acts of kindness. This, and the individuals’ personalities, are where Neil had to find inspiration to compose the music. As opposed to Brett Anderson’s snake hips.
“This way of working gives you lot of freedom,” he says, “it is more like doing a soundtrack or soundboard for a character, as opposed to being confined to song format. So you don’t have to be radio-friendly, there is no verse-chorus-verse-chorus-end, it doesn’t just have to be something catchy the milkman can sing. You get to really communicate the characters and it is really exciting.”
The result is a soundtrack that drops in everything from orchestral to ambient to heavy metal. Although it is infinitely more subtle than I have made it sound.
And, just with an actor’s interpretation developing over a run, so does Neil’s soundtrack. “I do change bits, mainly to throw actors off, keep things fresh! Although you need six months till you can tell what a soundtrack will be like, so you are always dealing with the details. It is always, does that tambourine sound crap?” as opposed to, “does this whole piece sound crap?’.”
All a far cry from the heady 90s, when he was “spending 23 hours a day in a plane or on a bus somewhere” as part of one of Britain’s most exciting bands. The band is still on good terms and occasionally bump into each other in their local west London boozers. Away from the theatre, Neil is a “gun for hire”, touring as keyboardist for Natalie Imbruglia and Faithless, among others.
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Neil Codling as a soundtrack composer. Part 1 : The Postman
The Postman is movie released in early 2007 by Rupert Porter. It’s the story of a boy who discovers an air crash survivor and uses the situation to his own ends. Macabre and disturbing the film explores the darker side of our psyche while placing strong emphasis on the visual art of film making. It features original music composed by Neil Codling and Darren Berry (vocals). You can find more informations about the movie and listen to one song of the OST here.
