Alice Trueman

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"Alice was a joy to work with, really giving a huge amount to the project and very receptive to discussion. Most impressive."
Polly Thomas, Radio Drama Producer


Alice scores brand new comedy play on Radio 3

"And So Say All Of Us..." to be broadcast this Sunday 2nd May at 8.00PM on BBC Radio 3!

Excited by the election? Not really? What would happen if no-one voted at all? To find out, have a listen to a brand new radio play 'And So Say All Of Us...' this Sunday evening. An absurdist comedy drama, the play was written by a team of award-winning writers led by Dan Rebellato, a Sony nominated radio drama writer. Alice's unsettling ambient music underscores all the increasingly bizarre domestic scenes in the play. The comedy was directed by Polly Thomas, with whom Alice has collaborated twice before.

The play will be broadcast this Sunday 2nd May from 8.00-9.30pm on Radio 3. Another of Alice's scores, for 'Girlfriend in a Coma', can be heard the following Sunday 9th May also at 8.00pm on Radio 3.

For more information about 'And So Say All of Us...' and to "listen again" visit the BBC website


Reviews for 'Solaris':

"The hypnotic, meditative music, composed by Alice Trueman, is outstanding"
The Sunday Times - Read full review

"It was the superb soundtrack by Alice Trueman and Polly Thomas' evocative production which were the atmospheric stars here."
The Stage - Read full review

"The intense and esoteric loneliness... is perfectly captured by Alice Trueman's crystalline, synth-based soundtrack"
Martin Anderson - www.denofgeek.com - Read full review

Solaris can be purchased on CD at Amazon.co.uk or Play.com.


Biography

Alice Trueman is a violinist and music graduate who writes soundtracks for film, TV, radio, animation and video games. She writes in a wide variety of styles including orchestral scores, electronic music, folk, jazz, pop, dance music and experimental soundscapes. She also recently began teaching Music and the Moving Image and Music History at degree level as a part-time visiting lecturer.

In 2006, Alice was chosen from over 1500 entrants as one of the 12 finalists in BBC New Talent's national competition to find new TV Composers. She was also one of the winners of Channel 4's Ideasfactory Soundtrack Talent Search in 2004, and in May 2005 she was short-listed as one of the "hottest young creatives" in the Midlands in Channel 4's Creative Class Competition.

Alice has composed otherworldly electronic scores for two BBC radio adaptations, 'Solaris' broadcast on Radio 4, and 'Girlfriend in a Coma' for Radio 3. She has also worked for Channel 4 composing music for their 4Talent podcasts. She has scored for many short films, including documentaries, comedies and dramas.

"Her music exceeds your expectations, then keeps on going. With the sounds of Alice, you truly are in Wonderland!"
Matthew Cooke and Vincent Lund, Rapid Pictures

Her recent works include a dark experimental score for a live action/animated short 'Momster' produced by Rachel Carter for the Screen West Midlands Digi Shorts scheme. She also recently composed a quirky electronic score for a vampire-romantic-comedy 'Blood Actually', directed by Paul Hardy, and a jazz score for a documentary about industrial history in the Midlands.

Highlights of previous years include writing and recording a ska song 'Zebedee' with local band Skadigan, for a documentary about the 2-Tone scene in Coventry. She has also scored four 'Brummiewood' films, a scheme run by the Birmingham School of Acting, and several more Digi Shorts including 'Phizog', a quirky, sinister animation by Neil Webber. In 2005 she composed the music for a 20 minute documentary about the Coventry Blitz funded by the Royal Mail, for screening in primary schools nationwide.

Alice has several projects in the pipeline including another BBC Radio project coming up in April 2010, a brand new play for Radio 3 entitled "Freedom of Information".

You can listen to MP3 excerpts of Alice's soundtracks on the Audio Samples page.

You can visit Alice's MySpace page at:
www.myspace.com/alicetruemancomposersoundtrack

For further details email Alice at: