{"id":28958,"date":"2016-12-29T10:19:38","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T10:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=28958"},"modified":"2016-12-29T10:19:38","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T10:19:38","slug":"animation-composed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/animation-composed\/","title":{"rendered":"Animation Composed &#8211; podcast special featuring John Erik Kaada, Scot Stafford &#038; Alexis Harte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/skwigly\/animation-composed-01\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28955 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/composed01-380x380.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a>Skwigly are very pleased to bring you our latest podcast special <strong>Animation Composed<\/strong>, a celebration of the harmonious relationship between music and animation. 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Kaada&#8217;s work as a composer for independent film scores recently extended into the world of animated shorts with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/oiaf-40-overview\/\"><em>The Absence of Eddy Table<\/em><\/a>, directed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.superrune.com\/\">Rune Spaans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28959 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/composedfilmstills-620x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"472\" \/>\n<p>We also meet Scot Stafford and Alexis Harte of <a href=\"http:\/\/pollenmusicgroup.com\/\">Pollen Music Group<\/a>, the songwriting organisation responsible for the music of the ongoing 360 VR filmmaking series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?s=google+spotlight+stories\">Google Spotlight Stories<\/a>, which includes the immersive film projects <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/lightboxplus-glenkeane\/\"><em>Duet<\/em><\/a>, <em>Windy Day<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/buggy-night\/\"><em>Buggy Night<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/patrick-osborne-pearl\/\"><em>Pearl<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also included in this special is music by <a href=\"https:\/\/philbrookesmusic.wordpress.com\/\">Phil Brookes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shaneholly.ie\/\">Shane Holly<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rostoad.com\/\">Thee Wreckers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/showcase.fm\/happycamper\">Happy Camper<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/timpuma.ch\/\">Tim &amp; Puma Mimi<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankfunkmusique.com\/\">Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Paquin<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/skillbard.com\/\">Skillbard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the special below or over on <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/skwigly\/animation-composed-01\">Soundcloud<\/a> <em>(NB &#8211; this episode is streaming only)<\/em>:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F299996161&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=ff5500\"><\/iframe>\n<p><strong>Full playlist:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022<strong>Phil Brookes<\/strong> \u2013 Theme from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/but-milk-is-important-interview\/\"><em>But Milk is Important<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n\u2022<strong>Shane Holly<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/alan-holly-coda\/\"><em>Coda <\/em><\/a>(Excerpt 1)<br \/>\n\u2022<strong>Kaada<\/strong> \u2013 <em>The Absence of Eddy Table<\/em> (trailer snippet)<br \/>\n\u2022<strong>Thee Wreckers<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jGZnnkPbnBs\">No Place Like Home<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022<strong>Happy Camper<\/strong> \u2013 Winnie &amp; Otto (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/lightbox-job-joris-marieke\/\"><em>Otto<\/em><\/a>)<br \/>\n\u2022<strong>Tim &amp; Puma Mimi<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2PJYfvbJ3d4\">Dupi Dough<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/intimate-animation-ivans-need\/\"><em>Ivan\u2019s Need<\/em><\/a>)<br \/>\n\u2022<strong>Pollen Music Group<\/strong> \u2013 No Wrong Way Home (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/patrick-osborne-pearl\/\"><em>Pearl<\/em><\/a>)<br \/>\n\u2022<strong>Pollen Music Group<\/strong> \u2013 Les Brises (<em>Windy Day<\/em>)<br \/>\n\u2022<strong>Happy Camper<\/strong> \u2013 The Accident (<em>Otto<\/em>)<br \/>\n\u2022<strong>Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Paquin<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Crazy Dance<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/benjamin-arcand\/\"><em>Wackatdooo<\/em><\/a>)<br \/>\n\u2022<strong>Shane Holly<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Coda<\/em> (Excerpt 2)<br \/>\n\u2022<strong>Pollen Music Group<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/buggy-night\/\"><em>Buggy Night<\/em><\/a> (Excerpt)<br \/>\n\u2022<strong>Pollen Music Group<\/strong> \u2013 Breathless (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/lightboxplus-glenkeane\/\"><em>Duet<\/em><\/a>)<br \/>\n\u2022<strong>Phil Brookes<\/strong> \u2013 Theme from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foolhardyfilms.com\/\"><em>Three\u2019s A Crowd<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n\u2022<strong>Phil Brookes<\/strong> \u2013 The Outsider (<em>But Milk is Important<\/em>)<br \/>\n\u2022<strong>Skillbard<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/lnwc2-strangers\/\">Lovestreams<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022<strong>Thee Wreckers<\/strong> \u2013 Splintertime<\/p>\n<p>Presented by Ben Mitchell and Wez Allard<br \/>\nProduced and edited by Ben Mitchell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skwigly are very pleased to bring you our latest podcast special Animation Composed, a celebration of the harmonious relationship between music and animation. 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