June
Scored animation - 'First Impressions' (Dir. Ed Williamson).
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August
''James' wins jury prize for best student short at Palm Springs International
Film Festival.
Newspaper story in the Desert Sun.
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K Studio
This site:
You can find examples of music in various genres, as well as details of
past works, collaborations, projects, availability and gig listings.
If you need more information, feel free to use the
contact page.
Kasia Middleton is a composer and instrumentalist. Her main
instruments are the piano and 'cello, but she also plays clarinet a bit,
and sings a lot.

Music for films, plays, innovative projects, session work and live
performance.
Get in touch to find out more.
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March
Finished music for short comedy - Hot Air, dir. Colin Bishop (youtube link)
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April
Finished a few shorts, working on a few features. Gig with Abigail Hopkins on
BBC London at 11:45pm, 27th April.
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Recent sample tracks:

RUready
Dark, suspense-building rock.

Jangala Chase
Ethnic percussion and orchestra track, fast-paced.

- 'First Impressions'
(Dir. Ed Williamson, 2008) -
Animated comedy.

- 'Behind the Scenes of Total Hell'
(Once Upon A Tyne Films, 2008) -
Mockumentary.

-'James'
(dir. C. Clements, 2007) -
Best Northern Irish short at
Belfast Film Festival, 2008.

- 'Children of Scum'
(SoCal FIlms, 2007) -
Comedy. Best Short at Rogue
Independent Film Festival 2007, and winner of 5 festivals since.

- 'The Box'
(dir. S. Keir, 2007) -
Animated drama.

-
'Hot Air'
(Eyefull Entertainment, 2007) -
Comedy.

All content copyright KM 2007-2008
Last updated August 2008.
Recent Scores: -
(for more see
cv)
May/June
Working on a few things, Lots of gigs with Martin White in the next few months. Gig
again with Abigail Hopkins on
BBC London 15th June.
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July
Performed vocal parts for soundtrack to Red Hood (dir. Navin Dev), on a lovely score
by
Martin Thornton.
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K Studio
August
Finished score for 'Death and Rejection', dir. Colin Bishop. Working on two features
and some shorts.
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September
Working on a feature-length film, finished 'Children of Scum - A Retrospective'.
Finished short film set in Ireland, 'James' (dir. Connor Clements).
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October
'Children of Scum - A Retrospective' plays at Imperial Beach International Film
Festival (Sep.), wins best short at Rogue Independent Film Festival, goes on to play
Smogdance (Jan 2008) and Beverly Hills Shorts Festival (Feb 2008),
and the
Faux Film Festival (Mar 2008).

Attended orchestration seminar in Los Angeles, California.
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November- December
Working on 'Behind the Scenes of Total Hell'.
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January-Feb
Working on 'The Hayley Project', series, a short animation, and new edit of 'Behind
the Scenes of Total Hell.'

Recorded vocals and keyboard for 'Fancy Cover', by
H Bird.
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March
Finished 'Behind the Scenes of Total Hell.'
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April
'James' (dir. C. Clements) wins best Northern Irish Short at the 8th Belfast
Film Festival.
Goes on to be shown at Cannes, 2008.
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ARCHIVED: For news from 2006, go to the archive.
Recent testimonial:

"Kasia's scores were everything we
hoped for and so much more. She
was able to create exactly what we
asked for - but with her talent and
knowledge was able to develop
and push the soundtrack further
than we could ever have hoped. It's
very hard to imagine the film now
without Kasia's work and it would
certainly be far less effective
without it.

Kasia's ability to interpret what is
required, while adding her own
brilliant touches was excellent. She
is also able to turn around her
fantastic work in a tight timescale.
The diversity of styles and types of
music we required was easily dealt
with by Kasia.

I would highly recommend her to
anyone in the industry and look
forward to the opportunity of
working with her again in the
future."  


Andy Wilton

(Director, Once Upon A Tyne Productions)

July
Scored 'Tossers' (Dir. Danny Grossman).
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