Creative Practice

My recent work explores the relationship between music, image, atmosphere and narrative, and how these elements combine to shape the way an audience perceives and emotionally inhabits an experience.

Sagacity, a 36-minute audiovisual work comprising nine original compositions and nine interconnected films, became the catalyst for this direction. Conceiving the music and visual world together changed the way I think about composition. Rather than treating music simply as accompaniment to image, I became increasingly interested in music as a narrative force in itself.

This has led to a broader question within my creative practice:

What can music become when the audience is no longer merely watching?

My creative practice is now exploring the possibilities of screen composition, games and interactive storytelling, where music is no longer necessarily bound to a fixed timeline. Within these environments, composition can respond to movement, environment, choice and the emotional journey of the participant.

I am interested in experiences that explore isolation, perception, uncertainty, resilience and personal growth, and in how music can contribute to those experiences without simply instructing an audience what to feel.

The next stage of my practice is therefore not about transferring the musical language of Sagacity into another medium. It is about discovering new ways for composition to function within film, television, games and emerging interactive forms.

I see this as a progression from music accompanying an experience, to music responding to an experience, to music helping shape the experience itself.