JOHN BROOMHALL - Ivors-nominated composer | music artist | keyboard player | game audio specialist

LOST EMBER | Mooneye Studios

https://soundcloud.com/johnbroomhallmusic/sets/lost-ember-selections/s-zWxor

PHOENIX POINT | Snapshot Games

https://soundcloud.com/johnbroomhallmusic/sets/phoenix-point

STRING THEORY | MODULARITY released on Bradley Zero's Rhythm Section International

https://www.wearerhythmsection.com/artist-page-string-theory

AUDIO TECHNOLOGY| Mixing AAA Videogames

https://www.audiotechnology.com/features/mixing-aaa-videogames

TRANSPORT TYCOON | Excerpts

https://soundcloud.com/johnbroomhallmusic/sets/transport-tycoon-john-broomhall-track-excerpts

SOLO TRACK | Cut To The Chase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoZgS7YkzD8&list=OLAK5uy_nXELa8O-_6v8Ei0WGekexCg5vqKIPdUTA

John is an Ivor Novello award-nominated composer, co-founder and host of Game Music Connect and one half of EDM music artist String Theory (Modularity) signed to Bradley Zero's Rhythm Section International.

He wrote music for acclaimed games Lost Ember and Phoenix Point as well as such iconic classics as Transport Tycoon and Xcom/UFO: Enemy Unknown. He was a music director and also wrote interactive music for key Xbox One launch title, Forza Motorsport 5, recorded at George Lucas's Skywalker Sound. His prolific career encompasses contributions to many other celebrated productions including Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix series, MechWarrior 3, B17 Flying Fortress 1 & 2, Superman, American Idol/Pop Idol, Football Manager, Wallace & Gromit, New International Track & Field, Heavenly Sword, Guitar Hero DLC, and Forza 4 (Jeremy Clarkson speech recording). He has worked for such prestigious clients as Microsoft and Sony PlayStation.

A multi-faceted independent music and audio creative with many years' experience in both the music and videogames industries, he has held a number of senior in-house and outsourced management roles (including European Head Of Audio and Game Development Manager for MicroProse/Hasbro/Infogrames), and has dozens of published titles to his credit as composer/producer, audio director/consultant, sound effects designer and voice director.

He has written a multitude of Develop magazine columns and feature pieces for pro-sound magazines such as Audio Technology, Resolution Magazine and Audio Media. He curates and has numerous times hosted the annual Develop Conference Audio Day in Brighton and has been a keynote speaker for the Audio Engineering Society. He has received a Recognition Award from the Game Audio Network Guild of America and over the last few years been invited to speak at London's School Of Sound, Bibao's BIME PRO, The Sound of Story @Rewire in The Hague, Campus Party D'Italia and the Lithuanian Academy Of Music & Theatre. He has chaired numerous awards juries for BAFTA (The British Academy of Film & Television Arts), served as an Ivor Novello judge and been featured in The Observer. His music for Lost Ember has been celebrated in a live orchestral concert at Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.

Beyond games, he's played session keyboards extensively - both live and in the studio - and from time to time has had the privilege of backing such music legends as Ruby Turner and Steve Winwood.

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Review clips of Johnny Coppin's RIVER OF DREAMS

"...underpinned by the beautiful, brooding organ playing of John Broomhall and some fine dobro from Ben Church." - Folk Radio UK

"However, when Johnny gets back to the piano on 'Long Summer', (Note: on this track it's John Broomhall on piano!) his melodic motifs and embellishments on the piano perfectly suit the words of Laurie Lee." - FATEA Magazine

"...Break Free, a nice, laid-back song with a lovely acoustic guitar solo from Johnny and the album's first taste of John Broomhall's wonderful piano." - At The Barrier.com

"...lovely, subtle organ passages from John Broomhall." - At The Barrier.com

"The icing is spread onto an already delicious cake by John Broomhall's delightful piano coda." - At The Barrier.com

"Accompanied by John Broomhall's fine piano part, "Long Summer" is a Laurie Lee poem set to music by Coppin. The interplay between piano and Johnny's voice on this track and "The Greenway" are stunning and two of the album highlights." - Time Past and Time Passing webzine

"Coppin's voice has never been so warm, his singing seems to improve with the years, and the arrangements these songs are dressed up in underline his storytelling talent. A special mention goes to fiddler and recorder player Paul Burgess and to pianist John Broomhall, who play a major role in enhancing the descriptive power of these lyrics with their lightness of touch." - Bright Young Folk

Composer, opening cinematic (filming, creative direction, sound, music editing (Rob Dougan), trackside recording. Location recording and Arrows Formula I team liaison

Location recording and Arrows Formula I team liaison | original music & sound design

Audio director supervising B-Boy celebrity recording at Air Studios, London with Crazy Legs and Hooch. Supervision of location recording and sound effects production by Air Studios

Creation of jazz music stings & jingles for award-winning audio director/designer, Stafford Bawler

Supervision of dialogue recording at extensive performance capture sessions/script management and creative/technical support to director

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/11/sound-secrets-behind-perfect-video-gane

BAFTA Interactive Festival - Translating Television IP & Scoring Interactive Music for Videogames

Edinburgh Games Festival (Harry Gregson Williams, James Hannigan, Barrington Pheloung, Stephen Deustch)

MusicWorks Glasgow, UK (2 years) including interviewing bond composer David Arnold and EA Music Executive Steve Schnur in front of live audiences etc

AES Theoretical, Technical & Practical Framewoeks for Interactive Mixing - moderated panel discussion

Bath Spa University | Hull University | Goldsmiths | Royal College Music, London

Games Audit/Enterprise Ireland | Channel 4 | Nik Powell, National Film & Television School |

National Occupational Standards for Interactive Media | National Occupational Standards for Sound |

Consultancy to numerous clients (mainly under NDA) examples Jagex, Pivotal Games (Desert Storm),

Paul Weir (undisclosed project), Spearean Interactive, MixMax Ltd, Eidos (Square Enix) etc

Bafta Games Committee - full term | Skillset Games Forum | Edinburgh Games Festival/Edinburgh Interactive Festival |

Editorial Board of The New Soundtrack academic journal | Develop Conference - all years etc

Develop - monthly column | Audio Media - monthly news page and sundry features | Audio Technology - sundry features |

Ivor Novello judge 2018 | BAFTA games music and awards chairman and judge multiple years |

Music & Sound Awards multiple years | Develop Awards multiple years | IGDA Choice Awards multiple years

G.A.N.G. award nomination - Best Game Audio Publication, Presentation or Broadcast - The Audio Of Assassination - Interview with Lydia Andrew

G.A.N.G. award nomination - Best Game Audio Publication, Presentation or Broadcast - John Broomhall interviews Rob Bridgett

Associated with sundry wins & nominations - Grand Prix 4, Football Manager, B-Boy, Forza 4

Dominic King: multi million selling songwriting guru | Ali Staton: songwriter, engineer/producer (Madonna, Daniel Bedingfield, The Wanted etc) | Mary-Jess: Chinese 'X-FACTOR' competition winner. Decca recording artist, singer of Downton Abbey theme | Ruby Turner: recording artist/actress (Love Actually)/singer with Jools Holland Rhythm & Blues Orchestra | Gillian Broomhall: author/song-writer- Allied Songwriters (Notting Hill Music) | Charles Pollock: songwriter - Allied Songwriters (Notting Hill Music) | Johnny Coppin: recording artist/songwriter (Red Sky Records) | Keith Thompson: recording artist/songwriter (Density Records/Brambus Records) | Mick Dolan: songwriter, guitarist, engineer (Steve Winwood, Show of Hands, Ralph MacTell) | Frank Farrell | Dope Ammo & Kathy Brown etc etc

Dozens of venues and events played including Womad Festival, Trowbridge Village Pump Festival, NASS Festival, Bristol Jazz Festival, Cheltenham Jazz Festival

Theatre sound design - The Woman In Black (regional production) directed by Adam Fotheringham | Grand Prix IV - Production management and creative direction with Andy Cook of all in-game 'GPaedia' content | Marketing teaser videos - creative direction, music & sound production for dozens of short marketing presentations for Microprose/Infogrames/Hasbro Interactive | Volvo - recording/production for car demo for major motor shows worldwide | Games Producer and member of studio management - Microprose/Spectrum Holobyte/Hasbro Interactive | Re-mixing assistance - Richard Jacques project | Sundry production music and advertising projects | Library music | Producer> 'Independence' by Keith Thompson