| | Cinema has always been a part of Sacha Puttnam’s life, his dad being the iconic and multi-award winning producer David Puttnam whose films have won 10 Oscars and 25 BAFTAS. Living, breathing and absorbing a world where he was surround by filmmakers, illustrious composers and music producers such as Mark Knopfler, Michael Kamen and George Fenton Sacha’s obvious aptitude for music flourished. |
Mentored by the likes of legendary film composer Vangelis (Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner) and Quincy Jones (Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis), Sacha studied at Boston’s Berklee College of Music and then Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Conservatory where he conducted Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony at the Bolshoi Hall on Christmas Day, 1991.
Sacha has scored over 30 films with prestigious directors including Robert Lepage and John Pilger. For long term collaborator director John Drydon Sacha created the soundtracks to several multi-award winning BBC Radio 4 dramas such as A Suitable Boy and Bleak House. Along with a successful career in classical composition and film, Sacha was the long-standing keys and sometimes bass player for the multi-platinum selling band Bush and his best friend, front man Gavin Rossdale, headlining Woodstock in 1999 to 250,000 fans. Sacha has written and arranged for, and collaborated with, numerous big names in the pop and rock world, including Sia, Marcela Detroit (of Shakespeare’s Sister fame) Reef, Regina Spektor, and Andy Taylor. He released an album in 2005 entitled Remasterpiece on EMI Classics and has written for and featured on hundreds of other records including favourites on Café Del Mar.
Sacha has scored over 30 films with prestigious directors including Robert Lepage and John Pilger. For long term collaborator director John Drydon Sacha created the soundtracks to several multi-award winning BBC Radio 4 dramas such as A Suitable Boy and Bleak House. Along with a successful career in classical composition and film, Sacha was the long-standing keys and sometimes bass player for the multi-platinum selling band Bush and his best friend, front man Gavin Rossdale, headlining Woodstock in 1999 to 250,000 fans. Sacha has written and arranged for, and collaborated with, numerous big names in the pop and rock world, including Sia, Marcela Detroit (of Shakespeare’s Sister fame) Reef, Regina Spektor, and Andy Taylor. He released an album in 2005 entitled Remasterpiece on EMI Classics and has written for and featured on hundreds of other records including favourites on Café Del Mar.
| "I’m thrilled to share my musical tributes to the iconic film scores I grew up around. I know the melodies will resonate with many and I hope that bringing the orchestra to the electronic will enable many more to get to know and love them,” says Sacha. “This album has allowed me to thank and honour [the] great musicians who generously gave their time and shared their knowledge, inspiring my path as a composer.” | |
You could say Sacha was destined to create Spirit of Cinema, with his background in film and sensitive ear his versions of these classic film score pieces for piano and orchestra not only do the originals justice, but bring a fresh new perspective to these varied genres of music. You can hear more on Sacha’s experience growing up around these films and artists and of course the music in the accompanying podcast, Spirit of Cinema available on all podcast platforms.
SPIRIT OF CINEMA TRACKLIST
• Love’s Theme by Giorgio Moroder for his Oscar winning score for Midnight Express (1978)
• Sailing Homeward by Donovan for the Pied Piper (1972)
• Chariots of Fire form Vangelis’ Oscar winning score for Chariots of Fire (1981)
• War of the Buttons Suite from Rachel Portman’s score for the film War of the Buttons (1994)
• First of May by The Bee Gees for the film Melody (1971)
• Gabriel’s Theme by Ennio Morricone for The Mission (1986) which combines two pieces form the score (The Falls and Gabriel’s Oboe) and for which Morricone won the BAFTA and Golden Globe for his score.
• Londonderry Air, which is a folk song from 1913 used by George Fenton for the film Memphis Belle (1980)
• Eric’s Theme by Vangelis for Chariots of Fire (1981)
• Theme from Midnight Express (Istanbul) by Giorgio Moroder for Midnight Express (1978)
• The Confessional by Sacha Puttnam for Le Confessional (1995): Sacha’s original score
• Going Home by Mark Knopfler for Local Hero (1983)
• Boy’s Burial by Mike Oldfield for The Killing Fields (1984)
Sacha currently is working on a documentary film on the life of Bauhaus trained designer and architect Marcel Breuer, a BBC Radio 4 drama, a podcast for Audible, and an Irish period drama. His next release with The Classic Film Orchestra and Ulysses Arts is Abraham's Theme by Vangelis, from Chariots of Fire, on 26 February 2021.
MORE INFORMATION
https://sachaputtnam.com
https://mayamusic.co.uk
https://www.spiritofcinema.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/events/967086123773285
Interviews and Review Requests
Sacha Taylor-Cox / [email protected] / 07957 338525
Sullevan Archer / [email protected] / 07837 973878
https://sachaputtnam.com
https://mayamusic.co.uk
https://www.spiritofcinema.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/events/967086123773285
Interviews and Review Requests
Sacha Taylor-Cox / [email protected] / 07957 338525
Sullevan Archer / [email protected] / 07837 973878