ELEANOR FINESTON-ROBERTSON
ELEANOR FINESTON-ROBERTSON
London-based visual media composer and sound designer, Eleanor Fineston-Robertson writes music and sound for TV, Film, Animation, Galleries and Installations. She has composed the music/sound for over 100 clients, including: Barbican, National Trust, Tower Bridge, The National Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, Bauhaus Festival (ft. Marc Almond, John Harle), The Royal Parks, UKRI, Wandsworth Council, Garmin, ProCreate, Derry Halloween, Illuminated River Foundation, Lumos Live Candlelight Experience and RAM Records.
Eleanor has recently worked on a number of films that have been screened at a plethora of prestigious film festivals including: Cannes Film Festival (Helloween | Dir. Phil Claydon); BFI Future Film Festival (Appetite | Dir. Peiying Wang); London International Animation Festival (Porous | Dir. Cece Reeve) and the largest animation festival in the world Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Animafest Zagreb (Minus Plus Multiply | Dir. Chu-Chu Lee).
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
London-based visual media composer and sound designer, Eleanor Fineston-Robertson writes music and sound for TV, Film, Animation, Galleries and Installations.
LONG BIOGRAPHY
London-based visual media composer and sound designer, Eleanor Fineston-Robertson writes music and sound for TV, Film, Animation, Galleries and Installations. She has composed the music/sound for over 100 clients, including: Barbican, National Trust, Tower Bridge, The National Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, Bauhaus Festival (ft. Marc Almond, John Harle), The Royal Parks, UKRI, Wandsworth Council, Garmin, ProCreate, Derry Halloween, Illuminated River Foundation, Lumos Live Candlelight Experience and RAM Records. Using a session orchestra and manipulating the voices of men and women who built, maintained, and operated Tower Bridge, Eleanor created an impressive underscore and sound-design for the bridge's 125th anniversary celebration. Peter Bennett, wrote ‘the post event exercise up the 100 stairs only helped to warm up the naturally chilled surroundings!’Eleanor created three scored soundtracks to the 'Ludwig' Animated series for live performance, with the original animator Peter Lang in the audience and Jon Glover, as in the original, narrating live. A moment from history brought back to life. Commissioned by the Barbican Centre for the Beethoven Weekender event, ‘the music fitted beautifully with the action and showed real empathy and understanding for what we originally tried to achieve. I am still smiling’ - Peter Lang.Eleanor was commissioned by the Illuminated River Foundation to compose and record new music to celebrate the longest public art commission in the world, estimated to be seen by over 200 million people each year. On the day of the launch, the Guildhall String Quartet played a live version by the riverside.Once compositions are polished and ready, session players regularly jump onboard for the final take. Eleanor Fineston-Robertson has the added experience of organising parts, setting up the studio, conducting and post-production.
TESTIMONALS
TESTIMONALS
‘The work that @efinestonrobertson put into this project was nothing short of breathtaking. her composition skills allow you to imagine and create a fully rounded world. it was a joy to work with her for WFLS and hopefully many more in the future’ (Amelia Kosminsky)
'A beautiful hypnotic sensorial experience' (Harry Hoskyn, Spring Studios)
'An unforgettable concert that left me in total awe' (Lindsey Beumer)
'What a terrific initiative with a wonderful breadth and variety to both the film content and style as well as the musical response' (Jonathan Vaughan, GSMD Principle)
'Stunning beyond words. The best night I have had in ages' (Greta James)
'Oh my goodness! These are amazing!!! I love them all! You captured perfectly the vibes I wanted! You left me honestly speechless here' (Alexandre Peduti Halah)
'This is SO BRILLIANT Eleanor!!! Oh my god… it surpasses every expectation, thank you so much!!' (Os Leanse)
'These are so beautiful wow!!!! It was such a pleasure working with you' (Lois Pearson)
'Very evocative writing. Beautifully works with the painting. Excellent work. It very successfully captures a mood and also manages to imply an emotional narrative onto the reading of the picture' (Stuart Earl)
'All of the music works beautifully, and I cannot tell you enough how thankful I am that you took this project on' (Nicky Lowe)
'Omgggg Eleanor that sounds amazing absolutely love it omggg you are so talented!!! Honestly I can't tell you how amazing this is, it's literally what I feel from the scene. Btw I have sent this to the producer, DOP, choreographer, and editor and they absolutely loveeeee it!!!' (Freya Alcock)
'They sound absolutely gorgeous! Thank you so much! It's absolutely unreal, I am stunned! Thank you so so so much! It's still crazy to me that my little animation will have such a grand soundtrack!' (Alexandre Peduti Halah)
'A beautiful hypnotic sensorial experience' (Harry Hoskyn, Spring Studios)
'An unforgettable concert that left me in total awe' (Lindsey Beumer)
'What a terrific initiative with a wonderful breadth and variety to both the film content and style as well as the musical response' (Jonathan Vaughan, GSMD Principle)
'Stunning beyond words. The best night I have had in ages' (Greta James)
'Oh my goodness! These are amazing!!! I love them all! You captured perfectly the vibes I wanted! You left me honestly speechless here' (Alexandre Peduti Halah)
'This is SO BRILLIANT Eleanor!!! Oh my god… it surpasses every expectation, thank you so much!!' (Os Leanse)
'These are so beautiful wow!!!! It was such a pleasure working with you' (Lois Pearson)
'Very evocative writing. Beautifully works with the painting. Excellent work. It very successfully captures a mood and also manages to imply an emotional narrative onto the reading of the picture' (Stuart Earl)
'All of the music works beautifully, and I cannot tell you enough how thankful I am that you took this project on' (Nicky Lowe)
'Omgggg Eleanor that sounds amazing absolutely love it omggg you are so talented!!! Honestly I can't tell you how amazing this is, it's literally what I feel from the scene. Btw I have sent this to the producer, DOP, choreographer, and editor and they absolutely loveeeee it!!!' (Freya Alcock)
'They sound absolutely gorgeous! Thank you so much! It's absolutely unreal, I am stunned! Thank you so so so much! It's still crazy to me that my little animation will have such a grand soundtrack!' (Alexandre Peduti Halah)
REVIEWS
REVIEWS
Using a session orchestra and manipulating the voices of men and woman who built, maintained and operated Tower Bridge, Eleanor Fineston-Robertson created an impressive underscore and sound-design for City of London's Tower Bridge's 125th anniversary celebration. This was truly a remarkable and unmissable event. Peter Bennett, wrote ‘the post event exercise up the 100 stairs only helped to warmup the naturally chilled surroundings!’
Eleanor Fineston-Robertson created three scored soundtracks to the 'Ludwig' Animated series for live performance, with the original animator Peter Lang in the audience and Jon Glover, as before, narrating live to the orchestra. A moment from history brought back to life. Commissioned by the Barbican Centre, sponsored by DHL, for the Beethoven Weekender event, ‘the music fitted beautifully with the action and showed real empathy and understanding for what we originally tried to achieve. I am still smiling.’ - Peter Lang, original animator.
Eleanor Fineston-Robertson created three scored soundtracks to the 'Ludwig' Animated series for live performance, with the original animator Peter Lang in the audience and Jon Glover, as before, narrating live to the orchestra. A moment from history brought back to life. Commissioned by the Barbican Centre, sponsored by DHL, for the Beethoven Weekender event, ‘the music fitted beautifully with the action and showed real empathy and understanding for what we originally tried to achieve. I am still smiling.’ - Peter Lang, original animator.
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