The Young Victoria, which LMO recorded in 2008, won an Oscar in last night’s ceremony in Los Angeles for best costumes.

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The Young Victoria, which LMO recorded in 2008, won 2 British Academy Of Film And Television Arts awards (Costume Design and Make up & Hair) in last nights award ceremony at The Royal Opera House, London.

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Click here for an in depth interview with John Corigliano and his rejected score for Edge Of Darkness which he recorded with LMO in April 2009. It was one of the finest scores that LMO have recorded in recent years and Corigliano describes LMO as an “extraordinary orchestra”.

The Young Victoria which LMO recorded in 2008 has been nominated for 3 Academy Awards this year in the Best Art Direction, Best Costumes, and Best Make-Up categories.

The Young Victoria soundtrack is available on CD

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LMO recently recorded Dark Matter which was directed by Bille Erlington – another film for ITV’s new Lewis series.

This incredibly popular series, now in its fourth season, stars Kevin Whately as Inspector Lewis and Laurence Fox as DS James Hathaway.

Barrington Pheloung used a 17 piece string section with flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and harp for his underscore which was recorded at Abbey Road studio 2. Matt Slater assisted Barrington with score preparation and production. LMO was led by David Juritz and the session was engineered by Paul Golding.

Kick-Ass tells the story of Dave Lizewski, an average high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or even a meaningful reason to do so..

Matthew Vaughn’s latest film stars Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Mark Strong and Chloe Moretz and is produced by Marv films and Plan B Entertainment. It was filmed in Canada, New York City and London.

LMO worked with no fewer than four different composers on Kick-Ass – Ilan Eshkeri, Marius De Vries, John Murphy and Henry Jackman.

The score was recorded over 8 sessions at Air Lyndhurst and Abbey Road studios. There were 5 string sessions with the largest group involving 48 strings (14 first violins, 12 second violins, 10 violas, 8 celli and 4 double basses). The first of these sessions also called for double woodwind (2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets and 2 bassoons). The brass were recorded separately in 3 sessions, the largest of which used 6 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 tenor trombones, 2 bass trombones and tuba doubling cimbasso. LMO was led in the various sessions by Perry Montague-Mason, Tom Bowes and Jackie Shave and conducted by Gavin Greenaway and Andy Brown. Steve Mclaughlin produced all the sessions.

Distributed by Lionsgate, Kick-Ass gets a worldwide release starting this March 12 in the US.

Chaz Jankel has been nominated for a 2010 BAFTA award for his music to Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll.

Andy Serkis, who plays Ian Dury in this film, has also been nominated in the Leading Actor category for a BAFTA as well as a British Independent Film Award.

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Watch a video of the recording with an introduction from Andy Brown

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll tells the story of Ian Dury, who, after being stricken with polio at an early age, rose to become one of the leading lights in Britain’s punk – rock scene in the late 1970’s with his band Ian Dury and the Blockheads. It stars Ray Winstone, Olivia Williams and Andy Serkis (as Ian Dury) and is directed by Mat Whitecross.

Chas Jankel used a small group for the orchestral part of the soundtrack, comprising 6 violins, 3 violas, 3 celli and piano (played by Sally Heath). Jackie Shave led LMO which was conducted by Andy Brown and Steve McLaughlin was the engineer / co producer with Ilan Eshkeri. The score was recorded at Air Lyndhurst Hall. The rest of the soundtrack, not surprisingly, is made up of Ian Dury and the Blockheads hits many of which were co- written by Chas Jankel, including Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick and Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll.

Lipsync Productions, the Prescience Film Council and the UK Film Council are the Production Companies involved in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll and was released in the UK early in January 2010.

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll from Andy Brown on Vimeo

LMO recently recorded Falling Darkness – another film for ITV’s new Lewis series.

This incredibly popular series, now in its fourth season, stars Kevin Whately as Inspector Lewis and Laurence Fox as DS James Hathaway and Falling Darkness is directed by Nick Renton.

Barrington Pheloung used a 17 piece string section with flute doubling bass flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and harp for his underscore which was recorded at Abbey Road studio 1. Matt Slater assisted Barrington with score preparation and production. LMO was led by Jackie Shave and the session was engineered by Paul Golding.

LMO recently completed recordings for Cranford series 2, the Bafta and Emmy award winning BBCTV mini series.

Cranford is a period drama starring Dame Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Julia McKenzie and Alex Etel and is produced by Sue Birtwistle and Kate Harwood. It was filmed mainly on location in Lacock, Wiltshire.

LMO was privileged to be working for the first time with celebrated composer and conductor Carl Davis who wrote a chamber score for Cranford featuring 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 celli, double bass, single woodwind, horn and harp. The strings (led by Tom Bowes) each had individual parts and there were significant cello solos from LMO principal Caroline Dale. Catherine Edwards (piano), John Barclay (trumpet) and Paul Clarvis (percussion) made further contributions to the score which was recorded at British Grove studios. Carl Davis conducted the sessions and Steve McLaughlin was the engineer / music producer.

Cranford was recently broadcast on BBC 1.

Cranford from Andy Brown on Vimeo