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Mark Slater (composer)
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Mark Andrew Slater (born 1 April 1969) is a British film composer, conductor, cellist and pianist. He is the composer for the film Flatland, 400 Years of the Telescope.,[1] and numerous planetarium fulldome films.[2] He lives in Tokyo, Japan and is a professor of film music at Andvision International Music School, Tokyo.[3] Slater is a sponsored artist of the Make Art Not War Foundation.[4]
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Early years
Slater was born on 1 April 1969 in Reigate, Surrey. His musical background includes a father who is a professor of music and conductor, a degree from the London College of Music and five years as a cathedral chorister at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.[5] Slater appeared on Central TV in 1982[6] as a treble soloist on A Ceremony of Carols filmed as a follow-up to an album issued by ASV Records and on the 1984 Decca release of the Messiah performed by the Academy of Ancient Music.[7] In 1998, Slater made his debut at Dorking Halls, Surrey as a solo pianist performing Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini.[8] Slater's "crisp" piano playing was compared to Gershwin in a performance of Rhapsody in Blue.[9] A composition by Slater written for a fund raising concert in 1999 for Kosovo War refugees 'Tempus Fugit' made a "stunning impression."[10] Slater appeared in other Surrey concerts as a conductor[11] and organist.[12]
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Recent years
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In 2006 Slater scored the animated feature film Flatland: The Film[13][14][15] directed by Ladd Ehlinger Jr. In 2007 Tribal DDB commissioned Slater to provide a film score for the Philips Aurea Seduction by Light[16][17] campaign.[18] The project won prestigious industry awards in the Consumer Electronics category including specific awards for music[19] and People's Voice at the 12th Annual 2008 Webby Awards.
In 2008 Slater scored the music for 400 Years of the Telescope,[20] a PBS special for the 2009 International Year of Astronomy, with the London Symphony Orchestra, which garnered Slater a Telly Award. The related fulldome video project, Two Small Pieces of Glass, became the most played planetarium full dome film shown for 3 years in a row.[21] Planetarium Director Andrew Kerr said "it has the most spectacular beginning of any planetarium show", noting the "visceral feeling" created by the score with the visuals.[22] This marked the start of acclaimed soundtracks[23] for the fulldome planetarium world[24] such as Natural Selection (2010),[25] Dinosaurs at Dusk (2013),[26] Edge of Darkness (2015), Mars 1001 (2018).[27]
In 2020, Slater produced music for the Tokyo Olympics VR coverage by COSM Studios[28] and an 8-part VR series for Meta Platforms, Tokyo Origami.[29] The episode "Through the Eyes of an Otaku" won Best Short at the Brno Fulldome Film Festival.[30]
In 2021, Slater collaborated with Argentinian composer Gabriel Lococo on an anti-war concept album about the Falklands War / Guerra de Malvinas: a 10-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over the islands.[31] The album, Temas Unidos,[32][33] was recognized by the legislature of Buenos Aires as Culturally and Socially Significant in 2022.
In 2023, Slater was the mixing engineer and producer for a live concert album from the Whisky a Go Go nightclub with Uruguayan–Argentine singer Alika and Quinto Sol performing[34]
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Awards
- Cannes Cyberlions Grand Prix (Seduction by Light)[35]
- Webby Award (Seduction by Light)[36][37]
- The One Show (Seduction by Light)[38]
- Web Award (Seduction by Light)[39]
- Telly Award (400 Years of the Telescope)[40]
- Imiloa Fulldome Film Festival (Natural Selection)[25]
- Accolade Competition (Saved by Grace)[41]
- European Independent Film Award (Saved by Grace)
- Virgin Spring Cinefest (Saved by Grace)
- Fulldome Festival Brno (Tokyo Origami)[30]
Works
Films
- Mars 1001 (2018) Mirage 3D
- Edge of Darkness (2015) E&S Digital Theater
- Dinosaurs at Dusk (2013) Mirage 3D
- Solar System Odyssey (2011) Morehead Planetarium & Science Center
- Expedition Green (2010) Hamburg Planetarium
- Urban Scumbags vs Countryside Zombies (2010) MMC Productions
- Natural Selection (2010) Mirage 3D
- Hive Mind (2009) Ladd Ehlinger Jr.
- Two Small Pieces of Glass (2009) Interstellar Studios
- Universal Senses (2008) SKS Films
- Flatland: The Film (2007) Ladd Ehlinger Jr.
Documentary
- 400 Years of the Telescope (2009) Interstellar Studios
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