Bespoke Music for Film, Broadcast Television, Interactive Multimedia and the Advertising Media

 

 
Drawbar Production & Film Music is the online library of some of the works of Composer Jon Starling. This website showcases several tracks composed and recorded by Jon as well as information on his musical background. Please use the form below for general contact or if you have a particular brief that needs a modern, professional sound.


INTRODUCTION

Jon Starling is a songwriter, producer, arranger and musician who specialises in composing original music for film, television and advertising. Jon combines elements from his classical background and training with a strong knowledge of contemporary, popular and electronic music. This has enabled him to quickly adapt to any assignment creating memorable scores in genres from drama and comedy to action films.

BIOGRAPHY

A native to London, Jon Starling began training as a classical pianist from the age of 6 and later moved on to jazz, composition and music form. He graduated in 1999 from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge with a BA(Hons) in Music and Music Technology.

Jon Starling

“My musical background was primarily classical to begin with (the usual, piano lessons every week for 12 years, scales, ABRSM grades....) and then I studied jazz sax under esteemed US alto player Kev Flanagan, working my way through the Charlie Parker Omnibook, memorising Coltrane solos, tritone substitution.

Whilst at university in Cambridge I studied a variety of music related modules including composition, arrangement and orchestration for large ensembles. However it was writing for visual arts that inspired me the most. Composing and recording music for film that portrayed emotion, suspense, shock and a thousand other feelings motivated me to write in many different styles from classical to electronic and any mix in between.

I found that I was watching films more for the music than the cinematography. If you closed your eyes and just listened to the soundtrack you could tell what was happening on the screen without actually seeing it. This ability of a composer to tell a story musically was what inspired me the most I think.”


MUSIC TO VIDEO

Jon recently entered the BBC New Composer Competition. 'BBC New Talent, in conjunction with the BBC's Natural History Unit, set budding composers the exciting challenge of writing an original and imaginative piece of music for a BBC Natural History programme.'

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