Music News & Essays

An occasional blog by a jobbing composer, reflecting on both completed and ongoing projects.

Dyserth Castle

February 21, 2018 Abigail Fox

I'm very pleased to have finished scoring the Lost in Castles mini-documentary on Dyserth Castle.

It will be released ahead of the feature-length documentary on Rhuddlan Castle and will be available online.

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