Music News & Essays

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

The Village in the Hills

July 9, 2008 Abigail Fox

My entry to the Regello Music competition. The use of samples is a little rough in the mix, but the ideas were flowing!

Music News Overview

March 2022
- 5 Mar 2022 New Soundtrack Release 5 Mar 2022
October 2021
- 13 Oct 2021 Award-winning audio with Alfred Molina 13 Oct 2021
July 2021
- 29 Jul 2021 Audio-dramas in the first half of 2021 29 Jul 2021
November 2020
- 7 Nov 2020 Dust of the Earth 7 Nov 2020
August 2020
- 20 Aug 2020 20,000 Leagues under the Sea from Audible 20 Aug 2020
June 2020
- 12 Jun 2020 First sight of my Symphonic Orchestral Score 12 Jun 2020
- 10 Jun 2020 Audible's "20,000 Leagues under the Sea" 10 Jun 2020
May 2020
- 8 May 2020 Panpipes for a change 8 May 2020
- 4 May 2020 "You'll Never Walk Alone" (recorded alone) 4 May 2020
April 2020
- 23 Apr 2020 Commissions and Competitions 23 Apr 2020
December 2019
- 20 Dec 2019 In concert 2020 20 Dec 2019
August 2019
- 14 Aug 2019 Much Ado about Somethin' 14 Aug 2019
July 2019
- 15 Jul 2019 Danny and the Wild Bunch, a film by Robert Rugan. 15 Jul 2019
April 2019
- 22 Apr 2019 Composition Commissions 22 Apr 2019
March 2019
- 23 Mar 2019 Realising music on the computer for SATB 23 Mar 2019
- 1 Mar 2019 The PRS in Chester 1 Mar 2019
February 2019
- 5 Feb 2019 Eleanor of Aquitaine - Underscoring Improvisation 5 Feb 2019
- 4 Feb 2019 Ready to launch: Forever Fox 4 Feb 2019
January 2019
- 30 Jan 2019 Realisations for Cecilia Chorus of New York 30 Jan 2019
- 8 Jan 2019 Rhuddlan Castle: Gateway to Wales available to download 8 Jan 2019
November 2018
- 23 Nov 2018 Eleanor of Aquitaine 23 Nov 2018
September 2018
- 18 Sep 2018 A winter's work 18 Sep 2018
May 2018
- 14 May 2018 Released: "Rhuddlan Castle: Gateway to Wales" 14 May 2018
- 3 May 2018 Composing for Commissions 3 May 2018
April 2018
- 2 Apr 2018 Monody: The Dandee Shanty 2 Apr 2018
March 2018
- 14 Mar 2018 The Prison by Ethel Smyth 14 Mar 2018
- 5 Mar 2018 More scores for Dan Solin 5 Mar 2018
February 2018
- 21 Feb 2018 Dyserth Castle 21 Feb 2018
- 1 Feb 2018 Messe Romane by Thierry Escaich 1 Feb 2018
January 2018
- 22 Jan 2018 Music for The Importance of Being Earnest 22 Jan 2018
November 2017
- 8 Nov 2017 Active Cheshire: Part of the Movement 8 Nov 2017
- 3 Nov 2017 Der Zippelfagottist 3 Nov 2017
September 2017
- 18 Sep 2017 Rhuddlan Castle: Gateway to Wales 18 Sep 2017
- 18 Sep 2017 Pass on your passion 18 Sep 2017
- 16 Sep 2017 Advert for the National Kidney Federation 16 Sep 2017
- 14 Sep 2017 RepeatRepeat 14 Sep 2017
- 1 Sep 2017 Mail Boxes Etc. and the happy track 1 Sep 2017
June 2017
- 22 Jun 2017 WordWhile 22 Jun 2017
May 2017
- 27 May 2017 Made for web video series with Dan Solin 27 May 2017
March 2017
- 8 Mar 2017 Chester Philharmonic Orchestra at Chester Cathedral 8 Mar 2017
- 1 Mar 2017 Chester Dreaming 1 Mar 2017
December 2016
- 14 Dec 2016 Animation Pitch 14 Dec 2016
November 2016
- 8 Nov 2016 No Man's Land 8 Nov 2016
August 2016
- 26 Aug 2016 A Tree Call'd Judith 26 Aug 2016
July 2016
- 16 Jul 2016 Sandal Castle and the Battle of Wakefield - Soundtrack 16 Jul 2016
- 16 Jul 2016 Middleham A Castle Made for Kings - Soundtrack 16 Jul 2016
- 6 Jul 2016 Psalm Settings 6 Jul 2016
May 2016
- 20 May 2016 Vantage Videos 20 May 2016
April 2016
- 12 Apr 2016 The Pied Piper - with children's choir 12 Apr 2016
December 2015
- 30 Dec 2015 The Bethlehem Carol 30 Dec 2015
- 24 Dec 2015 Halliday Funeral Supplies 24 Dec 2015
November 2015
- 27 Nov 2015 Before the Mountains 27 Nov 2015
- 7 Nov 2015 Voces 8 singing "Remember Now" 7 Nov 2015
September 2015
- 1 Sep 2015 This Girl Can - Active Cheshire 1 Sep 2015
June 2015
- 1 Jun 2015 Animations for the Police 1 Jun 2015
February 2015
- 27 Feb 2015 A Sense of Place with Terry Waite in Manchester 27 Feb 2015
December 2014
- 1 Dec 2014 Britannia Spice, Parkgate 1 Dec 2014
November 2014
- 5 Nov 2014 Chester Film Co-op: SUPERMAN Sting 5 Nov 2014
- 5 Nov 2014 "Tapestry of Love" released by Soundiff 5 Nov 2014
October 2014
- 15 Oct 2014 Chester Film Co-op: JURASSIC PARK sting 15 Oct 2014
- 8 Oct 2014 Surecare 8 Oct 2014
September 2014
- 27 Sep 2014 A Life at the Pictures 27 Sep 2014
- 10 Sep 2014 Chester Film Co-op: PSYCHO sting 10 Sep 2014
August 2014
- 28 Aug 2014 Chester Film Co-op: Art in the Place 28 Aug 2014
June 2014
- 20 Jun 2014 Waterloo Festival 2014 Short Film Score Composition Competition 20 Jun 2014
- 2 Jun 2014 Chester Film Co-op: ALIEN sting 2 Jun 2014
May 2014
- 31 May 2014 Chester Film Co-op: CHAPLIN sting 31 May 2014
- 19 May 2014 Ghosts of the Odeon 19 May 2014
- 6 May 2014 Javier Pérez Garrido performs "Romance" by Abigail Fox 6 May 2014
April 2014
- 24 Apr 2014 Biofuel Promotional Video 24 Apr 2014
November 2013
- 25 Nov 2013 St. Edmund the Saint 25 Nov 2013
September 2013
- 16 Sep 2013 Video trailer for The Life of William Cowper 16 Sep 2013
- 12 Sep 2013 Edinburgh Castle 12 Sep 2013
February 2013
- 27 Feb 2013 The Last Plantagenet 27 Feb 2013
September 2011
- 22 Sep 2011 Chancery Bar Association Promo 22 Sep 2011
July 2011
- 8 Jul 2011 Bodrhyddan Hall 8 Jul 2011
July 2010
- 14 Jul 2010 Song Finalist for Edward's Lament 14 Jul 2010
October 2009
- 3 Oct 2009 Birkenhead School Prospectus Video 3 Oct 2009
December 2008
- 1 Dec 2008 Win at the Wirral International Film Festival 1 Dec 2008
August 2008
- 13 Aug 2008 My Man Godfrey, Student Film Score Composition from 2006 13 Aug 2008
- 5 Aug 2008 Innocence, Student Film Composition from 2006 5 Aug 2008
July 2008
- 9 Jul 2008 The Village in the Hills 9 Jul 2008
November 2004
- 17 Nov 2004 The Paper Crown (school compositions) 17 Nov 2004