Ikiryo Andrew Simon McAllister

• Andrew Simon McAllister:
• 1 McAllister: The Convent 01:36
• 2 McAllister: Her Past Self 02:15
• 3 McAllister: Lost 01:52
• 4 McAllister: The Box 01:42
• 5 McAllister: Pieces 01:02
• 6 McAllister: The Past Is Gone 01:52
• 7 McAllister: The Convent (Alternate Version) 01:35
• 8 McAllister: Lost (Alternate Version) 01:52
• Total Runtime 13:46

Info for Ikiryo

"Ikiryo", the new concept album from established film and television composer Andrew Simon McAllister.

“‘Ikiryo’ is a reworking of pieces from many years ago originally performed on guitar and violin. I have enjoyed developing, re-orchestrating and adding additional instrumentation to create the final versions on the album. The interaction of violin lines is a prominent aspect and compositional tool throughout the music that were particularly pleasing to create.” (Andrew Simon McAllister)

Influenced by artists such as the iconic scoring duo Nick Cave and Warren Ellis and composing legend Ennio Morricone, Andrew weaves gypsy-edged, soulful and stylish melodies performed on closely mic’d violin and guitar through the soft ostinato of the piano, bass, and percussion, creating a mellow and wistful journey for the listener. The album title is drawn from the Japanese popular belief of a spirit that leaves the body of a living person to visit other people or places, sometimes across great distances.

Andrew Simon McAllister

Andrew Simon McAllister
is a composer and multi-instrumentalist whose television credits include BBC One’s ‘Three Families’, Channel 5’s ‘Agatha and The Truth of Murder’, and BAFTA-winning primetime drama ‘The Secret’ for ITV. Andrew won a Royal Television Society Award for his score for feature documentary ‘Rocky Ros Muc’ and received nominations for his music for BBC’s ’37 Days’ and ‘My Left Nut’ and ‘Torvil & Dean’ for ITV.

Feature film credits include ‘Nowhere Special’, ‘The Devil’s Doorway’, ‘Hostage to the Devil’, ‘We’re Doomed! The Dad’s Army Story’, ‘Shooting for Socrates’, ‘The Healer’, ‘The Breaker’ and ‘My Lonely Me’. His soundtrack for ‘My Lonely Me’ was nominated for Best Soundtrack at the World Music and Independent Film Awards and won a Silver Award at the International Independent Film Awards. In 2015 Andrew composed the music for Endemol’s TV movie ‘We’re Doomed! The Making of Dad’s Army’ for BBC2, which was broadcast on Christmas Day.

Andrew spent several years performing and touring in bands before dedicating his career to composing music for screen. After studying music at Queen’s University in Belfast, he relocated to the U.S. to enhance his knowledge of writing to picture. Here he attended Berklee College of Music, graduating Summa Cum Laude in Film Scoring. Andrew started writing and producing music professionally and gained valuable industry experience in LA before returning to work in the UK.

His professional background of composing music for screen includes films, television series for broadcasting giants (such as the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, National Geographic, Discovery, Sky and MTV), indents and video games. He has also built up a strong relationship with senior Hollywood music supervisors, having had music placed in major feature films, television programs and adverts

This album contains no booklet.