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The aim of HotºHouse is to revolutionise the world of music and film. The all female team is the epicentre of London’s film music business providing services to the industry worldwide.
Hot House Music composers include Anne Dudley, Anthony Genn, Christopher Gunning, Hal Lindes, Hans Zimmer, James Brett, John Keane, Klaus Badelt, Mark Isham, Michael Price, Richard Mitchell, Rick Wentworth, Rupert Gregson Williams, Sarah Class.
HotºHouse are proud to represent our elite roster of composers. Please visit the Gallery to hear audio clips of their work. We can provide you with the composer you need for any film or television production and have also placed our writers on a variety of high profile commercials. All of our composers are widely experienced working to picture. Their scores range from grand orchestral and choral productions, contemporary electronic creations to minimalist piano soundtracks. Inevitably our composers’ interest and experience in film leads to an ever expanding knowledge of ethnic, jazz and historical music to name a few, demonstrating an unsurpassed versatility in their work. Many have produced their own albums and all have collaborated with a variety of well known artists on both film scores and records to grand success; artists include Annie Lennox, Eric Clapton, Alison Moyet, Robbie Williams, Jarvis Cocker, Metallica, Roger Waters, Jocelyn Brown, UNKLE, Elvis Costello and many more.
HotºHouse can act as a one stop shop for all your film music requirements or provide one area of expertise. Our range of services has no limitations. Specialising in film and television, our capabilities also stretch far and wide into the world of commercials, pop and classical music. No task is too big or too small.
HotºHouse’s vast list of contacts allow ease of song clearance worldwide and its creative team can provide you with endless ideas for your film soundtrack. As a sister company to production music mavericks Extreme Music HotºHouse has preferential access to their extensive catalogues. HotºHouse can also work to secure a soundtrack deal for your film. There are numerous other services HotºHouse provide which fall into the music supervision category. Not least is the organisation of any pre-records your film may need. As well as putting together the recording team and musicians we can provide musical coaching for members of your cast, find appropriate musicians and established artists for on camera work, supervise any music teams required on set and monitor on camera synch issues. HotºHouse can also assist with the sourcing of specialist musical instruments for on camera use.
Nyree Pinder began her career in the music industry working with the extremely well respected musician contractor, Isobel Griffiths. During this time she booked and coordinated musicians for film scores written by Stephen Warbeck, Gabriel Yared and Eric Serra to name but a few. Subsequently Nyree took up the position of studio manager at Sony Music Studios, UK. Her role there included the day to day running of three studios, staff management and client supervision. Nyree’s bond with the film music industry continued through recordings with Klaus Badelt, Rachel Portman, and Graeme Revell whilst delving further into the pop world by looking after recording sessions for David Gray, Sade and The Pet Shop Boys. Nyree’s work at HotºHouse began in October 2002 when she was asked on board to act as composer marketing manager. Her wealth of knowledge and range of contacts has proved invaluable to the HotºHouse composers over the last two years. She continues to work with Stephen Warbeck and, alongside Becky Bentham, is paramount in the coordination of his film scores.
Becca Gatrell Gatrell made a name for herself in the recording industry during her year out from the esteemed Tonmeister course. She was immediately noticed in the studios for her excellent work as an assistant and her depth of knowledge for all things technical, affording her the privilege to work with such renowned composers as Hans Zimmer and Patrick Doyle. Becca caught the attention of Karen Elliott who commandeered her for score production duties and assistant to music producer Suzana Peric on Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Becca immediately built a strong rapport with composer Howard Shore and is one of the few team members to see the project through from beginning to end; resulting in two nominations for a Golden Reel MPSE Award. After graduating in June 2002 with a first class honours, Becca was immediately asked by Becky Bentham and Karen Elliott to join HotºHouse as a trainee music supervisor and composer agent. Since then Becca has established herself as a key member of the team carrying out a full range of duties from song research and clearance to comprehensive score coordination. Becca gained valuable experience through her work on the Cole Porter musical feature De-Lovely which involved working closely with composer Stephen Endelman and a collection of high profile actors and artists both in the recording studio and on set. Becca’s on set expertise has since been put to widespread use, including the coordination of musical scenes on location with renowned director Oliver Stone for his epic feature Alexander.
Becky Bentham, HotºHouse Becky entered the music industry 17 years ago working at the Performing Rights Society using this as a stepping stone to quickly progress to audio post-production at Goldcrest Films and Roger Cherrills. Becky then took her skills to Australia where she managed post-production audio facilities in Sydney.Upon returning to the UK Becky utilised her experiences to establish herself as a music supervisor and composer agent. This is when she first formed her long standing relationships with such well respected film music icons as Hans Zimmer. When setting up HotºHouse in 2002 Becky’s extensive list of clients enabled the company to burst onto the scene and secure its position as the leading European Composer Agency and Music Supervision Company. After 11 years working closely with composers, directors and producers, handling all aspects of music production for feature film, Becky’s knowledge of this industry is second to none. Becky’s reputation as a first-rate music supervisor is established not only in the UK but also in the States where clients include MGM, Warner Brothers, Disney, and Hans Zimmer’s company Remote Control. She is often requested to produce budgets and oversee composer placements, musician selection, studio suitability, technical requirements, orchestrators, conductors, programmers, copyists, music editors and engineers for high profile projects. Projects which illustrate her expertise include Antoine Fuqua’s King Arthur, John Madden’s Proof, Jean-Jacques Annaud’s Two Brothers, Irwin Winkler’s De-Lovely and Jonathan Frakes’ Thunderbirds. Becky has a wealth of experience in source music clearances and uses her broad knowledge of popular and classical music to work with directors and producers to choose appropriate material both artistically and financially.
Karen Elliott, HotºHouse. Karen Elliott has more than 16 years of experience in the music industry. Karen has worked as music supervisor and composer agent for the last 7 years and has built an extensive knowledge from her diverse range of roles including tape op, commercials producer and head of publishing. Since setting up HotºHouse Karen has divided her time between score coordination and a huge variety of music supervision roles.The most involved of Karen’s many previous appointments as score coordinator was the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Karen organised everything connected with Howard Shore’s music for the three films and DVDs from hiring personnel and looking after the producer’s and director’s teams to attending all the recording sessions across four different recording locations. This project relied heavily on Karen’s established resources worldwide and cemented a reputation for HotºHouse as the leading UK facility for this kind of work. Karen’s experience in track clearance is unsurpassed and in 2004 she completed the overwhelming task of sourcing in excess of 20 classic songs for the HBO film ‘The Life and Death of Peter Sellers’. Her duties as music supervisor on this and many other high profile projects (including Stephen Fry’s Bright Young Things, John McKay’s Piccadilly Jim, Stephen Frear’s Dirty Pretty Things) also involve working closely with the director and composer to provide musicians and music for on camera use. Karen’s ability as composer agent is proven by her relationship with Oscar winning composer Anne Dudley. Over the past 8 years Karen has and continues to manage all aspects of Anne’s career including feature film commissions, television and commercial projects.
Rupert Gregson-Williams commences writing for Hotel Rwanda. Starring Don Cheadle this true to life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, is directed by Terry George and is bound to cause a stir. Becky Bentham and Becca Gatrell continue with Music Supervision and now Score Coordination on this feature.Catwoman On August 10th 2004 Leicester Square was inundated with stars for the Catwoman premier, among them our very own Klaus Badelt who composed this innovative hip hop/classical score for Warner Bros. Catwoman is still going strong at the UK box office
The HotºHouse team are equally at home working with large American crews on Hollywood scores as taking care of smaller British productions and recording in Eastern Europe. They are able to place teams of any nationality to work in any country.
Hot°House can provide requirements common to most score recordings (studio, engineer, equipment hire, musicians, arrangers, music editors, conductors, programmers, copyists, writing rooms) and much more besides. We can also supply experienced PAs and runners and take care of all the day to day requirements of the crew including accommodation, transport and entertainment.
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Recent CreditsKINGDOM OF HEAVENC20th Fox
KING ARTHURDisney
ALIEN Vs PREDATOR20th Century Fox | Comp. Harald Kloser
THUNDERBIRDSWorking Title Films | Comp. Hans Zimmer
THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGYNew Line Cinema | Comp. Howard Shore
KING ARTHURWalt Disney Pictures | Comp. Hans Zimmer
TWO BROTHERSPathé | Comp. Stephen Warbeck
PROOFMiramax | Comp. Stephen Warbeck
MILLIONSMission Pictures | Comp. John Murphy
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PETER SELLERSHBO Films | Comp. Richard Hartley
LOVE’S BROTHERSarah Radcliffe Productions | Comp. Stephen Warbeck
ELLA ENCHANTEDMiramax | Comp. Shaun Davey
BRIGHT YOUNG THINGSRevolution Films | Comp. Anne Dudley
THE RINGDreamWorks | Comp. Hans Zimmer
WHAT A GIRL WANTSWarner Brothers | Comp. Rupert Gregson-Williams
A MAN APARTNew Line Cinema | Comp. Anne Dudley
TO KILL A KINGNatural Nylon | Comp. Richard G. Mitchell
LD50-LETHAL DOSERandom Harvest | Comp. Michael Price
Additional Credits for Karen Elliott and Becky BenthamCHARLOTTE GRAYFilm Four | Comp. Stephen Warbeck
INSOMNIAAlcon Entertainment | Comp. David Julyan
CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLINWorking Title | Comp. Stephen Warbeck
LUCKY BREAKFragile Films | Comp. Anne Dudley
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVEMiramax | Comp. Stephen Warbeck
THUNDERPANTSMission Pictures | Comp. Rupert Gregson-Williams
THE HUMAN BODYIMAX film for the BBC | Comp. Anne Dudley
MONKEYBONE20th Century Fox | Comp. Anne Dudley
STRICTLY SINATRABlue Orange Films | Comp. Stanislas Syrewicz
AMERICAN HISTORY XNew Line Cinema | Comp. Anne Dudley
THE FULL MONTYFox Searchlight | Comp. Anne Dudley
INVISIBLE CIRCUSNew Line Cinema | Comp. Nick Laird-Clowes
THE THEORY OF FLIGHTNew Line Cinema | Comp. Rolfe Kent
COUSIN BETTEWorking Title | Comp. Simon Boswell
LES MISERABLESMandalay Entertainment | Comp. Basil Poledouris
WINGS OF THE DOVEMiramax | Comp. Ed Shearmur
MUPPETS TREASURE ISLANDJim Henson Productions | Comp. Hans Zimmer
WIND IN THE WILLOWSDisney | Comp. John Du Prez
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