London based Music Editor, Production Manager, and Sound Designer with over 5 years experience working in TV, film and theatre for music production house: Brains and Hunch . Working with a breadth of clients including: BBC Worldwide, DreamWorks, Google, Sony, Universal and award winning animation studios Nexus, Cloth Cat and Art&Graft.
Laura has produced the sound design for projects including Headspace, Dreamworks Asia and The Scar multi-screen feature film. Her music editing work includes popular kids TV show Luo Bao Beo series 1 and 2, and bespoke composition with Evolution Media Music.
Recent theatre credits include Spymonkey's: A Christmas Carol and Tim Keys: Mega Date.
Projects
- More Than ConcreteAn exploration of Croydon’s brutalist architecture, bringing the concrete monolithic forms to the forefront and elevating their existence through sound and film into a new temporal dimension. Using contact mic recordings taken from Croydon’s concrete, these became a basis for the soundscape composition. From the flyover and underpasses to the many car parks and stoic buildings. Saxophone subtones and other extended techniques were blended to elevate the concrete field recordings further, bringin
- Birth RitesWorking closely with designer Stiliyana Minkovska to produce a cosmic meditative soundscape for her Designer in Residence show: Ultima Thule at the London Design Museum. Presenting an alternative to the hospital birthing setting, a sanctury like environment showcasing three ergonomic furniture pieces that surport women through different stages of child birth. The soundscape was produced by combining hydrophone recordings to create the claustrophobic sensation of the womb, as a space, and combin
Projects credited in
- The Gruffalo Spotter Augmented Reality AppCommissioned by Magic Light Pictures and in partnership with Forestry Commission England, The Gruffalo Spotter augmented reality app invites families to follow a trail of clues, tracking footprints of their favourite characters from The Gruffalo. Once families have spotted the characters, they are brought to life in augmented reality using the Gruffalo Spotter app. Visitors can stand next to the characters and take photos as keepsakes using their phone or tablet. The new app takes family forest walks to new heights, mixing technology with the real world it encourages children to get exploring, firing their imaginations and enabling them to have an all-new forest experience.
- BBC - CivilisationsAR: Behind the scenesA look behind the scenes at a major collaboration with BBC R&D and the arts and museums sector, Nexus Studios developed ‘Civilisations AR’, the BBC’s first augmented reality app. Created to accompany ‘Civilisations’, BBC Two’s landmark arts and culture series, the app showcases more than 30 historic artefacts from across the globe including an ancient Egyptian mummy from the Torquay Museum, Rodin’s The Kiss from the National Museum of Wales, iconic sculptures from Henry Moore and Barbara Hepwort9
Work history
Music and Sound Editor, Production ManagerBrains and Hunch
London, United KingdomFull Time
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Sound Artist, Music Editor and ComposerLaura Selby
London, United KingdomFreelance
Specialising in Audio Art and Music Editing. Laura has most recently create a bespoke soundtrack for the Designer in Residence exhibit at The Design Museum.
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Skills
- Music Editing
- Sound Design
- Sound Art
- Music Arrangements
- Music Production
- Production Budgets
- Artist Management
- Project Management
- Soundtrack Composition
- Violin
Education
MA Sound in Information Communication DesignRoyal College of Art
Dorando Cl, Shepherd's Bush, London W12 7FN, UK
Currently working towards my Masters at the Royal College of Art. Specialising in Audio Art and Immersive Experience design.