Jeremy Mayall

Jeremy Mayall (a.k.a Remy) (born November, 1983) is a young New Zealand composer, best known for his ONE FAT MAN album "A Typical Day in Suburbia", and his "Symphony No 1 for Orchestra and Turntables", which was recorded with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO), and performed by the Wellington Youth Orchestra (WYO) in 2005.

Biography

Born and raised in Hamilton, he was schooled in music from age 5. He has toured throughout NZ, Fiji, Noumea and Vanuatu singing and playing drums in a number of bands and also performing as a soloist. He studied at Waikato University and has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - majoring in Music, and has just completed a Masters degree (receiving First Class Honours), majoring in composition. For both his Honours and Masters years he received a Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship, and was Creative/Performing Arts Person of the Year for 2005, Media Personality of the Year 2005 and the inaugural winner of the Sir Edmund Hillary Medal.

His music covers almost all genres, including solo and chamber music, orchestral music, music for theatre and film, pop, hip-hop, jazz, as well as electro-acoustic music. His works always tend to favour the bizarre or fantastical elements of the imagination and his pieces always tend to look for a new form of expression, whether through turntables in an orchestra, to live electro-acoustic music for electric bass and turntables, to kitchen utensils as musical instruments. A fascination with Hip Hop music and culture, as well as the historical interest in many other musical forms (Jazz, Soul, Funk) and his interest in Film, has been a strong influence on his music.

His most recent work has been film music. In 2007; writing, recording and producing all the sound elements and music for the film-noir horror 'Down by the Riverside'. ( [http://www.downending.com Downending Films site] ).'Down by the Riverside' was recently nominated for BEST FOREIGN FILM at the B-Movie Festival in New York.As well as completed the score and sound design for the feature-length, coming-of-age, high school drama - “Pictures of You”.

At the age of 20 he wrote his first symphony – Symphony No.1 for orchestra and turntables (which has been performed by the APO, NZSO, WYO, DYO and NZSSSO), and also released his first album through his production and pop music identity of ONE FAT MAN. The album 'a typical day in suburbia' received excellent reviews. It features styles that span the musical continuum from jazz to pop, to soul and hip hop. The album featured a range of local performers from Remy's home town of Hamilton, NZ. It contains tracks by local singers (Stephie Christian, Linda Dee, Landy Tyrell, Silua Fifita); rappers (Hitz, Ptt); and instrumentalists (Mike Mello, Rat Daddy, James Sutherland, Black C).

Along with his work in film Mayall has been performing and recording live electro-acoustic soundscapes for turntables, watering cans, electronics and taonga puoro with Richard Nunns; has been recording electro/synth-pop with his side project …howard. This ‘band’ has already created a 7 track EP - "Remaking Pearl Harbour", and an 11 track concept album "They no longer sleep alone".

elected Composer Filmography

*"Down by the Riverside" (2007)
*" Pictures of You" (2007)
*"Late Night Specials" (2006)
*"Le Kiss de la Fox" (2006)
*" Private Eyes" (2004)
*"Go Go Turbo Team! - finalist in 48 Hour Film Fest 2008 - (Nominated for Best Score)"
*"Mists of Uriea - finalist in 48 Hour Film Fest 2008 - (Winner of Best Score)"
*"Focus on the Centre - minimalist art film (First place in the Multimedia Section of the Lilburn Trust Composition Awards)"

Other Compositional History

From 2003 - Current:
Theatre Works
*"Virtual Reality (Dance Soundscape)"
*"Bungamucka (Closing Dance Segment – industrial techno meets soundscapes)"
*"Swamp Treasures (Live Orchestra + Soundscapes)"
*"Deconstructing Alice Dee (Jazz, Dance, Soundscapes, Solo Piano, Circus music)"
*"Bliss (Opening dance segment – 16mins of various styles of music)"
*"Te Marama (ranging from traditional maori music to reggae)"
*"The Buried Life (from rock to soundscapes to circus music)"
*"Good as Gold (1920s silent movie piano music)"
*"Lupin (Dance music, Reggae, Rock, Avantgarde)"
Solo Work:
*"The effect of bundled sticks on sound (solo bassoon + fx)"
*"From Dusk till Dawn (solo flute)"
*"Loves Theme (solo piano)"
*"Ones Theme (solo piano)"
Ensemble Work:
*"Ave Maria (electronics, synths, soprano, film)"
*"Ebb (taonga puoro, turntables and theremin)"
*"Supermarkets and Lovers (String Quartet)"
*"Paaroretanga (Watering Can, Effects, Turntables and video)"
*"De Feo (alto sax and viola)"
*"Espacio (guitar orchestra)"
*"A mix of emotions (song cycle for soprano, violin, cello, turntables)"
*"A recipe for disaster (for 5 men in a kitchen)"
*"Nuevo Viaje (for guitar orchestra)"
*"Into the Depths of Darkness (micro score for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon)"
*"The Soundscape of New Utilitablaszione (for electric bass and turntables)"
*"The Big Fat Jazz Bastard Theme Song (for big band)"
*"Today is the Tomorrow (turntables, electronics, keyboard, video)"
Orchestral Work:
*"Expendable Dichotomy (orchestra)"
*"…seconds unwind… generated noise… racecar (for chamber orchestra)"
*"Into the depths of Chaotic Moisture (orchestra and soundscape)"
*"The Adventures of a Hero (orchestra)"
*"Symphony No.1 (for orchestra and turntables)"
*"High Speed Chase Scene (for orchestra and sound effects)"
*"Electric Bass Concerto (for orchestra and electric bass)"
Pop Music:
*"Composed 8 tracks for "Human Residue" by Devin Mohr (USA)"
*"Composed all the music for "a typical day in suburbia" ONE FAT MAN (NZ)"
*"Remix for datemonthyear “ghost 6 – the concussion remix”"
*"2 Remixes for “I Want You” – cd single by Ashley Cooper (“The Jerome Mark Nu-Lounge Remix” and the “ONEFATMAN Military Remix)"
*"Composed music for "Remaking Pearl Harbour EP" by ...howard"
*"Composed music for "They no longer sleep alone" by ...howard"

External links

* [http://www.onefatman.co.nz/ Official web site]
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* [http://www.myspace.com/pausehoward ...howard] ) on MySpace
* [http://www.myspace.com/onefatman ONE FAT MAN] on Myspace