Ant Neely

Ant Neely
Birth name Antony Neely
Origin England
Genres Electronic, orchestral, jazz and rock
Occupation(s) Composer, producer, musician
Instruments Guitar, bass, keyboards and sampling
Associated acts subthunk
Website www.antneely.com

Ant Neely is an English composer and musician, known for an eclectic [1] style.

Career

Neely attended Glasgow University and holds a degree in Zoology. After graduating, he studied jazz guitar at the Musician's Institute in Hollywood, California, where he met subthunk co-founder Alex U'Ren.

Neely divides his time between writing music for film/television,[2] releasing albums, both under the subthunk banner and as a solo artist, and more recently writing screenplays. His composing credits include music on shows such as Six Feet Under,[3][4] Boston Legal, Samantha Who, Las Vegas,[5] as well as three seasons of orchestral compositions for the popular Dutch show Sprookjesboom.[6][7] Neely has been called "a creative and progressively thinking artist",[8] whose eclectic style incorporates everything from electronica[9] to "John Barry-like orchestral atmospherics".[10] His Creative Commons released album, Not Fit For Human Consumption,[11] contains elements of Morse Code, old educational film clips (courtesy of the Prelinger Archives) and is part of a Geotracking experiment.[12]

Mark Mothersbaugh is a fan of Neely and subthunk's music. He is quoted as saying "The masses are asses who need subthunk glasses".[13]

Neely co-produced, wrote the screenplay and scored the feature film Dimensions (film). [14] The film was voted Best Film 2012 at the 37th Boston Science Fiction Film Festival and awarded the Gort Award.[15] Previous Gort Award winners have included Duncan Jones' Moon (film).[16] Dimensions went on to win Best Film at the London Independent Film Festival [17] and Best Film at the Long Island International Film Expo.[18]

Life

As a child, Neely's family moved frequently. He spent time in various parts of England, Scotland and several years in Qatar. He attributes this nomadic upbringing to his diverse tastes in music. An early fascination with sound developed when his father gave him his old reel-to-reel tape machine, with which he made his first experiments in ambient noise.[19]

Neely is married to Director/Production Designer/Art Director Sloane_U’Ren.

References

  1. ↑ Urb Magazine - Review of Neely's 'Not Fit For Human Consumption'
  2. ↑ Ant Neely on the Internet Movie Database
  3. ↑ Six Feet Under on IMDB
  4. ↑ HBO Episode Guide (music)
  5. ↑ TV.com Las Vegas Trivia
  6. ↑ Dutch language Wikipedia
  7. ↑ CreativeMac - Interview with Ant Neely
  8. ↑ Keyboard Magazine - Profiles Ant Neely
  9. ↑ Hybrid Magazine Review
  10. ↑ Electronic Musician Magazine - interview
  11. ↑ Not Fit For Human Consumption
  12. ↑ National Public Radio - Talks about 'Not Fit For Human Consumption'
  13. ↑ Chaos Control Magazine interview
  14. ↑
  15. ↑ New Empress Magazine
  16. ↑ Wired Magazine
  17. ↑ London Independent Film Festival""
  18. ↑ IMDB""
  19. ↑ IMDB bio
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