Ian Neil
DNA Music Limited are proud to offer you the highly creative services
of Ian Neil (Film Music Supervisor). Ian has vast music knowledge and
is an expert in searching for music, handling copyright clearance and
liaising with the majors as well as independent labels.
After a spell with Our Price Records and Jeff Wayne Music; Ian went on to become Head of Film & TV for what was then Polygram Records. He was responsible for all the record label’s interests and his first taste of success was brokering two Lighthouse Family commercials (this was before the Lighthouse Family were a household name). Other exploitation in commercials in which Ian was involved brought top twenty singles and Platinum selling albums in the UK, together with a Gold selling album in Japan.
The new millennium meant a new challenge for Ian and in December 1999
he moved to Warner/Chappell Music Publishing as Head of Film, TV &
Advertising. This now gave him the unique triple set of having experience
as a third party consultant, record company and now music publisher.
He
kicked off his career at Warners with a clutch of commercials for Moby
which catapulted the album ‘Play’ to an unprecedented
level of record sales. Goldfrapp, Overseer,
Groove Armada, The Charlatans, Lamb and
Smashmouth
are just a number of other artists that benefited under the guise of Ian
and his department. After just 3 years Ian was promoted to Director of Film, TV & Advertising
at Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. At both Universal and Warners he supervised
on a number of films and in 2004 decided to
leave Warners to concentrate on freelance Film Music Supervision.
In one capacity or another Ian has been involved with literally hundreds
of UK films and has acquired numerous credits and acknowledgements. One
notably huge success was Lock Stock & Two
Smoking Barrels which Ian co-music supervised and
resulted in the soundtrack sales going double-platinum and exceeding
600,000 units!
Some of the films Ian has been involved with as a Music Consultant include:
Mel Smith’s Blackball,
Barry Skolnick’s Mean Machine,
Richard Cantor’s Suzie Gold,
Simon Pummel’s Bodysong,
Robert Altman’s Gosford Park,
Nick Grosso’s Peaches and
Bharat Nalluri’s Downtime.
Film credits include:
Hannibal
Rising
(dir: Peter Webber / prod: Dino De Laurentiis)
Reverb (Dir:
Eitan Arrussi / Prod: Frank Mannion)
Joe
Strummer:The Future Is Unwritten (Dir: Julien Temple
/ Prods: Amanda Temple & Anna Campeau)
I Want Candy (Dir: Steve
Surjik / Prods: Barnaby Thompson & Piers
Thompson)
The Baker (Dir: Gareth
Lewis / Prods: Damian Lewis, Daniel Shephard)
Dangerous Parking (Dir:
Peter Howitt / Prod: Richard Johns)
Control (Dir: Anton
Corbin / Prods: Orian Williams & Todd Eckhart)
Straightheads (Dir:
Dan Reed / Prods: Damian Jones & Kevin Loader)
Revolver (Dir: Guy
Richie / Prod: Luc Besson) / Arists include: 2raumwohnung and Electrolane
Kidhulthood (Dir:
Menhaj Huda / Prod: George Isaac) / Artists include: Roots Manuva
and Akala
Brothers Of The Head (Dir:
Louis Pepe & Keith Fulton / Prods: Simon Channing-Williams & Gail
Egan) / Artists include: Captain Beefheart and Binnie Hale
Alpha Male (Dir:
Dan Wilde / Prods: Trudie Styler & Damian Jones)
Cheeky (Dir: David
Thewlis / Prod: Trudie Styler & Travis Swords)
Swept Away (Dir:
Guy Richie / Prod: Matthew Vaughn)
Snatch (Dir: Guy
Richie / Prod: Matthew Vaughn)
Greenfingers (Dir:
Joel Hershman / Prod: Trudie Styler, Travis Swords & Daniel
J Victor)
Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (Dir:
Guy Richie / Prod: Matthew Vaughn)
Up’n’Under (Dir:
John Godbar / Prod: Mark Thomas)
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For further information please contact Amanda Street at DNA.