MARYANN AND MICHAEL TEDSTONE
Astonishingly talented musicians, and most importantly, lovely people. I hope to work with them again.
- James Page (Director)
Together we have scored music for award winning independent films that have been shown at festivals internationally including San Francisco , Cannes , Berlin and around the UK. ‘Self Help’ and ‘Small Gifts’ both have distribution deals.
Small Gifts
Plagium
First Day
SelfHelp
Dir. Brady Hood. Exec Producer Joe Wright. Nominated for best film London East End Film Festival. Distributed on itunes by Shorts International. Featuring Shaheen Kahn and part of the official Cannes Short Film Corner selection. WATCH SMALL GIFTS on INDIEFLIX.
Dir. Anderson West. Beautifully shot Disney style short film.
Dir. James Page. Shown at the London Short Film Festival and won the ‘Our Indie Cinema’ best film award. Distribution deal as of April 2011. WATCH SELFHELP on INDIEFLIX
Dir. Brady Hood, Exec Producers Joe Wright , Seth Lockhead. Features Jason Flemyng.
Films we have scored for include:
First Day was a short film we worked on in 2010 with director Anderson West.
Anderson wanted a Disney style soundtrack which reminded the audience of classic family films.
“It was a pleasure to work with such nice, understanding, individuals, I never dreamed of having such great music for my film”
Dir. Anderson West - First Day
Self Help is an award winning short film directed by James Page and has been shown at festivals around the UK, US and Germany.
James Page wanted something beyond the normal film score so we used a mix of vintage Farfisa organs and tuned percussion to create something unique to ‘Self Help’.
Self Help has signed a distribution deal for DVD is available to watch - Online Streaming with Indie Flix.
“A very touching and poignant film.”
Gorilla Film Magazine Review - Read more
“My readers must already know that I am fond of good original scores, and music in ‘Self Help’ is truly wonderful” - Eternity of Dream Review - Read more
Plagium is a short film directed by Brady Hood , and Exec Produced by Joe Wright and Seth Lockhead.
The short is a modern and dark fairy tale featuring Jason Flemyng. The music had to reflect the both fantasy and darkness - to achieve this we used Piano , Glockenspiel , Music Box and Dark ambiences. Featuring Jason Flemyng.
Candy Crime - Dir. Ben Jacobson
Candy Crime is a mini short Dir. by Ben Jacobson.
Best performance - Stockport Film Festival
Gold Award (Comedy Short Category) - Stockport Film Festival
Selected for DepicT! ’11 Film Festival
Selected for the 180 Microcinema Festival
Selected for the first Unofficial Google Plus Film Festival
“A kick ass riff without the extreme violence” - Ed Vaizey
Something Blue is a short film directed by Rebekah Fortune. It tackles the topic of gender dysphoria and features an emotional score of acoustic guitar and stringed instruments.
“Something Blue is really very good, disturbing yet beautiful” - Channel 4
“Something Blue is a wee gem of a film, beautifully shot and directed with remarkable assurance” - Eye for Film Review
“The film does a brilliant job of portraying someone in their most vulnerable state” - Gorilla Film Review
Gary and Gail - Dir. Steve Bookbinder
Gary and Gail is a mini short Dir. by Steve Bookbinder.
Featuring - Bradley Hall (The Bill, Doc Martin)
Abi Hardingham (The Sparticle Mystery, Waterloo Road)
Gail’s in trouble. Can Gary reach her in time?
Shown on Channel4 UK
Selected for Cannes 2012
Selected for FrauenFilm Festival Cologne 2012
Selected for the Stoke Your Fires Festival
(nominated best short feature)
(nominated made in the midlands award)
Manike consists of two signed Scottish composers - Maryann and Michael Tedstone, based in the UK. Our music is written from our own studio in the Phoenix Square Film and Digital Media venue based in the Leicester Cultural Quarter. ManikeMusic is our production company that works on TV, Film and Pop projects.
Email us at contact@manikemusic.com
License our Music from www.feltmusiclibrary.com
The Boss - Dir. Mohan Subramaniam
The Boss is a Short Animation by Ex-Cartoon Network animator Mohan Subra.
“This creep, convincing film is about the anxiety of parenthood. It’s unprodictable and tart, full of feeling and has great performances.” - Mark Cousins
