Fall On Your Sword
Fall On Your Sword is an American film and commercial music production company with offices in Los Angeles, California, and Brooklyn, New York.[1] It was founded in 2009 by London-born musician and composer Will Bates, who is joined by executive producer and partner Lucy Alper. Fall On Your Sword creates music for feature films, television, and advertising.
Career
[edit]Fall On Your Sword (FOYS) is primarily known for their work in film scoring and viral video mash-up creations.
As a composer, Bates has scored a feature films including Another Earth, I Origins, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, 28 Hotel Rooms and Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief. He has also scored a number of TV series including The Magicians, The Path, The Looming Tower, Chance, and Sweetbitter. Prior to scoring films, FOYS performed as a live band.[citation needed]
Fall On Your Sword also produces art installations.[2]
Awards
[edit]- 2010 Clio Award for Best Original Score 'OFFF'[3]
- 2009 Clio Award for Best Original Score 'Nomis Shoes'[4]
- 2009 Cannes Gold Lion for Best Original Score 'Nomis Shoes'[4]
Filmography
[edit]Some of the works are only credited to Will Bates.
Films
[edit]- Depraved (2019)
- Hot Summer Nights (2017)
- Imperium (2016)
- Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015)
- The Girl in the Book (2015)
- Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
- Among Ravens (2014)
- The Notorious Mr. Bout (2014)
- X/Y (2014)
- I Origins (2014)
- The Unkindness of Ravens (2013)
- We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013)
- The Normals (2012)
- Haiti Redux (2012)
- Generation Um... (2012)
- Lola Versus (2012)
- Nobody Walks (2012)
- 28 Hotel Rooms (2012)
- Another Earth (2011)
- Aardvark (2010)
- You Won't Miss Me (2009)
Television
[edit]- Salt Fat Acid Heat (2018)
- The Magicians (2015–2020)
- Bite Me (series) (2010)
Internet
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Who We Are". Fallonyoursword.com.
- ^ Allison Meier (March 5, 2013). "Back to School with The New Mysticism at Spring/Break". Hyperallergic.com. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
- ^ "Fall on Your Sword wins a Clio". May 30, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
- ^ a b "Fall On Your Sword: Q&A". March 21, 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-08-23. Retrieved 2013-05-22.