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

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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

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  • 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

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Some of the works are only credited to Will Bates.

Films

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Television

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Internet

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References

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  1. ^ "Who We Are". Fallonyoursword.com.
  2. ^ Allison Meier (March 5, 2013). "Back to School with The New Mysticism at Spring/Break". Hyperallergic.com. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
  3. ^ "Fall on Your Sword wins a Clio". May 30, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  4. ^ a b "Fall On Your Sword: Q&A". March 21, 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-08-23. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
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