Forest Swords

@forestswords

Matthew Barnes sounds etc @ Global Design Forum Istanbul / May
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𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 by Emma Porter and performed by National Ballet of Canada lands in London this week 🩰 Showing at Sadlers Wells theatre as part of Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada 🍂 A huge privilege to write a bunch of music and sounds for this beautiful piece 🙏🏻 @emmaportner @nationalballet @sadlers_wells
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1 year ago
Excited to be writing music for Greek tragedy Fedra, part of summer theatre season at Teatro Greco in Syracuse, Sicily - performances of the play start in May // more info soon 🎭 🇮🇹
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2 years ago
Spring archive sale on my webstore for the next week 🔓 Warehouse finds + a handful of vinyl/CD/tees from my recent shows with Mogwai 🌱 Limited numbers of everything. Bio →
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17 days ago
Site specific performance installation to ‘The Highest Flood’ at Pittsburgh Playhouse 🗝️ @springboarddanse Choreographed by @majellabess 🌱 #choreography #contemporarydance #installationart
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19 days ago
MILAN - AUDITORIUM SAN FEDELE 🇮🇹🗝️ 📷 @trudiphotography x @inner_spaces.sfm
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24 days ago
WASTEMAN - my original soundtrack for the BAFTA nominated prison movie is out today 🔓 Bandcamp pay what you like + streaming 🗝️ Much love to everyone who’s been enjoying the film and the music. The movie rolls out across the US this week. Bio to listen to the score →
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25 days ago
A few days left to catch WASTEMAN in UK cinemas and have an anxiety attack US/ROW release and my soundtrack news soon 🗝️🔐🗝️
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1 month ago
Final week of warming up for my dads @mogwaiband on their tour✨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Thank you to everyone who’s come out to watch, it has been overwhelming to see so many people out early Such a privilege to play with one of my favourite bands ever + be in front of such a welcoming crowd
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2 months ago
BAFTA nominated film Wasteman is out in UK cinemas today, with an original score by me ⛓️‍💥 Cal McMau’s anxious, psychedelically brutal glimpse into the British prison system is a thrill and I’m so happy to have done the music for it + worked with an incredible creative team US/ROW release + soundtrack news soon 👀
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2 months ago
@forestswords supporting @mogwaiband at Aberdeen Music Hall - 13/02/26 Brilliant stuff.. if you haven't come across him yet have a delve into his work... beautiful stuff. @aberdeenperformingarts #forestswords #aberdeenmusic #aberdeenmusichall
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3 months ago
Singapore ArtScience Museum 🫆🇸🇬 Two pieces made with my regular collaborator, filmmaker and speculative architect Liam Young, feature in the exhibition ‘Another World Is Possible’ which explores the practice of world-building across cinema, design and speculative fiction  🌱 ‘Planet City’ imagines a hyperdense metropolis where the entire population of the world lives, enabling the rest of earth to recover and rewild. ‘The Drone Shepherd’ is a new VR headset graphic novel. Also featuring work by Björk and Ming Wong amongst others Until Feb 22 🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬 @artsciencemuseumsg @liam_y @acmionline
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3 months ago
‘Engravings (Remastered)’ out today 🌱🚨🕯️ so happy to tell you I got back the masters for my this album, meaning I can keep it in print after a long absence To celebrate it’s been remastered by the legendary Rashad Becker, out on physicals for the first time in forever, including previously unheard bonus tracks 🛸 limited edition of 500 on night smoke vinyl in gatefold packaging, dropping today via webstore and my favourite independent shops Bio to grab vinyl/CD/etc → #vinyl #vinylrecord #vinylrecordcollector
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5 months ago