{"id":2415,"date":"2017-02-24T11:17:38","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T11:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/?p=2415"},"modified":"2017-02-24T11:21:52","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T11:21:52","slug":"smfa-composer-and-lecturer-in-amazon-top-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/2017\/02\/24\/smfa-composer-and-lecturer-in-amazon-top-100\/","title":{"rendered":"SMFA composer and lecturer in Amazon top 100"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2416\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/02\/TMAP_film-still_013-1024x429.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2416 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/02\/TMAP_film-still_013-1024x429-1024x429.jpg\" width=\"474\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/02\/TMAP_film-still_013-1024x429.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/02\/TMAP_film-still_013-1024x429-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2017\/02\/TMAP_film-still_013-1024x429-768x322.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tear Me Apart, 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A film for which composer and music lecturer Richard Lightman, the School of Music &amp; Fine Art\u2019s Director of Employability Placement Coordinator and Admissions Officer,\u00a0wrote the music score features in the top 100 choice for Amazon Prime. Directed by Alex Lightman, <em>Tear Me Apart<\/em> , a dystopian cannibal love story, received its European premiere at the International Ravenna Nightmare Horror Film Festival, Italy and had its world premiere at the annual Austin Film Festival in Texas on 31 October 2015. It was also selected for the Bronx International Film Festival and Newport Beach Film Festival, USA in 2016. You can find more about the film here <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cannibalfilms.co.uk\/#home\">http:\/\/www.cannibalfilms.co.uk\/#home<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tearmeapartmovie.com\/\">http:\/\/www.tearmeapartmovie.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hailing from Montreal, Canada, Richard is a composer, producer, sound design practitioner, lecturer and researcher\u00a0 who has composed for a many artists, films and television series including <em>Eldorado, America\u2019s Most Wanted<\/em> and <em>The Big Miracle<\/em>, news and current affairs programmes, TV and radio commercials, and contributed to the sound design of a number of Hollywood films including <em>An American Werewolf in London, Herbie Goes Bananas, Superman II, III &amp; IV, Flash Gordon <\/em>and Michael Jackson\u2019s<em> Thriller<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>As the Chief Executive Officer of the Music Producers Guild, he has produced over 35 albums, covering a wide spectrum of music including Heavy Metal, Reggae, Blues, Bollywood, Bhangra, Rock and Roll, New Age, Jazz, Pop and Garage, and played on over 170 recordings and performed in 28 countries on 5 continents.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More info here <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/smfa\/staff\/staff-profiles\/musicandaudio\/Lightman.html\">http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/smfa\/staff\/staff-profiles\/musicandaudio\/Lightman.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/smfa\/musicandaudio\/news.html?view=1865\">https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/smfa\/musicandaudio\/news.html?view=1865<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A film for which composer and music lecturer Richard Lightman, the School of Music &amp; Fine Art\u2019s Director of Employability Placement Coordinator and Admissions Officer,\u00a0wrote the music score features in the top 100 choice for Amazon Prime. Directed by Alex Lightman, Tear Me Apart , a dystopian cannibal love story, received its European premiere &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/2017\/02\/24\/smfa-composer-and-lecturer-in-amazon-top-100\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SMFA composer and lecturer in Amazon top 100<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22922,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1252,124],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22922"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2415"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2421,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415\/revisions\/2421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}