Malcolm Francis
AKA. POPULAR BEAT COMBO
A BRIEF BIO
Malcolm Francis is an award-winning music producer and composer who has worked in film and television for last two decades.
Heralded with a "Philip Glass-like sense of rhythmic, repetitious motifs constantly pushing forward" (Variety) and "recalling the least nerve-jangling work of Philip Glass" (Seattle Screen Scene), Malcolm has composed the complete scores for Emmy Nominated The Age of Consequences, Requiem for the American Dream, Disruption, Do The Math, Disobedience & Healing From Hate: Battle For the Soul of a Nation.
Malcolm composed The Artificial Leaf, which won the Jury Prize at Focus Forward in Sundance and toured film festivals worldwide. He also composed the music for Money is Material and Impossible, both Vimeo Staff Picks.
He served as music supervisor on the cult classic “I Think We’re Alone Now” and co-produced the music-driven film, “Awake Zion” (FilmBuff).
Malcolm has written and composed for Sy-Fy, MTV, HBO, Discovery, and CMT’s "Artist of the Year Awards" 12 years running.
Malcolm has done remix work for Etta James, Donna Summer, Willie Nelson, and other aspiring artists from Sony, RCA, and many independent labels.
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RESUME
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FEATURED FILM WORK
HEALING FROM HATE, BATTLE FOR THE SOULD OF A NATION
Malcolm Francis’ score is uncannily strident, evoking the sounds of drums and electronica, making for a fitting score that develops the terror all around us. But in the face of panic, hope continues to exist, and forgiveness is still possible.
A significant plus is the almost continuous backing of Malcolm Francis’ score, with its modified Philip Glass-like sense of rhythmic, repetitious motifs constantly pushing forward.
REQUIEM FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM
Recalling the least nerve-jangling work of Philip Glass, Malcolm Francis’s score is unobtrusive and serves only to heighten, quietly, the inherent tension and drama of the real dilemmas and challenges that Chomsky describes.
THE AGE OF CONSEQUENCES
Malcolm Francis’s almost nonstop score is emphatic to a fault; interviewees extrapolate a “perfect storm” of concurrent catastrophes that could cripple the United States; there’s no bright side, and scant hope.
DISOBEDIENCE
Accompanying the visuals is Malcolm Francis' sometimes Glass-y score
DISRUPTION
Disruption is the most important film made since An Inconvenient Truth. It is the most powerful, and I hope I didn't offend anybody, the most powerful climate statement on record. Period.
Van Jones, CNN, Best Selling Author.
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COMMERCIAL WORK
Featured Records and Remixes
CONTACT
MIXING / MASTERING / AFFILIATIONS
Post Production Mixing By:
The Sound Distillery, NYC
Record Mixing/Mastering By:
Sound On Saturn, Los Angels,
California
For Publishing/Licensing - ASM London, England
For Booking Contact:
Sindee Levin
PH. (310) 890_6165
For Music Licensing Contact:
Martha Settle
PH. +44 (0)1672 563603
For Bookings/Legal
SLM, Los Angeles
California