Friday 3 July 2015

Independence Day - 4th July 2015



Independence Day, 4th July 2015. The official release date is significant as 4th July also represents Clive Farrington's independent release outside of 'When in Rome'. Celebrating Tough Monkey Records (TMR) release of 'Independence' by Clive Farrington. Happy 2nd Anniversary! Download on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/independence/id670306586

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Music producer, Jon Brooks, teamed up with Clive Farrington (lead vocalist - 'When In Rome') to co-write and produce Clive's first solo album 'Independence'.

Like many hunters for perfection, Clive Farrington and Andrew Mann have carried their craft through to today and indeed, they are still writing fresh, contemporary pop songs. Their hit single 'The Promise' is widely received as one of the best pop songs of the 80's. The song was featured in the hit movie Napoleon Dynamite in 2004 Andrew and Clive are still very much a song-writing partnership and joined forces with classically trained film composer, Jon Brooks. 

Jon has a Master's degree in Composition for Film and Television and has worked as a professional composer since 2002. For six years he worked as an In-house Composer/Audio Consultant in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, working on scores for films, television, radio, television commercials, musicals and animation series. He returned to the UK and set up his own recording studio which is based in South Manchester. His clients and credits include: Coca Cola, Cadburys, Disney, Malaysia Airlines, Mars, Pixar, Pepsi, Saatchi & Saatchi and Sony...

Jon plays mainly the Piano and French Horn. At 12, he won first prize in a piano competition where he appeared on stage alongside Richard Clayderman. He has performed at a variety of venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Barbican Hall, Bridgewater Hall, Kuala Lumpur's Twin Towers and at the Vatican, Rome. He also had the privilege of performing for the Queen during her Jubilee Tour.

Group influences are primarily Scott Walker, John Williams, Jaques Brel, Mahler, Righteous Brothers, Hans Zimmer, Dvořák, Francis Lai, Tchaikovsky, Coldplay, Green Gartside (Scritti Politti), John Barry, Bon Jovi and The Blue Nile.

Tuesday 23 June 2015

Oscar-Winning Composer James Horner Crashes Plane

JAMES HORNER
1953 - 2015


A tribute to James Horner: Oscar-winner James Horner was piloting his single engine plane when it went down. He was found dead at the scene in California. James Horner was best known for the music he scored for James Cameron's "Titanic" starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The accident happened around 9:30am on Monday 22nd June 2015.

Music: "Drowning" by Jon Brooks (TrackSonix)
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James Horner was born August 14th 1953. He wrote "My Heart Will Go On" - performed by Celine Dion. He scored a number of feature films including 'Braveheart', 'Apollo 13', two Star Trek movies, 'A Beautiful Mind', 'Aliens' and 'Avatar'. Other movies include: 'A Land Before Time', 'Glory', Field of Dreams' and 'Jumanji'.

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Saturday 20 June 2015

EVERYTHING (Lynsey Grace) Evocative, Sentimental, Dramatic Pop Ballad



EVERYTHING (Lynsey Grace): An evocative, sentimental and dramatic female pop ballad. Emotional love song. Powerful and grand; uplifting yet sad, building to a dramatic climax. Instrumentation features piano, bass, drums, guitars, bass guitar, percussion and strings. Powerful and emotional pop song ballad featuring an evocative, epic and atmospheric sound. Mancunian Singer/Songwriter Lynsey Grace teamed up with film composer Jon Brooks to produce her first emotive single - Everything.

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Everything is a satisfying, self-assured debut single from the up and coming artist Lynsey Grace, featuring an evocative, epic and atmospheric pop ballad. Mancunian Singer/Songwriter Lynsey Grace teamed up with film composer Jon Brooks to produce her first emotive single. She’s creative, passionate and likes to express herself through songwriting. Lynsey Grace draws her inspiration from her life experiences, looking to connect with the listener. Jon Brooks specialises in Music Production for Film, Television, Artists and Advertising. Lynsey and Jon have been working together over the last year and intend to release some more of their material in the very near future.

ARTIST NOTES
(Lynsey Grace) Everything is a very personal song to me and one which Im excited to release as my first track from my body of work. Im extremely proud of the song as I poured a lot of emotion into the lyrics. I hope the listener will feel this and be able to relate to some of the lyrics themselves. Jon Brooks created the emotive and beautiful music which complements the lyrics and enhances the emotional response I was aiming to express. The track is soulful and raw, and there is no doubt this song was written from the heart. Everything is a very special song to us both, it was the first track that really connected with Jon and I. It also confirmed we have a special creative bond and musical working relationship.

LYRICS:

VERSE 1
Only now I see
Only now I know the truth
Forbidden for so long to know the reason why
Heartfelt was my plea to take away the pain I felt inside
Trying for so long to understand the reason why

PRE CHORUS
I dont know why everything is different
Every time I look at you I feel this pain
And I dont understand why everything is different
Every time I look at you I feel this pain

CHORUS
Time to, to take a bow now
Show me this person
That youve become before me
Im not willing or able
I walk away
Im not willing to stay

VERSE 2
So sure I knew the way
So certain that I cant deny
Of everything I knew
Of everything that once was mine
My heart has fell into an empty space I cannot see
Been trying for so long to understand the reason why

PRE CHORUS
I dont know why everything is different
Every time I look at you I feel this pain
And I dont understand why everything is different
Every time I look at you I feel this pain

CHORUS x2
Time to, to take a bow now
Show me this person
That youve become before me
Im not willing or able
I walk away
Im not willing to stay
No, no, not willing to stay...

Vocals - Lynsey Grace
Music/Lyrics - Lynsey Grace / Jon Brooks
Recorded at Jon Brooks Studios, Stockport, UK.
Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Jon Brooks
Artwork: Jon Brooks

Monday 8 June 2015

Allelujah - Religious and inspirational music with a dramatic climax



Spiritual, Religious and Inspirational Music. Moody atmospheric music with an epic and dramatic climax. Darkness becomes light. Powerful and grand sacred song.

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Jon Brooks is a British Music Composer and specialises in Music Production for Film, Television and Advertising.
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Friday 5 June 2015

HPCL Power Petrol "Gun" - TV Commercial



Music composed and produced by Paul Morrison and Jon Brooks (© 2008).
Audio Engineer: Yew Tuck Seng.

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Jon Brooks specialises in music production for film, television, artists, media, corporate video and advertising.

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is a Government of India Enterprise with a Navratna Status, and a Forbes 2000 and Global Fortune 500 company. It had originally been incorporated as a company under the Indian Companies Act 1913. It is listed on the Bombay Stock exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE), India.

HPCL has an annual sales/income from operations of Rs 2,32,188 Crores (US$ 38.75 Billions) during FY 2013-14 and having a strong presence in Refining & Marketing in India with about 21% Market share and having 18% Refining capacity in the PSU category in the country.

The total sale of products during 2013-14 was 31.0 MMT, achieving a growth of 2.1% over historical. Domestic sales were 30.3 MMT, Pipeline throughput was 15.7 MMT and the refineries processed 15.51 MMT of crude achieving capacity utilization of 105%. During 2013-14, HPCL has become India’s largest lube marketer with total Lubricant sales of 484 TMT during the year.

The Profit after Tax was Rs 1,734 crore during 2013-14, an increase of 91% over the previous year and the highest PAT during the previous 10 years.

HPCL owns & operates 2 major refineries producing a wide variety of petroleum fuels & specialties, one in Mumbai(West Coast) of 6.5 Million Metric Tonnes Per Annum (MMTPA) capacity and the other in Vishakapatnam, (East Coast) with a capacity of 8.3 MMTPA MMTPA. HPCL also owns and operates the largest Lube Refinery in the country producing Lube Base Oils of international standards, with a capacity of 428 TMT. This Lube Refinery accounts for over 40% of the India's total Lube Base Oil production. Presently HPCL produces over 300+ grades of Lubes, Specialities and Greases. HPCL in collaboration with M/s Mittal Energy Investments Pte. Ltd.. is operating a 9 MMTPA capacity Refinery at Bathinda in Punjab and also holds an equity of about 16.95% in the 15 MMTPA Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL).

HPCL has the second largest share of product pipelines in India with a pipeline network of more than 2,500 kms for transportation of petroleum products and a vast marketing network consisting of 13 Zonal offices in major cities and 101 Regional Offices facilitated by a Supply & Distribution infrastructure comprising Terminals, Pipeline networks, Aviation Service Stations, LPG Bottling Plants, Inland Relay Depots & Retail Outlets, Lube and LPG Distributorships.

Consistent excellent performance has been made possible by highly motivated workforce of over 11,000 employees working all over India at its various refining and marketing locations. View Past Annual Reports to know more about HPCL. The RTI Information Manual provides various details about the operation of the Corporation.

HPCL is committed to achieve the economic, ecological & social responsibility objectives of sustainable development consistently through varied operations and activities. HPCL’s focus areas are in the fields of Child Care, Education, Health Care, Skill Development & Community Development, touching lives of weaker section of society.

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Tuesday 2 June 2015

"NEW WORLD" - Epic Orchestral Music - Jon Brooks



I worked on this epic orchestral instrumental music a couple of months ago. Great cue to work on for a super client. Some of my subscribers requested I upload more of my epic orchestral music. So, here we are... Enjoy!!

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"NEW WORLD"
Music Composer: Jon Brooks
(This music is subject to copyright and is provided for demonstration purposes only. © 2015 Jon Brooks)

Some of my musical influences include: Steve Jablonsky, Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Gustav Mahler, Danny Elfman, Coldplay, Two Steps From Hell, Lorne Balfe, Patrick Doyle, Michael Giacchino, Nick Glennie-Smith, Henry Jackman, John Powell, Brian Tyler, Queen, Howard Shore, Ennio Morricone, Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Bon Jovi, James Newton-Howard, Bernard Herrmann, Elmer Bernstein, Alan Silvestri, Dvorak, Bill Brown, Aerosmith, John Barry, David Arnold, Leonard Bernstein, Thomas Newman, Randy Newman, Vangelis, Alexandre Desplat, The Beach Boys, John Debney, Harry Gregson-Williams, Elliot Goldenthal, Gabriel Yared, Alan Menken, Klaus Badelt, Christopher Young, A. R. Rahman, Shirley Walker, Debbie Wiseman, Bruce Broughton, Shostakovich, Trevor Jones and Rachmaninov.

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Friday 17 April 2015

Mountain - Clive Farrington - Club Mix



Clive Farrington and Jon Brooks co-wrote and produced this radio remix of Mountain. "Mountain: The Remixes" is available for digital download on all major distribution sites including iTunes and Amazon. Tough Monkey Record's (TMR's) first ever release!

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Music producer, Jon Brooks, teamed up with Clive Farrington (lead vocalist - 'When In Rome') to co-write and produce Clive's first solo album 'Independence'. The official release date was significant as 4th July also represented Clive Farrington's independent release outside of 'When in Rome'. 'When in Rome' are most famous for their hit song 'The Promise'. Whilst recording the album, they decided to release the dance music EP - 'Mountain: The Remixes'.

------------------- LYRICS -------------------
- Verse 1 -
Strange times, I've had enough of strange times
I wish that we could go back again
The day we thought that love would not end

We were brave then, never fearing no one
Our lives were somehow caught in a trap
Forever were the feelings on tap

- Chorus -
Now you talk of freedom
And I can't stop hurting
You can't stop talking
You'll not stop me walking
I shout to the mountain
Never again, no no....

Now I see you walking
And I stand here helpless
Forsaking my feelings
Traversing the ceilings
I shout to the mountain
Never again
Again!

- Verse 2 -
Warning signs, I should have read between the lines
Living through this heartache and pain
I swear I'll never do this again

Impossible, our lives became intolerable
Walking through the fire became
The scars to make these feelings remain

- Chorus -
Now you talk of freedom
And I can't stop hurting
You can't stop talking
You'll not stop me walking
I shout to the mountain
Never again, no no....

Now I see you walking
And I stand here helpless
Forsaking my feelings
Traversing the ceilings
I shout to the mountain
Never again
Again!

Never again, I shout to the mountain
Aww, I shout to the mountain
Mmm yeah, never again

- Chorus -
Now you talk of freedom
And I can't stop hurting
You can't stop talking
You'll not stop me walking
I shout to the mountain
Never again, no no....

Now I see you walking
And I stand here helpless
Forsaking my feelings
Traversing the ceilings
I shout to the mountain
Never again
Never Again!
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(Music and Lyrics © 2013: Farrington - Brooks)
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