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Hi there, I’m Alex.

I’ve been pretty obsessed with sound, music, and how they affect us in so many ways since I was 5 and used to go every week to the Conservatoire de Paris in Pantin. Here was a pure musical experience, no training, just unadulterated sound. Since that formative experience my ears are still alert to the sounds and music that accompany us in our everyday lives.

I write music, sure, but I still love to experiment with sound, mic’ing things up in my studio in different ways to see how they work. I've studied piano and drums professionally, toured Russia (with Stoloff & Hopkinson), Japan (with my solo project 'Stoloff') and France (with Statik Sound System), and had several releases (you can hear some of these on this page). I’ve also scored over a hundred TV documentaries, short films, and corporate videos, ranging from a few Wildlife on Ones to multi award winning short films.

As Madeleine Carter from National Geographic once commented, "Alex is one of my favorite documentary composers in the entire world. His creative use of both sounds and music creates exactly the right tone for a scene". Hence, I’m an all-rounder, though take extreme pride in intuitively pinpointing a projects identity to give it the precise flavour it requires. Shazaam!

Alex Stoloff Credits:

Television Scores :

March/June 2010 : Megastructures : Pearl River Tower (47 min.) : NHNZ for National Geographic

January/March 2010 : Secrets of the Lost Pyramids (47 min.) : NHNZ for National Geographic

November/December 2009 : Greek Seas under threat : Ad for Archipelago charity (www.archipelago.gr)

June 2009/October 2009 : China Quake (47 min.) : NHNZ for National Geographic

May 2009/August 2009 : Man Made Marvels – Giant Buddha (47 min.) : NHNZ for Discovery

April 2009/August 2009 : Man Made Marvels – China’s Forgotten City (47 min.) : NHNZ for Discovery

December 2008/July 2009 : King Tut unwrapped (2x88 min.) : Brando Quilici Productions for Discovery

February 2007/June 2007 : Man Vs. Wild / Born Survivor (2x47 min.) : Diverse Entertainment / Discovery

August 2006/January 2007 : Bug Brother (50 min.) : Parthenon Entertainment / France 5 / Nat Geo

August 2006/September 2006 Lafarge: Leaders in Runway Refurbishment (20 min.) : Corporate promo

April 2006/July 2006 : Living Edens (Namib, Arctic Oasis 2x47 min.) : Parthenon / National Geographic

December 2005/July 2006 : Crash Science series (3x47 min.) : Granada for National Geographic

December 2006/April 2006 : Designs For Living : The Science of Food (12x5 min.) : BBC Worldwide

December 2005/February 2006 : Concepts :  Promo for BBC USA

November 2005 /January 2006 : The Zodiac (12x5 min.): BBC Worldwide

July 2005/December 2005 : Andaluciencia (13x24 min.) : Canal Sur Television Espana

August 2005 /October 2005 : Weird Science (12x5 min.) : BBC Worldwide

April 2005/September 2005 : The Dark Side (Hippos, Elephants – 2x47 min.) : Granada for Animal Planet

February 2005/March 2005 : The Truth about Killer Squid ( 47 min.) : Granada for Discovery Channel

January 2005/September 2005 : Wild Sex (6x47 min.) : Granada for Discovery Channel

May 2004/January 2005 : Built for the Kill series 4 (3x47 min.): Granada for National Geographic

January 2004/September 2004 : Raw Nature (13x47 min.) : Granada for Discovery Channel

July 2003/February 2004 : Venom ER (11x47 min.) : BBC Natural History Unit for Animal Planet

June 2003/ February 2004: Wildlife on One - Crabs (57 min.): BBC Natural History Unit for BBC1

May/August 2003 : Young Doctors (titles/credits) : Granada for ITV1

May/September 2003 : Built for the Kill series 3 (2x47 min.) : Granada for National Geographic

April/May 2003 : BBC Moving Gallery Stings : BBC Worldwide

February/March 2003 : Pops Safety video (7x7 min.) : Longbow Productions

October 2002/January 2003 : A Wizards Guide to Wildlife (12x5 min.) : BBC Natural History Unit

October 2002 : Promotional sales video : BBC Library Sales

June/September 2002 : Great British Eccentrics (12x5 min.) : BBC Natural History Unit

April/August 2002 : Built for the Kill series 2 (6x47 min.) : Granada for National Geographic

March/June 2001 : Blue Skies (20x3 min.) : BBC Natural History Unit

January/February 2001 : Wildlife on One - Cane Toads (57 min.) : BBC Natural History Unit for BBC1

September/November 2001 : Built for the Kill (7x47 min.) : Granada for National Geographic

June/October 2000 : Channel B idents - Blockbuster Video

Film Scores :

June 2007/October 2007 : Sad Case by Sam Rogers – 12 minute short.

September 2005/December 2005 : Doodled by Sam Rogers – 4 minute short

March 2005/August 2005 : Hercules by Ingrid Kvale, Lost Ticket by Clare Wilmshurst (BBC Film Club)

February 2005/August 2005 : Dos Sombras by Michael Denny – 12 minute short

June 2004 : Communication Silence by Yola Perez Albalat - 10 minute short

May/June 2004 : Hands off my stuff, Bitch! by Yvonne Davies  - 6 minute short

March 2004 : Postcode by Lisa Yardley - 3 minute short

August/September 2003 : 2 Sheds by Jerry Cadle - 10 minute short

April/May 2003 : Monkey Project by Sasha Zivkovic - 10 minute animated short

February/March 2001 : Pretend to Sleep by Naruna de Macedo Kaplan - 20 minute short

April/May 2000 : Perspex by Jack Davies - 10 minute short

Frankenstein James Whale (1931) - Stoloff and Hopkinson : The Cube, The Arnolfini, The Big Chill festival 2001/2002

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Robert Wiene (1921) - Oil Experts : Window Arts Centre, The New Vic, The Cube cinema, The Arnolfini

2000/2002

Productions :

The 2^nd World War : (www.myspace.com/2ndworldwar)

2008 - 2009 : ‘Think like your horse’ (Evil Kitty records) – produced by John Parish

Stoloff : (www.myspace.com/stoloff)

2006 : ‘Stoloff EP’ (self produced)

Oil Experts :  ( www.myspace.com/oilexperts )

2004 :   'It's Amazing what will Kill you' album (The Rig Vinyl)

2002 :   'Too Rock' album (The Rig Vinyl)

2001 :   ‘Two-faced’ remix for Sissi (Angel’s Egg Japan)

2000 :   ‘Oil Experts EP’ (The Rig Vinyl) with Jim Barr (Portishead)

1999 :   ‘Red Adair’s Romantic Solution E.P.’ (Plunge 3 Records)

‘Burn the Mall EP’ (Plunge 3 records) with Jim Barr (Portishead)

'The Sound of Urban Audio volume 2' compilation

Stoloff and Hopkinson : (www.essenhaitch.co.uk / www.myspace.com/essenhaitch )

2003 :   'Documents Enclosed 3' (Pause_2 Records)

'Idead_Dual_Woodpecker' (Pause_2 Records)

2002 :   'Documents Enclosed 2' (Cheburec Records Russia)

'Out to City Two' Compilation (Cheburec Records Russia)

2001 :   ‘Watch this Space’ Compilation (Blue Fusion)

2000 :   ‘Documents Enclosed’ album (Your Medical Records)

‘Extravaganza E.P.’ (Angel’s Egg Japan)

The Invisible pair of hands :

2001 : ‘La Brume Jaune’ (Angels' Egg Japan)

Ski Pimps :

2001 : ‘The guy went missing’ (under construction)

Statik Sound System :

2000 : ‘Lurid’ (Play it again Sam)

The Smooth Hounds :

1998 :  ‘Sex Bristols a Go Go’ (Zivkovic)

The Involuntary Movement :

1998 : ‘Live at the Norwegian church, Cardiff’ (Swarffinger)

Live Performance :

2^nd World War : 2006 – ongoing : The Hatchet, The Junction, The Blue Lagoon (Bristol)

Stoloff : April 2005 : The Louisiana, Tour of Japan.

Stoloff and Hopkinson : 1998 - 2004 : The Arnolfini, The Trinity, The Louisiana,The Cube cinema, The Tobacco Factory, The Wyndham Theatre, The Thekla (Bristol), The museum of Popular Music ((Sheffield), The Big Chill festival, Tour of Russia (Sept. 2003)

Statik Sound System : Oct./Nov. 1999 : Tour of France.

Oil Experts : 1998 - 2003 :  The Arnolfini, The New Vic , The Bath Film Festival, The Bath Fringe Festival, The Trinity, TheThekla, Moles, The Fleece and Firkin, The Louisiana,  Sk8 and Ride, Ashton Court 1998 and 1999 (Jazz Big top), 2000 (Ampitheatre Stage), Glastonbury 1999 and 2000 (Jazz Stage), Red Dragon festival 1999 (Sheffield), Eclipse Festival 1999 (Main Stage), Brighton Essential 2000. Sam’s Bar, The Toucan Club, Clwb Ifor Bach (Cardiff). The Spitz, The Dublin Castle, The Water Rats (London).