Mel Wesson
- Music Department
- Composer
- Sound Department
Mel was born and raised in London, despite numerous efforts to persuade
him to follow a more conventional musical path he gravitated towards
the synthesizer as his instrument of choice.
After leaving art college the formative stages of Mel's career saw him touring and recording with a number of bands. Mel also began working out of Hans' Lillie Yard Studio where he began to explore the studio and experiment with sound and picture as well working with such artists as the punk icons Siouxsie and The Banshees, Brit Pop producer Mike Hedges and techno guru Youth. He received a multi platinum award for his contributions to The Verve's 'Urban Hymns' album and the anthemic single 'Bitter Sweet Symphony'. It was this album Hans Zimmer was listening to in the New Year of 2000 when he spotted Mel's credit and invited him to work on the score for Mission Impossible 2.
Since that time Mel has created his own niche within the movie score genre as 'Ambient Music Designer' . This area of atmospheric sound has weaved its way through many of Hans' scores including Christopher Nolan's 'Batman Begins' and 'The Dark Knight', Ridley Scott's 'Hannibal' and 'Black Hawk Down' as well as the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' trilogy and James Newton Howard's scores for 'King Kong' and 'Blood Diamond'. Sometimes ambient, sometimes disturbing, often unclassifiable, Mel's music is always created with a passion and an artistic commitment.
Outside of his feature film work Mel continues to write prolifically, he composes for commercial, television and video games and his production music can be heard throughout the world on various BBC, ITV, Discovery and MTV productions, CNN News broadcasts, Sky Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, News, Sports and beyond.
After leaving art college the formative stages of Mel's career saw him touring and recording with a number of bands. Mel also began working out of Hans' Lillie Yard Studio where he began to explore the studio and experiment with sound and picture as well working with such artists as the punk icons Siouxsie and The Banshees, Brit Pop producer Mike Hedges and techno guru Youth. He received a multi platinum award for his contributions to The Verve's 'Urban Hymns' album and the anthemic single 'Bitter Sweet Symphony'. It was this album Hans Zimmer was listening to in the New Year of 2000 when he spotted Mel's credit and invited him to work on the score for Mission Impossible 2.
Since that time Mel has created his own niche within the movie score genre as 'Ambient Music Designer' . This area of atmospheric sound has weaved its way through many of Hans' scores including Christopher Nolan's 'Batman Begins' and 'The Dark Knight', Ridley Scott's 'Hannibal' and 'Black Hawk Down' as well as the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' trilogy and James Newton Howard's scores for 'King Kong' and 'Blood Diamond'. Sometimes ambient, sometimes disturbing, often unclassifiable, Mel's music is always created with a passion and an artistic commitment.
Outside of his feature film work Mel continues to write prolifically, he composes for commercial, television and video games and his production music can be heard throughout the world on various BBC, ITV, Discovery and MTV productions, CNN News broadcasts, Sky Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, News, Sports and beyond.
