Al Hardiman
- Composer
- Producer
- Music Department
Al is the co-founder of British independent production company Catalyst Global Media which launched in 2015 with a mandate to serve as a top-tier creator of original film and television content for worldwide exploitation. In 2017 he launched the subsidiary Catalyst Interactive, specializing in story-driven games that naturally lean into the company's narrative backbone with a separate, original slate of gaming I.P.
Al arrived into the world of narrative games via his background working as a composer, originally for film and television. A classically-trained multi-instrumentalist musician, prior to working as a composer he also recorded and performed with artists including The Who, Radiohead, Florence Welch, Bat For Lashes, The Cinematic Orchestra and Sixto Rodriguez and was a long term member of the LA-based, Grammy-Nominated electronic artist Bonobo band. His first film work came about providing musical arrangements for director Richard Eyre for his Academy Award® nominated film "Notes On A Scandal", after which he moved into composition for the screen more formally.
Leveraging a passion for music and sound as well as a background in high end film and television, as Creative Director of Catalyst Interactive Al ensures that the company's slate of original gaming content maintains strong narrative integrity with atmospheric and cinematic edge.
Al arrived into the world of narrative games via his background working as a composer, originally for film and television. A classically-trained multi-instrumentalist musician, prior to working as a composer he also recorded and performed with artists including The Who, Radiohead, Florence Welch, Bat For Lashes, The Cinematic Orchestra and Sixto Rodriguez and was a long term member of the LA-based, Grammy-Nominated electronic artist Bonobo band. His first film work came about providing musical arrangements for director Richard Eyre for his Academy Award® nominated film "Notes On A Scandal", after which he moved into composition for the screen more formally.
Leveraging a passion for music and sound as well as a background in high end film and television, as Creative Director of Catalyst Interactive Al ensures that the company's slate of original gaming content maintains strong narrative integrity with atmospheric and cinematic edge.