Selected film & television credits 49th and Main, pilot series for CBC TV drama series, directed by William B. Davis, produced by Bill Gray Exchange, dramatic short starring Jay Brazeau, written and directed by William B. Davis Packing Up, dramatic short starring, written and directed by William B. Davis, produced by Bonnie-Jean Mah The Art of Rainforests, documentary…
Sound Archives John Mills-Cockell sound work in theatre, television, film, and recordings. ( Scroll down to view more songs ) Tillicum Syrinx 1:52 The Killer Stalks 1:25 On the Rez 1:29 Gossip John Mills-Cockell 0:26 Entr’acte #2 John Mills-Cockell 2:13 December Angel John Mills-Cockell 2:20 Medley from Strikers’ Mountain 4:20 Stella in Black and White 2:58…
Dance A collaboration between Syrinx and the Winnipeg Ballet. The pas de deux is called Belong. The piece was choreographed by Norbert Vesak, and danced by Evelyn Hart and David Peregine, who became principal dancers with Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet. The music created by Syrinx is called December Angel. – For a more detailed review of…
SAVITRI & SAM is a full-length opera composed by John Mills-Cockell with libretto by Ken Gass. This spring John and Ken were invited to come to Fort Worth Texas to showcase the opera in the company’s Frontiers program. “What a fabulous experience with Fort Worth Opera! Everyone in the company was incredibly hospitable and…
Director: William B. Davis United Players, Vancouver, 2015 Theatre Scoring music in the theatre for plays, musicals, dance, film is one of my great passions. I began doing it early in my creative life and have continued ever since. after I had completed a handful of such works, I began to think that I knew…
Syrinx Reissue release RVNG Intl released 3 remastered albums by the Canadian trio, Syrinx, under the title “Tumblers From the Vault”. RVNG Intl. is a Brooklyn-based company. “RVNG seeks to appease collector fandom with extravagant packaging and to remind hopeful audiophile generations of the sonic spectacle that transforms the surrounding airspace when needle presses vinyl. Of course, we’re not total curmudgeons, our catalogue is (almost)…
Intersystems “Intersystems” was the early collaboration of Michael Hayden, installation artist, Blake Parker, poet, John Mills-Cockell, the sound artist/composer, and the architectural designer, Dik Zander. A three album set of Intersystem work has been reissued by Alga Marghen and is being distributed by Forced Exposure Recalling Intersystems There’s really no way to put into words what…
Composer John Mills-Cockell unveils his most intimate work with Kestrel Music’s release of the new compact disc Do You Hear The Rushing River? Creating a luminous body of instrumental music that is seductive, magical and full of emotion, this influential, style-setting, contemporary composer proves that poetry can be written without words. This collection of music, haunting and…
Monart Pon, a longtime follower of my work, hoped that I might be the composer to fulfill his long time dream of realizing musically a utopian vision of deliverance, an uplifting, joyful brilliance that was referenced in the novel Atlas Shrugged. According to Monart, the Concerto is what he would have created if he were a composer. His commission provided the…
Music For Heaven came about when sculptor Michael Hayden was commissioned to create a permanent piece for The Gallery Of Modern Art in Glasgow, UK in 1994. It is installed in a space between a newly constructed wing of the gallery and the old building. Michael calls this an “inside-outside” sculpture. The space is four storeys…