Thomas Haines, London UK
Composer, sound designer and percussionist.
Thomas (Tom) Haines is a British composer and sound designer with a background in the outer reaches of classical and electro-acoustic music. Known most notably for his genre bending score for Wolf King (Netflix), The Stimming Pool (Steven Eastwood) and his virtuosic sound and music work on Quarantaine (Georgina Starr). His scores and sound design are effortlessly thematic, playful, dark and often magical.
Tom's early career includes performing Cage and Stockhausen and remixing Bjork, as well as making experimental live scores for shows at the National Theatre and RSC. He studied classical composition at the GSMD, London.
Tom has been making sound and score for animation for 25+ years, working with animation directors including Smith and Foulkes, Matthieu Landour, Jan Pinkava, Felix Massie, Laurie Rowan, Tom Brass and Fizzy Eye.
Tom's early career includes performing Cage and Stockhausen and remixing Bjork, as well as making experimental live scores for shows at the National Theatre and RSC. He studied classical composition at the GSMD, London.
Tom has been making sound and score for animation for 25+ years, working with animation directors including Smith and Foulkes, Matthieu Landour, Jan Pinkava, Felix Massie, Laurie Rowan, Tom Brass and Fizzy Eye.
THE STIMMING POOL is an experimental—at times fantastical—hybrid feature film, co-created by a collective of autistic artists, the Neurocultures Collective, and filmmaker Steven Eastwood, who invite you into a neurodiverse world within the undulating logic of neurotypical environments.
WHOOPSIE’S DREAM
film, Patrick Goddard
Sound, Music and mix
Seventeen Gallery, London
Rubell Museum, Miami
film, Patrick Goddard
Sound, Music and mix
Seventeen Gallery, London
Rubell Museum, Miami
SUPERMARKET Variations 1 + 2
LP and Digital
Two pieces generated from musical material found within a 14-minute recording of Sainsbury’s supermarket, Chingford. The source recording contains music-like material. The material, once isolated, cross-processed and rerecorded, reveals extended electroacoustic versions of itself.
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LP and Digital
Two pieces generated from musical material found within a 14-minute recording of Sainsbury’s supermarket, Chingford. The source recording contains music-like material. The material, once isolated, cross-processed and rerecorded, reveals extended electroacoustic versions of itself.
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QUARANTAINE - Film, Cinema,
50 mins, 5.1, 2021.
Sound design, mix and music for this film directed by Georgina Starr. Instrumental and vocal re workings of Carl Orff’s songs for children, with new Lyrics performed and recorded on set by Loré Lixenberg. The film also features music by Pauline Oliveros and Condor Moments. Original music composed by Thomas Haines.
ANIMAL ANTICS - Film, Cinema, 50 mins, 5.1, 2021.
Directed by Patick Goddard
Sound Design and Mix
Thomas Haines
produced by Leah McGirk
Hayward Gallery / FVU / Film London
Premiered at ICA, London.
Directed by Patick Goddard
Sound Design and Mix
Thomas Haines
produced by Leah McGirk
Hayward Gallery / FVU / Film London
Premiered at ICA, London.
THE SCAR - 2019
Multi Screen Gallery Feature / Installation
Sound Design, Mix and Score.
directed by Noor Afshan Mirza and Brad Butler
Delphina Gallery, London, and Home Gallery, Manchester.
Multi Screen Gallery Feature / Installation
Sound Design, Mix and Score.
directed by Noor Afshan Mirza and Brad Butler
Delphina Gallery, London, and Home Gallery, Manchester.
THE BLACK PEARL - soundtrack
On Fairy Tales DVD - Soundtrack commissioned by BFI and Touch for this release of otherwise silent 100+ year old Pathe colour stencil films.
other contributors include Chris Watson, Fennesz, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Ryoji Ikeda, Philip Jeck, BJNilsen.
On Fairy Tales DVD - Soundtrack commissioned by BFI and Touch for this release of otherwise silent 100+ year old Pathe colour stencil films.
other contributors include Chris Watson, Fennesz, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Ryoji Ikeda, Philip Jeck, BJNilsen.
DEEP STATE, film, Stereo, 50mins
Sound Design and Mix.
A film by Noor Afshan Mirza and Brad Butler, scripted in collaboration with author China Miéville and commissioned by FVU.
Sound Design and Mix.
A film by Noor Afshan Mirza and Brad Butler, scripted in collaboration with author China Miéville and commissioned by FVU.
OAK HILL ANTENNA, 2020
Prismatic / Rotational music made for broadcast.
In an alternate version of the suburban Essex / London borders, redundant TV antennae are repurposed to receive ultra localised community sound art broadcasts from the local Antenna.
Prismatic / Rotational music made for broadcast.
In an alternate version of the suburban Essex / London borders, redundant TV antennae are repurposed to receive ultra localised community sound art broadcasts from the local Antenna.
AN INTERMISSION, film, 5.1, 2021
An artists’ film by Edwin Mingard, made in collaboration with a group of young people experiencing homelessness in Stoke-On-Trent. Intermission Music is the film’s soundtrack.
A limited edition red 10” vinyl is available, all proceeds go to the young folk who collaborated in making the film.
An artists’ film by Edwin Mingard, made in collaboration with a group of young people experiencing homelessness in Stoke-On-Trent. Intermission Music is the film’s soundtrack.
A limited edition red 10” vinyl is available, all proceeds go to the young folk who collaborated in making the film.
INDICATIONS OF GUILT, pt. 1 FILM, 53” 2021
Maud Craigie’s film examines structures of American police interrogation and their relationship to fictional screen representations of law enforcement.
Sound restoration and mix.
Maud Craigie’s film examines structures of American police interrogation and their relationship to fictional screen representations of law enforcement.
Sound restoration and mix.
RUPTURES, Film, Cinema, 5.1, 2019
Sound Design, Mix and additional score
directed by Noor Afshan Mirza and Brad Butler. Premiered at BFI london 2019.
Sound Design, Mix and additional score
directed by Noor Afshan Mirza and Brad Butler. Premiered at BFI london 2019.
SOUND + MUSIC for Art and Film
Recent sound and music collaborations with artists and film makers including Noor Afshan Mirza, Brad Butler, Georgina Starr, Patrick Goddard, Steven Eastwood, Shezad Dawood, Edwin Mingard and Maud Craigie.
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Recent sound and music collaborations with artists and film makers including Noor Afshan Mirza, Brad Butler, Georgina Starr, Patrick Goddard, Steven Eastwood, Shezad Dawood, Edwin Mingard and Maud Craigie.
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BRAIN AUDIO (London sound post studio) is home to Thomas’s commercial / industrial work (TH is creative director and partner). The team at Brain Audio work tirelessly to balance commercial and non commercial work. This enables the studios and associates to offer top flight audio services and expertise to artist led non - commercial projects.
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