I compose songs and score for radio, television, film, gaming, and theatre. I’m always interested in experimenting with sound, music and stories! Write to me with your project at emmycontact @ gmail dot com.
Out of Her Mind | BBC Two 2020
I wrote 14 original songs for Sara Pascoe’s innovative, mind-bending, heart-expanding new sit-com Out of Her Mind, which aired on BBC Two and is available to binge-watch on iPlayer.
I loved writing songs for this show, which tackles all the big questions of womanhood, motherhood, family, and yoghurt, among others. Sara’s ambition and vision makes any project of hers a songwriting dream come true. I wrote the songs during maternity leave, and the show’s themes allowed me express some of my darker thoughts about new motherhood.
You can listen to the songs on Spotify and other places, alongside with Graham Reynold’s incredible score.
BBC Christmas Film, Wonderland | Broadcast on BBC Channels Christmas 2018
‘Lost in You’, the closing track from Second Love, is the soundtrack for the new BBC Christmas Film, Wonderland.
It’s a beautiful new arrangement by composer Alex Baranowski, with the backing of the London Metropolitan Orchestra.
Watch now on the BBC Facebook.
A Sailor Went to Sea Sea Sea | Presented and scored, with an original song by Emmy the Great | Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 20th November, 2018
I presented, scored and wrote the original song that pins the journey of this documentary. I loved following the journey of playground clapping games, and the mysterious migration of these rhythms around the world. I interviewed kids at my old primary school in Hong Kong, and the adults who work with sound archives of games and rhythms from Iceland to Hackney.
UPDATE We are honoured to have been nominated for a 2019 Prix Europa for Best Music Programme
Produced by Claire Crofton for Boom Shakalaka Productions
Pride & Prejudice by Sara Pascoe | Music and Lyrics by Emmy the Great | Premiered at Nottingham Playhouse September 2017
I was part of the initial creative team for this comic adaptation of Pride & Prejudice. With writer Sara Pascoe and director Susannah Tresilian, I shaped its identity from conception to opening night and beyond. As the composer, I wrote, performed and produced Regency-era and modern score, as well writing music and lyrics for comic songs across a range of genres, from music hall to gospel
"Some really rather captivating songs from Emmy the Great, including one with the Bennet sisters singing: “Don't blame us, you would have done the same.”" - the Times
"Emmy the Great's period-sounding background music is exquisite." - Nottingham Post
"A respectful and successful take on one of the most known novels in English history. It can't have been easy, yet the creatives have managed to make it fresh and fun, whilst raising pertinent questions." - What's On Stage
The Wanderers, written and directed by Luke Snellin | In production
I collaborated with two Britpop legends, Tim Wheeler of Ash and Graham Coxon of Blur, to write and produce songs for this film by the director Luke Snellin. NME story on the project here.
BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival | March 2017
I was commissioned by the BBC to create a piece of music in honour of the Woodland Trust and the Tree Charter. For my song, Three Cities, I interviewed members of the Chinese diaspora around the North-East of England about the landscapes they have known and loved in their lives. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08jfjpc)
City of Xiamen UNESCO announcement | October 2017
I wrote two songs for the announcement of a successful bid for UNESCO World Heritage for Gulangyu Island, a unique island on the coast of Xiamen, China . One of these songs, 'Drum Wave Island', was commissioned as the new official song of Gulangyu.
Mistress England | Written for the Observer's Royal Wedding Special 2012
Original song written for the Observer's coverage of the Royal Wedding. 'A lament for all the mothers who thought their daughters would marry Prince William...'
Sims 4 (EA Games) in-game soundtrack | 2013
Recorded with composer Ilan Eshkeri for in his Sims 4 in-game score. Interviewed by South China Morning Post about the process here