newsJanuary 2012

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Music for 2 part documentary 'Ireland's Forgotten Voices' aires on TV3 this month. Two ifta projects up this year one in sports and one in entertainment!

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Meet Your Neighbours
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MEET YOUR NEIGHBOURS starts Thursday 17th November RTE One. Set in a Dublin suburb, PJ plays a host of colourful characters who make up this close-knit community. Music & audio post or this 6-part series at Waveform. Luan Parle was in the studio recording tracks for Milupa's new website. The APPRENTICE continues on TV3 and 3E till mid Dec. The 1 hr Zoo Xmas Special filmed during last years snow is on 28th RTE 1 6.30.

newsSeptember / October 2011


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PAPERMAN frameworks animation wins again, this time in Italy. It's been having a great tour around the world. Latest festival has been Raindance. Just finishing up work on a new 6 part comedy series airing November. THE APPRENTICE back on air for another series with the score from Waveform. THE ZOO is now screening in Belgium with an average viewing of 1.2 million! CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION has got a small UK cinema release and a DVD release so buy here.

newsJuly / August 2011

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BAD FELLAS, a three part documentary series, written and narrated by Paul Williams, tells the story of some of the pivotal moments in the growth of organised crime in Ireland, returns to RTE 1 for a second screening on Thursday nights. Waveform is proud sponsor of the Tiernan McBride award for Best First Short Drama at the Galway Film Festival. Also good luck to the films we worked on PARKED, THE BUILDER and STILL EARLY.

newsMay / June 2011

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Two projects with music contributions screening in Cannes. They are the documentary CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION and the feature film PARKED starring Colm Meaney. PAPERMAN frameworks animation wins the Canadian Film Festival.

newsMarch / April 2011

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Spring is in the air!
New 6 part series DERMOT'S SECRET GARDEN starts Thursday 3rd March RTE 1 at 7pm for 6 weeks.
Catch up with the ZOO on the RTE player if you've missed it! A very exciting finale on 15th April!
Lots more new episodes of THE EMERGENCY available to download as a podcast!
The documentary PILGRIMS is on Setanta.

PAPERMAN gets a 'Special Mention Award' for excellence at The New York Short Film Festival 2011 and wins first prize at the Canada International Film Festival

newsJanuary / February 2011

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Nominations in the IFTAs this year, THE APPRENTICE, for best entertainment show. A brand new 10 part series of the ZOO starting on RTE 1 every Friday at 7.30pm, now a top ten programme in Belgium! Also music for the feature documentary CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION, which will be screening for the first time at JDIFF. Also 5 new EBS stings for the ZOO series. DRAGONS' DEN Series 3 started Sunday 20th February in a new slot at 9.30 RTE 1. Also for 4FM in association with 11890 Directory Enquiries, THE EMERGENCY .

newsOctober - December 2010

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Recent work - BAD FELLAS a three part documentary series, written and narrated by Paul Williams, tells the story of some of the pivotal moments in the growth of organised crime in Ireland. Coming soon to Setanta sports PILGRIMS - The Irish at Cheltenham. Giles will be talking about collaborating with sound in film at the International Academy of Media and Arts Halle in Germany this month. OUTCAST hits UK cinemas 14th December.

newsAugust 2010 / September 2010

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CULTURE NIGHT 2010 TV AD, THE APPRENTICE is back to TV3 for another season. Waveform moves to sound cloud. New material there soon!

Click Jimmy to view OUTCAST Official Trailer just released.

newsMay/June/July 2010

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Projects this year that feature in Galway from the studio are music score for feature film OUTCAST with its Irish premiere on Friday 9th July. Music and sound design for frameworks animation PAPERMAN and mix and sound design for IFB Short Short LOFT which also premiere on Saturday afternoon. See PAPERMAN trailer here

newsMarch/April 2010

OUTCAST had its World premiere at SXSW in Austin, Texas at the fright fest on 12th March and its European premiere at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival 14th April.

newsFebruary 2010

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Wednesday 17th 7.30pm on TV3, THE ZOO, a six part series about Dublin Zoo starts. Title music and mix from the studio here as well as recording Tom Dunne's voice over. Music and mix for documentary THE OPEN ROAD looking at the work of the agency KARE for RTE. New LUCOZADE O'Gara 6 Nations ad on air. THE APPRENTICE wins an IFTA, music score from Waveform. THE DRAGONS' DEN is back for a second series of the hit show at 10.15 on Thursdays RTE ONE, all music in the series from Waveform. OUTCAST is set to premiere at SXSW in Austin, Texas ath the fright fest on 12th March.

newsJanuary 2010

Gift of Life

Happy New Year! Waveform Studios has started 2010 with a bang. No less than four of the studios projects from 2009 have been nominated for Irish Film & Television Awards later this year. They are TROLLEY BOY(Best Animation), THE FORGOTTEN IRISH (Best Single Documentary), THE APPRENTICE (Best Entertainment Programme) and PAUL WILLIAMS INVESTIGATES (Best Current Affairs). Watch this space!

THE GIFT OF LIFE, a 3 part series produced by Animo Television for TV3 starts 21st January at 10pm. The series will follow the stories of 14 people from all over Ireland who are awaiting transplants.

newsNovember 2009 / December 2009

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The Dragons are back on RTE.
Music for VINCENT O"BRIEN: THE MASTER broadcast RTE2 8pm Christmas Day.

newsOctober 2009

The Fortgotten Irish

'The Forgotten Irish', a new 2 part documentary from director Maurice Sweeney examines the decade after WWII when hundreds of thousands of men and women emigrated to Britain. Final mix is completed in Berlin on Outcast. The Apprentice is in full swing. Music completed for Francis Bacon at the Hugh Lane Gallery.

newsAugust/September 2009

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Finishing up scoring debut feature Outcast, a supernatural thriller directed by Colm McCarthy (Single Handed, Spooks, The Tudors, Murphy's Law), featuring James Nesbit and Kate Dickie. On TV3, the music for the new 13 part series of the Apprentice and a two part documentary following the forgotten Irish. Teeth is voted one of the best all time Irish Film Board shorts (see look to view/listen).

newsJuly 2009

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Happy Birthday, Waveform Studios is 8 this month. Frameworks animation Trolley Boy by Teemu Auersalo at Galway Film Feadh 2009 and Orla Murphy's Nollaig Shona amongst three films worked on at Waveform this past year.

newsJune 2009

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Post, music & sound design on a number of projects. On TV 'The Battle for the Gas Field' and a documentary for RBB/ARTE called 'Tanzfieber' in Germany. The short film Lowland Fell wins an award at Seattle Film Festival.

newsMay 2009

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Music for Lucozade Sport "Last 15 Minutes" featuring Ronan O'Gara.

newsMarch 2009 / April 2009

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Film Ireland March/April 2009, interview 3 film key film sound people incuding Giles Packham click here to read an excerpt. Post, music & sound design on various TV commercials, short films and corporates.

newsFebruary 2009


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New rates and new services for 2009!
Recently completed the theme and underscore to RTE 8 x 52" Dragons' Den

newsAugust/Sept/Oct 2008

Katherine Lynch's Wonder Women

Cork Film Festival 2008. Short films Loland Fell and The Lonesome Pine.
Post, music & sound design on various projects.
Post for Katherine Lynch's Wonder Women fo Waka TV and RTE Two.

newsJuly 2008

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Galway Film Fleadh 2008 kicks off the film festivals for another year
Short films Loland Fell and Hoor and a documentary on John Henry Foley

newsMay/June2008

Post, music & sound design on various projects.

newsMarch/April 2008

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Music, sound design, & mix for Néad an Dreolain (TG4).
Audio Post for variousTV Commercials. Music, sound design & post for corporates for FÁS and Waterways Ireland.

newsJanuary/February 2008

Dirty Money

Monday 25th February 10pm sees the launch of our latest project on TV3. Prompted by the murder of Veronica Guerin, the Criminal Assets Bureau was set up in 1996. In an authoritative and hard-hitting 6 part documentary series, investigative journalist Paul Williams will follow the workings and history of the Bureau in DIRTY MONEY: THE STORY OF THE CRIMINAL ASSETS BUREAU. Play the theme music

newsNovember/December 2007

All music and audio post for Tidiest Towns was created in the new studio at Merrion Row. Great VO performances from Daire O'Brien. A great entertaining programme which we really enjoyed writing the music for. Click here
We have also just finished mixing a 6 part series called Posadh Sli Eile, which has been broadcast on TG4.
Teeth Teeth has won a 5th award, this time at the Brest Film Festival. Well done to all involved.

October 2007


Blind Man's EyeSee the trailers for Blind Man's Eye

September 2007

Read about the new studio in the Irish Times.
And on IFTN
Teeth has won best short at the Saporro Film Festival in Japan.
New Studio
Now operational at our bright new studios at 5 Merrion Row.
Click for a larger view.

August 2007

Congratulations to Mathew Talbot-Kelly - Blind Man's Eye is the only Irish film nominated for this year's Venice film festival. Teeth has been released by Buena Vista International in selected cinemas nationwide from 31st August. Waveform is also on the move to Merrion Row where we will have two studios.