MUSIC+SOUND AWARDS 2023 WINNER SPOTLIGHT

BEST ORIGINAL COMPOSITION IN A TV PROGRAMME SCORE

BEST ORIGINAL COMPOSITION IN A TV PROGRAMME Score

Dangerous Liaisons

Composer: Anne Nikitin at DNA Music, UK

Orchestrator + Conductor: Tom Kelly

Directors: Leonora Lonsdale + Olly Blackburn

Studio: StarZ / Lionsgate

This 8-part StarZ / Lionsgate series was effectively wall-to-wall music and Anne Nikitin worked her magic with the utmost skill, even composing a 12 minute opera for the gripping final episode.

“This score was not a traditional orchestral score but more avant-garde married with some traditional elements. The big sweeping orchestral score was recorded with the Prague Metropolitan Orchestra in Prague with the more avant-garde elements at Air in London. The musicians in London were incredibly good at attacking the score and add personality to it - in keeping with the more rounded characters in the series along with the more passionate, dirty and downright malicious characters!” Anne Nikitin 

Watch this BTS video cut from the recording sessions to fully get to grips with Anne’s mastery…

Further Credits:

Opera Performed by:

Kristýna Kůstková (Soprano) 

Markéta Cukrová (Alto) 

Vojtěch Pelka (Countertenor) 

Tom Lilburn (Countertenor) 

Jiří Hájek (Baritone)

Zdeněk Plech (Bass)

Score Supervisor: Amanda Street (DNA Music Ltd)

Onset Music Supervisor:Tom Kelly

Prague Music Director: Ales Brezina

Prague Orchestral Contractor: Radek Krizanovsky (Film + Concert Production)

UK Orchestral Contractor: Tom Kelly (Clarion Music)

Prague Recording Engineers: Pavel Ridosko + Jan Holzner

UK Recording Engineer: Fiona Cruickshank

Score mixed by Fiona Cruickshank + Goetz Botzenhardt

Score performed by: Prague Metropolitan Orchestra

Conductor:  Ondrej Vrabec

Concert Masters: Helena Jirikovska + Roman Patocka

Principals (Prague):

Radek Krizanovsky (Violin) 

Pavel Ciprys (Viola)

Pavel Verner (Cello)

Principals (London):

David Juritz (Violin)

Peter Gregson (Cello)

Score Soundtrack released by Lionsgate Records 

Soundtrack Album Mastering: Mikael Carlsson

For more about Anne, visit her site here