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Conservatoire graduate Lindsay Wright studied BMus (Hons) Music Technology and built up an impressive portfolio before going on to complete a Master鈥檚 in composition for film, television and games at the National Film and Television School.

Lindsay started playing the violin at aged five, then switched to the viola. She quickly grew to love playing in orchestras and chamber ensembles, but was always making up her own tunes and plucking away on the viola when she was supposed to be practising scales. Lindsay鈥檚 teacher encouraged her to take piano lessons, which led to trying out the harpsichord and playing in Baroque ensembles, and bass guitar, which led to playing and singing in various rock and soul bands as a teenager. Lindsay was writing little pieces for herself and songs with her band, but it was only once she got to Royal 探花直播 Conservatoire that she seriously considered composition as a career.

Lindsay applied for the BMus (Hons) Music Technology degree because she was looking for a course that would cover all the areas that she was interested in 鈥� recording, mixing, composing, musicianship etc. 鈥� and that would let her keep up viola playing as a second study. The constant access to recording studios, one-to-one composition lessons and having a range of fantastic musicians as her peers were also key factors in Lindsay鈥檚 decision to join Royal 探花直播 Conservatoire.

During her time there she produced EPs for jazz students; recorded classical albums in the wonderful concert halls; recorded and mixed a charity gospel album benefitting the local Food Bank 鈥� all alongside writing, recording and producing her own work. Lindsay wrote and produced an electro acoustic album; a singer/songwriter EP; a short film score and a premiere of one of her pieces live over a 24 channel surround system, as well as writing orchestral, chamber and solo work for live instruments and tape. She also had the chance to study abroad for a semester, taking jazz arranging, film music, electronic composition and piano performance classes at the Crane School of Music in New York.

Lindsay鈥檚 ability to orchestrate, transcribe, record, mix, create bespoke sounds through synthesis and sampling, work with DAWs (and many more) are all skills that she honed while a student at the Conservatoire. She was encouraged to develop her own voice and explore ideas in an organic way, while being equipped with the technical tools needed to support her creativity. Lindsay鈥檚 teachers were extremely knowledgeable, dedicated and supportive throughout her time as a student, which helped her to grow in confidence and absorb as much as possible from their expertise.

The strength of her composition portfolio once she graduated saw Lindsay accepted at one of the world鈥檚 most prestigious film schools 鈥� the National Film and Television School 鈥� to study a Master鈥檚 in聽Composition for Film, Television and Games. She immediately began applying what she had learned during her undergraduate degree to the craft of scoring to picture. She was then fortunate enough to work as an assistant and music editor with various established composers who already had distinguished careers in the industry. Lindsay's career highlights so far include working on season 3 of Netflix鈥檚聽The Crown; season 5 of BBC鈥檚聽Line of Duty;听The Feed聽for Amazon Studios and Netflix鈥檚聽The Innocents, amongst others. As a composer, she has聽scored numerous films, adverts, documentaries, games and series 鈥� highlights include the four-part BBC series聽21 Again; an upcoming feature documentary for BBC and HBO;听The Bind聽for BBC Films;听Entitled聽for Channel 4鈥檚 Random Acts; additional music for the Sky Atlantic series聽The Tunnel; Stan Lee鈥檚聽Lucky Man聽and for the feature film聽The Aftermath.听

For anyone aspiring to have a career as a screen composer, Lindsay would recommend trying to balance developing your identity and sound as a composer with being able to write fluently in a variety styles and for a range of media. Lindsay also recommends finding other students who you can collaborate with 鈥� film makers, theatre directors, choreographers, artists as well as other talking to composers whose work you admire.