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Jon Wygens is an award winning composer for film and television. His films have won awards at major film festivals internationally and his television work includes highly popular series such as Grand Designs and Great British Railway Journeys. He has also has scored many commercials, including major campaigns for L'Oreal and Innocent Drinks. Jon graduated in 2011 with an MA in composiition for film at the National Film and Television School and works in London from his Islington studio.


 
 
Infidel
Winner of Best UK Short at the London Raindance Film Festival with a score recorded at Angel studios. You can now watch the film online here (16m) : Infidel
   
NTFS
Jon has just completed a two year Master’s degree at the prestigious National Film and Television School,following in the footsteps of Oscar winning composer Dario Marianelli (Atonement), Trevor Jones (The Last of the Mohicans) and Rob Lane (The Damned United).
             
 
London Internatonal Film Festival
Jon has composed the music and sound design for the official trailer for the 2011 London International Animation Festival, directed by Daniela Negrin Ochoa, which you can watch here: LIAF. Two films Jon has scored also feature in the festival: Damned and El Macho, also by Daniela.
   
White Elephant
Jon scored this documentary about the Central Post-Office and its employees in Kinshasa, DR Congo by film maker Kristof Bilsen. The film is now in development as a full length feature. For more information www.roastbeeftv.com/news.
Watch the trailer here:

             
 
Great British Railway Journeys
With a theme tune and music by Jon, the series has been huge success for the BBC. A second series was broadcast in January this year and a third series is currently in production.
   
Damned
Jon has recorded a full orchestral score for Richard Phelan's delightful and witty animation about an over-ambitious beaver. The film has been shortlisted for the 2012 British Animation Awards. He also had the opportunity to perform himself on his current favourite instrument the banjo as you can hear in this excerpt:

             
 
White As Snow (Kar Beyaz)
A song co-composed by Jon has appeared in the Turkish Film White As Snow (Kar Beyaz). The song "Mircans Lullaby" was written with Mircan Kaya who was awarded best film music award at 47th Antalya International Golden Orange Film Festival in October 2010 for her score to the film.Watch the trailer featuring the song here: White As Snow
   
The Real Social Network
Jon has just finished scoring a feature documentary The Real Social Network with fellow composer Alcyona Mick. The film is a timely and exciting look at the events and people behind the recent student anti cuts protests. The film premiers on tuesday 1st November at University College London.The Real Social Network Website.
             
 
Showreel Online at Soundcloud
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Grand Designs
Jon has composed the music for the recent series of the phenomenally successful Grand Designs for Channel Four.