NIMROD PRODUCTIONS - News And Events

Nimrod nominated for the prestigious Develop Creative Outsourcing Award.

June 2008

The folk at Nimrod are thrilled to have been nominated for a Develop Industry Excellence Award. It's been a diverse and busy year at Nimrod HQ, working on many exciting projects that include Wii Fit, Pokemon Battle Revolution, Battlefield Heroes, Far Cry 2 and Alone in the Dark - utilising either our music production, composition, music supervision and voice recording services. The results will be announced on 30th July.

Nimrod announces a partnership with Marc Marot

March 2008

Nimrod announces a partnership with Marc Marot, the former president of Island Records and Chairman and CEO of Terra Firma Management Ltd. Marc is hugely experienced in film music supervision and he'll be helping Nimrod in the development of this important side of the company's business. Marot's credits range from 'Angel Heart' at the beginning of his career to 'Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels', and the 4 million selling 'Notting Hill' soundtrack. Marc has recently been appointed as head of music for the newly formed $106,000,000 UK based film production fund 'CinemaNX'. He's currently supervising director Richard Linklater's new movie 'Me and Orson Welles'.

New Website Launched

February 2008

We hope you like the new site... more music, videos, info... and a few more dodgy pictures.

Battlefield Heroes

February 2008

Nimrod have just finished working with EA on the new theme (and other bits and bobs) for the highly anticipated Battlefield Heroes title. More news to follow soon.

Far Cry 2

February 2008

Marc Canham is making the final touches to the Far Cry 2 soundtrack. All the hours of composition and recording are finally coming together. The soundtrack is in interesting mix of music for a sextet, African percussion, one drum machine, solo African voice, a Prophet 5 and a Roland Space Echo...

Alone in the Dark

February 2008

Nimrod will be the music supervisors on the first wave of Alone in the Dark trailers being released later in the year...

Baaba Maal

January 2008

Marc has been working in the studio with legendry Senegalese vocalist Baaba Maal on the Far Cry 2 soundtrack. Baaba is known in the film world for his haunting vocals on the Hans Zimmer soundtrack 'Black Hawk Down'. For more info on Baaba visit www.baabamaal.tv

Islandaz

January 2008

Nimrod have been working with the band known as the Islandaz - it’s hard to sum up their sound... apart from saying it’s a mix-up of a lot of cool stuff. Their debut album is currently being produced by Rich at Nimrod, so around summertime expect to hear this band through the airwaves. Islandaz Myspace

Nintendo - Wii Fit

January 2008

Nimrod have just finished the rather epic voice recording project for the highly anticipated Wii Fit project featuring the very cool Wii Board. We hoped the energetic nature of this project would have inspired us to get really fit and healthy in the new year... it didn’t.

Little Fish - making waves

January 2008

One of the hottest indie bands on the gigging scene in the UK at the moment - Little Fish are starting to build up one hell of a following thanks to their awesome live performances. Nimrod has been recording and producing the band over the past 12 months. The band are set for big things in 2008. Little Fish Myspace

NSO in Abbey Road Studios

December 2007

Select players (6 in fact) from the NSO have recently been recording in Abbey Road for the Far Cry 2 soundtrack.

Pokemon: Battle Revolution

December 2007

Having recently set up a new voice recording, localisation and culturisation service (with strategic business partners The Mustard Corporation), Nimrod have just completed their third project with game giants Nintendo.

Reservoir Dogs BAFTA nomination

September 2006

The soundtrack to ‘Reservoir Dogs’ has been nominated for Best Soundtrack at this years BAFTA awards – the team at Nimrod created 10 original 1970/80s inspired tracks for the game to accompany the licensed soundtrack.

MTV Music Award nomination for Driver

September 2006

The soundtrack to ‘Driver Parallel Lines’ supervised and composed by Marc Canham and the Nimrod production team has been nominated for Best Soundtrack at this years MTV Video Music Awards...

Sound on Sound Nimrod feature

June 2006

The renowned music magazine Sound On Sound ran a feature on Nimrod last month focusing on the massive task undertaken preparing, recording, mixing and mastering the score for '24 – The Game' and subsequently the ‘24' TV series.

Test Drive Unlimited

June 2006

The soundtrack has recently been completed for the hotly anticipated Atari release later this year. Nimrod provided the music supervision, licensing and original music that features throughout the game. More news soon...

Reservoir Dogs game soundtrack

June 2006

The upcoming release of the game version of the Tarrantino classic ‘Reservoir Dogs' will feature an original score composed and produced by Marc Canham and Richard Aitken. The game will also feature the tracks that are synonymous with the film, but to create a more expansive sound an extra element of 1960s/70s influenced music was created at Nimrod studios to compliment these classic tracks...

‘Driver Parallel Lines’ music praised by all

May 2006

Following Nimrod's collaboration with NYC greats such as Public Enemy, Grandmaster Flash, Suicide, Arthur Baker and the fantastic Yeah Yeah Yeahs people have been raving about this fantastic soundtrack spanning the 1970s to the present day. Combined with an original score composed by Marc Canham the response has been overwhelming with comments from the press such as “You can't fail to be wowed by the soundtrack” (OPSM) and “The soundtrack is awesome. Four words: Turn it up, fool.” (Stuff Magazine)...

24: The Game

May 2006

The soundtrack is now available on the Fox Music site. Soundtrack.net said: 'the best version of the theme for the show we've ever heard… the use of the (NSO) Orchestra gives it extra depth… the '24 Symphonic Suite' will be worth the price of the whole download'...

GDC Audio Boot Camp

May 2006

Marc was invited to present a keynote speech at the Audio Boot Camp at this years GDC conference in San Jose. The keynote covered the trails and tribulations of running a large scale audio production from start to finish, highlighting many of the creative, practical and marketing concerns involved with ‘Driver Parallel Lines'. The Audio Boot Camp was a huge success largely thanks to all the speakers, listeners and the ever-ready guys from Microsoft and SCEE who ran the show...

iTunes release Nimrod soundtracks

May 2006

Nimrod has recently signed up to iTunes to release their back catalogue. The download market is seen as the logical distribution channel for game soundtracks as it provides instant access and value-for-money music. Check out the SHOP page for a list of the recent soundtracks made available on iTunes...

24: The Game

September 2005

Work has now finished on the 24: The Game orchestral soundtrack recorded by the Nimrod Studio Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios. Sean Callery's intelligent compositions were orchestrated by Jonathan Williams and produced, mixed and mastered at Nimrod's recently refurbished studios in Oxfordshire by Rich Aitken. The final results were stunning and as a result Fox Music now aim to give fans the opportunity to hear the Nimrod recordings thanks to the new ‘24' album set for release in the near future...

Control of the Stereo - Narco's debut album hits the stores

September 2005

Narco's album was released last month to a great reception from the music press. Nimrod have produced, mixed and mastered the album and continue to work closely with the band on high profile video game soundtracks. Kerrang: '...just one fix and you'll be hooked' KKKK NME: 'Oh f@#k yes... a brilliant slice of stomp and rut' The FLY: '...DIY punk rock... you'll need a shower after listening but it will be worth it' www.narcomusic.co.uk

Driver : Parallel Lines

September 2005

Nimrod announces that they will be music supervisors for the next Driver instalment. Following the critical acclaim of the Driv3r soundtrack featuring Iggy Pop, Nimrod will aim to create another musically significant and cool soundtrack. With Narco and Plastic Man teaming up to create the original score under the watchful eye of Nimrod's producers, plus a host of exciting artists TBA things are set for something special...

AMS Neve roadshow features Nimrod

September 2005

AMS Neve have teamed up with Nimrod who will be providing the music for the trade launch of the 88D mixing console and the presentation of the DFC Gemini console to the music industries production elite. Nimrod are proud to be working alongside AMS Neve who have consistently made the finest studio equipment available for the last 50 years.

AMS Neve has one of the richest heritages in the professional audio industry. Throughout the company's history are marked technological advancements and innovations that have shaped the course of how the world records and listens to audio. www.ams-neve.com

Studio Refit

September 2005

Following the close relationship between AMS Neve, Nimrod have recently taken delivery of their new Neve V5106 mixing console. AMS Neve's unparalleled quality in the studio world is now providing the backbone of Nimrod's Studio 1. Further additions to the mastering suite were also installed including Manley's awesome Massive Passive EQ, Earthworks Monitoring and Crane Song's world renowned limiter...

Sibelius and Nimrod team up

September 2005

Nimrod is proud to announce a new relationship with Sibelius, the company behind the world's best music notation software. Jonny has been using Sibelius 3 for over a year now, writing and orchestrating the music for Getaway 2: Black Monday , Act of War: Direct Action , Heavenly Sword and 24: The Game and he's delighted to be able to endorse Sibelius' software. ‘I couldn't do what I do without Sibelius,' he says, ‘and with Sibelius 4's new video and part creation features, I'm eager to get cracking on our next project!'. Keep your eyes on the press for more about this exciting new partnership...

Plastic Man emerges

September 2005

Having demonstrated a willingness to hide in the shadows for several high profile projects under Nimrod, Plastic Man will now be acknowledged for his involvement following PM's recent signing – album expected for release summer 2006. PM has just completed the breaks driven soundtrack for TOCA Race Driver 3 and has commenced work on the highly anticipated soundtrack for Driver : Parallel Lines...

Getaway : Gangs of London

September 2005

Nimrod have recently completed orchestral production and mix work on the main theme of the upcoming Getaway : Gangs of London PSP title. The Nimrod Studio Orchestra performed the theme at the world-famous CTS Studio in Watford that was the venue for recording large sections of the score for Lord of the Rings...

The Getaway - Gangs of London Game Cover