Alastair McNamara is a Composer for Film, TV and Games, whose credits include projects with Netflix, Apple TV, National Geographic and Disney +.

 

His recent composing credits include writing additional music for Netflix's 'Pangolin: Kulu's Journey' directed by Pippa Erlich and the team behind the Oscar winning 'My Octopus Teacher.' He is currently writing additional music for an upcoming Netflix nature documentary series for Silverback which will be released next year.

 

Alastair also scored the theatrical feature documentary ‘The Other Fellow’ which was nominated at DocEdge, DOCVILLE and Austin Film Festival before finding a home on ITVX in the UK and Amazon Prime in the US; Planet Coaster 2, a game from Frontier Developments and the Grierson winning short documentary ‘Tease’, which was broadcast on Channel 4.

With an MA in Composing from the National Film and Television School, Alastair writes bold, cinematic scores with scale and atmosphere that often incorporate voices into evocative electronic and string textures. He has a keen interest in colour and tone and loves experimenting with live recordings and synths to find new sounds unique to each project.
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In addition to his composing work, Alastair is an accomplished orchestrator and conductor. His credits include orchestrating and writing additional string and choir arrangements for Sarah Warne’s score for the Amazon series ‘Lazarus’, as well as orchestrating scores for international TV series and features like ‘Call My Agent: Italy’ for Sky, ‘Scene Stealer’ for Netflix and ‘JFK: One Day in America’ for National Geographic, which was nominated for an Emmy.

 

Lastly, Alastair’s other interests include making and/or drinking coffee, playing video games and putting hot sauce on everything.