Ashley Bates is an Emmy award winning multi-instrumentalist composer / arranger / sound designer for TV, media and film, and writer/performer with the band Tunng.  Ashley has been making music professionally for over 30 years, starting his career in 1987 with the band Chapterhouse, followed by the 4A.D band Cuba.  Working for over 20 years at the music production company Adelphoi Music, Ashley has gained a wealth of experience composing in a diverse array of musical genres, working with an almost endless list of brands, agencies and production companies in London and across the globe; producing music and sound design for Amazon, Aviva, BBC, HSBC, Kia, Land Rover, M&S, Master card, NSPCC, Samsung, Sky, Tesco, Walkers and many more.

Awards

Emmy
The Ballad of Big Al – Outstanding Sound Editing

British Arrows Craft
NSPCC Pantosaurus – Original Composition

British Arrows Craft
Paddy Power – Re-Record

Notable Works

Amazon
Can You Feel It, Re-record – Working with arranger John Clayton

Anomaly
Letter to Satan – Patric Stewart

Anomaly
Oh Human Being – Richard E. Grant

Co-Op
Not So Silent Night – Working with the BTM Brass Band

NSPCC
Pantosaurus

The Immaculate Misconception
Short film by Michael Geoghegan

Transference
Short film by Aletha Shepherd

Ashley Bates
Composer / Sound Designer / Musician
Contact: ashleybates@mac.com / +44(0)7970 261 295

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