Carol Donaldson is an award-winning composer for TV and Radio. Drawing on a highly eclectic variety of styles ranging from classical, ambient or quirky to contemporary, upbeat or world music to reflect the needs, moods and nuances of the project.
Sainsbury’s Christmas Advert:
Carol was the choir director on the much talked about Sainsbury’s Christmas advert, showing the Christmas truce of 1914. (Woodwork music)
BBC Radio 4: ‘Normal and Nat’ a play with music
Carol was the composer and musical director for BBC Radio 4’s ‘Normal and Nat’ a play with music. Words by Debbie Oates. Producer Nadia Molinari.
‘’ What lifted ‘Normal and Nat’ above the uncommon herd was the music itself, written by Carol Donaldson’’
The Times
Commercials
Carol has worked on national television commercial projects for various clients in the past:
JJB Sports (4 campaigns on Granada TV)
The Accident Group (National TV)
DFS (8 campaigns on National TV)
Blue Planet Aquarium (Granada TV)
Max Spielmann (4 campaigns on National TV)
Pennine Telecom (Granada and Yorkshire TV)
Theme Tunes & Films
Working with Childs Eye Media Carol was the composer for 6 ‘A Child’s Eye View‘ films: Safari, Keeping Healthy, People Who Help Us 1 & 2 and Festivals 1 & 2 (Runner up in the RTS Educational Television Awards ’08)
Other credits:
‘Snoooze Dog’ – An animated pilot. (Lough House Animations)
‘Backyard’ – An animated series. (Lough House Animations)
‘Travels with Tarl’ – A wildlife documentary series for children. (Bartlett Productions)
‘Sweet FA’ – A six-part series on football for Granada TV. (Planet Wild Productions)
‘N.V.S.’ – Pop quiz show for LWT and Granada TV. (Planet Wild Productions)
‘In My Life’ – A six-part series on religion for Granada TV. (Planet Wild Productions)
‘Tombraider 3’ – Short publicity film for the launch of the Sony Playstation game
Manchester Storm – For short film shown before Manchester Storm’s ice hockey matches at M.E.N. Arena, also on Granada and SKY TV.
To discuss working with Carol Donaldson on your upcoming project, please contact Carol directly.