Music For Film: Obey

This score was conceived by a team of three of us Lol Hammond, Chris Coco and myself.

I'm really proud of my involvement with "Obey". It's a really great film and through it I made a good friend in Jamie Jones, who is a supremely talented and focused director.

Lol and I had heard about the film around the time that we were finishing off "The Hatton Garden Job" the word was out that it was great film but it wasn't until about a year later that our paths finally crossed with Jamie. After Lol and I had written some initial ideas in my studio he and Chris began working on cues in Chris's studio with Jamie coming in a and out as the work progressed. Following this session Jamie came out to stay with me for a very intense 4 day session where we literally went through every cue in the film and completed the score there and then. From out initial more urban ideas it became apparent that the film was to have far more dystopian vibe much more in keeping with the feeling in London at the time of the riots.

I remember those few days in 2011 very well when it really felt that London was on the edge of a complete breakdown of law and order. Shops were boarded up and closed and there was a real feeling of fear of anarchy across a large part of the community. It was this feeling of London on the brink as a backdrop for the movie that we eventually captured.