Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Scottish BAFTA-nominated composer and songwriter FRANCIS MACDONALD drums with Teenage Fanclub and makes music for filmmakers/TV. MUSIC COMPOSED FOR: Forthcoming TV documentary (Elefant Shoe Films, BBC Scotland, 2021) - 1 hour “The Trial Of Alex Salmond" (Two Rivers Media, BBC TWO, 2020) - 1 hour doc “Eminent Monsters: A Manual For Modern Torture" (Hopscotch films, 2020) - soundtrack, documentary feature “The Beechgrove Garden” (Tern TV/BBC2, 2016-2020) – 26 x 30mins “Emergency Helicopter Medics” (Tern TV / More4 & Channel 4, 2019, 2020) - 10 x 1hour ob-doc, series 2 & 3 "Paddington: The Man Behind the Bear" (BBC TWO, Boxing Day 2019, BBC) - RTS Nominated "Hayman’s Way" (STV, 2019) - 6 x 30 mins, documentary series "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore” (SDI/Forest Of Black, 2019) short film - BAFTA Scotland Winner “Priest School” (Solus Productions, BBC Scotland) - 1 x hour doc “Sgoil nan Sagart/Priest School” (Solus Productions, BBC ALBA) 3 x 30 min series “Mathair a’ Chinn Suidhe - Trump's Mother” (BBC ALBA, 2019) - 1 hour doc “Des Doesn’t Do” (BBC Scotland, 2019 & 2020) - titles, comedy “Test Drive” (BBC Scotland, 2019) - titles, quiz series “Inside Central Station” (STV-BBC Scotland, 2019 & 2020) - titles music, doc series “Cash Trapped” (Possessed, ITV, 2016, 2017 & 2019) - Peak Time Quiz Show Series "Team Tibet” (Elephant Shoe Films, 2019) - soundtrack, documentary feature “Yes/No: Inside The Indyref” (STV/BBC Scotland, 2019) - 3 x 1 hour doc series - BAFTA Scotland Winner “In Sight Of Home - The Iolaire Disaster” (BBC Scotland & BBC Four, 2018) - 1 hour doc - BAFTA Scotland Nominated “Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen & Milkmen” (BBC TWO, 2018) - 1hour doc “Disclosure” (BBC Scotland) - Investigative TV series - Titles Music/Branding “Tara & George” (Falling Tree Productions, BBC Radio 4, 2018) - 6 x 30min ob-doc series “The Festival Show” (STV, 2018) - titles music “Lenny Henry: The Commonwealth Kid” (Burning Bright Productions, BBC One, 2018) - 1hour doc “The Force: The Story Of Scotland’s Police” (STV/BBC ONE Scotland, Nov/Dec 2017) - 3 x 1hour doc series - BAFTA Scotland Nominated Old Spice US Cinema ad, Wieden + Kennedy “Best Laid Plans” (Tern TV / Channel 4, Oct/Dec 2017) - 10 x 1hour Daytime Etc..