Tandis Jenhudson

Tandis Jenhudson
Born 1979
Genres Film scores, classical, electronica
Occupation(s) Composer, musician
Instruments Piano, Multi instrumentalist, Synthesizer
Website www.tandismusic.com

Tandis Jenhudson is a British composer, musician and medical doctor best known for his work on film soundtracks. In 2014 he became the first composer ever to have been honoured as a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit.[1]

In 2013 he received his first television broadcast credit for The March,[1] a BBC/PBS documentary narrated by Denzel Washington which received a BAFTA nomination at the 2014 British Academy Television Awards.[2] Directed by John Akomfrah and produced by Robert Redford The March is about the historic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom – largely remembered for Martin Luther King's famous and iconic "I Have a Dream" speech.

In March 2015 Tandis was named laureate and winner in the media composer category at the first International MediaMusic competition in Moscow, for which film composer Ennio Morricone served as honorary chairman.[3] In April he announced via Twitter that he was working on the soundtrack for Vertigo Sea, a three-screen video art installation by John Akomfrah, selected for the 2015 Venice Biennale.[4] In May he was revealed as one of the judges for the 60th Anniversary Ivor Novello Awards, alongside Gary Barlow and Guy Chambers.[5]

In 2016 he composed the soundtrack for 'The Traffickers' an 8-part documentary TV series produced by Simon Chinn (winner of two Academy Awards for Searching for Sugar Man and Man On Wire) and Jonathan Chinn.

Early life and education

Tandis was born in Clapham, London in 1979 and attended the London Nautical School and Christ's College, Finchley secondary schools.

In a 2014 interview with PRS for Music's M-Magazine he said "I was obsessed with TV themes when I was a kid in the eighties and would even dance to some of them when they came on: "Ski Sunday, Dallas, The A-Team, Grange Hill, Airwolf, Doctor Who, Knight Rider, and Doogie Howser, M.D." He studied piano achieving Grade 8 although describes himself as a largely self-taught composer, stating "most of my musical development has come from listening to and dissecting other people's music" citing Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik and Michael Jackson as examples.[1]

Despite his early interest in music, he studied Medicine at UCL and continues to work part-time as a doctor. He composed soundtracks for numerous short films during his early medical career, one of which was nominated for a BAFTA Cymru award in 2005.[6]

Selected filmography

Year Title Director Notes
2006 Love You, Joseff Hughes Dan Hartley Nominated – BAFTA Cymru[7]
2012 Shadows of Liberty Jean-Philippe Tremblay Nominated – Cinema for Peace Award (Most Valuable Documentary)[8]
2013 The March (UK title: Martin Luther King and the March on Washington) John Akomfrah Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Specialist Factual[2]
2015 Hubble's Cosmic Journey[9] Christopher Riley National Geographic Channel – Narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Nominated - Emmy Award
2016 The Traffickers (8-part TV series) Various including James Brabazon Produced by Lightbox (executive producer Simon Chinn)
2017 Stalkers (Feature documentary) Kat English BBC1 (produced by Wild Pictures)
2018 Food Exposed (8-part documentary TV series) Various Produced by Lightbox (executive producer Simon Chinn)
2018 Civilisations (9-part TV series) Various BBC2 (produced by Nutopia) - presented by Simon Schama, Mary Beard and David Olusoga

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Interview: Tandis Jenhudson". M magazine: PRS for Music online magazine.
  2. 1 2 "Television in 2014".
  3. ↑ http://mediamusic-competition.com/news.html
  4. ↑ http://www.pictureville.net/2015/03/john-akomfrah-to-show-vertigo-sea-in.html
  5. ↑ Jenhudson, Tandis. "A toast to the all judges who took part in this year's Ivor Novello Awards. Honoured to have been one of them.pic.twitter.com/EazBpkHeB5". twitter.com. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "BAFTA Breakthrough Brits 2014".
  7. ↑ "Love You, Joseff Hughes". Retrieved 21 February 2018 – via www.imdb.com.
  8. ↑ "Cinema for Peace Berlin Honors Charlize Theron".
  9. ↑ "BAFTA Breakthrough Brits 2014". www.bafta.org. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
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