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Mark Willsher @pin3hot.com · 22d

“Stephen Gallagher’s familiar choir-like score may well send chills down your spine.” Variety

Mark Willsher @pin3hot.com · Sep 16

I’ll be giving a workshop on October 15th at the World Soundtrack Awards on both the creative and technical aspects of my work on the LOTR franchise and animated feature Ultraman Rising - and of course also cheering on @steveyg.bsky.social who is nominated for the public choice award

WSA Film Music Days - Workshop with music editor & engineer Mark Willsher

The WSA Workshops are exclusive masterclasses by some of the most prolific composers of the moment. Together with a small group of participants, you get into the studio and embark on a unique, musical...

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Mark Willsher @pin3hot.com · Sep 1

I had the pleasure of mixing some of Alex Mandel’s score, and the end title song, for this incredibly moving film. Soundtrack Album coming soon.

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Mark Willsher @pin3hot.com · Aug 20

Many thanks for the gift @steveyg.bsky.social - now I have the night sky in the studio - well at least the part one can see in London!

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Mark Willsher @pin3hot.com · Aug 18

The latest release in the San Francisco Symphony’s digital concert series - Esa-Pekka Salonen’s stunning cello concerto performed by the symphony’s principal cellist Rainer Eudeikis. Produced by Jason O’Connell, Recorded by Jon Johannsen, mixed and mastered by myself. (Dolby Atmos & stereo)

Salonen: Cello Concerto by San Francisco Symphony — Apple Music Classical

Listen to Salonen: Cello Concerto by San Francisco Symphony. 2025. 3 tracks. 36 minutes.

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Mark Willsher @pin3hot.com · Jun 21

@madebymutant.bsky.social is having a 30% off sale this weekend. A great time to pick up the beautiful vinyl box sets for #ultramanrising and #waroftherohirrim

www.madebymutant.com?lang=en_GB&s...

@steveyg.bsky.social #scotstafford

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Mark Willsher @pin3hot.com · Jun 17

@schoeps.bsky.social M222 internals

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Mark Willsher @pin3hot.com · Jun 12

A great turnout for @echo-project.bsky.social presentation at #AESWarsaw2025 - download the full database and documentation at www.echo-project.com @hklworld.bsky.social @lindberg.no #katiasochaczewska #simonratcliffe #nickwollage #kelloggboynton #anthonycaruso

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Mark Willsher @pin3hot.com · Jun 12

Thrilled to have been part of this release on DG - #sanfranciscosymphony #saariaho

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Mark Willsher @pin3hot.com · May 2

Available now - the complete database of multitracks and mixes from @echo-project.bsky.social apl-hud.com/echo/ @hklworld.bsky.social @lindberg.no #KatiaSochaczewska #NickWollage #SimonRatcliffe #AnthonyCaruso #KelloggBoynton

ECHO Project

The ECHO Project offers an open-access database of immersive orchestral recordings, captured using eight advanced 3D microphone arrays.

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Mark Willsher @pin3hot.com · Feb 21

#ultramanrising score Part 4: an interlude before getting to brass and Taiko - tools of the trade - key components of my set-up. With custom shock mounts for the three #sankenmicrophones CUX-100K made by my long-retired father.

Mark Willsher @pin3hot.com · Feb 21

#ultramanrising score Part 3: I don’t have any shots of the winds in action so this will have to suffice. Spot mics only as there is enough “space” with leakage, and I didn’t want to capture any more of the booth than necessary. Strings in Hall and Harp in other booth.

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Mark Willsher @pin3hot.com · Feb 21

#ultramanrising score Part 2: #hughwebb in right booth during string/wind sessions. The primary harp pickup was an SF24V, with an alternative of MKH800’s. The Royer provided a rich tactile sound for many of the solo harp lines played close to the soundboard - creating a koto-like effect.

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Mark Willsher @pin3hot.com · Feb 21

Looking back on our scoring sessions for Scot Stafford’s #ultramanrising score. Part 1: fifty piece string section at Air Lyndhurst - was very happy with basses in the middle which I hadn’t had the right opportunity to do before - but have long wanted to!

Overhead photo of string session at Air Studios in London

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Mark Willsher @pin3hot.com · Feb 6

Exciting news from this past weekend. This was also a great project for immersive release as the score calls for the chorus to be amplified aroud the audirorium with an immersive pa set-up. #sfsymphony #jasono’connell #jonjohannsen www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...

San Francisco Symphony wins Grammy for best opera recording

The San Francisco Symphony was up for three Grammy Awards ahead of its final season with Esa-Pekka Salonen.

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Stephen Gallagher @steveyg.bsky.social · Feb 3

Aleatoric good times with the superb Brass players that we were privileged to have as part of “The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim” score. Recorded here by the GRAMMY winning @pin3hot.com at Angel Studios in London. From the cue “The Beast Is Rabid”

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Mark Willsher @pin3hot.com · Jan 31

I have always loved detailed metering.

Flux Mira Immersive metering and audio analysis plugin screenshot.

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Stephen Gallagher @steveyg.bsky.social · Jan 30

The amazing brass players we were privileged to have as part of the score for “The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim” performing a section from “Helm Hammerhand Still Stands” (one of my fav cues from the film) at Angel Studios in London as recorded by @pin3hot.com

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Stephen Gallagher @steveyg.bsky.social · Jan 29

Joji Hirota and Eri Kaishima performing Taiko parts as part of the soundtrack to The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim. Recorded at Angel Studios, London by @pin3hot.com

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Stephen Gallagher @steveyg.bsky.social · Jan 27

@pin3hot.com mixes the last score cue of The Lord Of The Rings:The War Of The Rohirrim on The Mike Hopkins stage at Park Road Post Production last year. This cue seemed to make a lot of people cry (in a good way).

open.spotify.com/track/6RDevC...

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Mark Willsher @pin3hot.com · Jan 9

After echo-project.com last month I decided to reread an article I wrote a couple of years ago to see how my thoughts may have changed. They have in small ways but fundamentally I feel about the same - www.nationalacademies.org/news/2023/09...

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Mark Willsher @pin3hot.com · Jan 8

youtu.be/Pghe-u1QECY?...

LOTR: The War of The Rohirrim BTS | Return to Helm’s Deep | Warner Bros. Entertainment

YouTube video by Warner Bros. Entertainment

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Mark Willsher @pin3hot.com · Dec 24

Smaller than I expected - great!

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Stephen Gallagher @steveyg.bsky.social · Dec 13

For your consideration!

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Mark Willsher @pin3hot.com · Dec 13

#waroftherohirrim in cinemas today! Pre-order the soundtrack album (vinyl or cd) - the vinyl package is stunning and the white vinyl is for preorders only. www.madebymutant.com/release/4835...

Stephen Gallagher - The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim - Original Soundtrack. Made By Mutant.

Buy The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim - Original Soundtrack by Stephen Gallagher on Made By Mutant.

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