Theatre: Jon's most recently composed for Northampton Royal and Derngate's nationally acclaimed productions of Tennessee Williams's 'Spring Storm' and Eugene O'Neill's 'Beyond the Horizon', which have both received rave reviews from, amongst others, the Times, Telegraph - 'one of the most thrilling regional theatre offerings of the decade' - and the Guardian. Both productions will be transferring to the Cottesloe at the National Theatre from March 2010.
Jon's also recently composed and sound designed for Northern Stage's landmark recent revival of Githa Sowerby's family epic Rutherford and Son. This year's Edinburgh Festival saw Northampton Royal's production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, for which Jon composed and sound designed, receive huge critical and audience acclaim. Elsewhere, Blunderbuss, a new music-theatre piece created in collaboration with writer Tom Morton-Smith, exploring the media portrayal of school shootings, recently premiered at the Theatre, Chipping Norton, before performances at the Latitude Festival.
Screen: Jon has just been selected to join Screened Music Network, an audition-only network of leading composers ''created to celebrate excellence in screen composition and profile the ongoing achievements of the UK's most innovative and successful film & television composers''.
Jon's music was recently heard in 'Cutting Edge: the story of Jaycee Lee' for Mentorn / Channel 4, and other recent music for TV has included 'Dispatches: the children betrayed by Britain' (Channel 4) and 'The Real Full Monty', a feature-length documentary for Mentorn / Sky 1. Meanwhile 'Prodigal', a supernatural thriller from Smoorns Films (with whom he previously worked on Shore) has now finished postproduction, and will be premiered at the Glasgow Film Theatre on 16th January 2010. Finally, 'Duty Calls', which Jon scored last year for Ultimatum Films, featured in this year's Cannes festival.
Radio: Jon recently scored Radio 3's new adaptation of Herodotus' Histories, adapted by Tom Holland, broadcast in the Drama on 3 slot. His music was also recently heard in 'The Quest', a time-shifting side-splitting new adaptation of the King Arthur legend starring Julian Rhind-Tutt and Mark Gatiss, which was a recent Woman's Hour drama serial. Radio 3's acclaimed adaptation of H G Wells' The Time Machine, starring Robert Glenister was recently broadcast for the second time and is now available to buy (at a very reasonable price!) as a BBC CD at Amazon. It was reviewed by the Guardian and the Stage. Jon also recently provided the theme music for the recent serialisation of Roger Moore's autobiography, 'My Word Is My Bond' for Ladbroke Radio / BBC Radio 2.
Jon's music and sound score for BBC Radio 4's acclaimed docu-drama What I Heard About Iraq received a Jury Special Mention at the 2008 Prix Italia.
Extracts from Jon's recent live literature projects for voice and soundscape with Patrick Gale and Jackie Kay can now be heard here.