Mike Sampey

Mike is a multi-media producer. He has enjoyed a varied career writing music for advertising, television, radio, film and online. His interests have also covered design and development of websites as well as a long period working for the BBC in production teams for well-known television and radio programmes..

Music

Mike's work has achieved primetime broadcasts on all UK terrestrial television channels including BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4 and Five on programmes ranging from The Oprah Winfrey Show to Gok Wan's How to Look Good Naked. His music has been used on television commercials all over the world and by national television in the U.S.A., Canada, Japan, Australia, and virtually every licensed territory in the world.

Music commissions for the BBC include a cheeky version of The Archers theme tune for BBC Radio 4's Four at 40 anniversary programme; the 26-part series The A-Z of Youth Culture, Fresh Air, Fresh Air Kids and Fresh Air Media; Country Matters, Earth Story and Crimescapes.

Mike founded the writing team Audio Alchemists, who write and produce an amazing variety of work for a number of music libraries, among them the world's biggest music publishers. You can listen to samples here

Radio

Mike's radio productions for the BBC include adaptations of the children's books A Spell Behind Bars, for BBC7's children's radio and Angela Woolfe's Avril Crump, which he directed, produced and wrote music for.

Numerous BBC Radio 4 production credits include: Home Truths, with John Peel, Word of Mouth, Airs of England and the magazine programme The Afternoon Shift.

Half-Minute Melodies, devised and produced with cleardesignworks' Bob Carter, was developed by the BBC into a national competition as a showcase for new British television composing talent.

Design

As part of the cleardesignworks team, Mike has been involved with the design and development of websites ranging from independent media production companies, a Michelin star restaurant, composers, musicians, recording studios, photographers and complementary therapists.   Favourite website?   This one!

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