COMPOSER AND RECORDING ARTIST
”DORRY MACAULAY'S HIGH OCTANE, VIDEO GAME-LIKE SCORE SWELLS…IN A HOARY BUT EXCITING SIX MINUTE SCENE-SETTER… THE HALLMARKS OF A NOISER SHOW ARE A DRAMATIC SCRIPT RICH IN COLOURFUL SCENE SETTING, LAVISH SCORING...AND THE NARRATION OF AN A LIST ACTOR GIVING IT THEIR FULL LARRY.”
- PATRICIA NICOL - THE SUNDAY TIMES ( REAL VIKINGS REVIEW)
“THE SHOW'S THOROUGH STORYTELLING BENEFITS FROM EXCELLENT SCORING”
-BENJAMIN CANNON - THE ATLANTIC (TITANIC REVIEW)
“THE STIRRING THEME MUSIC WITH IT’S DARK JAUNTY STRINGS SETS THE TONE BEAUTIFULLY, WITH A STRING ARRANGEMENT BY DORRY MACAULAY”
-KEV - TEA IN THE SAHARA (REAL DICTATORS)
Testimonials
"There is no other way to put it: Working with Dorry is an absolute joy. Whether the brief is one line or one page, she is able to get to the heart of the story with her music prowess and eye for detail"
Paul Cheung / Director / Fight Gravity Films
"I run a company called Mad Planet composing for films, trailers and TV commercials. I have worked with Dorry on numerous occasions and most importantly she has always immediately got the brief and returned work more often earlier then required. The standard of her playing is second to none"
Sam Morris / Company director / Mad Planet LTD
Dorry Macaulay studied violin at The Yehudi Menuhin School and the Royal Academy of Music. She studied composition with Malcolm Singer and Dominic Muldowney.
She is a multi-instrumentalist composer who specialises in recording strings - violin, viola and cello.
Her current role as ‘Head of Strings’ for multi-award winning podcast network, Noiser involves recording the strings for soundtracks throughout each show and composing hundreds of pieces, including theme tunes for the gold award winning, Real Dictators series. Many of Noiser’s series have been aquired by BBC sounds. In 2023 Noiser hit a listenership milestone of over 13 million a month and has continued to grow.
Dorry’s compositions have been used on the TV show Britain's Got Talent and for the ITV documentary 'A Very British Appeal' about the Disasters Emergency Committee, hosted by Rageh Omaar.
She has composition credits for the TV series 'Passenger' (ITV, ITVX and Britbox in March 2024), and for ITV America and channel 5’s 'The real story of the Boston Strangler' (2019).
In June 2024 she wrote the theme song and much of the sound track for 'There and Gone: South Street' , A podcast by Glass Entertainment.
Recent compositions include the theme tunes and much of the sound track for Sherlock Holmes short stories, narrated by Hugh Bonneville, ‘Pride and prejudice’ read by Julie Andrews and ‘Real Vikings’ hosted by Iain Glen ( Game of Thrones).
Upcoming projects include the theme tune and sound track for Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’ narrated by Julie Andrews and the sound track for ‘The Jungle Book’ read by ‘Rupert Grint’ ( Harry Potter)
Past clients have included Sony,BMW (music for the award winning 'Drive To Succeed' series), Spotify original podcasts, Tough Mudder, Lacoste, The Wildlife Trust and Tearfund.
As well as writing and recording her own music, Dorry records strings for singer-songwriters and composers writing for radio, TV and film. She has worked with Keaton Henson for many years on multiple projects including workshopping the strings for the filmSupernova and she recently recorded violin and viola for his album Somnambulant Cycles including the lead single ‘Try’ which was recorded in Dorry’s home studio.
Other artists and companies Dorry has recorded for include Oliver Baines, Isobel Waller Bridge ( BBC's Agatha Christie series 'Towards Zero'), Thomas Pink, Benji Merrison, Katie Chatburn, Lifford Shillingford, Mad Planet LTD, Fight Gravity Films, Strings and Tins.
Her compositions and string recordings have been broadcast on TV and radio including on Comcast, NBC, SKY TV, E4, BBC Radio 2, 4 and 6, BBC 1 and 4, ITV, ITV America, ITV X, TBN and Britbox.
Venues in which Dorry’s music has been performed include The Royal Festival Hall, The Barbican Theatre, The Globe theatre and The London Palladium.
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