PPP: Vulpine Ursine

During PPP we are always asked about things we are passionate about and how they influence our practice. I think for me music is a real motivator in my artwork, I always listen to songs that are influencing a certain emotion I want to capture.  As a creative, I think that music motivates the kind of work I make, now i've realised this I have created over 10 spotify playlists that relate to different emotions. PPP for me is all about defining what it is that I like and what I listen to is definitely an influence. 

I realised this the other day when I was listening to a song by Ursine Vulpine "Do You Realize" that is the trailer song for the new Transformers trailer. It is a cover of the Flaming Lips song which is originally a very happy song but I love that the cover Ursine Vulpine did is emotional and dark.  Although I'm not a massive Transformers fan, this piece of music that accompanied it really really made me want to watch it. It's very emotive and when I listen to it I can really envision things and it evokes a feeling inside. 

I wanted to look closer into the band itself and soon discovered that Ursine Vulpine is a person, a moniker for the artist whose actual name is Frederick Lloyd, not only that he does film trailer soundtracks (some of them I did not realise at all were his, but I enjoy them too) but also that he is a really big creative in the film industry! He is an award winning film director and composer, having made over 10 songs used in big mainstream films (such as Hunger Games) and having produced/directed a series of short films that won prestigious awards or were nominated for them. He is now officially on my list of people to contact, as I am very curious how someone goes from composing music to being so sought after in hollywood as well as having the creative ability to direct.