Steve Carter has been in the music business since graduating in 1980. Having lectured to degree students in popular contemporary music whilst also working as a session musician in London, he went on to make over 120 appearances as a jazz bass player at the 'Ronnie Scott's Club' in London, plus dozens of TV performances on disk and TV with pop and jazz artists,as well as appearances with Lenny Henry, French & Saunders and Helen Lederer - and as the bass player for the 80's pop band 'Red Box'.

Steve now composes production music which is written specifically for film & television drama & documentaries. He has a studio in the Highlands of Scotland where he also pursues his passion for landscape photography.

Projects for which Steve has composed music include:

Love Soup, Coast, Play For Today, Timewatch, Eastenders, Comic Relief, Flog it, Watchdog, Riki Lake, Mad About You, Fifth Gear, Alfa Romeo, Equinox, Ruby, Dreamworks (Sandra Bullock, Kurt Russell & Eddie Murphy movies), British Airways, Four Play, Friends, Cornhill Insurance, Q.E.D, Wildlife on One, The Fast Show, Horizon, Country File, Top Gear, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Tonight Show, Home Front, Holiday.

Steve now has 37 CD's of his music available for use ~ Below are some clips from the last dozen albums

If you would like to use any of this music in TV, Radio, Video or Film productions, please e mail ( Steve at SteveCarter.com)

or contact Universal Publishing Production Music http://www.unipp.co.uk

 

 

HORIZONS

for Strings, Piano & Guitar

All is Lost  
  It's all Good  
  Searching  

 

HUMAN ENDEAVOUR

for Strings, Piano, Marimba, Percussion & Guitar

Storms Ahead  
  Earth Legacy  
  The Contenders  

 

LATIN UNDERSCORES

for Piano, Bass, Horn, Guitar, Drums & Percussion

El guerrillas  
  Bossa Nova love affair  
  Mambo Jambo  

 

SMOOTH JAZZ

for Drums, Bass, Piano, Guitar, Sax, Horn & Trumpet

Night Moves  
  You know it makes cents  
  Sixty Seconds  

 

SOUNDTRACKS FOR DOCUMENTARIES 2

for Strings, Piano & Synths

Winter Sorrow  
  Time to Reflect  
  Every Second Counts  

 

DREAM DESTINATIONS

for ...well almost everything actually.

California Sun  
  Close Relations  
  Salsa Cubana  

 

SPAIN

for Flamenco Guitars, Trumpet, Bass & Percussion

La Corrida de Torros  
  El Gitano  
  Inspiration del sur  

 

THE SEASONS

for Piano, Guitar, Soprano Sax, Bass & Synths.

Winter  
  Spring  
  Autumn  

 

LATINO RHYTHMS

for Piano, Bass, Saxes, Trombones, Trumpets, Drums & Percussion

Todo en la vida se paga  
  Solidaridad  
  Que Passa  

 

MOODS & EMOTIONS

for Piano, Bass & Synths

Reflective  
  Questioning  
  Relaxed  

 

LIGHT JAZZ UNDERSCORES

for Drums, Guitars, Piano, Bass & Synths

The Right Way  
  City of Dreams  
  Pacific Blue  

 

 

 

Some photos from various sessions HERE

all compositions: Steve Carter

Drums & Percussion: Ian Thomas, Neil Wilkinson, Robin Jones, Hernan Cortes, Miguel Diaz, Roberto Garcia, Paul Clavis, Phil Crabbe, Julian Fairbank

Piano: Alastair Gavin, Rolando Baro, Robin Aspland

Brass: Martin Shaw, Gerard Presencer, Snake Davis, Alesandro Pichardo, Jesus Ramos, Antonio Leal, Javier Zalba, Steve Dawson, Fayyaz Virgi, Phil Todd

Guitar: John Parricelli, Antonio Forcione, Edwardo Niebla, Stuart Hall, Steve Carter

Bass: Steve Carter, Paul Morgan

Keyboard programming: Steve Carter

Many string players from the London based orchestras... but including:

Rolf Wilson, Gillian Findlay, Jonathan Rees, Pauline Lowbury, Nick Ward, Paul Willey, Phillipa Ibbotson, Lorraine McAslan, Magnus Johnston, Julian Tear,

Vicci Wardman, Rusen Gunes, Donald McVay, Jonayjan Tunnell, Katherine Jenkinson, Sophie Harris, Steve Williams.

Albums recorded at Mark Angelo Studios, London - Battery Studios, London - Egrem Studios, Havana, Cuba - Phoenix Sound, Pinewood Studios, London

Produced by Steve Carter, Jez Poole

Mixed & Engineered by Paul Golding, Jerry Peal, Brian New

all music copyright Universal Publishing Production Music Ltd.