Scott Shields

Scott Shields

简介:Scott Shields (born 26 November 1969, Glasgow) is a Scottish musician and record producer, best known as a member of Joe Strummer's backing band The Mescaleros.   Shields' first band was Gun, in which he was the drummer. Following the departure of Baby Stafford from Gun, Shields joined up with his former bandmate as drummer and producer for Stafford's new band, 'Raindog'. In the mid-1990s Shields formed 'Bond', in which he joined forces with Martin Slattery. In early 1999 he joined Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, originally on bass and later as a guitarist. Shields was with The Mescaleros until Joe Strummer's death in December 2002. He co-wrote numerous songs on Global a Go-Go and Streetcore. Shields also co-produced both albums with Martin Slattery, before going on to produce albums for Paul Heaton (The Beautiful South), The Miniatures and The Marble Index.   Scott has more recently become known as a composer of music for film and television with his work being seen on many hit Hollywood films such as Blackhawk Down, Mr&Mrs Smith, Stardust,The Young Victoria, Kickass and The Raven. His TV work includes the hit HBO series Strikeback Project Dawn as well as Waking The Dead, The Fixer, Trial and Retribution and Murphys Law.   Scott enjoys nothing more than to beat his flat mate at FIFA 12.   Scott Shields is a composer, producer, and songwriter known for his work on many popular feature films, television dramas and album recordings.   Most recently, Scott completed scoring ‘Strike Back / Vengeance’ for HBO/SKY1, which is due to air worldwide from August 2012. Prior to this, he scored the documentary ‘My Girlfriend Became 3 Boys’ for Channel 4, which was shown in early August.   Early in 2012, he joined with director Norman Hull and composed the score for the television movie ‘The Kidnap Diaries’. The film tells the story of Sean Langan, a journalist who was captured and held hostage by the Taliban whilst trying to film their training camps.   Scott teamed up with talented new composer Lucas Vidal in 2011 to collaborate on ‘The Raven’, a feature film starring John Cusack and ‘Cold Light of Day’, starring Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver. Scott crafted electronic textures and rock guitars to accompany Lucas’s orchestral score.   2010 saw the release of two feature films Scott scored – Lionsgate’s UK horror film ‘Psychosis’, and Met Film’s feature documentary ’Men Who Swim’. Scott also spent the year composing Series One of ‘Strike Back’.   Further television programmes Scott has scored include the ITV drama series ‘The Fixer’, and Series 8 of the BBC1 drama ‘Waking the Dead’. Together with Ilan Eshkeri, he composed Lynda La Plante’s ‘Trial and Retribution’. Scott also collaborated with Magnus Fiennes on ITV drama series ‘Injustice’, Series 4 and 5 of ‘Murphy’s Law’, ’The Last Enemy‘ and HBO drama ‘5 days’.   As a multi-instrumentalist and renowned rock musician, Scott has written, produced, and played with established acts such as Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros, KT Tunstall, The Beautiful South and GUN. It was through his collaborations with the iconic Strummer that Scott first ventured into the world of film in 2001, when he was invited to co-write the soundtrack to British comedy ‘Gypsy Woman’.   Over the past decade, he has worked with many acclaimed figures in the film industry, composing and programming for feature films ranging from the No.1 US box office hit ‘Kick Ass‘, to the Wachowski Brothers’ martial arts epic ‘Ninja Assassin‘. Further films include ‘Stardust‘, directed by Matthew Vaughn, and the multi award-winning ‘Strength and Honour‘, directed by Mark Mahon. Scott co-wrote the Oscar short listed song ‘Only You‘, performed by Sinead O’Connor, and has provided feature songs and bespoke soundtrack material for many hit films such as ‘Black Hawk Down‘, ‘The Diving Bell and the Butterfly‘, ‘Battle for Haditha‘, ‘Mike Basset England Manager‘, and ‘Mr and Mrs Smith‘.
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