OUT JULY 04TH

20 tracks of rootsy, soulful & cinematic music with hauntingly beautiful performances from some of Scotland’s most talented musicians.

Jenna Reid - (fiddle) - Rachel Newton (harp) - David Boyter (mandolin & guitar) - Sophie Wishart (cello) - Inness Thomson (guitar) - Charlie Jefferson (guitar, mandolin, uke, drums, percussion, harmonica, bass, keys & vocals) - Iain Sandilands (Drums & Percussion)

Mixes: Castlesound, Edinburgh (Stuart Hamilton, Recording and Soundtrack) - Air Studios, London (Mat Bartram, Broadcast & Soundtrack) - Mareel Recording Studios, Shetland (Tim Matthew, Recording) - Lost Oscillation, Edinburgh/ Platoon (Dave Lloyd/ JJ Wiesler, Soundtrack Atmos Mix)

Composer Agents: Laura Harrison & Sarah Nelson, Manners Faber | Label: Platoon | Runtime: 55 mins |Stereo & Atmos versions available. Release Date: 04th July 2025


Jumping Off Point - 4 track ep - released April 14, 2023
All tracks written, performed & produced by Charlie Jefferson
Mixed by Charlie Jefferson
Mastered by Kris Pohl/ Autonomic Pilot Mastering
Artwork by Laura Brunning / Laura Tippenhauer
© Charlie Jefferson 2023
℗ Published by Manners McDade Music Publishing Ltd
Label: under exclusive licence to Manners McDade

Genres: Instrumental guitar-based music with soul, spiritual jazz, contemporary folk- americana and minimal electronic influences.

 
 
  • Charlie is a multi-instrumentalist musician and composer living in East Lothian, Scotland. His emotive music often combines his finger picked and bowed folk instruments with minimal electronica and melodic orchestration and is played from the heart.

    Recent film & tv scores include the Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman adventure series ‘Long Way Home’ (Apple TV), Oscars 2024 contender 'Holy Cowboys' & RTS winning ‘The Kingdom: The World's Most Powerful Prince' (BBC).

    His score for feature doc 'Scheme Birds' - described by filmmaker/producer Lena Dunham as “one of the most profoundly skilful, empathetic and moving films of the year” - helped to earn the film two wins at the Tribeca Film Festival. (Best Feature Doc and Best New Director)

    Other credits include the BAFTA-winning feature Killing Escobar, hit UK show Mortimer & Whitehouse Gone Fishing, Yellowstone, HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Leonardo DiCaprio produced docudrama Theodore Roosevelt and HBO comedy Miracle Workers starring Steve Buscemi and Daniel Radcliffe.

    After a period as a touring musician in bands and collectives, Charlie began his soundtrack career composing for media. Some early tv highlights include meeting and working with legendary journalist Jon Snow on special reports for Dispatches covering the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and scoring the RTS winning series presented by the late George Alagaih, The Future of Food .

    Alongside his media career, Charlie worked extensively in community music and arts projects funded by Creative Scotland whilst exploring and developing his own music. His solo releases include Memories of America - described by journalist and author Chitra Ramaswamy as “beautiful music…sparse, wide-screen Americana evoking the shimmer and heat of flat lands bisected by long straight roads vibe…” More recently Charlie released his folktronica and spiritual jazz influenced EP Jumping Off Point (2023).

    His latest soundtrack work - Long Way Home - Original Soundtrack (Platoon/ Apple Music) - is the result of initial improvised studio recordings to picture - on fretted instruments, piano/ rhodes piano & drums - followed by additional recording sessions with some of Scotland’s most talented folk and session players. More details here


soundtrack enquiries please contact laura.harrison@fabermusic.com

IMDB profile for full industry credits.

video showreel/ extracts of soundtrack work available at Manners Faber

 

film, tv & Media

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MEMORIES OF AMERICA

by Charlie Jefferson

“beautiful music...sparse, widescreen Americana evoking the shimmer and heat of flat lands bisected by long straight roads vibe.” Chitra Ramaswamy, author and journalist with The Guardian and The Times.

listen to full album/ all releases online here

‘Memories of America’ is available to licence for film through Audio Network

 

OUT JULY 04TH, 2025

LABEL: PLATOON

PRE-SAVE ALBUM

ORIGINAL SCORE FOR RTS WINNING “THE KINGDOM: The World’s Most Powerful Prince” (BBC/ Rogan Productions)