Woolmark "Tiverton"
Documentary · 2025
Music Composition · Sound Design · Audio Post-production
THE PROJECT
Tiverton is a 15-minute documentary exploring ecology, agriculture and the relationship between people, landscape and wool production.
Directed and produced by Mitchell Oakley Smith, the film follows holistic sheep farmer Jo Bear and the relationship between farming, natural systems and the production of wool.
THE MUSIC & SOUND
Gary Sinclair was responsible for music and sound across the complete 15-minute film.
The composition responds to the landscape, imagery and pace of the documentary, leaving space for dialogue and environmental sound.
Handling composition, sound design and audio post-production as one process allowed music, location recordings, atmosphere and silence to form a complete soundtrack, rather than operating as separate elements.
CREDITS
Client: Woolmark / Woolmark+
Creative Studio: Manuscript Studio
Director & Producer: Mitchell Oakley Smith
Filmed & Edited: Daniel Knott
Gary Sinclair / Tactile Music: Music Composition · Sound Design · Audio Post-production
Mastering: William Bowden
“There’s a reason Manuscript Studio turns to Gary Sinclair for music composition on important projects: he is deeply sensitive to a film’s subject, pace and purpose. Rather than imposing music on the story, he identifies and crafts a musical language that feels almost like an extension of the moving image. Combined with his exceptional professionalism throughout the production process, this gives the film a coherence and subtlety that makes it truly special.”
- Mitchell Oakley Smith