STEVE MARSHALL - BIOGRAPHY

I was born in 1956 in Hull, a Yorkshire fishing village noted for its peculiar accent. From an early age I had piano and cello lessons and taught myself to play the guitar. When I was almost 18, I joined the Hull Truck Theatre Company. I toured for a few years as an actor and musician. I was also in several local bands. On moving to London in the early 80's, I began to get work as a composer in the booming and dreadful advertising industry. The money was welcome though, and I began to build up my own studio.
After a few years of producing music for godawful commercials I'd had enough. When the advertising world went into a well-deserved decline, I managed to move into producing music and sound FX for animated films. In 1988 I was invited to work for a few months as a guest composer in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Then I moved into TV documentary, and for ten years I composed and produced music for wildlife and travel films. Some of the music from this period is featured on my two library albums for Carlin.
On moving to the Avebury area of Wiltshire in 1993 I continued to work in TV, producing music for documentaries, kids TV and animation. I still live and work there, and now have several hundred film credits.
A trip to Africa in 2003 led to my producing two albums with Laye Sow and Jelitara Futa from Senegal. Laye Sow's album has just been released by Orange World Records.
One of my passions is surround sound, and I have released Bilocation, an album in DTS 5.1 surround, which combines recordings made in India and the UK.
Another volume is slowly taking shape, based on a whole new set of recordings - many of them made in Africa.
For the last couple of years I have been kept busy restoring the lost recordings of legendary 60's psychedelic band Raspberry Parade. I'm currently very busy writing, but look forward to playing music whenever I can.