Ant Neely is an English composer and musician, known for an eclectic Urb Magazine - Review of Neely's 'Not Fit For Human Consumption' style.
Career Neely attended Glasgow University and holds a degree in Zoology. After graduating, he studied jazz guitar at the Musician's Institute in Hollywood, California, where he met subthunk co-founder Alex U'Ren.
Neely divides his time between writing music for film/television,Ant Neely on the Internet Movie Database releasing albums, both under the subthunk banner and as a solo artist, and more recently writing screenplays. His composing credits include music on shows such as Six Feet Under,Six Feet Under on IMDBHBO Episode Guide (music) Boston Legal, Samantha Who, Las Vegas,TV.com Las Vegas Trivia as well as three seasons of orchestral compositions for the popular Dutch show Sprookjesboom.Dutch language Wikipedia Neely has been called "a creative and progressively thinking artist",Keyboard Magazine - Profiles Ant Neely whose eclectic style incorporates everything from electronicaHybrid Magazine Review to "John Barry-like orchestral atmospherics".Electronic Musician Magazine - interview His Creative Commons released album, Not Fit For Human Consumption,Not Fit For Human Consumption contains elements of Morse Code, old educational film clips (courtesy of the Prelinger Archives) and is part of a Geotracking experiment.National Public Radio - Talks about 'Not Fit For Human Consumption'
Mark Mothersbaugh is a fan of Neely and subthunk's music. He is quoted as saying "The masses are asses who need subthunk glasses".
Neely co-produced, wrote the screenplay and scored the feature film Dimensions. The film was voted Best Film 2012 at the 37th Boston Science Fiction Film Festival and awarded the Gort Award.New Empress Magazine Previous Gort Award winners have included Duncan Jones' Moon.Wired Magazine Dimensions went on to win Best Film at the London Independent Film Festival London Independent Film Festival"" and Best Film at the Long Island International Film Expo.IMDB""
Life As a child, Neely's family moved frequently. He spent time in various parts of England, Scotland and several years in Qatar. He attributes this nomadic upbringing to his diverse tastes in music. An early fascination with sound developed when his father gave him his old reel-to-reel tape machine, with which he made his first experiments in ambient noise.IMDB bio
Neely is married to director/production designer/art director Sloane U’Ren.
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