Cognitive Shift has released the cover version of the Irish ballad Grace from the British drama Ali & Ava. The track (originally written by Frank & Seán O’Meara) is performed by Karan Casey & the film’s composer Harry Escott (Shame, Roadkill, Hard Candy, Welcome to the Punch, The English Game) and is is now available to stream/download on all major digital music platforms, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song below. Ali & Ava is written and directed by Clio Barnard and stars Claire Rushbrook and Adeel Akhtar. The movie tells the love story between a British Pakistani working-class landlord who forges close bonds with his tenants and an Irish-born teacher and single mother of five.
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Harry Escott Scoring Clio Barnard’s ‘Ali & Ava’
Composer Harry Escott (Shame, Hard Candy, Welcome to the Punch, A Mighty Heart, The English Game, Deep State) is reuniting with director Clio Barnard on the upcoming British drama Ali & Ava. The film is written and directed by Barnard and stars Adeel Akhtar, Claire Rushbrook, Ellora Torchia and Shaun Thomas. The movie follows the respected matriarch on a predominantly white Bradford estate masking the scars left by an abusive ex-husband and a charismatic son, brother, boss and landlord, still living with his estranged wife but hiding their separation from his family.
Harry Escott Scoring ‘Dark River’ and ‘Journeyman’
Harry Escott is scoring the upcoming British thriller Dark River. The film is written and directed by Clio Barnard and stars Ruth Wilson, Sean Bean and Mark Stanley. The movie follows a woman who returns to her home village for the first time time in 15 years after the death of her father, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers. Tracy O’Riordan is producing the Film4, Left Bank Pictures and Moonspun Films production. Escott has previously collaborated with Barnard on her previous two features, The Selfish Giant and The Arbor. Dark River is expected to be released in the UK in 2017.