Video: The Cinematic Orchestra Live Part 1

The Cinematic Orchestra is the baby of James Swinscoe, formed in 1999 while he was working for Ninja Tune records, and you can hear the jazz influence that he pushes into the music. You can also hear an emotional intensity that courses through the various instruments and vocal melodies, combined with a natural rawness the sound comes across as an experimental orchestra. As the name implies, Swinscoe is also very influenced by soundtrack music, and not coincidentally, the latest album Ma Fleur began as a soundtrack to a screenplay for an imagined film, that has [...]