FOREST SWORDS
Forest Swords (aka electronic producer/composer Matthew Barnes) is renowned for rewiring sounds into innovative electronic worlds, most recently on his upcoming third studio album Bolted (Ninja Tune, 2023) and countless award-winning soundtracks. From AAA Video Games like Assassin's Creed (200M+ Global sales) and As Dusk Falls (Tribeca Film Festival - Game Selection, “one of the best musical scores we've ever heard" - Rolling Stone) to films like La Fête (est Finie) - a short on climate change alongside Robert Del Naja (Massive Attack) and Young Fathers.   His documentary work includes Sundance Jury Award-winner, Oscar-nominated and Netflix acquired Ghosts of Sugar Land, Gregoris Rentis’ feature documentary Dogwatch (Vardia) and ballet and dance soundtracks for the likes of renowned contemporary dance and choreographer Emma Portner, including for the Oslo Opera House and Theatres Des Champs-Elysees in Paris. In 2023, Forest Swords scored Melanie Manchot’s Stephen which was a combination of narrative fiction with real-life observation, interviews and archive material, which premiered at Sheffield Doc Fest 2023.