media work

Music for Television and Commercials

Karl Jenkins has become one of the world's most successful composers of applied music. For over fifteen years Karl has supplied music to order of the highest calibre and widest range of styles. Originally under the name of Mooz Music, then Jenkins Ratledge, award winning Karl Jenkins is known for his versatility and speed at composing bespoke music for television and commercials.

Since Karl Jenkins Music was formed in 1996, Jenkins has continued to compose commercial music, not only in his popular "Adiemus" sound (e.g. Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society in the UK and Delta Air Lines worldwide), but is in demand for his extensive catalogue of sounds from Jazz to Opera, from Rock to Country and from Western European orchestral to synthesised sound design.

Jenkins's talent in composing to picture, combined with his massively appealing album writing is now culminating with film scores in the offing.

Karl Jenkins and Jody K Jenkins composed the music for the following recent commercials:

• Samsung Electronics - A World Wide campaign, consisting of four different films
• BMW C1 "Magic Car / Romeo & Juliet" - which won Best Music Award
• Morgan Stanley Dean Witter - "Bar" and "Race"
• MacDonald's - "London Prices"

Karl Jenkins has composed the following music for commercials which have now become classics:

• De Beers Diamonds "A Diamond Is Forever" - original "Shadows" film, and all subsequent arrangements
• Delta Air Lines "Synchronisation"
• Cheltenham & Gloucester "Diver" commercials and subsequent follow-up films
• Levi's "Airport/Russia" which won London International Advertising Award for Best Original Music Scoring
• Speedo
• Jaguar
• Pepsi "The Thirst" for cinema

Karl Jenkins is also known for his arranging skills and has written several arrangements for tv commercials such as:

• Boots No. 7 "Face" which won Best Music award
• Renault Clio "Papa? Nicole?" and most of the follow-up films
• Yellow Pages "Gardener" and "Party Party"
• Tetley Tea

Jody K Jenkins composed 2000's British Gas commercial for radio and television.