APOLLO 440
WRITERS / PRODUCERS / ARTISTS
Apollo 440 are Noko and brothers Howard Gray & Trevor Gray.
They are currently involved in several joint and individual writing/producing projects including East London Grime outfit Th'Ends and Siouxsie Sioux.
Projects over the past year include tracks for Microsoft, Howard & Noko's TV i-dent rebrand for ITV Sport, tracks with Japanese star Hotei (of Kill Bill fame), and Noko co-writing & producing 'Won't Hold My Breath' with Mary Byker for Wella Shockwaves.
440 are among the most synced acts around, testimony to the depth of great work right across their 4 albums on Sony, from adrenaline-charged rocktronica to orchestral chillout.
Over 50 different Apollo tracks have featured repeatedly on movies, trailers, TV, games & ads worldwide.
Some 30 ads include Budweiser, Cadbury's, Coca Cola, Cingular, Kellogg's, Mars, Miller, Oldsmobile, Philips, Vauxhall & Volvo.
Amongst their 40 or so movies & trailers are War Of The Worlds, SWAT, Spider-Man & Gone In 60 Seconds, whilst their global TV syncs are too numerous to mention.
In respect of commissioned pieces they have a deserved reputation for working to client brief with creativity, technical expertise and respect for deadlines.
Sync commissions over the years include being asked to reinvent the themes to the movies Charlie's Angels and Lost In Space, write the end titles track for Disney's 101 Dalmatians II animated feature, compose a bespoke TV ad for Philips, being possibly the first act ever to be invited to write an entire game soundtrack - Rapid Racer for Sony PlayStation - and scoring a second soundtrack for Sony in 2004 with Anti-Grav, and coming up with a handful of BBC & ITV themes including two coveted ones in the UK - ITV's Formula 1 Grand Prix theme 2000 & 2001 and, with their collaboration with Jean Michel Jarre, ITV's World Cup '98 - and in 2006 they created the i-dent for ITV Sport.
In 2003 they collaborated with guitar legend Jeff Beck - writing and producing 3 tracks for his album, 'Jeff.'
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