Arranger
Working from your musical ideas, Mick can provide band arrangements, including playing and producing them as required. He is an experienced orchestrator, equally adept at working with live musicians or sample libraries.
He has worked with many orchestras include the LA Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the London Contemporary Orchestra.
His orchestration work includes Belle & Sebastian, Texas, the movie God Help The Girl and folk musician Phil Cunningham.
Belle & Sebastian: Arrangements on record and live from small ensemble to symphony orchestra.
God Help The Girl: Orchestrated 12 songs for Stuart Murdoch's musical movie project.
Codeine Velvet Club: Orchestral arrangements for 10 songs on the album of Jon Fratelli’s solo project. Recorded at Angel studios, London.
Stevie Jackson: String arrangements for Stevie’s solo album (2011).
Texas: Orchestrated 6 songs for live performance with string orchestra and brass (2016).
Phil Cunningham & Aly Bain: String arrangements for 3 concerts, including a 20 minute suite by Cunningham, “Trossachs Suite”, performed during Celtic Connections (2011/2012).