The Tannery has made the longlist of nominations for the 2012 Academy Awards, in the category of Best animated short film.

The Tannery- directed by Iain Gardner - which features an original score by Mick, has been nominated for the 2011 Scottish Baftas, in the animation category.

Mick recorded Jason Donovan’s vocal recently for his theme tune for Pesky Production’s latest pre-school pilot, Boj and Buddies. Mick also provided the score for the pilot.




(L-R, Mick, Jason Donovan, director Claire Underwood and producer David Hodgson)

Down At The Zoo, Mick's album of songs for under-fives, went to No.1 on the UK iTunes Children's Music charts on its first week of release. More info at the Down At The Zoo website.

The Tannery has won another award, the Best Animation at the CFC World Wide Short Film Festival, Toronto.

Iain Gardner's "The Tannery", with an original score by Mick, has won the Audience Award at Animated Exeter. The film also scooped 2nd prize in the Independent Talent awards of the same festival.

Belle and Sebastian's latest single, I Want The World to Stop, featuring Mick's orchestration and bass-playing (even a bass solo!), has been A-listed on the playlists of both Radio 2 and 6 Music in the UK.

Mick has provided string arrangements for a new suite by folk legend Phil Cunningham. The suite was performed at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall with a 10-piece band and a 16-piece string section led by Greg Lawson, as part of the Celtic Connections festival.

The Happy Duckling has been nominated for a BAFTA in the BEST SHORT ANIMATION category. Winners announced Sunday 21 February, 2010.

The Happy Duckling won the award for Best Animation at this year's Scottish BAFTAs, bringing the numbers of prizes scooped by the film to five. The short has now been screened in nearly 50 countries.

Mick is seen here celebrating with director Gili Dolev (left) at the awards ceremony.

Success continues for The Happy Duckling, with the short scooping Best Animated Film - in both the jury and audience categories - at the Oxford International Film Festival in Cincinnati, Ohio. The film also won second place in the Best Children's Film category at the Lola Kenya Screen Film Festival.

God Help The Girl, the record of Stuart Murdoch's musical film project, which features orchestral arrangements by Mick, has been getting great reviews.

Here are just some of the comments:

‘a spry Bacharach swing encompassing Pearly Spencer style 60s production pop’ The Guardian
‘God Help The Girl is both incredibly simple and deceptively complex: the end results are surprisingly timeless, bringing to mind Twenties’ musicals, fifties’ jazz, 60s girl groups’ Music Week
'with B&S mainstay Mick Cooke's superb orchestrations conducted by Rick Wentworth, God Help The Girl has real class' MOJO

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The Happy Duckling has won Best Children's Film at the Stuttgart International Animation Festival. Mick was there to collect the award on director Gili Dolev’s behalf. The film was voted for by a jury of local children, and the award was sponsored by Nickelodeon.

The film also scooped the Best Short Film prize at Cartoons on the Bay 2009, Italy. The jury awarded the prize for its ‘clever storytelling and very unique animation’. The film has been invited to 12 festivals already, including London International Animation Festival and SIGGRAPH and has toured the USA as part of Kids First! Festival. The short film has been bought by TV3 Catalunya Spain and SSR Switzerland.

The OST for Juno, featuring two songs by Belle and Sebastian, won a Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack in this year's awards ceremony, beating off American Gangster, August Rush, Mamma Mia and Sweeney Todd.

In Case of Monsters picked up the runner up cash prize in the Best Professional Film category of the Film G awards, hosted by MG Alba.

Mick (pictured left) went with Richard (drummer for Belle and Sebastian) to collect the Best Soundtrack award at the MOJO Awards 2008, on behalf of all the artists on the OST for Juno. The prize was presented by David Arnold. The Soundtrack album, which features two songs by Belle and Sebastian, hit the number one spot on the US Billboards on February 9th, 2008, and has sold over 500,000 copies in the US alone.

Recording has taken place of the orchestral arrangements for Stuart Murdoch's forthcoming musical movie, God Help the Girl. Mick had scored all 12 songs. The orchestral sessions took place at Angel Studios in Islington. The songs are now being mixed in Glasgow.