Adam Paroussos is a composer, sound designer and performer for film and performance. He has worked internationally on films and projects including dramas, documentary, comedy, experimental and multimedia. He investigates the boundaries between composition and sound design, drawing inspiration from the natural world and improvisation. He builds scores through both experimental and traditional production processes and composition techniques.
Adam is a self taught composer with a background in experimental theatre and now predominately works in film. Collaboration is at the root of his practice and enjoys working closely with a director during the filmmaking process. He has experience and interest in creating music and sound for site-specific work and engaging in group devised theatre work.
As a multi-instrumentalist and sound artist he finds sounds and music within collected instruments and objects, electronic processing, synthesizers, field recordings, samples and more. His musical style has a somewhat handmade and organic quality as if spooling out of the ground or unraveling from the sky. There is a sense that the music and sound is alive reacting with and against the film or performance, both resonating and distorting within the storytelling. He may build a core auditory idea that radiates out of a central character or a subtext theme. He often finds the harmonies within imperfections and sonic artefacts and reveals melodies within interwoven musical threads and roots.
Recent works include music for 'MADHOUSE' by Far Away Films, sound design for ‘Tornado Watch’ 2023 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space. Sound design and compositions for ‘Have a Nice Day Forever’ selected for the official competition at the Music & Cinema - Festival International du Film à Marseille (MCM). Awarded 'Best Sound and Music' for 'Viscera' at the Style, Experimental, Fashion Film Festival, Los Angeles.
Adam has showcased work around the world including London, New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, Cyprus, Oslo, Zagreb, Prague, Marseille, and Portugal at venues and festivals such as:
BFI London Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, Music & Cinema - Festival International du Film à Marseille, Barbican Cinema, Curzon cinema, Whitechapel Gallery, Roundhouse, Union Chapel, Wilderness Festival, Field Day, Supernormal Festival, Xarkis Festival, Pratt Institute, Half Moon Theatre, Platform Theatre, The Place, Camden Fringe, Faversham Fringe, Disk Theatre, Theatro Technis, Youtube Space, Trauma Bar and Kino, Siobhan Davies Studios, Flugwerk and more.
Notable collaborations include:
BBC New Creatives, Tate Lates, Far Away Films, Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space, Breakthrough Prize, Jotdown Productions, Petri Delights, Sound Writing Kollab, Hackoustic, Curiosa Productions, Daylight Music, AKC Medika, Mutoid Waste Company, Secret Cinema, London Sinfonietta, Deptford X, Drama Centre London, Central Saint Martins, Andrea Zimmerman, Anna Meredith, Daniel Christopherson, Tatiana Delaunay, Jordan Chandler, Edward Smyth, Katharina Joy Book, Korallia Stergides, Julie Rose Bower, Geraldine Pilgrim and more.
2021 BAFTA Crew and BFI Network.