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Email: S.Baysted@chi.ac.uk

Born and raised in London, Stephen's passion for music began during his school years, singing and recording with the internationally acclaimed Wandsworth School Boys Choir and playing clarinet and bass clarinet in the London Schools' Symphony Orchestra.

Stephen's music education continued at Southampton University where he gained BA (Hons.) and MMus degrees in music. He was a visiting research student in the Departments of Music and Philosophy at the Université de Rouen in France and was awarded a PhD in 2002 from Dartington College of Arts for a thesis entitled: From le cri de la nature to Pygmalion: a study of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's philosophy of music and aesthetic and reform of opera.

Before joining the University of Chichester in 2003, Stephen was Head of Opera Studies at Rose Bruford College in Kent and worked with many of the leading opera companies and opera practitioners in the UK.

Stephen's research takes two distinct paths: composition for Film, TV, Games and the Concert Hall; and eighteenth century studies – especially opera and philosophies of music. He is Composer and Audio Director for Slightly Mad Studios, an International games development studio and has composed music scores and designed sound for a string of award winning computer games. He most recently completed the unique hybrid score and audio direction for Electronic Arts' AAA game: Shift 2 Unleashed, and scored an international award-winning documentary film.

With Brett-Dempsey Music, Stephen has composed the music for over thirty cinema, television and radio advertisements, including notable international campaigns for Budweiser, McDonalds and Pizza Hut. Stephen is a member of Northpole Music, the leading film music production collective directed by Grammy award winning film music producer Steve McLaughlin and Ivor Novello nominated Film Composer Ilan Eshkeri www.northpolemusic.co.uk

In 2009/10 Stephen was nominated for two Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards (Los Angeles) and a Game Audio Network Guild Award (San Francisco) for his groundbreaking work on Electronic Arts' Need for Speed: Shift video game.

Stephen is represented worldwide by The Max Steiner Agency, Hollywood www.maxsteineragency.com and his music is published by KMG Ltd.

For more information and media content see: www.stephenbaysted.com

Research Interests: Film, TV and Games Composition, The long eighteenth century, Opera in France, Music and Image, Tuning Theory, Philosophies and Aesthetics of Music, and Music Technology.

Conference Papers.

'From Le Devin du Village to Pygmalion: Rousseau’s Operatic Reforms', British Society of Eighteenth Century Studies Annual Conference, St Hugh’s College, Oxford, January 2003.

'Rousseau’s Pygmalion Mechanism', Soundings, 3rd International Symposium, Rose Bruford College, Sidcup, May 2003.

'Melody, harmony and langue: Rousseau's conception of the musical universe', British Society of Eighteenth Century Studies Annual Conference, St Hugh’s College, Oxford, January 2004

'From Top of the Pops to Hollywood: Scoring Electronic Arts' Shift 2: Unleashed', University of Chichester, July, 2011.

Publications: Book Reviews

Thomas, Downing A. Aesthetics of Opera in the Ancien Régime: 1647-1785. Cambridge Studies in Opera. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002 in Eighteenth Century Music, Cambridge University Press, 1:2, (2004).

Publications: Opera and Choral Works

First performance and staging of Pygmalion. An original electronic score given during Soundings, 3rd International Symposium, Rose Bruford College, Sidcup, May 2003.

Kyrie for Mezzo Soprano and SATB. First performance October 2005, Chichester Cathedral.
There is no Rose for Mezzo Soprano and SATB. First performance December 2006, Chichester Cathedral.

Publications: Composition for Video Games, Television and Film

2004. Composer and Audio Director for GTR: FIA GT Racing Game. 10Tacel Studios AG, Simbin Development Team AB. (Worldwide distribution through Atari).

2005. Composer and Audio Director for GT Legends. 10Tacel Studios AG, Simbin Development Team AB/Blimey Games Ltd. (Worldwide Distribution through Atari, Take Two and EA Games).

2006. Composer and Audio Director for GTR 2: FIA GT Racing Game. 10Tacel Studios AG, Simbin Development Team AB/Blimey Games Ltd. (Worldwide Distribution through Atari, Take Two and EA Games).

2007. Composer and Audio Director for BMW M3 Challenge. 10Tacel Studios/Blimeygames Ltd/BMW AG. (Worldwide Distribution)

2009. Composer and Audio Director for Need for Speed: Shift. Slightly Mad Studios/EA Games (Worldwide Distribution).

2011. Composer and Audio Director for Shift 2: Unleashed. Slightly Mad Studios/EA Games (Worldwide Distribution).

2011. Composer and Audio Director for Beam. Gamagio Ltd. (iOS/Android)

2011. Score Programmer: Der Mann mit dem Fagott. Dir. Miguel Alexandre. ARD Degeto Film, Germany. (TV movie)

2011. Composer for Life Lines. Dir. Loman & Myers. Homegrown Films. (documentary and winner of the Action/Cut Best Foreign Documentary, Hollywood)

2011. Composer and Audio Director for Eager Beaver. Gamagio Ltd. (iOS/Android)

2011. Composer and Audio Director for C.A.R.S. Slightly Mad Studios (Worldwide Distribution)

2012. Composer for Submerged. Dir. D. Mapletoft. (in production)

Publications: TV and Cinema Advertising
Pizza Hut, Budweiser, McDonalds, O2, Toblerone, Lexus, Volkswagen, Coca Cola, The Financial Times, Sky Movies, British Telecom, Virgin Trains, Sony Ericsson, Baileys, B&Q, KFC, Felix, Ikea, Adidas, Bendicks, World Gold Council, Persil, Signal, Alfred Dunhill, Vauxhall, Camelot, Citroen, Dewars, Orange, Phillips, Lemsip, Currys, KFC, Strongbow, Argos, Mastercard.