Charles Harrison

About Charles Harrison

Charles is a freelance composer and musician who has worked professionally since 2014 as a composer for film, video games, and other visual media - working internationally with various companies, directors, and producers (examples include: ApkGames.Guru, XGASOFT, Bournemouth University).

Charles has worked with Lego stop-motion animator: Michael Hickox Films between 2014 - 2016. Together they worked on 31 different videos, for each of which Charles composed original scores. Their catalogue includes standalone short films, web series', and promotional videos for companies such as CBC Network, iTech Solutions and Loot Crate. These videos are hosted on YouTube and have been viewed a combined total of over 95 million times (to date: Sept. 2018).

Charles is also a multi-instrumentalist, adept on violin/viola, drums/percussion, piano, accordion, and even owns a guzheng - which is fun to use in compositions and for effects! Charles has played in folk bands [The Bog Dogs, Nordic Rumour, Tweed in Bourbon], Orchestras/String Orchestra [Wessex Strings, Bournemouth University Orchestra and String Orchestra] and has recently started to learn guitar and recorder for use in his music work.

Charles graduated Bournemouth University in 2019, receiving a First Class Honours degree in B(Sc) Music and Sound Production Technology. In 2021, Charles set up a creative business with two talented friends, called Resonix Creative Ltd. which provides creative audio/visual solutions for a variety of projects. As a result, Charles has been composing music in a vast range of styles, producing rich sound design for an array of projects, working on visual effects and live action set pieces, as well as managing and organising projects and the business as a whole at a Director level.
In 2023 Charles is keen to start sharing his musical knowledge to young people through instrument tuition, whilst continuing to work on composing commissions and play in bands.