Mark Maclaine (sometimes known as The Silence) is a British educator, director, music producer, founder of Tutorfair and writer. He is best known for his work as the bass guitarist and producer for the post trip-hop band Second Person. He was a co-founder of the UK hip-hop record label

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and co-owner of a film company the Silence Corporation.

History

Maclaine started his career as a bass guitarist in London before eventually moving into music production. He began writing his own music under the name "

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". In April 2001, he started

with two members of a successful UK hip-hop group,

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. In 2002, Maclaine formed the post trip-hop band Second Person with the singer and pianist Julia Johnson. They completed work on writing the music for the free-skiing trilogy 'Snow's in the House' and released their first album, ''

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'', in October 2004. They went on to write the music score for British feature film '' City Rats'', which was released in early 2009 and on DVD on 27 April 2009. In 2008, Maclaine produced (under his pseudonym "The Silence") the album ''Close to Home'' in

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with the

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rapper

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. Two of the album's tracks were nominated for the APRA Silver Scroll Award for songwriting in New Zealand. Second Person released two further albums before parting company, after 10 years, in April 2011. Maclaine spends much of his time tutoring but continues to produce music and videos for other artists. In 2010, he directed the music video "Questions in My Mind" by the Portuguese singer Ana Free in New York City. They worked together on two more videos, "Playgrounds and Kisses" and "Electrical Storm", both reaching number 1 in the MTV Portugal charts and filmed in Free's hometown of

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and

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respectively. His other work includes directing for the Africa Express project, filming their various guest musicians including

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Family

Maclaine's father was the director Richard MacLaine and his mother is the photographer Tana Maclaine.

Selected film/theatre crew credits

* "Snows in the House 2" : music editor (2003: feature documentary film – limited cinema and DVD release) * "Capoeira: Brazil to London" : director/producer (2003: documentary film – film festival release) * "Verbier Ride 2004" : music editor (2004: TV series –

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) * "Ave Maria" : film editor (2004: short film – festival release) * "Snows in the House 3" : music editor (2004: feature film – limited cinema and DVD release) * "S.W.A.T." : supervising sound editor (2004: short film – festival release with awards)
* "Tricks & Tips" : sound re-recordist (2005: TV series –

) * "Surf Breaks" : sound re-recordist (2005: TV series –

) * "Downfall" : supervising sound editor (2005: short film – festival release) * "The L.A. Hardcore" : sound editor/re-recording mixer (2005: TV series –

) * "

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" : supervising sound editor (2006: short film – Cannes and festival release &

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featured) * "The Passenger" : supervising sound editor/re-recording mixer (2006: short film – various festival release with awards) * "Gumball 3000: Around the World in 8 Days" : post-sound recordist (2006: TV series –

) * "Streetball Extreme: Battle for Europe" : supervising sound editor (2006: TV series –

) * "Extreme Beach Soccer" : supervising sound editor (2006: TV series –

) * " Live at the Bedford – Second Person" : director/producer (2006: DVD/CD – international release) * "Spilt Milk – Second Person" : director/producer (2007: music video – MTV, VH1 & YouTube featured video) * "Wood – Second Person" : director/producer (2007: music video – MTV, VH1 & YouTube featured video) * " City Rats" : sound & music director (2008: feature film – cinema and international DVD release) * "Cheap Escape – Fandangle" : director/editor (2008: music video – Party House Records: MTV, VH1 & Kerrang TV featured) * "Amazon.com: Sellaband" : director/editor (2008: short documentary film – Amazon.com) * "Happy Birthday" : producer (2009: short film – People Can Run Films) * "Burlesque Fairytales" : re-recording supervisor (2009: feature film – Double Barreled Productions) * "Ladies' Man by

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" : director (17 Jan 2010: theatre: Old Red Lion, London) * "They Walk Among Us" : producer/editor (2010: short film) * "Dolores by Edward Allen Baker" : director (Feb 2010: theatre: Old Red Lion, London) * "Living into the Future" : director/co-writer (2010: short film) * "Underachievers" : director/co-writer (2010: short film) * "Questions – Ana Free" : director/co-producer (2010: music video) * "Playgrounds and Kisses – Ana Free" : director/producer (2011: music video) * "Electrical Storm – Ana Free" : director/producer (2012: music video) * "In The Forest" : director (2013: short film)

Selected film music credits

* "Dreamless" : composer (2002: feature film) * "Snows in the House" : co-composer (2002: feature documentary film – limited cinema and DVD release) * "Snows in the House 2" : composer/music producer (2003: feature documentary film – limited cinema and DVD release) * "Capoeira: Brazil to London" : composer/music producer (2003: documentary film – film festival release) * "Verbier Ride 2004" : composer/music producer (2004: TV series –

) * "Ave Maria" : composer/music producer (2004: short film – festival release) * "Snows in the House 3" : composer/music producer (2004: feature film – limited cinema and DVD release) * "S.W.A.T." : composer/music producer (2004: short film – festival release with awards) * "The L.A. Hardcore" : music editor (2005: TV series –

) * "

" : music producer/orchestral mixer (2006: short film – Cannes and festival release &

featured) * "The Passenger" : composer/music producer (2006: short film – various festival release with awards) * "Genex" : series theme composer (2006: TV series –

) * "Streetball Extreme: Battle for Europe" : composer/music producer (2006: TV series –

) * "Extreme Beach Soccer" : series theme composer (2006: TV series –

) * " Live at the Bedford – Second Person" : music producer/mixer (2006: DVD/CD – international release) * "Spilt Milk – Second Person" : composer/music producer (2007: music video – MTV, VH1 & YouTube featured video) * "Wood – Second Person" : composer/music producer (2007: music video – MTV, VH1 & YouTube featured video) * "The Vanguard" : music producer/mixer (2008: feature film –

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: limited cinema & worldwide DVD release) * " City Rats" : composer (2008: feature film – cinema and international DVD release) * "Burlesque Fairytales" : music producer (2010: feature film 35mm – Double Barreled Productions)

Selected music/album credits

References

External links

Mark Maclaine's daily blog

''Time Magazine'', 4 September 2008 {{DEFAULTSORT:Maclaine, Mark British film directors British record producers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1980 births