01 / Showreel
Composition
for picture.
Music written to the cut — score and sound for commercials and moving image, built around what a scene is trying to make someone feel. Based in North Hertfordshire, I work remotely with agencies, filmmakers and creative teams across the UK.
02 / Background
Songwriting, shaped to picture.
Songwriting is the thread through all of my work. As bassist and chief songwriter in Matisse, I helped shape four albums released by Sony Music Greece. Alongside my work with artists, I completed a commercial music course and scored ten advertisements as part of the training. It sharpened how I write to picture: responding to pace, narrative and emotion while keeping the musical idea clear.
03 / Selected commercial re-scores
Independently created scoring exercises produced during a commercial music course. Not commissioned work, and not affiliated with or endorsed by the brands shown.
04 / How I work
Read the cut
I watch the picture first, without music, to understand its rhythm, subtext and emotional arc.
Find the intent
Every cue is a small story. The brief, the brand and the scene together point to what the music should do — not just what it should sound like.
Work to spec
Delivery is organised for edit, format and deadline, so the score is useful as well as musical.
05 / Contact
Send me the cut.
Share the edit, the brief and the deadline — even a rough animatic is enough to start a conversation about what the music should do.
yannis.masouras@gmail.comNorth Hertfordshire, UK — working remotely worldwide