Charlie John Wickham
Media Composer
I am a composer for various forms of media ranging from advertising, video games and short films based in Cambridge, UK.
About Me
I have been writing music professionally for the last 4 years and have been studying music for most of my life. I graduated with a Music Degree in 2023 from Oxford Brookes University. I then moved on to being the in-house composer for tech and research company Oxford Information Labs before pursuing freelance work as a composer. Most recently, I have composed original music for the game S.H.E.L.L developed by Cameron Lai.
I cover a wide range of genres from classical to electronic and I'm a proficient multi-instrumentalist. I strive to create original and distinct sounds that give a unique identity to your ideas!
Selected Work
For the Light Within
'For the Light Within' is a 4 track EP of jazz fusion music written for a 10 piece band (by the name of Crimson Monocle). I was the leader of the project and composed, arranged, recorded and produced everything. The original project was released in June 2023 and the concept of this musical project was to take Japanese folk melodies and sounds and build new compositions around these fragments. The music was meant to be a meeting between North American/ European sounds and Japanese sounds, inspired by the opening of Japan in the late 1800s and the trading of culture that occured. It was also inspired by the explosion in Japanese Rock Fusion in the 1970s and 1980s. This was my first major project that I accomplished as a composer - I also performed the drums on all the tracks. Artwork was created by my sister, Annie Wickham.
Oxford Information Labs 2022 - 2025
While working as the in-house composer at Oxford Information Labs, I was a key part of the media creation team. This meant that I wrote original music for training videos, trailers for new software, audio packages for in-house podcasts (formerly 'The Internet, Seriously' now known as 'Cyber Everything') as well as background music for YouTube videos.
Cosmic Meditations
'Cosmic Meditations' is a 10 track album of dark ambient and electronic music. The concept being a lonely journey through space as the protagonist leaves earth and civilisation behind. However, during these moments, the protagonist encounters moments of great beauty and nostalgia. This project was entirely self directed and I composed, arranged, recorded and produced everything.
The artwork is also created by me.