List of Works
“the capacity of Ford’s imagination has no bounds…” – Discovery Music Scotland
“David Ford was also at the Usher Hall this evening to hear not only his fine music performed live, but also the audience applause that his music rightly deserved.” – Arts Review Edinburgh
Music for Media
Film Scores
2025 – Dog Hair Sticks to Everything (Film Score): Electronics
2024 - Crow Moon (Film Score): Full Orchestra, RSNO Film Composers’ Lab 23-24
2024 – Peroxide (Film Score): Piano, Sound Design and Synthesisers
2023 – Dawn (Film Score): Analogue Synthesisers
2023 – Swan Song (Film Score): Sampled violin and electronics
Mixed Media
2024 – Evolv(ed): Remix of own composition sampled and put through electronics
2023 – Echoes of Broadcast: Electronics and Orchestral Samples
Video Game Scores
2025/2026 – NAME TO BE CONFIRMED: Instruments tbc
Concert Works
Large Ensemble
2024 - Crow Moon (Film Score): Full Orchestra, RSNO Film Composers’ Lab 23-24
2024 – Refractions: Full Orchestra spectral composition, RCS Symphony Orchestra
2023 – Sketches of Rome: Full Orchestra, Strathclyde Symphony Orchestra
2022 – Shifting Landscapes: Wind, Brass and Percussion, University of Glasgow
2021 – Journey to the Centre of the Earth: Full Orchestra
Chamber Ensemble
2024 – Arrival of the Motion Picture: Brass Quintet, RSNO Commission
2024 – That Nothing Sees: Piano Quartet and Soprano, Hebrides Ensemble Plug Festival
2024 – Fanfare of Bells: Brass Dectet, RCS Plug Festival
2024 – A Bit of Coast: Chamber Choir, Sound Festival Aberdeen
2024 – Kirk Burn: Brass Trio, Eala Brass Trio Commission
2023 – Tenacious: String Trio, United Strings of Europe
2023 – Muinntir Na Mara: String Quintet and Guitar, Cantilena festival on Islay
2023 – Being & Human: Soprano, Flute and Bass Clarinet, St Andrew’s Intersections
2023 – Evolve: Violin and Cello, GAIA Duo RCS Plug Festival
Work in Progress
2025 - NAME TO BE CONFIRMED: Oboe and Bassoon, Red Note Ensemble/Sound Festival Aberdeen
2025 - NAME TO BE CONFIRMED: Large Orchestra