Composition and arrangements for media, stage and screen

Welcome!

My name's Claude Werner and I'm a composer and arranger/orchestrator. Werner music used to be a company, but now it's just me and this site is devoted to mainly personal, artistic projects.

Have a look around or follow me on social media for more up-to-date information.

"... astonishing arrangements!"
Mac Francis, singer entrepreneur, on his commission for his Love For Sale album

"This first festival showing for one of the country's freshest most forward thinking jazz quartets was a complete sell out and promises great things to come."
Paul Jefferies, organizer Oxford Jazz Festival

"An excellent CD - 9.99 out of 10"
Lance Liddle, Be-bob Spoken Here

"A gem in a river bed"
Sergey Savelev on his commission for an original piece of music.

"Big Ben' was brilliant!"
Ben Gilbert - Coordinator and Project Leader, The Sage Gateshead, on his commission for a large ensemble piece

"To say I was impressed with the final product would be an understatement. The expertise and attention to detail was meticulous and the quality of the product I received was second to none"
Alex Hall, on his String Quartet commission

"...a pleasure to work with and incredibly talented!"
Paul Martin Singer/entertainer on his Swing Fever Project

"I would like to thank you for your amazing work. The 0.8 version of the game should be released soon, featuring the music. We are all very excited and looking forward to it."
Marianne Gagnon (Auria), STK Developer

"... We are very happy with the music... we love it man! Really nice work!"
Stephen Lee, Producer - Nova Pictures

What's New?

No, I have not disappeared

I've been busy writing music for choir. However, I did take a little break one day when I was inspired by a beautiful sunset!

Triptych No. 1

Trumpet Concerto - 2023

New premiere, Concerto for trumpet and chamber orchestra in 3 movements Performed by the formidable London trumpeter Jon Scott - Commissioned in 2017.

You can listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6qCLhRyCsE

Digital album now on sale - Polytonal Studies

Due to popular demand it is now possible to buy the Polytonal Studies digital album directly https://push.fm/pl/82ia5m8i

For those that prefer to own the files.

Polytonal Studies Etude II - Animation

https://youtu.be/CsyvGWO36qo

2nd animation in the Polytonal Studies series. Hopefully I'm getting better at it! From the album Polytonal Studies. This is part of a collection of etudes called Polytonal Studies on the Octatonic System of Tonal Organisation... A bit of a mouthful so I just call them Polys!

Sheet music freely available here: https://issuu.com/wernermusic/docs/polytonal_studies_on_the_octatonic_system_of_tonal

But if you wish to support my work you can purchase it here: http://wernermusic.co.uk/product/34

Audio is widely available in Spotify, iTunes, etc or you can also find it here: https://push.fm/fl/uwza8egq

Polytonal Studies Etude I - Animation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeIudHVa4OY

Exploring doing something more creative with my time off, I thought I'd learn to animate! It's my first one so forgive the rough edges. From the album Polytonal Studies. This is part of a collection of etudes called Polytonal Studies on the Octatonic System of Tonal Organisation... A bit of a mouthful so I just call them Polys! Sheet music freely available here: https://issuu.com/wernermusic/docs/po... But if you wish to support my work you can purchase it here: http://wernermusic.co.uk/product/34 Audio is widely available in Spotify, iTunes, etc or you can also find it here: https://push.fm/fl/uwza8egq

New album! Polytonal Studies

New album release based on the research I've been carrying out for the last 4 years. I will be publishing animation videos for each piece on my YouTube channel. They will be announced here, on Twitter and of course through YouTube so make sure to subsribe if you're interested.

The sheet music is freely available here: But if you wish to support my work you can purchase them here.

The album is widely available on all streaming platforms, follow this link!

2nd Performance of Acordeoníssimo

Advanced Diploma Recital: Iñigo Mikeleiz-Berrade

Tuesday, 08.05.2018 13:05, David Josefowitz Recital Hall
Free, no tickets required
Iñigo Mikeleiz-Berrade accordion
Leo Lehtinen electronics
Marina de Lucas piano
Ondine Quartet
Southern Cone Quintet

Leo Lehtinen new work for accordion and electronics (world premiere)
Naresh Sohal Concerto for accordion, string quartet and piano (world premiere)
Claude Werner Acordeoníssimo

The culmination of collaborative work with three different composers, these new pieces showcase the accordion in distinctive ways.

https://www.ram.ac.uk/whats-on/event/advanced-diploma-recital-iigo-mikeleizberrade

Accordion Concerto Premiere!

Sequenza XIII, Luciano Berio (1925-2003)
Sonate in F Major R41, Antonio Soler (1729-1783)
Jeux d'Anches, Magnus Lindberg (1958- )
Pastorale, César Franck (1822-1890)
Acordeoníssimo*, Claude Werner

*world premiére, performed with Southern Cone Quintet

Anisa Arslanagić – violin
Claude Werner – clarinet
James Kitchman – electric guitar
Louis Thomas – double bass
Iñigo Mikeleiz Berrade – accordion

https://www.facebook.com/events/133596307211241/

By popular request!

Here's some of the music we did for Game Of Assassins: Playlist

Also available from our Listen page!

New Album Released by one of our clients

Ryan Spielman has just released his second album! We were happy to be involved in writing all the horn parts and also attending the studio session.

For more info on Ryan and where to listen to his music, please visit:http://www.ryantrue.com/new-album-lets-get-it-out-in-the-open/

Willustrous 2015

Commissioned by the great Rick Leon James! A Big Band arrangement of his virtuoso piece featuring the phenomenal Darren Abraham on drums check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFKUAwLd81I

Swing Punk Project

Started working with the Fantastic James Lawrence and Chris Bemand (From Squirky Music) on the New Swing Punk project: https://www.facebook.com/swingpunks

World Premier at The Forge in Camden in February 2015

Busy year 2014

Tango project, multiple arrangements for different bands two new film commissions and we have permanently moved to London!

Fall 2013 Winners

Hadn't realised but one of the scores we worked on last year won a prize! http://www.hollywoodcff.com/2013_Winners_%28Fall%29.html Best original score!

Big Band Christmas arrangements

Just finished some whacky Big Band Christmas arrangements, you can find them here:

http://wernermusic.co.uk/product/27

http://wernermusic.co.uk/product/29

http://wernermusic.co.uk/product/31

Pica Pica (music for a promo video)

We just finished producing some music for a promo commissioned by Nova Pictures, visit the listen page to check it out!

http://wernermusic.co.uk/listen

Newly released: SuperTuxKart 0.8, featuring new music!

Composition and jazz has spent the last 3 months collaborating with SuperTuxKart developers to bring you brand new music for their 0.8 release. The new themes include:

Amazonian Journey Track

Hacienda Track

Subsea Track

New Menu Music

And a brand new Main Theme/Victory music

Visit http://wernermusic.co.uk/listen to watch the videos and listen to the new music