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Fable Feast Cursed Verse Soundtrack Collab

Fable Feast Cursed Verse Soundtrack Collab

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Sound Design Folk Horror

During the first lockdown, we collaborated with Fable Feast, a London-based immersive theatre company, to bring the poem Hatton’s Cross by Jim Jack to life. Working alongside actor Benjamin Peter Jones and a team of animators, we created a haunting animated piece.

The quiet streets of the lockdown era provided a unique backdrop for our field recordings, amplifying the sounds of nature that are often masked by constant traffic noise. This absence of urban noise pollution inspired us to explore how sound shapes our relationship with the environment. Armed with field recordings captured during eerie woodland explorations, we assembled layers of atmospheric audio in our DAW, experimenting with chilling sound effects to craft a spine-tingling soundscape.

The final production, Hatton’s Cross, is available on Fable Feast’s YouTube channel. For the full experience, dim the lights, turn up the volume, and immerse yourself in the eerie world we helped create.

Author
Mike Ballard
I’m a musician, sound designer, and creative technologist exploring the boundaries between sound, space, and memory. With the Horses of the Gods, I create eerie, folk-infused atmospheres, blending acoustic instruments with field recordings and digital synthesis. In my sound design work, I aim to capture the liminal and the hauntological through immersive audio experiences that evoke the forgotten, the in-between, and the strange. As a maker, I am known as Shedtronic, and my work spans creative technology, sound exploration, and experimental design. Below, you’ll find links to my projects as a sound designer, maker and creative technologist, showcasing my dedication to merging the physical and digital in innovative ways.