November 2022

We're back!
Our 360 immersive music/visuals show Mesmerica is reopening in the US, revamped for 2022/23!
We're very, very grateful that we weathered the storm.
Mesmerica's sister show Beautifica also goes on sale this weekend, in cities where Mesmerica's run has finished already. We can't wait for people to see/hear what we've been cooking...

November 2021

Our trailblazing marketing arm Poseidon Digital is hiring! See poseidon.breezy.hr for more information

May 2021

Poseidon.tv is featured on Human Emotions, contributing 4 new tracks. Released in May 2021, it's a selection of emotive and free-flowing underscores for documentaries and dramas. Music is highly evocative and atmospheric, igniting the senses.

February 2021

Poseidon.tv has delivered 5 tracks to BMG for their Current Affairs Underscore album. An album of pensive and thoughtful tracks that blend orchestral and synthetic and a slight touch of tension without becoming too anxious.

January 2021

Poseidon.tv have contributed 2 more tracks on Patterns of Motion. Released in January 2021, it's an album of minimalist motifs and cyclic patterns in a selection of styles, from subtle underscores to uplifting piano and strings.

November 2020

In the midst of the pandemic, Mesmerica successfully launches in Dunedin New Zealand, our first immersive operation outside North America. As well as receiving a great reception we are testing new systems in the venue.

October 2020

Poseidon.tv have music featured in the Netflix docu-series High Score and sports documentary Magnetic, also currently streaming on Netflix. Watch the trailers below.

September 2020

Poseidon.tv have contributed to 'Factual Underscores: Evolutions', released in September 2020 under UPM/Atmosphere. "Edgy underscores that gradually evolve into something bigger."

January 2020

'Ascension' is a full Poseidon.tv collection released in January 2020 on UPM/Aurora Production Music. "Awe inspiring, futuristic and design led. Bold rhythms, pulsing synths and soaring strings all combine to create dramatic, detailed and positive paths."

January 2020

Mesmerica has now sold over 250,000 tickets! The show has recently launched across four brand new venues in US, including Houston, TX and Honolulu, Hawai'i.

December 2019

Poseidon.tv's track Tides has made the "2019 most downloaded tracks globally" on Universal Production Music. The track has been used by both SpaceX and NASA.

December 2019

Thrilled to announce Mesmerica has been nominated by the Producers Guild of America for their new Innovation Award, honouring work in emerging mediums including VR, AR and experiential - included in the same category as the amazing Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

December 2019

James Hood's Mesmerica continues its unrivaled position as the most successful planetarium show ever, reaching another major milestone this month. An incredible 200,000 tickets have now been sold - 100,000 in the last 3 months - having sold out 800 of the 1000 shows that have run across venues in US and Canada since its inception in 2018.

October 2019

Poseidon contributed to two more Universal Production releases last month, both focusing on underscoring emergency based TV programming. 'Blue Light Tension: Drones' and 'Blue Light Tension: Undersores'

September 2019

August marked two more milestones for James Hood's Mesmerica, with the show surpassing 100,000 tickets sold and opening at its 20th venue. Boulder, CO and Chicago, IL are the latest cities to join venues across the US and Canada wowing audiences with the immersive fulldome show.

July 2019

James Hood's Mesmerica is now the most successful planetarium show in history! Over 65,000 tickets sold across 15 cities in the US and Canada. The show was recently given a featured spot on KPNX 12 News, covering Phoenix AZ, where it is playing at the Dorrance Planetarium at Arizona Science Center. Watch the feature below:

June 2019

We have just completed our first production music release on new Universal/Firstcom label Nova, focussing on documentary soundtracks. 'Documentary Patterns'

June 2019

We are hiring! We are looking for three new team members to help with some highly successful and extremely exciting projects in the areas of marketing and customer service. Details on how to apply can be found here.

May 2019

Another incredible milestone was reached this weekend as James Hood's MESMERICA 360 launched in the largest planetarium in the western world - the Jennifer Chalsty Planetarium at Liberty Science Center, New Jersey.

May 2019

James Hood's mind-blowing MESMERICA immersive 360 dome show arrived in Canada last night, playing the first of 6 sold-out shows this weekend at TELUS World of Science, Edmonton.

The show is now running simultaneously in 12 North American cities, selling out 9/10 shows. 40,000 tickets and counting.

Sales in our thirteenth city - Calgary - start later today.

Poseidon is proud to be involved; we are coordinating roll-out strategy, marketing and handling customer service through our international team, as well as overseeing production of some of the content.

More info and showtimes: mesmerica.com

May 2019

Poseidon.tv take poll position on new Universal Production Music release 'Pulse 2'.

March 2019

Out today on Universal Production Music: Factual Tension - an album of underscores for geopolitical and world affair TV programming during turbulent times.

March 2019

Out today on EMI/KPM - Clear - a new album of documentary underscores designed to sound amazing.

February 2019

Poseidon nominated for best music business in the 2019 Birmingham Music Awards.

February 2019

James Hood's Mesmerica 360 launches in Phoenix AZ. We are running marketing and customer support.

February 2019

James Hood's Mesmerica 360 show passes 10,000 tickets sold in California with over 50 shows sold out so far. Poseidon in charge of roll-out strategy, marketing and customer support. We are now busy scaling Mesmerica out across the US.

February 2019

Development work in progress on a new album for Aurora Production Music (Universal/Firstcom)

January 2019

Work in progress on a new album for Nova Production Music (a new documentary label through Universal)

January 2019

Poseidon.tv deliver CLEAR, an album of underscores specifically designed to sound amazing under TV and radio documentaries (KPM/EMI Production Music)

December 2018

Poseidon.tv deliver Factual Tension, an album of music for geopolitical and world affair TV programming (Universal Production Music)

July 2018

'Animal' from James Hood's 3rd album Mesmerica passes 1.2 million views on Youtube, after the previous video 'Tapestry' achieved just over a million views. Both videos directed by Howard Matthews. Poseidon coordinating release and marketing strategy.

May 2018

Three Poseidon.tv tracks appear on a new Universal Production Music album Undercurrents_1

May 2018

Poseidon negotiates a brief armistice for composers with PPL, enabling them to cancel international mandates at short notice in light of a developing international neighbouring rights opportunity.

April 2018

Poseidon's music heavily used in the US version of new series Civilisations (BBC/PBS) voiced by Liev Schreiber.

November 2017

James Hood's 3rd album Mesmerica, whose release and marketing we are coordinating goes straight to number 1 on the iTunes World chart in the USA and Denmark

November 2017

We are overseeing video production and release strategy for James Hood's third Ceremony album "Mesmerica". Here's the mind-blowing video to Tapestry, directed by Howard Matthews.

October 2017

Jon and Ben are commissioned to write a new album for EMI production music with a focus on exquisite sound quality - due Q2 2018

July 2017

We are chuffed to again have poll position on a UPPM release with our track "Number Theory" which is opening new album "Simply Scientific" (Bruton Music). Click the thumbnail to listen to it.

July 2017

NASA spotted using another of our tracks, "Time Shift Equilibrium" (from the album 'Pulse', Atmosphere Music)

April 2017

We have just delivered a record 21 tracks to Universal Production Music in 3 months, including a whole album of minimalist electronica for factual television. We will post the albums when they are released :)..

April 2017

Our EMI/KPM album "Discreet Momentum" is currently seeing significant use on Spain's Antena 3.

October 2016

We are chuffed to have secured the lead track on a new Universal album of subtle underscores for TV and film "Pulse".

February 2017

Once again it seems we are sadly contributing to the soundtrack of #Brexit, this time on BBC World Service.
Our track 'Uncertain Ahead' spotted ending this.

You can hear the original track at https://tinyurl.com/jgpg69s.

July 2016

Our track Tides seems to get everywhere. Here's Elon Musk using it:

July 2016

Our new mix room is now complete. Click below for more pics.

July 2016

A choral track co-written by Ben Niblett has just featured in the closing credits of US show 'Portlandia'

March 2016

NASA has released a breathtaking year-long time-lapse video of the Sun shot in 4k Ultra-HD from the orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory, with one of our tracks 'Tides' as the soundtrack.

February 2016

Writing/preproduction on a new album for Universal Production Music under way.

January 2016

Work on Jo Hamilton's 2nd album 'Fractals' and accompanying film 'Fractal Sparks' ongoing.

January 2016

A 6 month refurb of our main studios is nearly finished. Here's the new control room desk in progress, minus rack pods (final finish will be sustainable african rosewood).

November 2015

Jo Hamilton features on the Amnesty International album 'Displaced', released November 20th. Recorded in Hamburg with full big band, the album is in aid of Displaced people.

August 2015

We are very pleased to announce the launch of our own production music library, Poseidon Production Music (PPM).

This continually-updated library of underscores will be designed to compliment commissioned titles/credits we create and will initially be available exclusively for use by directors/editors we are working with on commissioned titles.

This new hybrid approach will help keep production budgets down while providing the same level of sonic consistency across programmes as when we create commissioned underscores, providing great bang for the buck. Please get in touch to talk to us about this new approach and how it can help your production.

July 2015

James Hood's 2nd Hang album goes straight to no 1 on the iTunes World charts of Canada, Australia and Denmark, hitting no 2 in the UK and USA.. Marketing and digital strategy by Poseidon Social.

June 2015

We are continuing to handle digital and marketing strategy for James Hood whom we helped take to number 1 on the US World Charts last year. Look out for 'Pure Ceremony', the new album released 2nd June. https://jameshood.com/pureitunes

May 2015

Work on Jo Hamilton's 2nd album 'Fractals' continuing.

March 2015

Mastering completed on the 50th anniversary record by the Grammy winning Swingle Singers.

January 2015

Watch out for the second series of Helicopter Heroes Down Under, on BBC1 and BBC2 now. Music by us.

January 2015

We've contributed to a beautiful and inspiring new choral record by EMI using singers from The Sixteen and a 20 piece orchestra.

August 2014

Footage from July's epic Jo Hamilton cathedral show...

May 2014

Chuffed to learn our track 'Tides' is currently Universal UK's most popular production music track.

February 2014

We are currently beta testing an analytics-based digital marketing service aimed at independent artists. Our first beta campaign (for James Hood Ceremony) saw the record chart at no 1 in US and Canada World and New Age charts.

January 2014

We are pleased to see that Prince is continuing to open some of his world tour shows with his cover of Jo Hamilton's Liathach.

January 2014

Poseidon.tv has just launched an iPad friendly website for our film and tv work. Take a look.