Fall On Your Sword

Fall On Your Sword is a film & commercial music production entity with offices in Los Angeles, California, and Brooklyn, New York. It was founded in 2009 by London-born musician and composer Will Bates, who is joined by executive producer and partner Lucy Alper. Specializing in music for feature films, television, and advertising, FOYS are also creators of interactive artworks. Their pieces have been displayed at galleries and museums around the globe.

Career
Fall On Your Sword (FOYS) is primarily known for their work in film scoring and viral video mash-up creations. As a composer, Bates has scored a multitude of feature films such as Another Earth, I Origins, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, 28 Hotel Rooms and Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief. He has also scored a number of hit TV series including The Magicians, The Path, The Looming Tower, Chance, and most recently Sweetbitter. Prior to scoring films, FOYS performed as a live band. Their most popular video mash-up is titled 'Shatner Of The Mount'. It has amassed over 2 Million views.

Fall On Your Sword also produces art installations.

Awards

 * 2010 Clio Award for Best Original Score 'OFFF'
 * 2009 Clio Award for Best Original Score 'Nomis Shoes'
 * 2009 Cannes Gold Lion for Best Original Score 'Nomis Shoes'

Filmography
Some of the works are only credited to Will Bates.

Films

 * Imperium (2016)
 * Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015) Documentary
 * The Girl in the Book (2015)
 * The Notorious Mr. Bout (2014) Documentary
 * Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015) Documentary
 * X/Y (2014)
 * I Origins (2014)
 * The Unkindness of Ravens (2013)
 * We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013) Documentary
 * The Normals (2012)
 * Haiti Redux (2012) Documentary
 * Generation Um... (2012)
 * Lola Versus (2012)
 * Nobody Walks (2012)
 * 28 Hotel Rooms (2012)
 * Another Earth (2011)
 * Aardvark (2010)
 * You Wont Miss Me (2009)

Television

 * The Magicians (TV series) (2015-16)
 * Bite Me (series) (2010)

Internet

 * The Path (web series) (2016)
 * Cooked (web miniseries) (2016)