Rhodes is an iconic brand with such a long history in the music world. It is now embarking on a new chapter with the pianos now being produced in our home city of Leeds.

To help launch the V8 software which has the sound and feel of the acclaimed Rhodes MK8 electric piano, we created a film to allow musicians to compose a new piece of music to sit along a specially created spoken word piece by James Smith from Yard Act.

‘Missing Keys’ asked composers to soundtrack a short film that we created with a free trial of Rhodes’ new V8 virtual instrument. The film was accompanied by a specially created spoken word piece by James Smith for Yard Act.

We worked with Rhodes to create a concept for the film, which saw us filming James across the city in iconic locations and using mixed formats. All location scouting and casting was done in house and our editing team created a backdrop for the composers to hang their music on.

The winner, Thilo Eichhorn, was chosen from 1500 submissions, and we added his track to the piece.