Bill Ryder-Jones is an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 musician and film score composer from West Kirby

West Kirby

West Kirby is a town on the north-west corner of the coast of the Wirral Peninsula, England, at the mouth of the River Dee across from the Point of Ayr in North Wales. To the north-east of the town lies Hoylake, with the suburbs of Grange and Newton to the east, and the village of Caldy to the...

, Merseyside

Merseyside

Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool...

. He was originally the lead guitarist with The Coral

The Coral

The Coral are an English band formed in 1996 in Hoylake on the Wirral Peninsula in England. The band first emerged during the early 2000s and found success with their debut album The Coral and follow up Magic and Medicine...

 from 1996 until 2008 before leaving the band to pursue a solo career. Ryder-Jones' debut album If... was released in 2011.

The Coral

Bill Ryder-Jones was originally the lead guitarist with The Coral and played on the band's first five albums. In 2005, Ryder-Jones briefly stopped touring with the band due to a stress-related illness. It was announced on the 9 January 2008 that Bill Ryder-Jones had left The Coral and the remaining five members would continue with the band. In 2011, Bill collaborated with his old band mates playing guitar on "Gently" (the b-side to "Two Faces").

Solo career

Following his departure from The Coral, he began writing songs and instrumental pieces and uploaded several demo recordings to his MySpace profile. In 2009, Ryder-Jones composed the score for his friend's short film Leave Taking, directed by Laurence Easeman. The four compositions were released on his debut EP A Leave Taking Soundtrack as a free download in July 2011 by Double Six Records (a subsidary of Domino Recording Company) via their website and a music video was filmed for the title track "A Leave Taking". The EP was also released on 12-inch and digital download formats on 26 September 2011. Ryder-Jones also composed the scores for the short films It's Natural to Be Afraid (2010) and Bed (2011).

Bill Ryder-Jones' debut solo album If... was written as a musical adaptation of Italo Calvino

Italo Calvino

Italo Calvino was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy , the Cosmicomics collection of short stories , and the novels Invisible Cities and If on a winter's night a traveler .Lionised in Britain and the United States,...

's 1979 novel If on a Winters Night a Traveler and is set to be released on 14 November 2011.

Collaborations

Bill has also recorded guitar for other artists such as The Last Shadow Puppets

The Last Shadow Puppets

The Last Shadow Puppets is a band consisting of Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys, Miles Kane formerly of The Rascals, and composer/producer James Ford.-Formation:...

 on "Gas Dance" (b-side of "Standing Next to Me") and Alex Turner

Alex Turner

Alex Turner is the name of:*Alex Turner , Virginian slave, who escaped at the beginning of the American Civil War and fought in the Union army*Alex Turner , film director...

 on Submarine

Submarine (soundtrack)

All songs written and performed by Alex Turner. Music written by Alex Turner and James Ford.-Personnel:* Alex Turner - vocals, piano, keyboards, guitars, bass, drums* Bill Ryder-Jones - guitar on tracks 2 & 4...

EP. In 2011, he collaborated with Graham Coxon

Graham Coxon

Graham Leslie Coxon is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and painter. He came to prominence as the lead guitarist, backing vocalist and occasional lead vocalist of rock band Blur, and is also a critically acclaimed solo artist, having recorded seven solo albums...

 and Paloma Faith

Paloma Faith

Paloma Faith is a British singer-songwriter and actress. In 2009, she released her debut single "Stone Cold Sober", then her debut album, Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?, which was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. Her debut album stayed within the top 40 album...

 on the song "Desire", which was released online by Converse.

Discography

• A Leave Taking Soundtrack (2011)
• If... (2011)

Film scores

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2009	Leave Taking		Short film
2010	It's Natural to Be Afraid		Short film
2011	Bed		Short film
2012	Piggy

External links

• Domino Records page