"Stephen Hoper's service was excellent throughout: imaginative, professional and invariably prompt. He helped me patiently through the early stages of the website - explaining the technical aspects and suggesting numerous ideas of his own - and the result is every bit as functional as it is attractive. Subsequently, he has remained consistently helpful and available. I cannot recommend him highly enough."
- Tom Bullough, author
"I could go on forever about your excellent service - at our first communication I knew JAM London would be safe in your hands."
- Michelle Kastly, Director, JAM London
"When I needed a corporate identity for my new business Stephen guided me through the minefields of logo design, font choice and business card layouts. The final versions were better than I could have hoped for. Cheers Stephen."
"Stephen has built us a highly functional, effective and attractive website which he maintains with great care and professionalism. He is very quick to respond to requests and suggestions and provides Chaco with an extremely efficient, user-friendly and cost-effective solution."
- Martin Groak, Director, Chaco Resources plc
"Stephen has worked for Gold Mines of Sardinia and its successor company Chaco since 2001. During that time he has been extremely responsive and indeed pro-active in dealing with issues arising on our website. As an AIM quoted company it is important that amendments are dealt with promptly, and Stephen has always responded well, whatever the time or day. All in all, he gives an excellent service."
"Stephen has done an outstanding job with the Tonic website. He appreciated just how important the site was to us as a branding tool & portal through which we communicate with a large number of our customers around the world. He has created a fast loading & exceptionally user-friendly e-commerce site. He understood our requirements from the beginning & has offered first rate technical support & extremely helpful suggestions on how better to communicate with our customers, adapting to our needs as we develop as a company. On top of his technical expertise he's very approachable & has made otherwise complicated technical stuff seem understandable !"
- Charlie Ward, Managing Director, Tonic T-shirts
music for film & tv
"I commissioned Stephen to score my films Mnemosyne and The Zombie Diaries. I recommend him without hesitation. Stephen worked to my spec, responded to all my queries promptly, hit all pressured deadlines, and always kept me fully informed of his progress. In addition to his professionalism, I find his work exquisite and powerful and am always 100% satisfied by the end product."
- Michael Bartlett, Director, Bleeding Edge Films
"Stephen's music has the the depth and epic sensibilities that puts it up there with the best Hollywood fare, while remaining unique, original and non-clichéd. It has that Cult quality about it. It can be fittingly abstract and ambient, or thematic and memorable. Good scores are invisible, serving to emote and enhance, until the moments that we're supposed to notice them. Stephen's work did all this and lifted our movie immeasurably, capturing both the creepy and comedic elements. I hope to have the chance to work with him again soon."
- Duncan Cowan, Director, The Dark Hunter
"As a film director I'm looking not only for quality work but I also value very much the human factor which I find very important in successful filmmaking. Stephen has got not only a genuine feel of music and composer's work, but is also a very nice person to communicate and work with."
- Janis Vingris, Director/Producer, EHO Films
third party film music reviews
"...a minimal and effectively creepy score from Stephen Hoper... The Zombie Diaries is a strong film. It's bleak, and it's damn creepy. 5/5"
"In most cases I would say with a film like this no score is probably the best way to go. This is one of those things that the production had to make a big gamble on. Will it take the viewers out of the claustrophobic feeling of the zombie outbreak or will it amp up the scares even more? It was a make or break move. Luckily they went with a very simplistic score that amped up the scares but doesn't overwhelm the senses. Pitch perfect for this film. No bands, no big orchestras, just a very simple haunting kind of melody that plays at certain points to add to the scene."
"The sound was good throughout - a sturdy mix of foley and effects with an appropriate ambient score by Stephen Hoper. Make no mistake - Mnemosyne is a very good first film from Mike Bartlett and wins hands down over most other directors' first efforts. It looks professional, contains a strong soundtrack and some competent acting. It is bathed in an atmosphere of minimalist surrealism."