Uploaded December 2015 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
Jake Gavin's wonderful film Hector is at UK cinemas from 11 Dec 2015: http://hector.film
Live on air in 2011, Dermot O’Leary asked me if music for film and TV was something I wanted to do more of. The Red Clay Halo and I had just performed ‘Pause’ live on Dermot’s BBC Radio 2 show, a song which had recently been used as the theme to BBC noir thriller The Shadow Line. Listening in to the show that afternoon, as I answered an emphatic “Yes!”, was film maker Jake Gavin.
This is a song from the soundtrack I subsequently composed for Jake’s directorial debut, Hector. Peter Mullan stars in the title role as homeless Hector McAdam, making his annual journey from Glasgow to spend Christmas at a London shelter, his back story unfolding as his journey progresses. Given the bleak backdrop of homelessness in the UK, the film actually tells a rather uplifting story, highlighting the random acts of kindness from strangers that can bring hope at difficult times.
‘Wheels and White Lines’ is a country duet featuring the wonderful vocal talents of Scottish singer-songwriter Roddy Hart. It tells of the fleeting relationships formed when travelling; friendships that matter so much at the time, but are over as quickly as they began.
The single is available now from my own shop here:
emilybarker.bandcamp.com/album/anywhere-away-songs-from-the-jake-gavin-film-hector
or iTunes: itunes.apple.com/gb/album/anywhere-away-songs-from-jake/id1065583604
and on Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/3FYr1SeZFkafuYiNO6fYPB
Proceeds from the single will be donated to Shelter From The Storm.
sfts.org.uk
Find out more about Roddy Hart here:
roddyhart.com
emilybarker.com
facebook.com/emilybarkerhalo
twitter.com/emilybarkerhalo
instagram.com/emilybarkerhalo
Jake Gavin's wonderful film Hector is at UK cinemas from 11 Dec 2015: http://hector.film
Live on air in 2011, Dermot O’Leary asked me if music for film and TV was something I wanted to do more of. The Red Clay Halo and I had just performed ‘Pause’ live on Dermot’s BBC Radio 2 show, a song which had recently been used as the theme to BBC noir thriller The Shadow Line. Listening in to the show that afternoon, as I answered an emphatic “Yes!”, was film maker Jake Gavin.
This is a song from the soundtrack I subsequently composed for Jake’s directorial debut, Hector. Peter Mullan stars in the title role as homeless Hector McAdam, making his annual journey from Glasgow to spend Christmas at a London shelter, his back story unfolding as his journey progresses. Given the bleak backdrop of homelessness in the UK, the film actually tells a rather uplifting story, highlighting the random acts of kindness from strangers that can bring hope at difficult times.
‘Wheels and White Lines’ is a country duet featuring the wonderful vocal talents of Scottish singer-songwriter Roddy Hart. It tells of the fleeting relationships formed when travelling; friendships that matter so much at the time, but are over as quickly as they began.
The single is available now from my own shop here:
emilybarker.bandcamp.com/album/anywhere-away-songs-from-the-jake-gavin-film-hector
or iTunes: itunes.apple.com/gb/album/anywhere-away-songs-from-jake/id1065583604
and on Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/3FYr1SeZFkafuYiNO6fYPB
Proceeds from the single will be donated to Shelter From The Storm.
sfts.org.uk
Find out more about Roddy Hart here:
roddyhart.com
emilybarker.com
facebook.com/emilybarkerhalo
twitter.com/emilybarkerhalo
instagram.com/emilybarkerhalo
