Max Herman

Max was born in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Max focused on the piano and composition. Max moved to London as a student, where he attended Westminster University. During his time in London, The Royal College of Music invited Herman to compose and to have his work performed by opera singers and instrumentalists at the Britten Theatre Kensington, London.

Max began his career in the professional music industry performing on the Piano, Keyboard and Synthesis in 2001, for artists such as Lemar Obika, George Benson, Sam Moore and others. Max can be seen briefly playing the keyboards at The Royal Albert Hall where Lemar performed with George Benson to celebrate his lifetime achievement award.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot0kCIDqDFg|title=lemar & george benson give me the night live|date=18 August 2011|accessdate=28 April 2019|publisher=YouTube}}

Max has performed at The Royal Albert Hall, Earls Court Arena and most recently at the Autism Rocks Arena with artist Hamza Hawsawi (X Factor winner) for the opening act of Justin Bieber on his Purpose World Tour 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/justin-bieber-opening-gig-is-a-dream-come-true-for-saudi-singer-hamza-hawsawi-1.75454|title=Justin Bieber opening gig is a dream come true for Saudi singer Hamza Hawsawi|website=The National|date=3 May 2017|accessdate=28 April 2019}}

In 2005 film composer Rupert Gregson-Williams was looking for an assistant on the DreamWorks animation Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and asked Max if he would be interested.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2034483/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1|title=Max Herman|website=IMDb.com|accessdate=2014-08-10}} Max went on to learn music composition and music production from Rupert Gregson-Williams and Hans Zimmer{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312004/|title=The Curse of the Were-Rabbit|accessdate=28 April 2019|website=IMDb.com|date=7 October 2005}} Since then, Max has scored movies, TV series and advertisements.

Some notable works:

Adidas Y3 Yohji Yamamoto|山本 耀司|Yamamoto Yōji in October 2016 commissioned Max's piece Nuclear Fission for the Y-3 SPORT | The Future of Sportswear A/W16 Campaign.{{Incomprehensible inline|date=February 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBnXq6XlTQM|title=Y-3 SPORT – The Future of Sportswear A/W16 Campaign|date=13 October 2016|accessdate=28 April 2019|publisher=YouTube}} The campaign was released globally.

In May 2017, Max was asked to produce the movie score alongside composer Walter Mair for the feature film 3 Way Junction performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5742264/|title=3 Way Junction|accessdate=28 April 2019|website=IMDb.com|date=11 October 2018}}

As a record producer, Max has collaborated with artists such as; Jay Sean, Karl Wolf, Ennio Morricone, Paloma Faith, The Saturdays, Eternal, VV Brown, Karl Wolf, Carl Douglas, Hamza Hawsawi (The X Factor winner){{cite web|url=http://www.artisttrove.com/artist/679437525409889/Max+Herman|website=artisttrove.com|title=Max Herman|accessdate=28 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308001543/http://www.artisttrove.com/artist/679437525409889/Max+Herman |archive-date=8 March 2016 |url-status=usurped}} and others.{{cite web|url=https://globalnation.inquirer.net/150163/british-filipino-composer-making-waves-global-music-industry|title=British-Filipino composer making waves in global music industry|first=Melissa Legarda|last=Alcantara|website=Globalnation.inquirer.net|date=29 November 2016|accessdate=28 April 2019}}

Max opened his first commercial recording studio at Metropolis Studios in September 2015 which he co-owned for 8 months until moving to Trevor Horn's Sarm West Studios in July 2016.

Some notable songs include;

• "Yalla Asia" feat Jay Sean, Karl Wolf and Radhika. Yalla Asia was selected as the theme song for the Asian Football Cup in 2011 with over 1,000,000 combined streams in the first week of its release on YouTube and broadcast to a television viewing audience of 484 million in 80 countries across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, North America and North Africa.
• "Golden Rules" performed by The Saturdays peaked at No. 2 in the UK (Official Charts Company), No. 1 in Scotland (Official Charts Company), No 6 in Europe (European Hot 100 Singles), Number 4 in Ireland (IRMA) as the B-Side to the CD single "Just Cant get Enough" for comic relief. Certified Gold: 284,472 units and sold over 100,000 units in its first week of release.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-timberlake-album-tops-100k-sales-in-one-week/054089|title=Official Charts Analysis: Timberlake album tops 100k sales in one week|last=Jones|first=Alan|date=25 March 2013|work=Music Week|publisher=Intent Media|accessdate=9 June 2015}}
• "Love a Little" performed by Hamza Hawsawsi as his first single after winning the X Factor.
• "Find You" performed by Hamza Hawsawsi as his third single.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-4MB4J3baU|title=Hamza Hawsawi – Find You (Prod. By Max Herman)|date=24 January 2018|accessdate=28 April 2019|publisher=YouTube}}

The Grand Opening Ceremony of the King Abdullah Sports City nicknamed the Shining Jewel took place in Saudi Arabia in May 2014. Max composed and produced the music for the spectacle. The ceremony lasted an hour and a half and ended with one of the world's most extravagant firework displays. More than 84,115 diverse fans filled the stadium, over occupying the stadium's capacity of 62,241. It was considered to be one of the greatest sporting events in the history of Saudi Arabia. The ceremony was attended by HH King Abdullah ibn Abdilazīz, along with Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and The Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.{{cite web|url=https://www.zawya.com/story/King_inaugurates_King_Abdullah_Sports_City_in_Jeddah-ZAWYA20140502045800/ |title=King inaugurates King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah |website=Zawya.com |date=2014-05-02 |accessdate=2014-08-10}}

"Yalla Asia" The Asian Football Confederation, Doha/Qatar.

For marketing of the event, the organisers opted for the slogan "Yalla Asia" with a song sung by international artists.

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For charitable organisations Max composed the music for The Hunting Moon a fund raising internet viral for the charities Malaria No More and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, filmed by Director Robert Samuels.{{cite web |url=http://superrocketman.com/35/the-hunting-moon/ |title=The Hunting Moon |website=Superrocketman.com |accessdate=2014-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129102039/http://superrocketman.com/35/the-hunting-moon/ |archive-date=2014-11-29 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://malarianomore.org.uk/news/the-hunting-moon-launches |title=The Hunting Moon launches! | Malaria No More UK – Ending Malaria Deaths |website=Malarianomore.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-08-10}}

Mark One Group and the UK-based charity Help Harry Help Others asked Max to compose "Harry's Theme", the true story about a young boy named Harry Moseley and how he laid the foundations for his charity Help Harry Help Others. Consequently, the charity has now raised over £650,000 for brain cancer research.{{cite web|url=http://hhho.org.uk |title=Brain Cancer Research West Midlands | HHHO | Help Harry Help Others |website=Hhho.org.uk|date= |accessdate=2014-08-10}}

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