AN East Lancashire firm has proved instrumental in helping some of the world’s biggest stars record the latest Children in Need single.

Academy Award winner AMS Neve, based in Billington Road, Burnley, used its hi-tech equipment to record and mix the orchestral score for the re-imagining of 1966 Beach Boys classic God Only Knows.

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The song, which also features Sir Elton John and Stevie Wonder, was also used to launch of BBC Music.

Managing director Mark Crabtree said: “It’s at times like this it makes you proud to be British when our national broadcaster can produce such a masterpiece of a music video.

“It was hard to top their Perfect Day production from a few years back, but they have certainly done that.

“At AMS Neve in Burnley we are absolutely delighted that at all stages of the production, our equipment was chosen for the recording and mixing of the music, and at some of the world’s best studios.”

 

 

The orchestral score was recorded and mixed at Air Studios in London, who use the Neve 88R and also the AMS Neve DFC (Digital Film Console).

The song is accompanied by an incredible video filmed at the disused Alexandra Palace theatre in London, which hosted the first BBC broadcast more than 90 years ago.

AMS Neve provide mixing desks and amplifiers used to create movie soundtracks and saw Oscar success last year when a staggering 59 films nominated for awards used its equipment. The company, founded in Worsthorne in 1976, also helped blockbuster Gravity to glory in the BAFTAs.