Frail and haunting, beautiful and dreamy, Fernwood's music has a unique, yet familiar feel. Their cinematic music blends the beautiful sounds of Greek & Irish bouzouki, sitar, acoustic guitar, Chinese ruan, Turkish cumbus, Moroccan oud, mandolin, harmonium, rababa, bulbul tarang, jal tarang, dilruba, dotara, tenor banjo, gopichand, upright bass and rhodes piano.
Fernwood is the creation of Todd Montgomery and Gayle Ellett, who create music that is both Contemporary yet Traditional, has a strong pan-cultural feel. By combining elements of Pastoral Acoustic music, with the sounds of Traditional American, Irish, Eastern European, Asian, and Middle Eastern music, they have created a hybrid style that is uniquely their own.
Currently, they are working with numerous film directors from around the world, on a wide variety of projects. These include artistic, commercial, and NGO films from: Holland, India, Brazil, UAE, Finland, South Africa, Thailand, Australia, Croatia, Serbia, Turkey, New Zealand, Italy, France, UK, Belize, Indonesia, Cuba, and Mexico.