welcome to my site. I am a composer & sound designer in film, TV, and theatre. I am the director of First Cut Studio, a music and sound post facility in Leichardt, For detailed information about my work, please go to the "about me" page.
RECENT NEWS
CREATIVE SYDNEY: director Ben Briand and I gave a little talk at Creative Sydney about our collaborative process. Click the picture to see the article:
VICKS BEATBOX CHOIR TV COMMERCIAL RELEASED: this was a project where director Ben Briand and I had to form a "Beatbox Choir", from 4 Beatboxes and members from classical choir "Cantilation". The composition and rehearsal process was very challenging and rewarding. Go the the video page to watch it, and the making of!
CURRENT SHOWREELS NOW ON LINE: click on the icon to go to the video page
SBS DOCUMENTARY: I just delivered the score for a 1 hour doco for SBS's series "Destination Australia'. It focusses on the amazing story of Siera Leone refugee now based in Tasmania, so the score has some African inspired upbeat music and moody atmospheres.
FILM SHORT: scored the music for a short film called "Ralph", directed by Deborah Mailman and written by Wayne Blair. It premiered at Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival 7-10 May. (click here for info). Ralph will screen on the 8th.
ART WORLD: I am currently working with installation artist Kate Murphy on a musical performance based video installation. Its very interesting and challenging stuff! Click here to visit her site.
SATURN'S RETURN: Work is underway for the Sydney Theatre Company production of Saturn's Return . I was the Composer/Sound Designer for last years production, and this one will be a bigger and better one! Tommy Murphy has tweaked the script to great effect.
First Cut Studio News
FCS is running very nicely, and constantly being improved.
DVD EXTRAS: First Cut recently sound mixed the behind the scenes DVD extras for the upcoming Aussie feature "The Long Weekend"
FASHION, FILM: I recently completed the sound design and music mix for a beautiful film directed by Ben Briand, for the launch of the Benah fashion label. Click here to see a preview.. I think its brilliant. Well done Ben.
HEAVY METAL DOCUMENTARY: We have just finished the sound post and mix on a very interesting documentary about Finnish Heavy Metal! It was very educational and interesting. These guys a nuts. Its called "There's Something AboutMetal" directed by Stuart O'Rouke. Check it out here.
OLDER, BUT INTERESTING..
First Cut Studio recently did the sound mix on the new Sydney Festival TV commercial.. check it out here .
I have produced a track for the amazingly talented Vangelis Loulis, a singer from Athens, Greece. Have a listen to it on his myspace page here. Its the first one, called "To Onoma Sou" (your name). Its in Greek, but it still powerful stuff even if you dont speak the language! I was joined by Emily Duffill on cello, and Chris Kolias on percussion. Well done guys.
I also produced/arranged 2 tracks on the wonderful new album from singer/songwriter Elvi Jean .. One of them is on her myspace page here. Its called "Inner Seed". You can also watch a music video for "Martian Beer", directed by Maia Horniak, shot by Callan Green, designed by Jo Briscoe and edited by Katie Flaxman.. my partners in crime.
The play Saturn's Return at Sydney Theatre Company Wharf 2 was a success and tremendously rewarding. Its going into Wharf 1 next year as one of the mainstage productions.
In TV commercial land, I have recently completed sound and music work on ads for C rumpler, Cohen Et Sabine, and Paddlepop . click on the links to view them on Maia Hornaik's Vimeo page.
Multimedia content is updated frequently.. be sure to check out the "projects" page for a listen. Thanks for visiting!
Updated 18 May 2009