Basil Hogios

BASIL HOGIOS Composer and Sound Designer

Basil is an award-winning composer, musical director, sound artist, and performer, who has worked in literary and musical theatre, dance and devised performance, film, and installation. He has collaborated with some of Australia’s theatre greats on mainstage shows for Sydney Theatre Co, Melbourne Theatre Co, Company B, Bell Shakespeare, and Griffin.

Recently he collaborated with Nigel Jamieson on Wrong Skin, a devised dance/drama piece for The Chooky Dancers, at the Adelaide and Darwin Festivals. He was the musical director and performed shows in Germany and Poland for Mrs Bang: a Series of Seductions which won Best Cabaret at the Melbourne Fringe Festival, and was nominated for Green Room award. He also received the Sydney Theatre Award for Best Score, for the critically acclaimed Three Furies, (Sydney, Auckland, Perth and Adelaide Arts Festivals), directed by the great Jim Sharman and written by Stephen Sewell. Their collaboration continues with the film musical ‘Andy X’, which is currently in production. He also composed and conducted live music for Dream Masons, a large-scale outdoor theatrical spectacle which opened Tasmania’s Ten Days on the Island, with 6 piece band and choir.

Basil has also composed music for many screen projects. He composed the score for the feature film Romulus My Father, for which he was nominated for and AFI Award. A three time nominee of the APRA/AGSC Screen Music Awards, Basil has composed for many award-winning shorts and has worked on television shows, documentaries, and TV commercials. His music for the short film Apricot has won worldwide critical acclaim, and collaborating with the same director, he composed the music for Hammer Bay, a one-hour drama for MTV that won the inaugural Optus One80 competition.

Formally trained an architect initially, he lectures and hosts workshops exploring the links between architectural space, sound, and performance (Prague Quadrennial, UNSW). He collaborated with renowned installation artist Kate Murphy on various projects, where he is exploring the relationship between music/sound, image, and architectural space. One of those was YiaYia's Song, installed in a large disused rail factory at Carriageworks for the NightShifters exhibition. Inspired by a song of lament recorded by his grandmother in 1973, which he found on an old tape, he and Kate projected footage of family listening to the song, which echoed through the space, creating a sense of mystery and loss.

Basil is the creative director of the music and sound company FirstCut Studio.

FILM Highlights	Romulus, My Father (Feature Film) Apricot (short film) winner Best Narrative Film, Vimeo Awards A Love Story (short Film) Ralph (short Film) Trampoline (short film) S u b – (music film fable, Sydney Film Festival 2006) Aliya (short) Debut (short) Mr Cheng (documentary) Instructional Guide to Dating (short animation) Together (dance short) Turnaround (film) Fertile (short)
TV Highlights	Keeping Up Appearances (Documentary, SBS Television) Elizabeth Jolley – IOU Documentary (ABC Television) The Sellers (1 hour TV drama, MTV) Hammer Bay (1 hour TV drama, MTV) My Greatest Day Ever (Disney Channel) Insecurities (short documentary)
THEATRE Highlights	Trapture Tooth of Crime Saturn’s Return (Sydney Theatre Company) As You Like It (Bell Shakespeare) Holding the Man (Griffin Theatre Co/Company B/Melb Theatre Co) Love Song (Melbourne Theatre Company) Don’s Party (Melbourne and Sydney Theatre Company) Three Furies (scenes from the life of Francis Bacon) - (Sydney, Perth ,Adelaide and Auckland Festivals) Dream Masons (10 Days on the Island – outdoor theatre spectacle) The Tempest (Bell shakespeare) Self Esteem (Sydney Theatre Company Wharf 2 Loud) Request Program (Sydney Theatre Company Wharf 2 Loud) Unspoken (Performing Lines National Tour) Ray’s Tempest (sound design) (Company B) Mr Bailey’s Minder (Griffin Theatre)
COMMERCIAL	Vicks Vapordrops (music, Publicis Mojo) Wedgwood "Timeless" (music, Tropfest Ad and TV) Animal Liberation (music and sound, TVC, Love Communications) Paddlepop (music and sound, TVC, Deepend) Cohen and Sabine (internet ad, client) Crumpler (music and sound, internet ad, 12:20) Night Tennis – Sony Ericson Internet Viral, client Victoria Tourism (TVC, Publicis Mojo) Contiki 9min Corporate Film (Spin Communications) Kid’s Helpline (TVC, client)
AWARDS	AFI Nomination – Best Score Romulus My Father (2007) FCCA Nomination – Best Score Romulus My Father (2007) Apra/Agsc Screen Music Awards 2006: Nomination for Best Music in a Short Film, for “SUB-“, 2008 Nomination for Best Music in an advertisement for "Wedgwood" Sydney Theatre Awards: ‘Three Furies” winner of Best Score ‘Unspoken’ winner of Best Independent Production ‘Edmond’ (nominated for Best Independent Production) Brooklyn Film Music Festival – Director’s Choice Gold Award for “Sub”