The premiere of my work commissioned by The Australian Ballet's 'Bodytorque' is set for an 11th - 13th August run in Melbourne. I know my piece 'Kids These Days' will come under the 'challenge the audience banner’, as it's electronic, thumping and very dystopian! I'm very excited to see my first collaboration with dance come to fruition. x
How can you say more with less? Some of my soundtrack work is coming together as an album called 'Silence Loves Sound'
In this score I recorded my own voice and built a vocal instrument in HALion to create this electroacoustic soundtrack. Animation and direction by Xin Li
Each frame is painted onto a light box. Beauty and flow are captured and the score reflects the director, Xin Li's, intention.
Sculpting music and sound for narrative and to create a sonic identity
Processing the piano and blending this with acoustic instruments created a score that feels delicate, but unsettling.
Hinting at melody to expose fragility
How can music reflect the movement of the zoetrope? By using the repetition of notes like the frames of the camera. Some of my composition work for World Movies Channel
Playing with spectral processing. I recorded 'ah' onto my phone and composed this track.
How much fun can you have with an orchestra? This much ...
'Best Short Film' Cannes Film Festival American Pavilion, 2014
'Qantas Award' winner Tropfest 2013.
Directed by Martin Sharpe.
A wonderful collaboration with author/director Lynne Vincent McCarthy to create the electro acoustic music score for this short film.
This installation was for Burning Man 2018. I AM AI is a collaboration with Dave Smith for Groove Q and the team Glenn Urquhart, Heckler and Joe Crossley (artist). Conceptual composition is grounded in art, philosophy and big ideas. It's all about looking outward to connect.
Orchestration is a fun challenge. Timbre, timing and play are the appeal in composing orchestral score, especially for animation. Here are some excerpts from an interactive theme park ride I scored in Shanghai called 'Mermaid, The Dark Ride'.
I composed the sound track for this moving short. Directed by Grant Scicluna.