Leah Curtis composes contemporary classical music, scores for international cinema, and music for fine art installation.

Described as ‘groundbreaking’, ‘deeply human’ (Limelight) and “first-rate” (Variety), her music explores lush, immersive textural worlds, weaving and anchoring nuanced orchestrations with glimmering solo threads.

  • “...(a) first rate score...”

    —Variety

  • “…a highly accomplished musician and composer…she not only revealed her own exceptional talent, but also the adaptability of Shakespeare’s plays to modern electronic music.”

    —Jane Dargaville, The Canberra Times

  • “And Power shows welcome restraint in avoiding the usual cheap tricks of jump scares and jarring music cues, instead employing the ominous strings of Leah Curtis' score to quieter, more unnerving effect...”

    —The Hollywood Reporter

  • “Curtis says the movie is “deeply human”, and so is her music. In this sublime performance, oboe and clarinet, hovered over simply gorgeous harmonies in the strings, punctuated by beautifully understated harp-like phrasing on the guitar.”

    — Limelight

Featured
To Rest in Peace
Film, Soundtrack
To Rest in Peace
Film, Soundtrack
Film, Soundtrack
Wayfinding
Chamber Music, Collaboration
Wayfinding
Chamber Music, Collaboration

A new commission with Chris Williams for SXS.

Chamber Music, Collaboration
New Music USA
Film, Recording
New Music USA
Film, Recording

Recipient of Reel Change

Film, Recording
Anwar
Film, Soundtrack
Anwar
Film, Soundtrack

Fawaz Al-Matrouk’s film Anwar world premiere, Les Utopiales, Nante France

Film, Soundtrack
ABC Radio
Broadcast
ABC Radio
Broadcast

Interview with Jessica Cottis by Andy Park on ABC Radio’s The Drawing Room

Broadcast
Infinite Possibilities
Orchestral, Contemporary Classical
Infinite Possibilities
Orchestral, Contemporary Classical

Commission from the CSO

Orchestral, Contemporary Classical
AWFC Spotlight
Interview
AWFC Spotlight
Interview

Interview by Kati Falk-Flores

Interview
The Ground
Chamber Music, Contemporary Classical
The Ground
Chamber Music, Contemporary Classical

New Commission with Chris Williams

Chamber Music, Contemporary Classical