Projects and awards.

  • SELECTED FILM PROJECTS (AS COMPOSER)

    ANWAR Dir: Fawaz Al-Matrouk (USA)

    IN THE SHADOWS Dir: Charmaine Bingwa (USA)

    TO REST IN PEACE Dir: Fawaz Al-Matrouk (USA/Kuwait)

    KILLING GROUND Dir: Damien Power (Australia) Sundance Feature Film Premiere

    EXITUS ROMA Dir: Fawaz Al-Matrouk (USA)

    PORTRAIT OF A RIVER Co-Created with Jon Tarry Artist

    LIFELINE Dir: Fawaz Al-Matrouk (USA)

    A BOY IN THE WOODS Dir: Anna Elizabeth James (USA)

    IN THE DISTANCE Composer Jon Tarry (Australia / USA)

  • SELECTED CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL PROJECTS (AS COMPOSER)

    EMBODIMENT Premiered by Choral Arts Initiative Premiere Project and Dr Brandon Elliot

    INFINITE POSSIBILITIES Commissioned by the Canberra Symphony Orchestra

    THE GROUND Commissioned by The Southern Cross Soloists

    JOURNEYMAN (SATB Choir) Commissioned by The Australian Voices

    CLARITY (Flute and Cello) Premiered by Tina Guo and Phillip Kim

    AUSTRALIA SUITE (Orchestra)

    DAWN TO DARKNESS (String Orchestra) Performed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra

    ENTER THE CORE (Orchestra) Performed by the Aspen Music Festival Orchestra

    OVERTURE for Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing (Orchestra) Performed by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

    FANFARE (Brass Ensemble)

  • FESTIVALS AND MASTERCLASSES INCLUDE

    Aspen Music Festival, Colorado USA

    ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop, Los Angeles USA

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra Composer Dialogue, Sydney Australia

    Australian Voices Composers and Conductors School, Brisbane Australia

    Electroacoustic Music Festival – Cal State University Fullerton USA

    Young Shakespearean Artist of the Year Theatre Study Tour London and Stratford Upon Avon UK

  • SELECTED NOMINATIONS & AWARDS

    Fulbright Fellowship The US Department of State

    Aspen Music Festival and School with John Corigliano supported by the Dame Joan Sutherland Fund

    APRA Screen Songhubs Los Angeles 2019

    Redbull Glimpses High-Performance Retreat 2016

    APRA AGSC Australian Screen Music Awards - Nomination for Best Original Song 2012

    Hollywood Music in Media Award Nominations

    • Best Original Score for a Commercial 2014

    • Best Original Score (Short Film / Independent Feature / Documentary) 2013

    • Best Original Song (Short / Independent Feature / Documentary) 2012

    • Best Original Score (Short Film / Independent Feature / Documentary) 2010

    • Best New Composer 2009

    • Best Orchestral / Classical Work 2009

    Hollywood Music in Media Award Wins

    • Best World Music 2012

    • Best World Music 2010

    Park City Film Music Festival

    • Best Impact Of Music In A Short Film 3rd Place 2009

    ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop

  • SELECTED COMMISSIONS

    ArtsACT Government Commission

    Australia Council for the Arts Commission

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra (as winner of the Composer Dialogue Competition)

    Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (as Young Composer of the Year winner)

    The soundtrack for Australia Facing the South

  • SELECTED FILMS / SERIES (AS ORCHESTRATOR)

    ONE MISSED CALL Orchestrator Dir: Eric Valette (USA) WARNER BROTHERS

    SOPHIE SCHOLL Orchestrator Dir: Marc Rothemund (Germany) GOLDKINDFILM / BROTHFILM

    THE CAVE Orchestrator Dir: Bruce Hunt (USA) SONY PICTURES

    U-238 Composer Dir: James Owsley (USA) INDEPENDENT

    SWIMMING UPSTREAM Music Preparation Dir: Russell Mulchay (Australia / USA) MGM

    SOMETHING BORROWED Orchestrator (USA) WARNER BROTHERS

    TELEVISION

    IRON JAWED ANGELS Music Preparation HBO

    NORMAL Music Preparation HBO