Music

Below are some examples of original music I’ve created as a composer and film scorer.

If you’re interested in commissioning work or employing me, please don’t hesitate to be in contact!

Original Compositions

To Awaken the Trees

The challenge: to write a piece using self-created samples only.

Some of the fun samples include:

Blowing over a bottle
A couple of toy glockenspiels I found around the house
A mushroom hitting a kick drum
A match lighting
A bubbling stream
My voice
A plastic recorder pitch shifted down a couple of octaves to make the perfect bass
My 130-year-old piano

Here’s part of ‘To Awaken the Trees’:

You can download it for free if you click on these musical notes here! –> 🎵

Character Themes

The challenge: I asked some of my author friends to tell me about their characters. Then I wrote a short theme that aimed to incapsulate that character. Click on the character names and scroll across to hear each one!

I had the privilege to see #hamiltonaustralia at Her Majesty's Theatre last night! I was nervous I'd constantly compare it to the Broadway performance (which I only saw on Disney+), but it was just as epic and I loved seeing the actors' fresh takes on the characters. So proud of our wonderfully talented Aussie actors and thankful for the opportunity to see it in my city!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CfFtqfOvzy6/

Music was the best and only way to describe coherently how I felt finishing #howlingdark, book 2 in the Suneater series by @the_ruocchio 😔. It was beautiful and intense, and the themes were powerful and well-written. I'm equal parts excited/terrified to start the next book in the series! 😅

I was writing but suddenly I was craving dumplings... No idea why 🤷

Films

(Please note that while some of the films have a different name credited, it’s still me 😉)

1. Dawn (2020 short film)

Director: Harry McFarlane

Synopsis: When Walter’s wife died, he lost the motivation to keep going. Now he spends his days fishing on a local pier, waiting for something to happen. Or someone…

Content warnings: none

2. Dough Boy (2020 short film)

Director: Sebastian Portelli

Synopsis: After a violent fight with a customer at his casual pizza-making job, a young man struggles to decide whether to leave the job in shame, or risk staying out of loyalty to his boss.

Content warnings: swearing