SmudgeMusic
Welcome to Smudgemusic
I have been composing for over 25 years in a variety of styles. I've got many influences - from American minimalism to folk and electronic music. I've have written a number of works for choir, ensembles and piano but recently have been focusing on composing for film and television or electronic music for Spotify.
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I composed the music for the SBS documentary Last Chance to Save a Life created and directed by award winning Emma Watts. https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-program/last-chance-to-save-a-life/2303585347653
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Music on Spotify includes Wimmera Song Cycle performed by Sydney ensemble Halcyon.
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I've composed bilateral stimulation music also now on Spotify - Drifting is a piece in three parts - Adrift, Beyond the Shore, The Deep.
Electronic music influenced by house, trance and minimalism - Luminous - includes Luminous, Boom, White Pulse will be on Spotify soon.
The series "A Dairy from the Frontline" was produced by Global Health Reporting Center in partnership with Emma Watts, Green Bean Pictures and PBS NewsHour.
No strings attached: the existentialist
No Strings Attached: The Existentialist was aired on ABC2 and iView and is now on Comedy Bites in the US.
The series received rave review in the press, the Sydney Morning Herald called it “Masterful”, Pedestrian TV said it was “damn funny viewing” and HER magazine described show as “Genius”.
This original series won a heap of 'best documentary' and 'most original series' awards at digital festivals worldwide and has secured international distribution through NBCU.
House on the hill
This article tells the story of how I composed the music for the documentary on the building of the Australian Parliament House. https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/05/12/2242418.htm