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About Me - Ruth Lee Martin.
I’ve been composing for over 25 years across a mix of styles — from choral and ensemble works to piano, folk, and electronic music. My influences range from American minimalism to house, trance, and cinematic sound design. These days, I’m focused on writing for film, TV, and creating electronic releases for Spotify, Apple Music and other major platforms.
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More recent work includes the score for the SBS documentary Last Chance to Save a Life, created and directed by award-winning filmmaker Emma Watts — you can stream it here - https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-program/last-chance-to-save-a-life/2303585347653.
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On Spotify & Apple Music, you’ll find my eight-part Wimmera Song Cycle, performed by Sydney ensemble Halcyon, and Drifting — a three-part electronic bilateral stimulation piece (Adrift, Beyond the Shore, The Deep) designed for immersive listening.
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My latest electronic release, the album Arc — featuring three works Luminous, White Pulse, and Boom — blends driving rhythms with minimalist textures and modal harmony. It’s music built to move, reflect, and resonate. Now on Spotify, Apple Music and other major platforms. https://open.spotify.com/album/6jK6ULMwtkdGdwckBGgYlO?si=a4b713f59d844904
My music is available across all major platforms — including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, YouTube Music, and more.
arc (electronic | minimalism | folk)
Tracks: Luminous, White Pulse, Boom
arc is a bold, genre-blending three-piece album featuring luminous, white pulse, and boom. This new release pulses with driving electronic rhythms, minimalist textures, and folk-inspired nuance. Modal colours and static harmonies create a hypnotic soundscape — kinetic yet spacious, cerebral yet visceral. arc is for listeners who want something a little different - something with originality, movement, and depth.
Tracks: Adrift, Beyond the Shore, The Deep
drifting is a three-part electronic release — adrift, beyond the shore, and the deep — designed for bilateral stimulation. This technique uses alternating audio to support nervous system regulation, reduce anxiety, and promote calm focus. Minimalist textures and spacious sound design make it ideal for immersive listening or therapeutic use.
Tracks: 1. Late in the Night... 2. Up in the Little Desert... 3. Out in the Big Desert... 4. In January in Murrayville... 5. O Desert... 6. In the Big Desert there is a Silence... 7. There is an Excellence... 8 And yet the Radiance....
wimmera song cycle is a haunting vocal work inspired by the vast landscapes and quiet memory of western Victoria. Setting poetry by Kevin Hart, the cycle blends lyrical intensity with delicate ensemble textures — soprano, mezzo, flute, cello, and piano — performed by Sydney’s Halcyon. Originally commissioned in 2010 and now available on Spotify, the music drifts between stillness and longing, echoing the emotional terrain of place, time, and reflection.
Halcyon:
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Alison Morgan (soprano)
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Jenny Duck-Chong (mezzo soprano)
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Sally Walker (flute)
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Geoffrey Gartner (cello)
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Sally Whitwell (piano)