Composer
Sonic World of Cinema - Consent The Louise Nicholas Story
Ryan Smith selects some tracks from Grayson Gilmour's soundtrack to the New Zealand drama Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story. Gilmour's soundtrack is a nominee for the 2015 APRA Best Original Music in… Audio
Sonic World of Cinema - Eternity and a Day
Ryan Smith explores some tracks from Eleni Karaindrou's timeless score to the poetic film Eternity and a Day by Greek director Theo Angelopoulos. Audio
Sonic World of Cinema - Good For Nothing
John Psathas talks to Eva Radich about his score to the New Zealand-made 'Pavlova Western' Good For Nothing. Video, Audio
Ross Harris: NZ Composer
Ross Harris has just returned from Turkey and the world premiere of The Gallipoli Symphony; a work that's been a decade in the making and involved 11 composers from New Zealand and Australia. The New… Audio
Soundtracks From The NZIFF - The Duke of Burgundy
Peter Strickland's latest film The Duke of Burgundy is a dark, surreal fantasy. Ryan Smith selects some tracks from the equally dreamy and eerie soundtrack by Cat's Eyes. Audio
Soundtracks From The NZIFF - '71
'71 is set in Belfast during the violent 1971 riots. Ryan Smith samples some of the tense score by Irish electronic musician David Holmes. Video, Audio
Soundtracks From The NZIFF - From Scotland With Love
Ex-pat New Zealander Virginia Heath directs this film made up entirely of archival footage. Ryan Smith checks out a couple of the original songs that Scottish folk musician King Creosote has created… Video, Audio
Soundtracks From The NZIFF - Mustang
Dirty Three's Warren Ellis goes solo to create the soundtrack for this French production about teenage rebellion in Turkey. Ryan Smith picks some tracks that show off both Ellis's talents on the… Audio
Soundtracks From The NZIFF - Ex Machina
Portishead's Geoff Barrow and British composer Ben Salisbury collaborate on the score for Alex Garland's thought provoking psy-fi film Ex Machina. Ryan Smith explores some of the results - a fitting… Video, Audio
Soundtracks From The NZIFF - Victoria
Victoria, directed by Sebastian Schipper, is a German romantic thriller about a Spanish girl looking for fun in Berlin who falls in with a group of dodgy youths. The mostly ambient soundtrack is by… Video, Audio
Soundtracks From The NZIFF - Seymour: An Introduction
Seymour: An Introduction is a documentary directed by Ethan Hawke about American pianist, composer, and teacher Seymour Bernstein. The score features a lot of music composed and performed by Seymour… Video, Audio
Soundtracks From The NZIFF - 808
808 is a documentary directed by Alexander Dunn, about the legendary 1980s drum machine, Roland TR-808. Its soundtrack features music by a huge array of artists and producers who have used the 808 in… Video, Audio
You Call This Art 2014 Part 3
Join the audience gathered in Christchurch to hear choreographer Louise Potiki Bryant, landscape designer Megan Wraight and singer-songwriter Dudley Benson discuss differences and similarities in… Video, Audio
You Call this Art 2014 Part 1
In front of a Wellington audience, composer Ross Harris, film-maker Louis Sutherland and poets Geoff Cochrane and Bill Manhire discuss differences and similarities in their approaches to creativity… Video, Audio
MHIVC Commissions: Kenneth Young
As part of each Michael Hill International Violin Competition each competitor performs a new commissioned piece by a New Zealand composer. For 2015's event the commissioned work was written by Kenneth… Audio
MHIVC Commissions: Jack Body - Caravan
Part of the requirements for each competitor in the Michael Hill International Violin Competition is to perform a New Zealand work, which is commissioned especially for the competition. This programme… Audio
MHIVC Commissions: John Psathas - Gyftiko
The next Michael Hill International Violin Competition commission programme features the work written for the 2011 competition. It's about the piece Gyftiko by John Psathas. Here he is to tell us… Audio
MHIVC Commissions: Gareth Farr - Wakatipu
Each Michael Hill International Violin Competition commissions a local composer to write a new piece. This programme features Gareth Farr and his piece Wakatipu, which he wrote for the 2009… Audio
MHIVC Commission: Ross Harris - Fanitullen
Each Michael Hill International Violin Competition features a new work by a New Zealand composer. We are exploring the eight works written until now. Today we focus on the music composed for the 2007… Audio
MHIVC Commissions: David Farquhar - Earth, air, water
David Farquhar's piece Earth, Air, Water, was commissioned by the Michael Hill International Violin Competition in 2005. New Zealand violinist and former judge of the competition Justine Cormack and… Audio