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Crabitron, a game I provided the score and additional sound design for is now available on the App Store! Control a giant space crab. Destroy the universe. ’nuff said.

I had the pleasure of working with Two Lives Left on this extremely fun and hilarious iPad game. Check out the official page for more info!

Close Your Eyes, a sci-fi suspense film recently selected for the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival, is a piece about Delaney, an ex-codebreaker roped into a unique mission to crack a valuable frequency embedded in an unknown alien signal. It was a pleasure working with Director Tom Phillips on the score for this film, which has been nominated for “Best Composition” at the South Australian Screen Awards.

Here is an excerpt of the score:

I am pleased to announce my score for Aurora has been nominated for “Best Music for a Short Film” at this year’s Screen Awards presented by APRA (Australian Performing Rights Association) in conjunction with the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC). Click here to view the official nominee page.

This is a fantastic opportunity and a huge privilege to be involved with the national event alongside big name film/ TV composers such as Lisa Gerrard, Burkhard Dallwitz and Richard Tognetti. The evening will have music direction by Paul Grabowsky, and co-hosted by Chris Taylor and Andrew Hansen from The Hamster Wheel.

Here is the suite from Aurora, recently remastered:

This year, I took part in a young composer’s residency with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, and the Oz Asia Festival. Here, I was asked to write a piece for small ensemble and the ancient Chinese zither called the guqin to be performed by the highly accomplished Xiaoxia Zhao, and members of the ASO. Grammy Award-winning composer Tan Dun (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero, Internet Symphony) heard all the pieces in workshop, and along with feedback for the pieces, he gave us insight into his musical world and journey as a composer.

All pieces were performed in a concert that followed on the 23rd of September at Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre. My piece, along with the others, was reviewed in ArtsHub:

The next work is Awakening by Christopher Larkin; the highlight of the afternoon. It moves through a series of changes as if through dreams into full consciousness. Each shift is marked with a note rung, gong-like, on a Tibetan bowl and the opening and closing gongs mean that the work seems to include the silences immediately before and after it, blurring the edges of the performance. This is also definitely the afternoon’s most accessible work, taking recognisable themes and developing them throughout the ensemble. – Katherine Gale 24/09/2012

All of the composers were taken under the guidance of accomplished Australian composer and conductor James Ledger, who also conducted the new compositions. To work alongside such talented composers and performers was a huge privilege, and an experience I will remember for years to come!

Provided the music for Community CPS Webisode and TVC:

Advertising agency: Nation
Produced by Heather McBride
Directed by Nick Matthews

Expand, an experimental game which I have been providing music for, has been nominated for “Best Audio” at the Freeplay Independant Games Festival 2012, taking place in Melbourne this month. This project has involved an ongoing collaboration with the game’s designer/ programmer Christopher Johnson.

www.expandgame.com

Recently I wrote music for 2 Television commercials, the first below is by Urtext films and Showpony Advertising. This is one of three different interviews with further education graduates.

Next is directed by Adam Camporeale and Stephen Packer for the ‘Walk Together’ event and www.welcometoaustralia.org.au .

This is a trailer I provided the music for recently. It is currently a staff-picked video on Vimeo, and has received over 30,000 views and counting! It was fantastic to collaborate with the director Victoria Cocks on this project.

www.epicfilms.com.au

Last month I completed the score for a beautiful short 3d animated film called Clarence’s Kite. It now has been shortlisted for Tropfest, the world’s largest short film festival. Follow the film here: http://www.facebook.com/ClarencesKite

Film by Thorny Devil.

Directed by Thomas Cant.

Over 300 people turned up for the premier at Piccadilly Cinema, August the 1st, 2011! It was a fantastic night, and the film was received well among all those who came. It was also fantastic to finally meet those members of the crew and cast who’s work I had been admiring during the composition and production of the score!

Here are some photos of the night, taken by Rodney Magazinovic: