Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator (2019) is a Netflix documentary for which I co-composed the score alongside collaborator Cornel Wilczek. Directed by the incredible Eva Orner (Chasing Asylum (2016), Out Of Iraq (2016), The Network (2013)), it's not only a very important film to see for the devastating truths re. Bikram Chowdhury and his empire, but it's also a gripping and masterfully told story.
The Australian Dream (2019) is a deeply moving and must-watch doco about Aussie legend Adam Goodes, co-written and produced by another Aussie legend Stan Grant. I composed some of the music alongside Cornel Wilczek. The film delves into Goodes’ Indigenous heritage and sports career, and uses that as the lens through which to explore the deeply embedded racism in Australia today. It’s also a celebration of Goodes' life and career, and of the strength and courage he mustered in becoming a vocal advocate for Indigenous rights and equality in the face of Australia’s institutionalised bigotry.
Stateless (2020) is an incredibly powerful gut-punch of a TV series set in one of Australia's last on-shore detention centres for processing refugees arriving by sea (Baxter Detention Centre). Based on a true story, it follows four main characters as their lives converge around and are entangled by the racist and un-humanitarian horrors of Australia's asylum seeker policy. I wrote some additional compositions for Cornel Wilczek's incredible score, and am very proud to have been a part of it.
Westwind: Djalu’s Legacy (2017) is a beautiful documentary that follows Djalu Gurruwiwi — a Yolngu elder and master Yidaki (didgeridoo) player. Djalu is the custodian of his people’s ancient Songlines, and the film documents part of his journey to secure a place for this sacred music in the wider culture and also, more importantly, with his sons and thus the next generation of his people. I composed some additional pieces to compliment Tommy Spender’s killer score.
It’s People Like Us (2017) is a TAC funded documentary directed by Eva Orner about the dangers of mobile phone use in cars. The score was a collaboration between myself and Cornel Wilczek.