Heath Brown - Screen Composer

Heath Brown is an Australian composer specialising in music for film. Heath studied composition at the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music from 2005 to 2008 with Professor Douglas Knehans as well as Constantine Koukias and Don Kay. He concurrently studied for a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Philosophy. During this time he was awarded admission to the Dean’s List of Excellence and the Advanced Honours Program.

He has provided original scores for numerous film projects including Stripped Bare (Lucien Simon), Dish Communication (Shaun Wilson), Slashed (Rebecca Thomson) and the multi award winning feature film, El Monstro Del Mar! (Stuart Simpson). His film work has appeared throughout the world at countless festivals  and has been nominated for/recieved a number of awards (inc. Flickerfest, BIFF, St Kilda FF). Heath's work ranges across drama (all genres), documentary and animation. He has also provided incidental music for a number of stage productions, notably for Terrapin Puppet Theatre and Tasmanian Theatre Company, and has composed music for television and radio commercials.

In addition to extensive performance experience and a tertiary education in classical composition, Heath is highly skilled in digital audio production, a skill he uses not only to record and produce his own music, but also to produce high quality, creative sound designs ranging from detailed realistic sound effects to the invention of unusual and idiosyncratic aural spaces. Heath is committed to writing and producing high quality music and sound that is original and compelling, whether it be for screen, stage or the concert hall.

 Film

Henry Finn – dir. Shaun Wilson, Sky Machine Productions / Wide Angle Tasmania (with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission)

Rufus – dir. Rebecca Thompson,  Sara Brown, Shaun Wilson

Dish Communication  – dir. Shaun Wilson, Sky Machine Productions

The Room at the Top of the Stairs - dir. Briony Kidd, Screen Tasmania

Stripped Bare - dir. Lucien Simon, Screen Tasmania

Wounded - dir. Chad Aston, Dust Films

The Dark Psychosis: Pause - dir. Stuart Simpson, Lost Art Films 

The Daughter of San Domenico - dir. Marisa Mastrocola, Ra'uf Lucien Simon

More Than Memory - dir. Troy Melville, Move Media

The Owl and The Pussycat - dir. Adam Walker, Adam Walker Film

The Gardener - dir. Jasmine Cameron, Sky Machine Productions / Wide Angle Tasmania

El Monstro Del Mar - dir. Stuart Simpson, Lost Art Films

Cupcake: A Zombie Lesbian Musical - dir. Rebecca Thompson, Rogan Brown Films

Bear - dir. Sara Brown, Dead Betty Productions

4Pantun - dir. Adam Walker,  Adam Walker Film

Slashed - dir. Rebecca Thompson, Rogan Brown Films

Theatre

The Waltzing Tree - dir. Frank Newman, Terrapin Puppet Theatre

Poxed - Dir. Jillian Keilly, Tasmanian Theatre Co.

Trainspotting – dir. Matt Wilson, The Old Nick Co.

Myth, Propaganda and Disaster in Nazi Germany and Contemporary America – dir. Matt Wilson, The Old Nick Co.

Filth – dir. Sara Brown and Scott Farrow, Shouting in the Evening

Hollow Ground – dir. John Clark, The Old Nick Co.

Who, Knows – dir. Paul McIntyre, The Old Nick Co.  

Concert Music Highlights

No Matter, Never Mind for soprano and piano (text by Gary Snyder, used with permission) - Premiered in 2005 by Maryanne Bruce and Aaron Powell

miniatures for soprano and piano (text by Anica Boulanger-Mashberg, used with permission) - Premiered in 2006 by Maryanne Bruce and Aaron Powell  - Successful entrant in the IHOS Youtune vocal writing workshop (2008)

This Dream Place for solo percussionist - Premiered in 2006 by Emily Le Rossignol

Rachel’s Dream (Electric Sheep) for clarinet and tape - Premiered in 2006 by Mitch Ellis

7 Doors at Hotel Bassoon for two bassoons - Premiered in 2008 by Greg Taylor and John Myatt

With[out] for string quartet - Premiered in 2008 by the Andrew Morrisby Quartet