SST Workshop

One of our most recent film collaborations will be making its debut at next month’s Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF).  The MIFF Premiere Fund-supported film Tim Winton’s The Turning is produced by Robert Connolly and Maggie Miles (Balibo, MIFF 2009) and sees some of Australia’s most acclaimed directors, actors, documentarians and screenwriters vividly bringing to life Winton’s vision. Featuring contributions from David Wenham, Mia Wasikowska, Justin Kurzel (Blue Tongue, MIFF 2005), Tony Ayres (The Home Song Stories, MIFF 2007), Warwick Thornton as well as our very own SST Composer Ryan Walsh.

We’re super excited to announce that our very own SST Composer, Ryan Walsh will be having his latest orchestral piece “Scenes From Ellipsis” debuted by the Queensland Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Peter Luff (Southern Cross Soloists) this Friday night (check out the concert listing here). The piece is a reworking of Ryan’s soundtrack to the 2012 Screen Australia film “Ellipsis” directed by Stephen Lance. Check out a little of the original material here.

SST was pleased to be asked recently to collaborate on an update of the Royal Society for the Protection of Animals (RSPCA)’s much loved “All Creatures Great and Small” CSAs here in Australia. Featuring not only the stellar animal-directing talents of Cartel Film Production’s Gerard Lambkin but also the unmistakeable voice of Oscar-winning Australia actor Geoffrey Rush.

Check out the full spot here.

The wraps are finally off some of the cool stuff we’ve been working on with the ABC over the last couple of months. First off the rank is our original score for “Polly Borland – Polymorphous” by SST composer Ryan Walsh.

Directed by Alex Chomicz (Half Mongrel, The Laundry) and produced by Filmfolk’s Meghan Carlsen (Full Catch, Coast to Kosciuszko, Made From Memory) for ABC TV, the documentary was created over a two year period, with contributions from not only the artist herself, but from a diverse range of internationally recognisable friends, celebrities, gallerists and family, including her husband and Director John Hillcoat (The Road, Lawless), friend and actress Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth, The Aviator) and legendary singer-songwriter Nick Cave.

Have a look behind the scenes during the recording of the score here. You can also listen to some of our favourite cues  from the project here.

The SST crew have been hard at work in the run up to the end of the year with one of our projects being the soundtrack to director Alex Barnes’ short “Power The Kid”

The production was partially funded by QPIX and also received the support of post house Cutting Edge during the final stages of production. The film centres on eight-year old Callum who in order to escape the confronting reality of his home life, retreats to the world of comic books. Stepping forward as their favourite fictional heroes – Power The Kid and Dark Raven -Callum and his sister search for the courage to banish their evil tormentor forever.

Check out a preview here.

You can also listen to more of the soundtrack here.

We were super-stoked to receive two awards at last Saturday’s BADC awards for our work over the last 12 months. The first was a finalists spot for our work with Cartel Film Production for the University of Queensland (watch the spot here), and even more spectacularly we were lucky enough to pick up a gold for our work on Michael Hill Diamonds. A big thank you to Creative Director Dave Keeling & Director Israel Rivera for bringing us such a lovely piece of work!.. Check out the winning piece here.