Could your favourite film score have been composed by your local councillor?
BY LIAM HEITMANN-RYCE Artists can undergo an entire evolutionary cycle of job roles throughout the course of their film career, in front of and behind […]
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Film composer Antony Partos discusses his life in Australian music
BY LIAM HEITMANN-RYCE It was on an aeroplane in June, 2010 that I first heard the music of Antony Partos. I was 13, flying from […]
Anne Nikitin discusses her dreamy, atmospheric Little Birds score
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE VIA LEVEL AND GAIN Little Birds is dripping with the sensuality and splendour of decades past. The series, set in 1950s Tangier, […]
Sharing the joy – my unexpected year of music
BY PAT JAFFE We would like to give a warm welcome to Pat in his first story as a CutCommon contributor. As the end of […]
Staying connected as an independent artist during COVID-19
BY SIMEON WALKER We would like to give a warm welcome to Simeon in his first blog with CutCommon. It’s fair to say 2020 has […]
I Am Greta: How Rebekka Karijord composed music for the climate emergency
BY MARK BOSCH, LEAD CRITIC The power of “We” is one belief getting Norwegian composer Rebekka Karijord through the pandemic. Rebekka has with Jon Ekstrand […]
A new graphic novel will tell the story of Beethoven’s life
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Beethoven’s music has been featured in more than 1500 films and television shows. In the concert hall, his music was performed in […]
This is why sports-themed soundtracks get your heart racing
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE FOR LEVEL AND GAIN Have you ever watched a movie and noticed you’ve started breathing just a little bit faster? You feel […]
This music program is giving Australian inmates “skills to reconnect in their communities”
BY JESSIE WANG, LEAD WRITER (COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL AWARENESS) The compositional process reaches us all differently. Some of us collaborate with composers, others undertake it […]
Make your move: Lotte Betts-Dean, London
BY ELEANOR WOOD, SERIES COORDINATOR Moving to another country as an artist is a bit like performance itself: exciting, terrifying, exhausting, and hopefully beautiful. As […]