At the recently announced 59th National Film Awards of India, our film Tiger Dynasty was awarded Best Environment Film and Best Cinematography in the non-feature film category. This is the highest film honours in the country awarded by the president of India. I’m very proud of this film – Congratulations to Nalla and the team [...]

Film, Music and Media have just reviewed my score for Surviving Georgia. It’s a great review too! Here are a couple of quotes: “What Aplin has done is really make something rather unique, flavorful and just plain wonderful.” and “Within its simplicity, small sounds and short running time it was able to make a large [...]

Tiger Dynasty did some incredible numbers during last night’s premiere on the Natural World wildlife series on BBC2. 2 Million Viewers 8.3% Audience Share! Congratulations to Nalla, Mark and the team at the BBC Natural History Unit. Well deserved

Yes, I now have a download store where you can purchase music that I’ve officially released. Powered by the rather excellent Bandcamp, you can listen to the music in it’s entirety (not just a 20 sec grab), get info, lyrics for tracks and also download album artwork and liner notes. This is much more and [...]

Title says it all. If you’re a wildlife lover (and of course happen to live in the UK) Do tune in

Just posted several new pages for films I worked on late last year. The first is Tiger Dynasty, a natural history documentary commissioned for the prestigious Natural World wildlife series on BBC2. Also there is The Curse of Eleanor Crabtree, a VFX short in the vein of Tim Burton’s A Nightmare Before Christmas, and finally [...]

Available from these and other online retailers worldwide, as well as from my own download store. I hope you enjoy the music! Surviving Georgia is an intelligent, funny, moving and delightful romantic comedy starring some of Australia’s most loved actors from film and television including Pia Miranda, Holly Valance, Spencer McLaren and Caroline O’Connor with [...]

Newsflash! Our humble film has won one of the most prestigious awards for a wildlife film in the world… The Special Jury Award at the 2011 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. The Worm Hunters was chosen for the award by almost 100 international judges from a selection of over 500 of the worlds best nature [...]

Well, I’d like to say the cameras went into overdrive last night as I strolled the red carpet, but despite my best efforts (and despite being cunningly dressed as Totti Goldsmith) there was a distinct lack of flashes (or flashers, although I considered that also as a means of making the papers)… Famous people are [...]

Went to have a listen to the final proof of the mastered CD for the ‘Surviving Georgia’ soundtrack yesterday. Can’t believe how nervous I was actually. Here’s a preview of the cover. Getting excited now…