Just got the rough cut to my new doco ‘The Worm Hunters’. Yes, that’s right, worm music! (and it’s probably not what you think it will be)

With director Susan McMillan and editor Mark Fox in Britain, the producer Tina Dalton in Sydney, the sound designer Michael Gissing in Tassie and me in Melbourne we finally got there! It’s a great score too this one. A mixture of grand orchestral and intimate moments reflective of our dramatic landscape and the small peaceful moments in our pelican’s journey. Have a listen

Looks like we might be getting a few extra sales too, perhaps into France and the US.

On Wednesday this week the AFI Awards nominations for 2010 were announced and our documentary A Thousand Encores: The Ballets Russes in Australia was nominated in four categories, the most for any documentary this year!

The nominations are…

Best Documentary under one hour – Sharyn Prentice, Marianne Latham, Lavinia Riachi.
Best Direction in a Documentary – Mandy Chang
Best Editing in a Documentary – Karin Steininger
Best Sound in a Documentary – Brett Aplin, Andrew McGrath, Erin McKimm, Terry Chadwick

Congratulations to all involved, it’s a wonderful documentary. For those of you that missed it I’ll keep an eye on the TV schedules and in the meantime it’s available on DVD!

The Ocean’s Supermum has it’s Australian premiere this Sunday October 3rd at 7.30pm on ABC1. It’s already screened worldwide on National Geographic and Discovery so I’m glad it’s finally arrived. It’s also available on DVD from ABC shops and online.

Indonesia Calling: Joris Ivens in Australia has picked up an Australian Writers Guild AWGIE Award for Best Documentary for Public Broadcast, and is nominated for an Australian Directors Guild (ADG) Award for Best Documentary Feature! Congratulations to John, Andrea, Uri and the team.

The final installment of The Making of Modern Australia, The Australian Soul, airs this Thursday 19th August at 8.30pm on ABC. The series has been well received and has spawned a book by narrator and actor William McInnes. The 2-disc DVD of the series is also now available to purchase.

Finally, A Thousand Encores: The Ballets Russes in Australia is being re-screened on ABC2 this Sunday night the 22nd August at 8.30pm. If you missed this one first time around it’s definately worth a look.

Just started scoring Bettina Dalton’s natural history documentary on Pelicans for The Discovery Channel.

Be the Pelican, be the pelican….

The Making of Modern Australia begins tonight at 8.30pm on ABC1 and airs for 4 weeks kicking off with the Australian Child then following with The Australian Dream (home ownership), The Australian Heart (relationships) and The Australian Soul (religion). Tune in. Great article on the series in todays Age/Sydney Morning Herald titled ‘Harsh and Ignorant’: Australia’s Wonder Years myth‘ and an Age online video review also posted today.

Also, pages including music have been added for Surviving Georgia, The Making of Modern Australia and Inside John Lewis

John Hughes’ exceptional feature documentary Indonesia Calling: Joris Ivens in Australia has been selected to screen in official competition at the Sydney Film Festival. It screens June 3 at 6.30pm, details below. Not everything I’ve been a part of will stand the test of time but this one certainly will. This is a part of Australian history that should be revisited.

Abi Tucker (Secret Life of Us, McLeod’s Daughters) and I have been collaborating on a song for the end of Surviving Georgia based on themes I wrote for the film. It’s sounding great too! Gotta hurry though, because the mix is in less than a week!