Team

Bryony Marks

Bryony brings classical rigour and an insider’s perspective to her compositions

She graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English and Fine Art. She then completed a Graduate Diploma in Music Composition for Film and Television with First Class Honours from the University of Melbourne’s Conservatorium of Music, following which she attended the inaugural Composers’ Program at the Australian National Academy of Music.

Bryony composes in other disciplines beyond film and TV. Most recently, she collaborated with the Australian Chamber Orchestra on the children's theatrical production The Princess, the Pea (and the Brave Escapee) which had its premiere in September 2023. She has also collaborated with the choreographer Alice Topp on two productions: Patina and Annealing, which both premiered in 2022.

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Credits include:

• Human Error (Roadshow Rough Diamond/Nine Network crime drama series)
• Magic Beach (feature film directed by Robert Connolly)
• Just a Farmer (feature film directed by Simon Lyndon)
• The Princess, the Pea (and the Brave Escapee) (Australian Chamber Orchestra/children's theatrical production)
• The Messenger (Lingo Pictures/ABC TV drama series)
• Class of ’07 (Matchbox Pictures/Amazon Prime comedy series)
• Savage River (Aquarius Films/ABC TV drama series. Winner ‘Best Original Score in Television’ 2022 AACTA Awards)
• Annealing (from The Australian Ballet’s Instruments of Dance, choreographed by Alice Topp)
• Patina (from Project Animo’s And Now We Move On, choreographed by Alice Topp)
• Frayed (ABC TV/Sky UK comedy drama series, 1-2)
• Back to Nature (Media Stockade/Threshold Pictures/ABC TV documentary series)
• Everything’s Gonna Be Okay (Avalon TV/Freeform/Stan comedy drama series, 1-2)
• Lambs of God (Lingo Pictures/EndemolShine/Foxtel drama series. Winner ‘Best Original Score in Television’ 2019 AACTA Awards)
• 2040 (feature documentary directed by Damon Gameau. Winner ‘Best Original Score in a Documentary’ 2019 AACTA Awards)
• Berlin Syndrome (feature film directed by Cate Shortland. Winner ‘Best Original Score’ 2017 FCCA Awards)
• Please Like Me (ABC TV comedy drama series 1-4)

Richard Pleasance

Richard is a multi-instrumentalist and composer whose music has immediacy and broad appeal

He started a Bachelor of Education with a music major at Melbourne State College and studied classical guitar under Jochen Schubert, but did not complete the degree

This is because Richard’s music career took off once he formed the band Boom Crash Opera. He wrote or co-wrote several of their hits, including ‘Best Thing’, ‘Dancing in the Storm’ and ‘Great Wall’. He has also produced many award-winning albums for many notable artists, including Archie Roach.

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Currently working on:

• Rock Island Mysteries (Fremantle Australia/Nickelodeon kids comedy drama series 3)
• Red Mountain (feature film directed by Brent Florence)

Credits include:

• Rock Island Mysteries (Fremantle Australia/Nickelodeon kids comedy drama series, 1-2)
• Revealed: Reefshot (Stan feature documentary)
• Wentworth (Fremantle Australia/Foxtel drama series, 1-9)
• Brothers’ Nest (feature film directed by Clayton Jacobson)
• City Homicide (Seven Network crime drama series, 1-5)
• Kenny (feature film directed by Clayton Jacobson)
• Sea Change (ABC TV comedy drama series, 1-3)

Caitlin Yeo

Caitlin’s screen compositions resonate with a deep love of telling stories with music

She was awarded a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney with a music major and then completed a Graduate Diploma in Music Composition at AFTRS

Caitlin started scoring commissions once she graduated, working mainly on documentaries. She also taught composition until her renown allowed her to move fully into screen composition

Caitlin was the recipient of the 2022 Sydney UNESCO City of Film Award, which recognises a NSW-based screen practitioner whose work stands for innovation, imagination and impact.

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Currently working on:

• Otters 3D: A Wild Family Adventure (IMAX feature documentary directed by Sarah Beard & Annie Robinson)
• Shark Kingdom (IMAX feature documentary directed by Matt Tomaszewski)
• Rock Island Mysteries (Fremantle Australia/Nickelodeon kids comedy drama series 3)

Credits include:

• Last Days of the Space Age (Princess Pictures/Disney+ comedy drama series)
• Every Little Thing (feature documentary directed by Sally Aitken)
• Welcome to Babel (feature documentary directed by James Bradley)
• Kindred with Damien Lane (NITV feature documentary)
• After the Party (Lingo Pictures/ABC TV drama series)
• The Dark Emu Story with Damien Lane (Blackfella Films/ABC TV feature documentary. Winner 'Best Original Score in a Documentary' 2024 AACTA Awards)
• Queerstralia with Andrew Scott (Guesswork Television/ABC TV documentary series)
• Bad Behaviour (Matchbox Pictures/Stan drama series)
• True Colours (Bunya Productions/SBS TV crime drama series)
• The PM’s Daughter with Basil Hogios (Fremantle Australia/ABC TV comedy drama series, 1)
• New Gold Mountain (Goalpost Pictures/SBS TV drama series. Winner ‘Best Original Score in Television’ 2021 AACTA Awards; winner ‘Best Television Theme’ and ‘Best Music for a Miniseries or Telemovie’ 2022 Screen Music Awards)
• Ms Represented with Andrew Scott (ABC TV documentary series)
• Playing With Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story (feature documentary directed by Sally Aitken. Winner ‘Best Original Score in a Documentary’ 2021 AACTA Awards; winner ‘Best Music in a Documentary’ 2021 Screen Music Awards)
• Wakefield (Jungle Entertainment/ABC TV drama series)
• Slow TV: The Chocolate Factory with Amanda Brown (Mint Pictures/SBS documentary)
• Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (feature film directed by Kriv Stenders. Winner ‘Best Original Score’ 2019 FCCA Awards)

Amanda Brown

Amanda is an imaginative screen composer who intuitively connects with the emotion of a scene

She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Music) from the University of Western Sydney, after which she completed a Graduate Diploma in Music Composition from AFTRS

She was a member of much-loved Brisbane band The Go-Betweens with whom she recorded the albums Tallulah and 16 Lovers Lane. She has recorded and performed with many notable artists including REM, Silverchair, the Church and David Bridie

Amanda is a writer/director on the Board of APRA and a member of the Executive Committee of the International Council of Music Creators (CIAM). She is also Vice-President of the Asia Pacific Music Alliance (APMA). Amanda is the recipient of Creative Australia's 2024 'Don Banks Music Award', one of the nation's highest honours for an established composer

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Currently working on:

• Watching You (Lingo Pictures/Stan. psycho drama series)
• RFDS with Damien Lane (ESA/Seven Network drama series 3)
• Deadloch (Guesswork TV/Amazon Prime feminist-noir-serial-killer-comedy series 2)

Credits include:

• Songs Inside (feature documentary directed by Shalom Almond)
• With or Without You (feature film directed by Kelly Schilling)
• Psychedelics: Stepping Into the Unknown (Blackfella Films/SBS TV feature documentary)
• Prosper with Antonio Gambale (Lingo Pictures/Stan. drama series)
• One Night (Easy Tiger/Paramount+ drama series)
• RFDS with Damien Lane (ESA/Seven Network drama series 1-2. Winner ‘Best Original Song Composed for the Screen’ 2024 Screen Music Awards)
• Deadloch (Guesswork TV/Amazon Prime feminist-noir-serial-killer-comedy series. Winner 'Best Original Score in Television' 2024 AACTA Awards; winner ‘Best Music for a Television Series or Serial’ 2023 Screen Music Awards)
• The Secrets She Keeps with Antonio Gambale (Lingo Pictures/Paramount+ drama series 1-2. Winner ‘Best Music for a Television Series or Serial’ 2020 Screen Music Awards)
• Underbelly: Vanishing Act (Screentime/Nine Network true crime series)
• Here Out West (feature film directed by Fadia Abboud, Lucy Gaffy, Julie Kalceff, Anna Kokkinos & Leah Purcell)
• Bronwyn Oliver: The Shadows Within (Catherine Hunter Productions/ABC TV documentary)
• Step Into Paradise (Blackfella Films/ABC TV feature documentary)
• A Sunburnt Christmas with Damien Lane (feature film directed by Christiaan Van Vuuren)
• Brazen Hussies (feature documentary directed by Catherine Dwyer. Winner ‘Best Original Score in a Documentary’ 2020 AACTA Awards)
• Babyteeth (feature film directed by Shannon Murphy. Winner ‘Best Original Score’ 2020 AACTA Awards)

Allegra Caldwell

Allegra was awarded a Bachelor of Arts with a major in screen and music production from Macquarie University

She began her career as an intern at inSync Music. She went on to join the team and music-supervise several TV series, such as The Gods of Wheat Street, Love Child and Wonderland

In 2015, Allegra was headhunted by Kobalt Music Group to work in publishing and licensing. From there she moved to BMG Australia until she was appointed Senior Director, Creative Synch for BMG Los Angeles

In 2020, she was a winner of the Music Network’s 30 Under 30 award for publishing and supervision

Allegra has now returned to music supervision. She has an extensive knowledge of catalogues coupled with a solid understanding of different musical genres from her experience of working in both recording and publishing

Currently working on:

• Watching You (Lingo Pictures/Stan. psycho drama series)
• Deadloch (Guesswork TV/Amazon Prime feminist-noir-serial-killer-comedy series 2)
• NCIS: Sydney (EndemolShine/Paramount+ crime drama series 2)
• The Survivors (Tony Ayres Productions/Netflix drama series)

Credits include

• Last Days of the Space Age (Princess Pictures/Disney+ comedy drama series)
• Troppo (Perpetual Entertainment/ABC TV drama series 1-2)
• After the Party with Ali Kavanagh (Lingo Pictures/ABC TV drama series)
• Swift Street (Magpie Pictures/SBS TV family crime drama series)
• The Rooster (feature film directed by Mark Leonard Winter)
• Dance Life with Ali Kavanagh (EQ Media/Amazon Prime observational documentary series)
• Prosper (Lingo Pictures/Stan. drama series)
• NCIS: Sydney (EndemolShine/Paramount+ crime drama series)
• The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race with Ali Kavanagh (feature film directed by Lynn Hegarty)
• Deadloch (GuessworkTV/Amazon Prime feminist-noir-serial-killer-comedy series)
• Totally, Completely Fine (Fremantle Australia/Stan drama series)
• Class of ’07 (Matchbox Pictures/Amazon Prime comedy series)
• Queerstralia (Guesswork Television/ABC TV documentary series)
• Love Child (Playmaker Media/Nine Network, series 1-2)
• Wonderland (FremantleMedia/Network Ten, series 1-3)
• The Gods of Wheat Street (Every Cloud Productions/ABC TV)

Damien Lane

Damien is a film composer known for his distinctively eclectic scores. He also works as a producer, arranger and performing artist

Among his notable collaborators is Caitlin Yeo. They co-wrote the score for The Dark Emu Story, which was awarded 'Best Score in a Documentary' at the 2024 AACTA Awards. He has also collaborated with Amanda Brown, the photo media artist Tamara Dean and with Jodi Phillis (The Clouds), whose most recent album he produced (We Need to be Free)

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Currently working on:

• Crocodile Dundee: The Legend Revealed (Feature documentary directed by Ben Lawrence)
• RFDS with Amanda Brown (ESA/Seven Network drama series 3)

Credits include:

• Aquarius (feature documentary directed by Wendy Champagne)
• Kindred with Caitlin Yeo (NITV feature documentary)
• RFDS with Amanda Brown (ESA/Seven Network drama series 2. Winner ‘Best Original Song Composed for the Screen’ 2024 Screen Music Awards)
• The Dark Emu Story with Caitlin Yeo (Blackfella Films/ABC TV feature documentary. Winner 'Best Original Score in a Documentary' 2024 AACTA Awards)
• The PM's Daughter (Fremantle Australia/ABC TV teen comedy drama series 2)
• Soundtrack to Our Teenage Zombie Apocalypse with Jodi Phillis (ABC TV teen comedy drama series. Winner 'Best Original Song Composed for the Screen' 2023 Screen Music Awards)
• Dysrythmia (Tamara Dean moving image installation)
• A Sunburnt Christmas with Amanda Brown (feature film directed by Christiaan Van Vuuren)
• Quilty: Painting the Shadows with Amanda Brown (ABC TV documentary)
• Goldstone Orchestrator/composer: additional music (feature film directed by Ivan Sen)

Greg J Walker

Greg is an accomplished composer, recording artist, arranger and producer who divides his work between screen composition and album production

He studied for a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in modern languages and linguistics, at the University of Canberra, following which he completed a Master of Arts in Modern Languages (Chinese) at the ANU

He played in various bands while at university. Later he tried to find a career beyond music but always returned to it. He has released several albums as Machine Translations and he has produced award-winning albums for artists including Paul Kelly and C W Stoneking

Greg was given his first shot at screen composition by director Stuart McDonald and producer Fiona Eagger

He is currently busy building his new house.

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Credits include:

• The Record (Amazon Prime/ABC TV documentary series)
• Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears (feature film directed by Tony Tilse)
• Newton’s Law (Every Cloud Productions/ABC TV comedy drama series
• Hoges (Fremantle Australia/Seven Network biopic)
• Molly (Mushroom Pictures/Seven Network biopic)
• Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (Every Cloud Productions/ABC TV mystery drama series, 1-3)