Discography
SCENES VOL. 2
Scenes Vol. 2 is the follow-up to 2016’s Scenes Vol. 1 and is a collection of original music from numerous productions including the play Caging Skies (a theatrical adaptation by Desiree Gezentsvey of the novel which became Taika Waititi's Oscar-winning film Jojo Rabbit), the audiobook The Priest, the Witch and the Poltergeist, as well as various short film and solo piano projects.
The album was recorded at home in Wellington, New Zealand, with contributions from musicians around the world including Poland, Russia, the USA, the UK and Austria. It features a more varied instrumental palette than Scenes Vol. 1 with accordion, cimbalom, harp, tuba, trumpet, saxophone and solo violin. The string quartet track Arabesque also featured on the official Spotify Classical New Releases - Spotify Picks playlist.
Full album artwork, liner notes and performer credits downloadable here. Listen to the album on Spotify here.
Scenes Vol. 1
Recorded in a single day on the Steinway piano at Neil Finn’s Roundhead Studios, Scenes Vol. 1 is the first in a series of releases featuring music composed for various film, media and theatre projects. Listen to the album on Spotify here.
“A series of exquisite miniatures: interesting, expressive and surprising melodies, coupled with traditional sounding harmonies that often lead the ear to other places than expected…” (American Record Guide)
“This is tonal, ambient, post-modern, post-Satieian music of lyrical charm and substance. It is not a nostalgic glance backward as much as a step forward in a historically aware, radically tonal vein…I recommend it to you.” (Gapplegate Music Review)
Full album artwork and credits downloadable here. Notes on the compositions available here. Press reviews here.
Blackspot - film Soundtrack
The New Zealand indie horror film Blackspot was originally released in 2008. It tells the story of two young men driving the dark roads of New Zealand when their car breaks down, stranding them in the middle of nowhere. Trapped in increasingly hostile surroundings with no means of escape, their friendship is pushed to the limit as a haunting memory is slowly re-counted…
This re-mixed and re-mastered 2018 edition consists of the full soundtrack, with composer Jeremy Cullen playing the piano accompanied by the Felix String Quartet (members of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra). Listen on Spotify here.
“BLACKSPOT feels influenced by David Lynch’s LOST HIGHWAY with a sense of repetition not far removed from GROUNDHOG DAY, but much darker and more sinister in tone. Add in the eerie score from Jeremy Cullen…and you’ve got one Hell of a mind-twisting trip into a nightmarish film”. (wearemoviegeeks.com)
Doomsday Vault - game soundtrack
Doomsday Vault is an environmentally themed sci-fi game set on a post-apocalyptic planet Earth. ‘Earth’s climate has collapsed and you are on a mission to rescue precious plant life and return it to the safety of the vault.’
The synth-based soundtrack was released in April 2020. View the game trailer here.
‘…the whole thing, from the look and level design to the excellent music, is very lovely’ (Macworld)
‘I love everything about this game. It’s cute, I love the music and sounds…’ (Apple Arcade user review 11/4/2020)
‘This game has some incredible atmosphere, and the music is fantastic.’ (Apple Arcade user review 3/2/2020)
Listen on Spotify. Listen on Apple Music.
early music, vol. 1 (1991-94)
This album is the first in a projected series of recordings of my earliest music.
Almost all of it was written while I was a high school student in Christchurch, New Zealand.
All of the works on this album are premiere recordings.
Liner notes here. Listen on Spotify or Apple Music.