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Steve Francis

Composer

Steve is a Composer and Sound Designer, originally from Adelaide. An opportunity to produce and mix David Page’s work on Alchemy for The Australian Ballet in 1997 led to an ongoing collaboration with Bangarra.

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Bio

Steve is a multi award-winning Composer and Sound Designer originally from Adelaide. An opportunity to produce and mix David Page’s work on Alchemy for The Australian Ballet in 1997 led to an ongoing collaboration with Bangarra.

He has also worked with Sydney’s premier theatre companies including Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, Belvoir and Griffin. He has composed for a number of films, including The Turning, the multi award-winning dik, Leah Purcell’s She Say, the Dendy Award-winning film Black Talk, Berlin Festival winner Djarn Djarns, the MMF Award-winning documentary Mr Patterns, the AFI Award-winning short film Box and the documentaries How the light Gets in, Macumba and Picture the Women.

For television, Steve has scored for the Channel Nine series Cops LAC, the mini-series Dangerous for Fox and the internationally released series Double Trouble. With David Page, Steve also composed and produced music for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and Rugby World Cup Opening Ceremonies.

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Awards

  • 2012
    Best Original Score "Belong" - Helpmann Awards
  • 2011
    Best Score or Sound Design "Bloodland" - Sydney Theatre Awards
  • 2002
    Best Original Score "Walkabout" - Helpmann Awards
  • 2002
    Excellence in Film or Theatrical Score "Skin" - Deadly Awards