Aaron Cupples | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Experimental rock, alternative rock, electronic, avant garde |
| Occupation(s) | Film Composer, Record Producer, Songwriter, audio engineer, musician |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, sampler, drum machine, |
| Website | www |
Aaron Nicolas Cupples is an Australian born, London based, film composer, record producer, and musician. He has produced, composed or mixed for artists such as Spiritualized, Blanck Mass, Civil Civic, The Vaccines, The Drones, Miles Kane, Broken Social Scene, Paul Kelly, Dominique Young Unique, Dan Kelly, Snowman, Sharon Tate Modern and Standish/Carlyon. He was described as "one of Australia’s most talented young producers” by Audio Technology magazine[1] and produced and mixed two albums included in an industry-voted ’100 Greatest Australian Records Of All Time’ list.[2]
He recently scored the original soundtrack for the film Island of the Hungry Ghosts for which he was nominated 'Best Music' at the British Independent film awards.[3] The film premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival for where it won the Best Documentary award.[4] The soundtrack has been described as "otherworldly and experimental" with a "supernatural aura"[5] and was created with oversized, stretched and augmented wire instrumentation. "The effect is eerie and the tone befitting the film's themes and the island's essential wildness."[6]
Recent work includes the score for The Disappearance of My Mother which premiered at 2019 Sundance Film Festival.[7]
Awards
[edit]| Year | Organisation | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | British Independent Film Awards[8] | Best Music | Nominated |
| 2019 | OZZIES[9] | Best Original Soundtrack | Nominated |
| 2019 | Aubagne International Film Festival [10] | Best Original Soundtrack | Nominated |
References
[edit]- ^ Local Produce AARON CUPPLES Archived 10 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hottest 100 Australian Albums of All Time
- ^ BIFA
- ^ "2018 Tribeca Film Festival Juried Awards". Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ Review - Little White Lies
- ^ Review - Eye For Film
- ^ Sundance Film Festival
- ^ BIFA
- ^ "Ozflix TV". Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Aubagne celebrates the 20th birthday of Music & Cinema".
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