François Tétaz

François "Franc" Tétaz (born c. 1970) is an Australian film composer and music producer, who won the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) / Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) 2006 'Feature Film Score of the Year' Award for Wolf Creek (2005).^[1]

Biography

In 1992, François Tétaz with Charles Tétaz and Darrin Verhagen formed Shinjuku Thief as a Melbourne-based industrial and experimental music group.^[2] They released four albums by March 1994. François Tétaz and Verhagen formed the record label, Dorobo Records, to release their latter albums including Tétaz' solo album, The Motionless World of Time Between or the Drunken Taxicab of Absolute Reality in 1997. The label ceased operations in mid-2004.

Discography

Film scores

• Hard Word (2002) (co-credit with David Thrussell)
• I Love U (2002)
• Under the Radar (2004) (co-credit with David Thrussell)
• Thunderstruck (2004) (co-credit with David Thrussell)
• Wolf Creek (2005)
• Rogue (2007)
• The Square (2008)
• Miracle Fish (2009)
• Hesher (2010)

Known recordings:

(Solo)

• The Motionless World of Time Between... (Dorobo Records, 1997)

(with band Shinjuku Thief)

• Bloody Tourist (November 1992, Extreme Records)
• The Scribbler (May 1993, Dorobo Records)
• The Witch Hammer (October 1993, self-release)
• The Witch Hunter (March 1994, Dorobo Records)

References

1. ^ "APRA|AMCOS : 2006 Winners". Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA). http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/ScreenAwards/History/2006Winners.aspx. Retrieved 16 February 2010. 
2. ^ Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara, Paul McHenry with notes by Ed Nimmervoll (2002) [1987]. "SHINJUKU THIEF". The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1. http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/PHPTracks.php?Band_ID=190380. Retrieved 16 February 2010.  Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.