Jed Kurzel
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Jed Kurzel (born 1976) is an Australian film composer and musician. He is a founding member of The Mess Hall.
Life
Jed Kurzel and his older brother Justin Kurzel grew up in Gawler, South Australia.[1][2]
In the 1990s Jed moved to Sydney, where his brother was studying at the NIDA.[2]
Jed Kurzel and Cec Condon founded the The Mess Hall in 2001.[3] Their debut album The Mess Hall was released in 2003. Their third album Devils Elbow won the Australian Music Prize 2007.[4]
Kurzel also started to compose music for short films. In 2011 Kurzel composed the music for the directorial debut of his brother, Snowtown.[5] His score received award for the Feature Film Score of the Year at the Screen Music Awards.[6]
Kurzel also wrote the scores for Son of a Gun and the documentary All This Mayhem. In 2015 he worked again with his brother on Macbeth.
Selected filmography
- 2000: Sammy Blue (short)
- 2007: Naked on the Inside (documentary)
- 2009: Castor & Pollux (short)
- 2011: Snowtown
- 2012: Dead Europe
- 2014: Dook Stole Christmas (Kurzfilm)
- 2014: Son of a Gun
- 2014: All This Mayhem (documentary)
- 2014: The Babadook
- 2015: Slow West
- 2015: Macbeth
External links
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- Website of The Mess Hall
- Jed Kurzel at the Internet Movie Database
- Jed Kurzel discography at Discogs
References
- ↑ Jed Kurzel on why Macbeth echoes Snowtown and how the score was almost electronic, smh.com.au, access date 2 November 2015
- 1 2 Two of us: Justin and Jed Kurzel, smh.com.au, access date 2 November 2015
- ↑ Jed Kurzel, thebabadook.com, access date 2 November 2015
- ↑ Winners, thecoopersamp.com.au, access date 2 November 2015
- ↑ Interview with Jed Kurzel, filmmusicmag.com, access date 2 November 2015
- ↑ Feature Film Score of the Year 2011, apraamcos.com.au, access date 2 November 2015
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