Victoria Kelly

Composer/arranger Victoria Kelly studied music at Auckland University, and film composition at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Since then her eclectic, award-nominated CV of soundtracks has tended to the dark or fantastical (Out of the Blue, The Ugly, Black Sheep). In 2007 Kelly won a NZ Screen Award for TV's Maddigan's Quest; later she won a Silver Scroll for telemovie Field Punishment No. 1. In 2011 she was appointed musical director for the Rugby World Cup opening ceremony. Outside of her screen work, Kelly has also collaborated with Don McGlashan, SJD and Shapeshifter.

Victoria Kelly's score for Under the Mountain is an eclectic meld of subterranean adventure, harrowing defeatism, beguiling beauty, and sensual tenderness all expressed with acrobatic ease through inventive orchestration. Website Ain't It Cool News, in its 10 Best Scores of 2009 list