CliveCockburn
- Composer
Clive Cockburn has composed music for a host of Kiwi television shows, and the occasional movie. Since devoting himself to soundtrack work in the early 80s, Cockburn has provided sounds for iconic programmes from Wild South and Country Calendar, to the theme for the TV One news.
Biography
Clive Cockburn's compositions have been heard on stage, film, and television, plus the commercial breaks between. The Wellington-raised musician began devoting himself to soundtrack work in the early 80s, and his CV now runs to more than 60 television programmes, and 200 plus TV commercials.
Screenography
Awards
2003 New Zealand Film Awards
Nominated for Best Original Music (with Hirini Melbourne): for The Maori Merchant of Venice
2000 TV Guide Television Awards
Best Original Music: for Destination Disaster: The Sinking of the Mikhail Lermontov
“The Māori Merchant of Venice musical score captures ethnic and emotional characteristics in a way that most films are unable to achieve.”