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GarethFarr

  • Composer
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Gareth Farr is recognised as a leading composer of contemporary music in New Zealand. Farr has many personas; percussionist, composer for screen and stage, and drag artist Lilith LaCroix. In 2006 Farr was made an Officer of the NZ Order of Merit.

Screenography

Karanga
2021 Composer, Composer Short film
Signed, Theo Schoon
2021 Composer Film
Friend of the Friendless
2020 Composer Television
He Paki Taonga i a Māui
2019 Composer Television
Mistress, Mercy - The Renee Chignell Story
2018 Composer Television

Biography

Gareth Farr's music has been performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the Auckland Philharmonia and the NZ String Quartet. He has composed for ballet, theatre, dance, film and television (Kaitangata Twitch, He Paki Taonga i a Māui). Farr is also an accomplished percussionist, who has regularly performed with the NZSO.

Awards

2011 Aotearoa Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Original Music - Television: for Panic At Rock Island

2010 Qantas Film and Television Awards (New Zealand)
Nominated for Best Original Music - Television: for Kaitangata Twitch

“I'm an entertainer. That's a dirty word in the classical department, but I don't care. I've even got it on my business card — composer/entertainer — because, hey, let's face it, that's what I do.”

— Gareth Farr