JoelHaines
- Composer
Joel Haines has composed screen music for over two decades, including soundtracks for TV shows Outrageous Fortune, Westside, The Brokenwood Mysteries and Mercy Peak— plus movies This Way of Life and After the Waterfall. Haines has also created themes for dozens of high profile brands (Air New Zealand, McDonald's), and channel music for TV2, Māori Television, and Sky Sports.
Biography
Composer and sound designer Joel Haines grew up in a musical family. His father Kevin is one of New Zealand’s most prolific bass players, while brother Nathan is a renowned jazz artist. At 11 years old, Joel featured on TV show Jazz Scene with his whānau, and performed in international jazz and blues festivals run by singer Tommy Adderley.
Screenography
Awards
2023 New Zealand Television Awards/Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa
Best Contribution to a Soundtrack (shared with Buster Flaws, Travis Heffernen, Steve Finnigan and Ben Sinclair): for The Brokenwood Mysteries, season 8, episode 2
“A film and TV composer is part of a big machine working towards a much bigger picture than your music. Forgetting everything you think you know, and taking direction from a multitude of sources, and turning it into music that is not your signature sound, or even remotely resembling any music you've made before, is a challenge — but a greatly rewarding one.”