KeithBallantyne
- Composer
Music has been integral to Kevin Ballantyne’s life since the day he picked up a cornet at age five. The Aucklander has been composing music for 40 years for television, theatre, short films and commercials. Ballantyne wrote music for the iconic Heartland series. His first foray into writing music for the screen was 1977 natural history documentary Red Deer, which won an award at the American Film Festival.
Screenography
Biography
Keith Ballantyne was a professional trumpet player touring around New Zealand in the early 1970s, when he and two TVNZ directors came up with a “really ridiculous” idea to make documentaries and sell them to the world.
Awards
2005 Austrian Film and TV Awards
Best Music for a Commercial: for Darbo Fruit Juice commercial
1996 TV Guide Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Original Music - Television: for The Roaring Forties Tour
“Art is an exciting, meaningful part of life; it’s a powerful reason for being. We see a lot of ugliness around the world that can be eased with art.”