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MichelleScullion

  • Composer
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Since studying flute then completing a Bachelor of Music in composition, Michelle Scullion has composed for television, film, radio and stage. Her score for Bad Taste, the debut feature from Peter Jackson, was a vital component in the film’s armoury. Her screen work includes Flying Fox and a Freedom Tree, sci-fi thriller Eternity, and many short films, including four directed by Grant Lahood.

Biography

Michelle Scullion has played jazz, funk, thrash, electronic and classical works. That versatility has helped fuel a range of compositions for feature films, documentaries and commercials, as well as theatre and dance works. 

Screenography

Karanga
2021 Composer Short film
Eternity
2012 Composer Film
Antonello & the Architect
2007 Composer Television
Unexpected Happenings
2007 Composer Short film
The Tub
2005 Composer Short film

Awards

1996 TV Guide Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Film Score: for Chicken

1990 New Zealand Film Awards
Nominated for Best Film Score: for Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree

“I don’t ever see myself stopping quite frankly. I don’t ever see the word retirement.”

— Michelle Scullion, in a 2001 Evening Post interview with Tom Cardy