TimPrebble
- Sound
Tim Prebble is an alchemist of sound, adept at combining audio from many sources to evoke mood and emotion. His work has enhanced everything from feature films (Boy, The Orator - O Le Tulafale) to television drama series, short films, and documentaries. The common thread in his output is a sensitivity to theme and story.
Biography
Listening to the almost score-like sensibility in Tim Prebble’s work for the screen, it’s no surprise that the sound designer comes from a musical family. He and his siblings all had piano lessons from an early age.
Prebble's awareness of the world was shaped by what he heard as much as what he saw. He grew up on a farm in South Canterbury, by the mouth of the Rangitata River. "All my early memories are sound related," he says. "Waking up before the birds and waiting for the dawn chorus, and creating thunder by playing in empty grain silos".
Screenography
Awards
2017 APRA Silver Scroll Awards
Best Original Music in a Feature Film: for One Thousand Ropes
2012 Sorta Unofficial Film Awards
Best Sound (shared with Chris Todd, Richard Flynn, Mike Hedges and Gilbert Lake): for The Orator - O Le Tulafale
Nominated for Best Score: for The Orator - O Le Tulafale
“For me ‘good’ sound occurs when it is invisible, you do not notice it. But ‘great’ sound is when that same process occurs and yet sound is making a significant contribution.”