07 November 2023 - 0 Comments

Strange Behaviour explores the intrinsic relationship between music and film on Stephen Gallagher’s Short Pieces for Short Films Volume 1.

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Emmy award winning Stephen Gallagher is a composer who seeks open collaboration with the visual storytellers he’s working with. It is fundamental to his approach, ensuring the score he creates serves the story, the intent, and ultimately the inward significance of the images the viewer experiences unfolding before them. 

His music inhabits a space where the sheen of contemporary electronics and imperfection of human performance intersect. Sometimes it comes from unexpected places. Sometimes memorable mistakes. 

Short Pieces for Short Films Volume 1 is a snapshot of Stephen’s collaborative approach to scoring for film - the music here is drawn from short films: Rū (2019) directed by Awanui Simich-Pene, Lea Tupu’anga (2020) by Vea Mafile’o, Morning Hate (2023) by Dean O’ Gorman, Cub (2014) and Earthlings (2023), both directed by Jamie Lawrence.  

Aware that every script demands a different, bespoke, musical approach and dialect, creating this in tandem with the director is one of Stephen’s favourite things to do, and a feature of his prolific body of work. 

Hauntingly beautiful and deeply sincere in its portrayal of human emotion, Short Pieces for Short Films Volume 1 captures distinct themes of loss, repetition, strength, and forgiveness.

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