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Name
  
Joseph Twist

Role
  
Composer



Music director
  
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Joe Twist is an Australian composer known for composing music for several artists and television shows including Missy Higgins, Guy Sebastian, Kate Miller-Heidke, The Idea of North, Chanticleer and The Wiggles. Twist also composed work for movies including The Jungle Book (2016), Zoolander 2, Baywatch and The Brooklyn Banker. His music involves a variety of genres ranging from ancient vocal music, opera, contemporary orchestral music, jazz, musical theatre and cabaret.

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Twist has received wide acclaim for his music, and his concert works are performed by professional ensembles around the world. Twist also currently works in copying and orchestration on Hollywood studio films in Los Angeles with Steven Juliani Music.

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Education

Twist holds four tertiary degrees in music composition including doctorate and master's degrees from the University of Queensland, the Australian Film Television and Radio School, and New York University. Twist has participated in several film scoring programs around the United States, such as NYU ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop in New York and the ASCAP Film and TV Workshop with Richard Bellis in Los Angeles.

Awards

Twist has received numerous awards, including the ASCAP Jimmy Van Heusen Award 2013, the Chanticleer International Composition Competition, the APRA Professional Development Award (Film and TV Category), and a first place finish in the 15th International Choral Composition Competition in 2011.

Works

  • "Do not Stand at my Grave and Weep” – for SATB Choir. Commissioned by the National Youth Choir of Australia, 2004.
  • “Love Themes” – a set of Madrigals for 6 Voices. Written for The Song Company, 2005. (3mvts)
  • "Fanfare for the Common Consumer" (for Orchestra)
  • "On the Night Train" for SATB Choir
  • "Wandering" for SATB Choir
  • "Rain Dream" for SSAA Choir and Piano
  • "I Dance Myself to Sleep" for Orchestra
  • "How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?" for SATB Choir
  • References

    Joseph Twist Wikipedia