Christopher de Groot

Christopher de Groot is a musician/composer based in Melbourne. He has written several scores for independent feature films, music and sound design for theatre, and several chamber works. He has a keen interest in the gamelan music of Bali which he has studied and performed for many years. He has written an opera based on the 20-hour video diaries of Bjork stalker Ricardo Lopez.

click on the year to read about past projects

2017

|| Sailing Ships & Tarot Cards | Green Room Award Nomination | Thérèse Raquin tour ||

2016

|| Waterphones & Musical Sculptures | Nought Point Five Above Zero | Sword & Scale Podcast | Red Stitch's "The River" | Green Room Award Win | Green Room Award Nomination | Slide Night Debut EP | Coal & Gas Free Victoria ||

2015

|| Peter Kennedy Video Works | Soundtrack Albums | Lopez Opera | Dream Home | Green Room Nomination | Tilde New Music Festival | Melbourne Piano Trio - Delicacies of Molten Horror Synapse ||

2014

|| APRA Wrap | Sororal nominated for APRA Film Score of The Year | The AU Review Thérèse Raquin | Australian Music Centre | CutCommon Interview | Bergman's Persona | Sororal Signs To Swedish Soundtrack Label | WA Screen Award Nomination | Thérèse Raquin | Dream Home | The Burning Kiss Recording Sessions ||

2013

|| De Stroyed | Sororal premieres at Monsterfest | Poetry In Motion at Melbourne Fringe Festival | Helpmann Award nomination | Eldritch Trio at Improvention | Associate Artist - Australian Music Centre | Poetry In Motion at Adelaide Fringe | Poetry In Motion at Fringe World ||

2012

|| Duck Death & The Tulip  | new score - The Burning Kiss | Make It Up Club | WAMI nomination | Mutant Telescope | album release | good bye Perth | Sororal complete | TUV album release | Poke The Box 2 | Club Zho 99 | Artifactory residency | Sir Thomas debut album | buy or rent Esoterica | brass recording || 

2011

|| Sororal recording begins | Cal2 perform 4th Step | Soundscripts vol 3 | NOIZEMASCHIN #3 | vibraphone commission | Sororal begins | Decibel performs Agerasia | retirement album | WASA nomination | Sir Thomas play Adelaide | AFTRS film score ||  

2010

|| Esoterica receives rave review | conference in NZ & Decibel | Three Pieces of Metal | de Groot performs with Kynan Tan | Sir Thomas at Fremantle Arts Centre | de Groot completes Masters degree | Sororal soon to be unleashed | WASO composition project | Esoterica looms closer | It's Just (not quite) Gary | director interviews composer | new score recorded | exciting new feature film score | WASO nomination | Ménilmontant screens in HK ||

2009

|| de Groot takes out WASA award | Tropfest 09 ||

2008

|| Director’s Cut score finished ||