19 Jul 2020

The extraordinary range of composer Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper

From Standing Room Only, 2:50 pm on 19 July 2020

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Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper

Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper Photo: supplied

He's worked on ads and with symphony orchestras.  He's scored movies and now game soundtracks.   APRA-award winning composer, producer and musician, Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper's CV certainly makes for interesting reading.

His name came up on last week's Standing Room Only after catching the eye, and ear, of in-demand music supervisor Karen Rachtman who asked him to create the score for the new game, Beyond Blue.

Mahuia is also a founding member of the The Black (String) Quartet, holding a Masters of Music in performance violin 

He's won several APRA awards, and films he's worked on include Mahana, Fantail and Housebound.

Lynn Freeman asked Mahuia how much his work on commercials helped with his film score projects.