Michelle Scullion
Michelle Scullion (born 1957) is a New Zealand musician and composer.[1] Several of her soundscapes are part of installations at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[2]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Scullion grew up in Stokes Valley, on the outskirts of Wellington, New Zealand. After high school, she studied music at Wellington Polytechnic and Victoria University of Wellington.[2] Her first major film project was to create the score for Sir Peter Jackson's 1987 film Bad Taste. During her career, she has composed music for commercials, corporate videos, short films, documentaries and feature films. She also performs and records.[3]
In 2003 she was a judge for the Kodak Music Clip Awards at the Wellington Fringe Film Festival.[4]
Scullion started playing the flute when she was 13 years old and also composes music for flute. In 2011 she assembled a group of flautists to perform her works as part of the New Zealand Fringe Festival in Wellington.[5]
Awards and recognition
[edit | edit source]| Year | Award | Category | Nominated for | Result | Notes |
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| 2002 | New Zealand Music Awards | Best Children's Album | Peaks to Plains | Nominated | [6] |
| 1996 | TV Guide Film and Television Awards | Best Film Score | Chicken | Nominated | [7] |
| 1990 | New Zealand Film Awards | Best Film Score | Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree | Nominated | [7] |
| 1990 | ITVA Awards (International Television Association) | Music | Our Future Generation | Won | [7] |
| 1989 | Listener Film and Television Awards | Best Film Score | Bad Taste | Nominated | [7] |
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- Victoria University of Wellington alumni
- Living people
- 1957 births
- New Zealand film score composers
- People from Lower Hutt
- Women film score composers
- New Zealand women composers
- New Zealand flautists
- New Zealand women flautists
- 20th-century New Zealand composers
- 20th-century New Zealand women composers
- 21st-century New Zealand composers
- 21st-century women composers