Bruce Smeaton


Bruce Smeaton is an Australian composer who is well known for a variety of Australian film and television scores in all genres, including features, shorts, television, documentaries and advertisements. His scores include Picnic at Hanging Rock, Seven Little Australians, Roxanne, Iceman, and Circle of Iron. He has won the Australian Film Institute Best Original Music Score award for The Cars That Ate Paris, The Great Macarthy, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith and Street Hero.

Biography

Smeaton was born in Brighton, Victoria. His music has been championed by the Southern Cross Records and 1M1 Records labels.
In 1964 he spent time as a public school music teacher, at Fawkner Technical School in the Moomba Park area of North Fawkner, a suburb of Melbourne. At the time he had a passionate interest in vintage cars which he would often bring to school.
His ground-breaking synthesized score for was nominated for an ARIA Award in 1991 for Best Soundtrack / Cast / Show Album.
He currently lives in Binalong, New South Wales. He has been married twice & has three adult children.

Filmography

Documentaries