Music
Production Recording, Editing, Mixing & Mastering for Motion Picture, TV,
CD, Events etc:
ARTS
IN THE VALLEY 2013 
Sound Recording for the
Artists included the Combined
Sydney and Canberra Youth Orchestras, Cheryl Barker (Soprano), Peter Coleman
(Baritone), Piers Lane (Piano), Geoffrey Collins (flute), David Rowden (clarinet), Natsuko Yoshimoto
(violin), Imants Larsens
(violin), Roger Benedict (viola), David Pereira (cello), Ian Munro (piano) and
Daryl Pratt (percussion).
CATCH
ME IF YOU CAN 
CD Production and Mix for ABC
Records.
Tracks 7-10 “Local Hero
Saxophone Concerto” featuring
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra + Rex Goh - Guitar,
Bill Risby - Keyboard, Daryl Pratt - Vibrophone, Leon
Gaer - Bass,
Produced by
Jessica Wells and Christo Curtis.
Recorded at ABC Ultimo (Engineer: Mark
Don) and ABC Southbank (Engineers: Russ Thompson and Alex Stinson).
Edited and Mixed at Utopia Audio by
Christo Curtis.
Two
Mothers 
Feature Film Dolby Digital 5.1. Orchestral Score recording,
Edit & Mix. Score composed &
conducted by Christopher
Gordon.
Directed by Anne Fontaine. Starring: Naomi
Watts, Robin Wright, Ben Mendelsohn, Xavier Samuel.
Orchestra recorded at Trackdown Scoring
Stage.
Edited & Mixed at Utopia Audio.
MENTAL
Feature Film Dolby Digital
5.1. Orchestral Score
recording, Edit & Mix. Score
composed by Michael Yezerski. Conducted by
Director: PJ Hogan. Starring Toni
Collette, Anthony LaPaglia, Rebecca Gibney, Live Schreiber.
Orchestra recorded at Studios 301,
Edited & Mixed at Utopia Audio.
DRIFT
Feature Film Dolby Digital
5.1. Score Edit & Mix. Score composed by Michael Yezerski.
Directors: Ben Nott & Morgan O’Neill. Starring Sam Worthington,
Lesley-Ann Brandt, Xavier Samuel, Myles Pollard, Robyn Malcolm, Steve Bastoni.
Edited & Mixed at Utopia Audio.
CRAWL 
Feature Film Dolby Digital 5.1. & CD. Orchestral Score record, edit & mix. Score composed & conducted by Christopher Gordon.
Written & Directed by Paul China. Cast: George Shevtsov,
Orchestra recorded at Trackdown Scoring
Stage.
Edited & Mixed at Utopia Audio.
SOUTH SOLITARY 
Feature Film Dolby Digital 5.1. & CD. Orchestral Score record, edit & mix. Score composed by Mary
Finsterer.
Written & Directed by Shirley Barrett. Cast: Miranda Otto, Barry Otto, Rohan Nichol, Marton Csokas,
Essie Davis.
Orchestra recorded at Trackdown Scoring
Stage. Additional
recording at Utopia Audio.
Edited & Mixed at Utopia Audio.
Always You: La Spina 
CD Mix for ABC
Records / Universal Music.
Artists: Anna-Maria & Rosario
La Spina.
Featuring
Edited and Mixed at Utopia Audio by
Christo Curtis, assisted by David
Café.
CANE
TOADS – The Conquest 
Feature Film Dolby Digital 5.1.
Music record, edit & mix. Score
composed by Martin Armiger.
Written & Directed by Mark Lewis. Cast: Millions of Cane Toads.
Filmed with high-resolution 3D
technology, this is the first Australian digital 3D
feature film.
A comic yet
provocative account of
Orchestra recorded at Trackdown Scoring
Stage.
Edited & Mixed at Utopia Audio.
THE
Feature Film Dolby Digital 5.1. Music mixer. Score composed by Michael
Yezerski.
Written & Directed by Claire McCarthy. Cast: Radha Mitchell, Joel Edgerton, Samarat Chakrabarti,
Isabel Lucas.
A mystic-infused
love story that follows a young couple's journey to
Mixed at Utopia
Audio.
ARTS
IN THE VALLEY 2009
Sound Recording & subtle re-enforcement in collaboration with David Cafe (DeeCee Productions): the
The Marquee programme celebrated iconic Australian Composer Peter Sculthorpe’s 80th Birthday; feature artists were the Goldner String Quartet with guests William
Barton (Didgeridoo) and David Pereira (Cello).
Other concerts by “The Band of Brothers” (Slava &
Leonard Grigoryan and Joseph & James Tawadros),
and the “Cafe of the Gate of Salvation” choir.
MAO’S
LAST DANCER 
Feature Film Dolby Digital 5.1.& CD. Orchestral Score
recording & mix, Music Editor. Score
composed & conducted by Christopher Gordon.
Directed by
Recorded at
Trackdown Scoring Stage,
Edited & Mixed at Utopia Audio.
CIRCA
II
Discrete 5.1. Orchestral Score
recording, Edit & Mix. Score composed
& conducted by Michael Yezerski.
A series of four short films for presentation at the
Recorded at Studios
301,
Edited & Mixed at Utopia Audio.
DAYBREAKERS 
Feature Film Dolby Digital 5.1. & CD. Orchestral Score
recording & mix, Music Editor. Score
composed & conducted by Christopher Gordon.
Directed & Written by Michael & Peter Spierig.
Cast: Isabel Lucas, Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Jay Laga’aia,
Vince Colosimo,
Claudia Karvan,
Christopher Kirby….
Recorded at
Trackdown Scoring Stage,
Edited & Mixed at Utopia Audio.
Sydney
Brass Plays Stanhope 
Stereo CD
Recording & Mix Track - “The
Australian Fanfare for Nine Trumpets”
Mastered at
Utopia Audio.
DISGRACE 
Feature Film Dolby Digital 5.1. Orchestral Mix -
Ending Theme “She Walks in Beauty”. Composed by Graeme Koehne.
Directed by Steve Jacobs. Cast: John Malkovich, Eriq Ebouaney, Scott Cooper,
Mixed at Utopia
Audio.
CIRCA
Discrete 5.1. Orchestral Score
recording, Edit & Mix. Score composed
& conducted by Christopher Gordon.
A series of four short films for presentation at the
Recorded at
Trackdown Scoring Stage,
Edited & Mixed at Utopia Audio.
ARTS
IN THE VALLEY 2007
Sound Recording & subtle re-enforcement for the inaugural Kangaroo
Valley Arts Festival, Arts in the Valley, held 20-22 April 2007 featuring
classical and fine contemporary music integrated with the visual arts in events
and collaborations never before witnessed at an Australian arts festival.
Artists included Slava Gregoryan, Yvonne Kenny, Geoffrey Tozer, Ian
Munro, Brett Dean, Rachel Scott, Alice
Giles, Guitar Trek, John O’Donnell, The Four Basses, Barbara Jane Gilbey,
Claire Edwards, Geoff Collins, Daryl Pratt, Alison Eddington,
The Southern Highlands Concert Band and The Berry Courthouse Choir.
The
18th ARABIAN GULF CUP
Production,
editing and mixing of music material for the Opening Ceremony at
DECEMBER
BOYS 
Feature Film Dolby Digital 5.1. Orchestral Score
recording & mix, Music Editor. Score
composed by Carlo
Giacco. Conducted by Brett Weymark.
Directed by Rod
Hardy. Cast: Daniel Radcliffe (first film outside the
‘Harry Potter’ franchise), Teresa Palmer, Christian Byers, Lee Comrie, James Fraser,
Jack Thompson, Kris McQuade, Suzie Wilks, Victoria Hill,
Sullivan Stapleton, Ralph Cotterill, Frank Gallacher.
Based on the Michael Noonan novel,
"December Boys" is the story of four orphan friends in
Recorded at
Studios 301,
Edited & Mixed at Utopia
Audio.
ASIAN
GAMES DOHA 2006 
Sydney Symphony Orchestra recordings for event
opening and closing ceremonies.
Featuring
original orchestral compositions by Composer/Conductor: David Stanhope.
Recorded & Mixed at Trackdown Scoring
Stage,
Engineered by Torei Lista, Produced by
Christo Curtis.
XVIII
COMMONWEALTH GAMES 
Production, Recording and Mixing for the Opening
Ceremony Event, Broadcast mix and CD. Featuring original
orchestral compositions by Christopher Gordon,
Artists:
Orchestra and Choirs conducted by
Recorded at
(*Delta Goodrem “Together We Are One” Vocal/Piano/Drums/Bass recorded and produced in United
Kingdom – Orgasmatron; Orchestra and Choir recorded in Australia – Utopia Audio)
The DOLBY
EXPERIENCE
Recording and Mixing music by Neil Sutherland for a DVD promoting the Dolby Digital 5.1
surround experience for Dolby Laboratories Inc. Recorded at Studios301 Sydney, Mixed at Utopia Audio.
LIKE MINDS /
aka MURDEROUS INTENT 
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Feature Film Dolby Digital 5.1. Orchestral Score
recording & mix. Score
composed & conducted by Carlo
Giacco.
Music performed by the 70-piece Sydney Studio Orchestra, with the 32 voices of
the Cantillation choir.
Cast: Toni Collette, Eddie Redmayne, Tom Sturridge, Kate Maberly, Jon Overton, Richard Roxburgh,
David Threlfall. Director: Gregory J Read.
Recorded at Studios301, Sydney. Edited & Mixed at Utopia Audio.
ABC TV Network
NEWS THEMES – remix 
Forensic re-mix of News Themes for
the Australian Broadcasting Corporation National Television Network. Composer: Martin Armiger
Sadly and badly recorded at Studios301
ELECTRIC CELLO 
Solo CD for David Pereira – Cello. Featuring
compositions by
The
Extra. 
Feature Film Dolby Digital 5.1. Orchestral Score
recording & mix. Score
composed by Roger
Mason.
Extra Extra Film Productions. Cast: Jimeoin McKeown, Rhys Muldoon, Katherine Slattery, Bob Franklin,
Helen Dallimore,
Kristy Hinze,
Recorded at Studios301, Sydney. Mixed at Utopia
Audio.
Anacondas: The
Hunt for the Blood Orchid 
Feature
Film Dolby Digital 5.1. Orchestral Score
recording & mix. Score
composed by & conducted Nerida Tyson Chew
Screen Gems (Sony). Director:
Dwight H. Little. Starring: Nicholas Hope, Peter Curtin, Eugene Byrd,
Morris Chestnut, Nicholas Gonzalez, Matthew Marsden, Johnny Messner, Salli Richardson,
Kadee Strickland,
Maria Theodorakis, Karl Yune.
Recorded at Studios301, Sydney. Mixed at Utopia
Audio.
TourismNSW 
"Adiemus" Stereo TV & 5.1
commercials. Orchestral/Choir recording & mix. Composed by Karl
Jenkins. Arranged by Sirch Nodrog.
Recorded at Trackdown Scoring Stage, Fox Studios,
MAN-THING 
Feature
Film Dolby Digital 5.1. Orchestral Score
recording/ mix. Score
composed by Roger
Mason.
Lions Gate
Films. Director: Brett Leonard. Starring: Jack
Thompson, Rawiri Paratene,
Matt Le Nevez,
Rachel Taylor, Steve Bastoni
Recorded at Trackdown Scoring
Stage, Fox Studios,
Girl Of The World – ALLONA 
Produced by Allona and
Gary Keady. Recorded at Audio Media Studios in
SALEMS 
Telemovie 2 x 90mins. 5.1 & Stereo. Score composed & conducted by Christopher Gordon,
Vocalizations by Lisa Gerrard. Starring Rob Lowe, Samantha Mathis, Donald Sutherland, Robert Mammone,
Daniel Byrd, Andre Braugher, Rutger Hauer, James Cromwell & Rebecca Gibney. Based on a novel by
Stephen King. Directed by Mikael Salomon.
Recorded at Trackdown Scoring Stage,
"Lament
For 
- Performed by Sydney Philharmonia Choirs & Australian Youth
Orchestra, with soloists Patricia Rozario and
Christopher Josey
- Composed by John Tavener, Conducted by Thomas Woods, Produced by Virginia
Read for ABC
- Recorded & Mixed at Trackdown Scoring Stage, Sydney.
Consultant Recording Engineer/Producer
for Opening Ceremony Music, & event series National Anthems. Featuring music composed by Christopher
Gordon, Elena Kats-Chernin, Paul
Jarman, "George", Gustav Holst, with
the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Cantillation, Sydney Childrens Choir,
Rugby World Choir, Jose Cura, Deborah Cheetham & others. Conducted and
co-produced by Lyn Williams.Addition al material from David Page.
Recorded at Trackdown Scoring Stage,
WE
HAVE DECIDED NOT TO DIE 
Mastering of
music from Short Film Written and Directed by Daniel Askill; music by
EVIL
NEVER DIES 
Telemovie 90mins. Music Score composed by Nerida
Tyson-Chew. Starring
Thomas Gibson, Katherine Heigl and
Simon Bossell. Directed by Uli Edel
Credits: Music Mixer
Mixed at Utopia Audio.
AN AUDIO INTRODUCTION - Trackdown Scoring Stage, Fox Studios, Sydney.
Record & Mix various pieces featuring Sydney Symphony
Orchestra, during acoustic testing phase, presented
on CD as a demonstration of the stage's 'sound' and the studio's future
capabilities.
2003
Australia Day Spectacular, Darling Harbour, Sydney 
Compilation & Mastering of Fireworks
music.
Australian
YOUTH OLYMPIC Festival 
Compilation & Mastering of all
National Anthems.
WARD
13 
14min Animation Feature Film, Dolby Digital 5.1, DVD, Stereo & CD. Orchestral Score composed & conducted by Christopher Gordon. Film-maker: Peter Cornwell.
Recorded at Studios301, Sydney. Mixed at Utopia
Audio.
Credits: Music Recording, Music Edit & Mix.
THE
HONOURABLE WALLY NORMAN 
Feature Film, Dolby Digital 5.1.
Score by Jim Conway, Arne Hanna & Paul Burton. Director Ted Emery.
Writers Andrew Jones, Rick Kalowski. Cast: Kevin Harrington, Shaun Micallef,
Bryan Dawe,
Roz Hammond, Greig Pickhaver.
Mixed at Utopia Audio
HORSEPLAY 
Feature Film, Dolby Digital 5.1. Orchestral Score composed & conducted by Nigel Westlake. Cast: Marcus Graham, Tushka Bergen, Jason Donovan, Craig Beamer, Abbie Cornish, Amanda Douge, Bill
Hunter, Damien Richardson, Terence Donovan, Natalie Mendoza. Director: Stavros Kazantzidis.
Credits: Music Recording Engineer/Mixer
Recorded at Studios301
Commonwealth
Games - Manchester 2002 
Compilation & Mastering of all
National Anthems.
The
CROCODILE HUNTER: COLLISION
COURSE 
MGM Pictures. Feature Film, Dolby Digital. Orchestral Score
recording. Score by Mark McDuff.
Recorded at Studios301, Sydney.
SYDNEY
CHILDRENS CHOIR
CD. Various titles. Conducted by
VISITORS 
Feature Film, DolbyDigital5.1 & CD. Score by
Nerida Tyson-Chew. Directed by Richard Franklin. Cast: Radha Mitchell, Susannah York, Ray Barrett, Tottie Goldsmith, Phil Ceberano, Dominic Purcell.
The
NUGGET 
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(Feature Film, Dolby Digital 5.1 & CD) Orchestral Score by
Recorded at Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC
SHORT
FILMS - Australian Film,
"CREEPY CRAWLEYS" - Orchestral Score by
Cliff Bradley
"INTO THE NIGHT" - Orchestral Score by George Papanicolaou
"THE LITTLE BLUE" - Orchestral Score by Kylie Burtland
COUNTERSTRIKE 
TV Drama Feature 90mins.
Orchestral Score by Garry McDonald & Lawrence Stone. Conducted by Garry
McDonald.
Recorded at Studios301, Sydney.
TV Network 7 sports themes - Orchestral
sessions.
Score by Burkhard Dallwitz.
Recorded at Studios301, Sydney.
IMAX Feature 40mins.
Orchestral Score by
Credits: Music Recording Engineer/Mixer
Recorded at Studios301, Sydney. Mixed at Utopia Audio.
MUCH 
(Television
Documentary 94 mins - Who
did write Shakespeare's works???)
Score by Christopher Gordon, featuring The Song Company.
Credit: Music Engineer. Recorded at Studio
301
SBS
Television Network - The
Business Show 
Themes. Music by
IGNITE 
On 15th September 2001, one year on from
the lighting of the Olympic flame for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games,
Following the Ignite! ceremony the fireworks were choreographed to
Handel’s “Music for the Royal Fireworks” played by the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
Recorded at
CHANGI 
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(ABC Television 6 x 1hr Drama Series; 5.1
& Stereo, CD Mix & Mastering)
Orchestral Score by
Credits: Music Recording Engineer/Mixer
Recorded at Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC
(FOX TeleMovie based
on a story by R.L. Stine; 5.1 & Dolby Stereo & CD Mix & Mastering)
Orchestral Score by Christopher Gordon. Director: Patrick Read Johnson.
Recorded at Studios301, Sydney. Mixed at Utopia
Audio.
SBS
Television Network - World
News 
+News Themes. Music by
NSW
Centenary of Federation: Centennial Ceremony, 1st January 2001 
Orchestral & Choral pre-record/mix
for all musical items in official State Centennial Ceremony, Centennial Park,
Sydney:
Music by Michael Atherton, Christopher Gordon, Stephen Leek & Sirocco, with
the 2001 Australian Youth Orchestra, Gondwana Voices,
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, soloists Deborah Cheetham & David Hamilton, and Sirocco.
Music Director & Conductor: Lyn
Williams.
Recorded at Studios301, Sydney. Mixed at Utopia
Audio.
Feature Film. Occasional
Orchestral Recording,
Recorded at
Credits: Music Recording Engineer
PARALYMPIC
GAMES, Sydney2000 
Compilation &
Mastering of all National Anthems.
Record / Mix / Mastering of various musical items for Sports
Presentations.
GAMES
OF THE XXVII OLYMPIAD, Sydney2000 
Orchestral recording for items in Opening
Ceremony:
. . . "Tin
Symphony Pt2" & "Lawnmower Man" - Paul Grabowsky.
. . . "The
Flame"-Tina Arena.
Compilation & Mastering of all National Anthems.
Record / Mix / Mastering of various musical items for Sports
Presentations.
(Documentary Film, Dolby Digital, DVD
& CD Mix & Mastering)
Orchestral Score by Nerida Tyson-Chew. Filmed & Directed by David Curl.
Recorded at Studios301, Sydney. Mixed at Utopia
Audio.
(IMAX Feature & CD Mix & Mastering) Orchestral Score by
Credits: Music Recording Engineer/Mixer
Recorded at Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC
(TV Feature Mini-series) Orchestral Score by
Christopher Gordon. Director:
Russell Mulcahy.
Recorded at Studios301, Sydney.
(The Stage Show adapted to the Big Top) Pre-record and
on-site mix of show music for Australian Tour.
Recorded at Rhinoceros,
(IMAX Feature Film, CD) Orchestral Score by
Christopher Gordon.
Directors: Geoff
Credits: Music Editor, Music Recording Engineer/Mixer.
(4hr TV Feature Mini-series, CD Mix & Mastering) Orchestral Score by
Carl Vine.
Recorded 30 May & June 6, 1999,
Studio 200, ABC, Ultimo Centre,
Credits: Music Recording Engineer,
Recording Co-Producer (w Belinda Webster),
Soundtrack Producer.
Recorded at Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC
1998 (Feature Film, Dolby
digital/SDDS/Digital DTS, +CD) - Orchestral Score by Nigel Westlake. Director: George
Miller.
Recorded at
Credits: Music Editor, Music Recording Engineer/Mixer, Additional Music Producer/Editor.
PASSION 
(Feature Film, Dolby Digital) - about Composer/Arranger Percy Grainger.
Director: Peter Duncan.
(4min Promo, IMAX) Orchestral Score by
Recorded at Odeon Theatre,
SALOME 
Sydney Dance
Company. Music
by
Never
Tell Me Never 
(TV Feature) Orchestral Score by
Peter Kaldor. Director: David Elfick
Recorded at ABC Studios,
(180min, 2-part TV Feature and CD) Orchestral Score by
Christopher Gordon. Director:
Franc Roddam
Credits: Music Recording Engineer/Mixer
Recorded at Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC
Dead
Letter Office 
(Feature Film, Dolby Digital) Music by
A
Little Bit Of Soul 
(Feature Film, Dolby Digital, and CD) Orchestral Score by
Credits: Music Recording Engineer/Mixer
Recorded at Government House Ballroom,
PAWS 
(Feature Film, Dolby Digital) Orchestral Score by
Credits: Music Recording Engineer/Mixer
Recorded at Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC
(Feature Film, Dolby Digital, & CD) Orchestral Score by
Ross Edwards. Director:
Credits: Music Editor, Music Recording Engineer/Mixer
Recorded at Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC
Children
of the Revolution 
(Feature Film, Dolby Stereo) Orchestral Score by
Recorded at
(Feature Film,
DTS MaxVision) and CD. Orchestral Score
by
Recorded at
Celluloid
Heroes
Film
(Feature Film, 3D-IMAX) Orchestral Score by
Recorded at Allan Eaton Studio, Melbourne and Albert Studio,
SBS Television Network
+Network ID's. Music by
+Movie Show Themes. Music by
An Evening Under the Sun
Riley Lee /
Daniel Askill; CD Edit and Mix.
Free Radicals
Sydney Dance
Company /
Der Schwanensang
The Song Company; CD Edit/mastering.
Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf 
TV Animation. Hanna-Barbera Productions. Orchestral score, recorded at Film
Score Composed & Conducted by Sven Libaek.
Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers 
TV Animation. Hanna-Barbera Productions. Orchestral score, recorded at Film
Score Composed & Conducted by Sven Libaek.
Candy Regentag ( aka Kiss the
Night) 
Feature Film. Dir: James Ricketson. Original Score by
Recorded and mixed at Honey Farm Studio,
The Winds of Jarrah 
Feature Film. Dolby Stereo. Orchestral Score by
John Stuart.
Recorded at the Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House. Mixed at Atlab.
Aussie Assault 
Feature Film about
Recorded at Sydney Opera House and Windchase Studio. Mixed at Film
MOLLY
Feature Film about a singing dog. Recorded at ATA and EMI Studios301, Sydney. Directed by Ned
Lander. Music Director: Graeme Isaac. Starring Claudia Karvan,
Garry McDonald, Reg Lye,
Melissa Jaffer,
RuthCracknell, Les Dayman, Robin Laurie, Tanya Lester, Jake Blundell, Mick
Conway, Jim Conway, Ray Marshall,
Ken Snodgrass, Michael O’Neill, Kerry Dwyer.
Wrong Side of The Road 
80 min Feature
Film, mono. - documents
the members and crew of the Aboriginal rock-reggae bands, No Fixed Address and
US Mob on the road for two days. A road movie, musical and documentary drama in
one, this innovative film is both inspiring and disturbing. This film won the Jury Prize
at the 1981 AFI Awards and screened at various festivals during the 1980s,
including the Back of Beyond: Discovering Australian Film & Television,
UCLA,
Mixed at EMI Studios301.
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