Roger’s foray into screen composing came through the world of contemporary music. Beginning his piano studies at the age of 5 at the Melbourne Conservatorium and with the influence of a family background diverse in opera, classical & jazz set him on the road to explore different musical styles. His father’s reel to reel tape recorder fueled his interest in recording at an early age - clothes pegs and paper clips to piano strings, vacuum cleaner tubes played, recorded hand-spliced and reversed indicated a leaning toward the non-conventional. His first synthesiser - an ARP Odyssey cemented his passion for electronica and remains a faithful addition to the arsenal of synthesisers collected over the years.
His early career as a band musician/member saw him touring and recording in Australia and internationally with Gary Numan, Wall Of Voodoo, Models & Divinyls among others.
Having always aspired to combine his love of film with music he won a scholarship to attend Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute in Utah to study under acclaimed composers Danny Elfman, David Newman, Alan Silvestri & Michael Kamen; the following year his first feature Film AYA was nominated for Best Score at the AFI Awards (see below for credit listing).
Roger brings his skill as a multi-instrumentalist along with a passion for folk and ethnic music - his extensive collection of traditional acoustic instruments, electronic technology and wide-ranging experience of orchestral composition has resulted in the recording of orchestras from Sydney to Los Angeles and Cape Town creating a wide range of musical styles for the screen.
He has won numerous screen composer awards as well as having written top 40 charted songs, an ARIA for Best Debut Song and has recently been inducted into the ARIA Hall Of Fame as a member of the Models. Most recent wins for film composition include APRA/AGSC Best Music For Telemovie/Mini Series‘The Outlaw Michael Howe’ AACTA nomination (TBA) for Best Music For Television Series ‘ Code’ - APRA/AGSC Best Music for Television Theme‘My Place’ along with Best score for Television series – ‘LastConfessions Of Alexander Pearce’ (see more listings under awards).
Roger is currently working on ‘Reckoning” for Sony Pictures Television - a ten part psychological thriller.
Selected Credits
TELEVISION
2022 Barons - Series TwoJohns/ ABCTV, composer
2019 The Commons - Series Playmaker/Sony, composer
2019 Hungry Ghosts - Mini Series, SBS, composer
2019 Reckoning - Series Sony Pictures, conposer
2018 Hopelessly Devoted - Mini Series Freemantle Media, composer
2016 The Code 2 - Mini Series Playmaker/ABCTV, composer 2015 The Principal - Mini-Series, Essential Media & Ent, composer
2015 Hitting Home - Doc Series, In Films/ABC, composer
2014 Borderland - Doc Series, Al Jazeera USA, composer
2014 The Code - Mini-Series, Playmaker, composer
2012 The Outlaw Michael Howe, Cordell Jigsaw, composer
2011 My Place Series 2, Composer, Television Series, composer
2011 In Their Footsteps, Composer, Documentary Series
2010 Miracle (Series). Composer
2010 My Place (Series II), Composer
2009 My Place (Series I), Composer
2009 Miracle (Series), Composer
2008 The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce, composer
2008 SBS Television & Radio Rebranding, composer and producer
2006 Operatunity (series), composer
2006 Peking to Paris (series), composer
2005-2003 MDA (series), composer
2003 Mermaids, composer
2001 Australians at War (series), composer
1998 Day Of The Roses (mini Series), composer
1995-1996 Fire (Series 1 & 2), composer
1994 Seventh Floor, composer
1993 Crimebroker, composer
FEATURES
2016 Zelos - Feature Film, Painted Gate Pictures
2012 Thirst, Composer
2011 The Burning Man, Additional Composition
2007 September, composer
2007 Fortune, composer
2007 Razzle Dazzle, composer and music producer
2005 The Extra, composer
2004 Man Thing, composer
2003 The Long Lunch, composer
2001 Horses: The Story of Equus (IMAX), composer
2001 When Strangers Appear, composer
2000 Africa's Elephant Kingdom (IMAX), composer
1998 Dead Letter Office, composer
1997 Joey, composer
1996 Killer, composer
1995 The Craft, add composer
1995 Down Came A Blackbird, add composer
1994 Love Crimes, add composer
1994 Gino, composer
1993 Race For the Sun, add composer
1993 Fled, add composer
1992 Till There Was You, add composer
1990 Aya, composer
SHORT FILMS
2013 Booth, composer
2012 This Dog’s Life
2008 He, She, It, composer
2001 Confessions Of A Headhunter, composer