I'm Quentin Grant, a multidisciplinary composer and performer based in Adelaide, Australia. I write, record, and produce music across film, theatre, opera, and live performance, and I enjoy shaping musical identities that help tell powerful stories. I compose in many styles and have contributed to film, television, and stage projects, often combining collaboration with a wide network of performers and ensembles. I co-direct The Firm, a Adelaide-based company, and have worked on numerous commissions and productions with Circa, Slingsby, Brink, and other leading companies. My work spans orchestral scores, cabaret pieces, and large-scale theatre, always aiming for inventive, expressive sound that supports the narrative and captivates audiences.…

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I'm Quentin Grant, a multidisciplinary composer and performer based in Adelaide, Australia. I write, record, and produce music across film, theatre, opera, and live performance, and I enjoy shaping musical identities that help tell powerful stories. I compose in many styles and have contributed to film, television, and stage projects, often combining collaboration with a wide network of performers and ensembles. I co-direct The Firm, a Adelaide-based company, and have worked on numerous commissions and productions with Circa, Slingsby, Brink, and other leading companies. My work spans orchestral scores, cabaret pieces, and large-scale theatre, always aiming for inventive, expressive sound that supports the narrative and captivates audiences.…

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I’m Quentin Grant, a multidisciplinary composer and performer based in Adelaide, Australia. I write, record, and produce music across film, theatre, opera, and live performance, and I enjoy shaping musical identities that help tell powerful stories. I compose in many styles and have contributed to film, television, and stage projects, often combining collaboration with a wide network of performers and ensembles.

I co-direct The Firm, a Adelaide-based company, and have worked on numerous commissions and productions with Circa, Slingsby, Brink, and other leading companies. My work spans orchestral scores, cabaret pieces, and large-scale theatre, always aiming for inventive, expressive sound that supports the narrative and captivates audiences.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Composer / Music Producer at ABC Closer Productions / The Art of the Game (Doco)
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2018
Music composed, recorded and produced for film and TV projects, including The Art of the Game for ABC TV (Doco).
Composer at JK Films
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2016
Music for documentary Stories of Recovery.
Composer at One Thousand Productions / National Geographic
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2013
Music for documentary feature Black Saturday.
Composer at Closer Production
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2010
Music for short film Elephantisis.
Composer at SBS
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2009
Music for documentary Bittersweet Freedom.
Composer at Dusk (Tropfest finalist)
January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2007
Music for Tropfest finalist Dusk, produced and directed by Bill Allert.
Composer / Sound Designer at One Thousand Productions
January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2007
Wrote and produced soundtracks for Cyclone Alley, Black Tuesday, and The Day the Flames Came.
Composer / Music Designer at Slingsby Theatre
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2026
Scoring and producing soundtrack for A Concise Compendium of Wonder; theatre works across multiple productions.
Composer / Orchestrator at Louder / Brandenburg Philharmonic / Gravity and Other Myths
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2026
Orchestral score for a physical circus company collaboration.
Composer / Librettist at Brink Theatre / Opera Co of SA / Opera Australia
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2024
An opera, When the Rain Stops Falling, commissioned by Brink Theatre/Opera Co of SA/Opera Australia; libretto by Andrew Bovell.
Composer at Slingsby Theatre
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2022
The Boy Who Talked to Dogs, Adelaide Festival; touring to Ireland and Britain.
Composer at Adelaide Chamber Singers
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
The Angel of the Trees and Two Christmas Songs.
Composer / Musician at Slingsby / Adelaide Cabaret Festival
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2018
For Those Who’ve Come Across the Seas; Wolfgang for Circa; music for The Art of the Game (ABC/Closer Productions).
Composer at Slingsby
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2017
Scored Emil and the Detectives; concert of music for Slingsby’s 10 year celebration.
Composer at Circa
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2016
The Return; premiered at the Barbican, London.
Composer / Arranger at Circa / Brisbane Festival
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2015
Il Ritorno; co-devised, composed and arranged; Helpmann Award nomination (2016 for Best Physical Theatre).
Composer at Paul Capsis / State Theatre SA
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2014
Little Bird cabaret; co-written with Cameron Goodall and Nicki Bloom; performed as a 2015 Helpmann nominee.
Composer at Slingsby
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2014
Carnival of the Amazing Animals; Circa (Brisbane).
Composer at Slingsby / State Opera of SA
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2013
Ode to Nonsense (opera).
Composer / Collaborator at Adelaide Cabaret Festival
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2013
You, Me and the Bloody Sea (with Cameron Goodall).
Composer / Sound Designer at Flying Penguin Productions
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2012
The Dark Room; theatre project.
Composer at Barking Gecko / Jute Theatre
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2012
This Girl Laughs; Perth and regional performances.
Composer at Slingsby
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2014
The Mouse, the Bird and Sausage.
Composer / Music Designer at Brink Productions
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2008
When the Rain Stops Falling; music and sound design.
Co-director at The Firm
January 1, 1996 - January 1, 2024
Co-directed a company producing new concert music; international events in Vienna (2001).
Composer/Producer at Slingsby Theatre
January 1, 2023 - Present
Scoring and producing soundtrack for Slingsby’s triptych A Concise Compendium of Wonder, to premiere at the Adelaide Festival and internationally.
Composer at Brink Theatre / Opera Co of SA / Opera Australia
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2024
Commissioned opera When the Rain Stops Falling, with libretto by Andrew Bovell, based on the play of the same name.
Composer/Performer at Slingsby Theatre
January 1, 2021 - October 1, 2022
The Boy Who Talked to Dogs, Adelaide Festival, touring to Ireland and Britain in October 2022.
Composer/Sound Designer/Performer at Brink Productions
January 1, 2010 - Present
When the Rain Stops Falling, composer, sound designer and performer.
Music Composer at SBS
January 1, 2009 - Present
Music for SBS documentary Bittersweet Freedom.

Education

Phd. in Music, Composition at Elder Conservatorium, University of Adelaide
March 1, 2006 - November 1, 2009

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Other, Education
    The Dark Room

    The Dark Room, soundtrack for the play by Angela Betzien, for the production by Flying Penguins Productions, Adelaide, 2013.
    Music by Quentin Grant
    Recorded at his home studio.

    The Childhood of the World

    Music for the Slingsby Theatre Production ‘The Childhood of the World’: set in medieval times, so a score with recorders, lute, mandolin, dulcimer, hardy-gurdy, celeste, organ, percussion and strings.
    Music by Quentin Grant
    Performed by The Horizon Orchestra
    Recorded at Wizardtone Studios
    Engineer: Sam Leach

    As I Slept, the Stars Fell (album)

    https://www.twine.net/signin

    As I Dreamt, the Stars Fell - album
    from the theatre Production: The Tree of Light (Slingsby Theatre)
    Composer: Quentin Grant
    Performers: The Horizon Orchestra
    Studio: Wizardtone
    Engineer: Jackson Browne

    Elephantiasis

    Elephantiasis: short film
    Closer Productions
    Director: Matthew Bate
    Music: Quentin Grant
    Performers: The Horizon Orchestra
    Studio: Wizardtone
    Engineer: Jarrad Payne

    The Art of the Game


    Documentary
    Closer Productions, Director Sophie Hyde
    Score: Quentin Grant
    Performers: The Horizon Orchestra
    Stdio: Wizardtone
    Engineer: Jarrad Payne