Chris Larkin has been an active composer in the Australian Film, corporate
and TV industries, and has provided scores and arrangements for a variety of
different projects.

Recent projects include music for the University of Adelaide Life Impact TV ad
campaign, the score for the highly-awarded short film Toot Toot – for which he
won Best Composition at SASA – and additional music for the award-winning
children’s show Figaro Pho.

Along with his work for independent film and TV, Chris has provided music for
games and has an extensive output of concert music, developed during his time
at the Elder Conservatorium of Music at Adelaide University.

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Awarded second place at the Sibelius Composer Awards 2007, this piece was performed by Ensemble Offspring, conducted by Roland Peelman at the Sydney Conservatorium in July the same year. The Mountain is a suite of short pieces representing chapters of a nursery rhyme-inspired story:

The happy travellers must head past a mountain to reach their destination. Little did they know that man-eating ogres dwell within. The travellers get captured and taken into the dark mountain, and eaten. Then the spirits of the travellers wait for their turn to become ogres, so they can eat enough humans to be relased into the afterlife.

The track featured here is the final movement/ piece in the suite, and represents the travellers spirits lingering in the caves of the mountain.


The Mountain - Spirits

Expand is a single player video game in which players explore a circular labyrinth constructed as an abstract black and white geometric landscape. Players must avoid getting squashed as the labyrinth twists, stretches and reveals itself, always responding to the players actions and movements.

http://expandgame.com/

Expand OST: "Follow Me"

Recently I was asked to write the music for Taste Creative’s latest video. For this, I had the opportunity to compose the music during preproduction. They hadn’t even begun shooting the video until after the music was written. This allowed me to really focus on the music and to bring it to it’s fullest potential.

Taste Storytellers

Composed for online series "Is It Dimentia" by Short Focus Films.

The Ventilation

The Queue Jumper

The Forgetful Inmate

Musical Identity composed for the University of Adelaide 2013.

Featuring members of the Elder Conservatorium String Orchestra and the Elder Conservatorium Chorale.

Seek Light

Original score composed for Wastelander Panda: Exile. Nominated for Best Music for Miniseries at the APRA Screen Music Awards 2015. 

Wastelander Panda Theme

Excerpt from the score for videogame Hollow Knight. You can find more about the game at www.teamcherry.com.au

Hollow Knight Music Preview

Excerpts of music written for children's television show "The New Adventures of Figaro Pho"

http://www.abc.net.au/abc3/shows/16604.htm

Figaro Pho-Reel

Obsidian Skies

This is the second part of the Wastelander Panda prologue trailer score. If you haven't seen it, go to www.wastelanderpanda.com !! You won't regret it!

Wastelander Panda Prologue Pt. II

This is the theme from a short film called Clarence Kite.

Directed by Thomas Cant

Original score by Christopher Larkin

Nominated for best music and best animation at 2012 South Australian Screen Awards

Shortlisted for Tropfest 2012

Clarence Kite Theme

This is the suite from the independant film "Aurora"
Watch the film here: www.aurorathefilm.com
The soundtrack is available here: http://christopherlarkin.bandcamp.com/

Aurora Suite

Winning composition performed by the Australian String Quartet in Elder Hall, Adelaide 2009.

String Quartet no. 1 "City Streets"

Christopher Larkin is an award winning composer and sound designer for games, film and TV. His output includes work for clients such as Madman Entertainment, ABC, Mitsubishi and Bandai Namco. Awards include Best Music for Children’s TV at the APRA/AGSC Screen Music Awards, Best Composition at the South Australian Screen Awards, official selections at the Australian Game Developer Awards, PC Gamers Best Game Music of the Year, ASSG Awards, and Freeplay Awards.

One of Chris’ main goals is to maintain a classically-educated approach to music composition and sound design, whilst using his knowledge of current technology to produce a vast range of musical styles and soundscapes.

Chris strongly believes that some of his best work has been the result of strong collaborations and working relationships. He always enjoys the process of working closely with talented directors, designers, producers and musicians, and is constantly on the lookout for more opportunities.

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