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David Bridie Songwriter, Singer, Musician, Producer, Lyricist, Composer and Activist
Along the way David has produced albums for artists such as Christine Anu, Archie Roach, Monique Brumby and three albums for Papua New Guinea artist, George Telek, whose second album, "Serious Tam" David produced in the UK for Peter Gabriel's Real World label and subsequently toured the WOMAD festivals as part of Telek's live band.
David toured the UK, Canada and the USA , his live shows featuring films commissioned especially for the songs by a whole range of film makers David has collaborated with over the years including Mark Worth, Rolf de Heer, David Caesar, James Littlemore, Lynne Hamilton and Tim Cole. Each song has its own film and in late 2004 a combined DVD of the two albums will be released wth all the accompanying films and a 5.1 surround mix of the albums. Since 1986 David has composed countless feature film, documentary and television scores in a career where musically he has travelled wildly from orchestral to indigenous influenced work to the use of old analogue synthesizers, found natural sounds, pump organs and harmoniums. As well, David's favoured piano is never far away. Collaborating with a wide range of Melbourne musicans, Bridie has worked often with band mates Helen Mountfort(cake) and John Phillips (NDW). Some scoring highlights include the AFI for best soundtrack for Bill Bennetts "In a Savage Land" where Bridie spent two months in the Trobriand islands recording with local musicans. Recording the soundtrack for "Tempted" starring Burt Reynolds in New Orleans, Louisian;a travelling up and down the Mississippi; collaborating with Ed Kuepper and Jim Moginie and mezzo sopran Miriam Allen for the Billy Connolly film, "The Man who Sued God"; being the composer laureat for the Australian Labour party in the late 80s; scoring for the docos Whitlam, Labour in Power (Hawke/Keating) and Mr Neal is Entitled to be an Agitator (Lionel Murphy); composing the ARIA award winning Proof soundtrack with his NDW cohorts and writing and orchestrating the classic Australian novel "My Brother Jack". Bridie has also been involved as a musical director for the massive Federation Yeperenye Festival in Alice Springs, the Sing Sing and Morning Star festivals that highlighted cultural and historic links Australia's Melanesian neighbours PNG and West Papua. He has also been involved in various community arts projects having worked at Arts Access in the mid eighties setting up recording projects with people with intellectual disabilities and with mental illness. Since he first holidayed there in 1986,David has returned to PNG and West Papua 13 times, touring, composing soundtracks, producing Telek or just for holidays. He is also very involved with the campaign for indepenence for West Papua. Having directed the 2003 Morning Star Concert which culminated in a highly concentrated media campaign aimed at explaining West Papua's history and current social justice situation. David produced an album for West Papuan stringband Black Paradise and directed a West Papuan soundscape/remix album which featured tracks form the likes of Paul Mac, Pnau and Not Drowning,Waving.. The concert ,which the Coalition Government attempted to ban, features artists such as Andrew Denton, Alex Lloyd, John Clarke, Lisa Gerard, John Saffron and West Papuan human rights leader in exile, John Rumbiak. David has now set up his own record label "BLUNT" which over the next few years may see him A&R some projects of his own choosing as well as be able to release his soundtracks, My Friend the Chocolate Cake, and his own solo records through his own records in collaboration with Mana, Chris Gough's management group. The most recent Blunt releasees include My Friend the Chocolate Cake's greatest hits record "Parade", Telek's third album, "Amette", and the West Papuan band Black Paradise' album "Spirit of Mambesak".
Discography
Producer Christine Anu "Stylin' Up" - Triple ARIA Award Winner Archie Roach "Jamu Dreaming" George Telek "Go Long We Bush" - ARIA Award Winner George Telek "Serious Tam" George Telek "Amette" and "Evar" Monique Brumby "Thylacine" - Double ARIA Award Winner Paul Kelly (two tracks on the Wanted Man CD) White Records "Our Home, Our Land" CD - a double album of indigenous artists with Tiddas, Archie Road, Yothu Yindi, Shane Howard, Kev Carmody, Frank Yamma - featuring the track "Coolibah" Two tracks produced for Kutcha's as yet unreleased album Black Paradise "Spirit of Mambesak" - a band from West Papua. Musical Director SING SING 1994 - Melbourne, Sydney and Port Moresby portion of the NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL 1995 YEPERENYE FESTIVAL 2001 MORNING STAR CONCERT 2003 - Melbourne Concert Hall, featuring Not Drowning, Waving, Alex Lloyd, Andrew Denton, Lisa Gerard, Paul Mac, Bangarra, Black Paradise, John Clarke.
Composer for Feature Films THE MAN WHO SUED GOD 2001 TEMPTED 2001 IN A SAVAGE LAND 1999 - Best Original Soundtrack (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Soundtrack Album (2000 ARIA Awards) THE MYTH OF FINGERPRINTS 199? WHAT HAVE I WRITTEN 199? PROOF 1990 THAT EYE THE SKY IDIOT BOX GREENKEEPING 1987 RIVER STREET WAITING AT THE ROYAL HAMMERS OVER THE ANVIL AUSTRALIA: LAND BEYOND TIME 2001 IMAX 60 MINUTE FEATURE MY BROTHER JACK Composer for Television, Short Films, Documentaries CABLE 2004 THE ALICE 2004 THE MEN WHO WOULD CONQUER CHINA 2004 LAND OF THE MORNING STAR 2003 COLD TURKEY 2003 CAAMA QUEEN OF HEARTS TULIP 1999 ROUNDABOUT 2001 MABO 1997 LABOUR IN POWER BODYWORKS 1987 MR NEAL IS ENTITLED TO BE AN AGITATOR 1990 WHITLAM 1987 LIVING ROOMS, FENCES THE WAY OF THE BIRDS HALIFAX FP DOGWOMAN GLUED TO THE TELLY ISLANDS IN THE SKY WONDERBOY DRIVING WITH RICHARD THE HIGHEST COURT JOERN UTZON DOCO SATURN'S RETURN THE SECRET SAFARI TAXI
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