Composing for film

Quoll Farm

Maria composed the wonderful film score for ‘Quoll Farm’, a documentary about a colony of eastern quolls which live in a hidden valley in the Tasmanian wilderness dubbed Quoll Farm. Wildlife expert Simon Plowright lives with the quolls for a year, observing the unique creatures which are under threat from human encroachment. Maria worked with the filmmakers to develop the score, which was performed by musicians of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

To read more about the process of composing for ‘Quoll Farm’ click here.

Watch the trailer to ‘Quoll Farm’ here.

“I thought about how best to depict their activities, such as running around catching moths, tiptoeing out from under the cottage, sneaking into the barn to catch rats and escape the baby Tasmanian Devil, rummaging around in the kitchen, and so on.

There was also a real sense of the farm being a ‘character’ in the film. So there are night scenes of time-lapse stars, bush fires, autumn rains, spring, and flowers blooming. It was just beautiful.”