Chris Neal (songwriter)

Chris Neal is an Australian musician, songwriter and television and film music composer.^[1] Starting in popular music, Neal later moved to film music. He has created soundtracks for various successful Australian film and television productions, including Buddies, Turtle Beach, Johnson and Friends, Lift Off, Farscape, Kaboodle, GP, Li'l Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers and many others, often working in collaboration with his son, Braedy.

Discography (incomplete)

• "Manchild" (1972)
• "Winds of Isis" (1974)
• "Crosstalk" (1981)
• "Buddies" (1984)
• "Turtle Beach" (1991)
• "An Afternoon with Johnson and Friends" (1992)
• "Songs from Lift-Off 1" (1992)
• "More Songs from Lift-Off 2" (1992)
• "EC's Favourite Songs" (1993)
• "Wakadoo Cafe" (1993)
• "Heartland" (1994)
• "Johnson and Friends - Making Music" (1994)
• "Songs and Stories with EC" (1994)
• "Wakadoo Rap and Other Songs and Stories from Lift-Off 2!" (1995)
• "Brand New Songs from Lift-Off" (1995)
• "Lift-Off Live - Songs from the Musical" (1995)
• "Songs from Li'l Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers" (1998)
• "Farscape" (2001)
• "Themes" (2005)
• "Cooling Pond" (2008)

External links

• http://chrisnealmusic.com - Chris Neal's website.

References

1. Sounds Australian: Australian Music Centre Journal 1990 INTERVIEW From Midi to 80-Piece Orchestras: Chris Neal, Film Composer Michael Atherton "Chris Neal is a leading feature film composer. He studied classical piano and theory, jazz and orchestration"