James Hall is one of New Zealand’s most performed composers and his reputation as a bespoke composer of popular song has placed him and his production company, Soundtrax, at the very top of the local music industry.
In the last 12 months alone, James has produced a double platinum CD for Hayley Westenra (composing two of the songs), been a recent finalist in the Nokia Film Awards for his score for “The Crooked Earth”, written the score for NZ’s top reality TV show “Pioneer House,” written the score to NZ’s top documentary series “Captains Log”, won an Axis award for best advertising soundtrack and won the gold award at the Warsaw Festival for having written Poland’s best advertising music score.
He has produced and/or co-written tracks with multi-platinum pop artists Bic Runga, Boh Runga, Fiona McDonald and Carly Binding, mezzo-soprano Helen Medlyn, new age singer Jayne Elleson and most recently for teenage diva, Haley Westenra.
His film work goes back to the 1980s feature “Carry Me Back” and continues today with “The Crooked Earth” and the “Treasure Island Kids” trilogy, which he is composing with Bruce Lynch.
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