Finn Robertson
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Finn Buster Robertson (born 13 September 1981) is an Australian composer and music producer.
He grew up in country Victoria learning to play piano, guitar and trumpet before discovering the bizarre and otherworldly sounds that were possible to make with a computer. From 2000 to 2002 he applied and expanded these skills from his early experiments in electronic and acoustic composition at RMIT University's
Media Arts
under Philip Brophy
and Philip Samartzis. His works are notable for integrating electronic music
sounds with traditional orchestra
l arrangements.
in Melbourne over which time he created the soundtracks and oversaw the Sound Design of over 10 commercially released games including
Since then he has worked as a freelance Composer and Sound Designer on various short film animation and game projects including Pinion which was screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival
in 2010 and Beatrice, her beast and the man from the city. Finn created sound design for Isobel Knowles' animation I Fell off my Bike and Jemila MacEwan's exhibition Drawing No. 1
Finn is currently collaborating on various short films and two music projects Howlove and The Bloom Project
as a significant influence.
He grew up in country Victoria learning to play piano, guitar and trumpet before discovering the bizarre and otherworldly sounds that were possible to make with a computer. From 2000 to 2002 he applied and expanded these skills from his early experiments in electronic and acoustic composition at RMIT University's
RMIT University
RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
Media Arts
New media art
New media art is a genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art, computer robotics, and art as biotechnology...
under Philip Brophy
Philip Brophy
Philip Brophy, born in Reservoir, Melbourne 1959 is an Australian musician, composer, sound designer, filmmaker, writer, graphic designer, educator and academic.-Music:...
and Philip Samartzis. His works are notable for integrating electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
sounds with traditional orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
l arrangements.
Career
Finn worked in-house as Audio Director and Lead Composer for three years at Torus GamesTorus Games
Torus Games Pty. Ltd. is a video games developer founded in 1994, and is subsequently one of the oldest and most consistently stable game development studios in Australia....
in Melbourne over which time he created the soundtracks and oversaw the Sound Design of over 10 commercially released games including
- Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp for Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
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Since then he has worked as a freelance Composer and Sound Designer on various short film animation and game projects including Pinion which was screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
The Melbourne International Film Festival is an acclaimed annual film festival held over three weeks in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1951, making it one of the oldest in the World....
in 2010 and Beatrice, her beast and the man from the city. Finn created sound design for Isobel Knowles' animation I Fell off my Bike and Jemila MacEwan's exhibition Drawing No. 1
Finn is currently collaborating on various short films and two music projects Howlove and The Bloom Project
Personal life
Finn became a vegetarian in 2010, citing the book Eating AnimalsEating Animals
Eating Animals is the third book by the American writer Jonathan Safran Foer, published in 2009. It is a work of non-fiction.-Themes:Foer explores the topics of factory farming and commercial fisheries...
as a significant influence.