Rhian Sheehan
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Rhian Sheehan is a New Zealand
music composer and producer born in Nelson and now based in Wellington
.
Sheehan released his first album in 2001 Paradigm Shift
, and has since released two albums as well as a compilation of remixes of his work by other New Zealand and international artists. His 2009 album Standing in Silence is a step away from his earlier ‘downbeat’ work into more of a shoegaze and post-rock
ambient
soundtrack direction. Standing in Silence has been critically acclaimed.
Sheehan’s work has featured on variety of CD compilations, most notably the multi-platinum selling Cafe del Mar
CD compilations (vol 10 & 11). Sheehan has also written music that has appeared regularly on UK BBC
television programming, including the top rating Top Gear, as well as The Discovery Channel and the National Geographic channel. His music has also been heard in a variety of TV commercials, movie trailers and short films. In 2009 he composed the soundtrack to the UK's National Space Centre
's We Are Astronomers, a 360° Full Dome Film narrated by Doctor Who
's David Tennant
. In 2009 Sheehan composed the score to the 13 part prime-time TV Drama series The Cult
, (for which he was awarded a Qantas Film & TV Award for best original score) and the Emmy Award winning series Reservoir Hill http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/local/3578781/International-Emmy-win-for-NZ-show He predominantly writes music for film and television.
Standing in Silence (2009)
New Zealand Landscapes – Book/CD (2008)
Music for Nature Documentaries – remix album (2004)
Tiny Blue Biosphere (2004)
Paradigm Shift (2001)
Vol.10 (Spain)
Café del Mar
Vol.11 (Spain)
Barramundi
– Together Vol.4 (France)
Pacific Hotel (France)
The Sound of Dub (Germany)
Turtle Bay Country Club presents - Love Factory (Germany)
LOOP Select 05 (Australia)
Love Parade
(Germany)
Trance Forward (UK)
Zen 4 (AUS)
Lazy Sunday
Vol 5 (NZ)
LOOP Select 01 (NZ)
Radio Active 25 Silver selections (NZ)
Alpine Unity - Passenger (NZ)
The Telecom CD (NZ)
LOOP Select 03 (NZ)
LOOP Select 06 (NZ)
Green Room 4 – Hope (NZ)
Various - Nuclear Free Nation (NZ)
Eco Zen 2 - VA (Aus)
Bridging The Pacific Vol 1 - VA (AUS)
Festivus - VA (AUS)
Silent Ballet - Volume XI: Wenn Ich Ein Eisbär Wäre (US)
LOOP Select - KONO 02 (NZ)
For Nihon (US) - V/A
Raashi Malik – Self titled EP (2010)
Rosy Tin Teacaddy – The Homeward Stretch (2009)
Rhombus
– Onwards (Remixes & Archives) (2008)
Richard Nunns & Hirini Melbourne
- Te Ku Te Whe Remixed (2006)
Antix
– Twin Coast Discovery Remixes (2006)
Antix
– Twin Coast Discovery (2005)
Module
– Remarkable Engines (2006)
The Nomad – Step 4th (2003)
The Black Seeds
– Pushed (2002)
Finalist “Best Live Performance” Wellingtonista Awards – (2009)
Finalist “Best Animated Video” Animate Festival 2009 official selection (Director) for “Standing in Silence Pt3” (2009)
Finalist “Best Electronic Album” at the B-Net New Zealand Music Awards (2005)
Finalist “Most Outstanding Musician” at the B-Net New Zealand Music Awards (2005)
Winner “Best Animated Video” Young Guns International Video Awards (2004)
Runner up “Best Video” Handle the Jandal Music Video Awards for
“An Afternoon on the Moon” (2003)
Winner “Best Video” Handle the Jandal
Music Video Awards for “Waiting” (2002)
Finalist “Best Electronica Album” at the B-Net New Zealand Music Awards (2002)
Finalist “Best Electronica Album” at the New Zealand Music Awards
(2002)
The Banker, The Escorts and The $18 Million - Documentary (2011)
Day Trip – short film (2010)
Journey of Contrasts 4D - Documentary UK (2010)
Top Gear - Great Adventures 3 UK (2010)
Reservoir Hill – Series 2 (2010)
Reservoir Hill – Series 1 (2009)
We Are Astronomers – Full Dome Space Planetarium Film UK (2009)
The Cult
– 13 part TV series (2009)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2787339/
Huloo - Documentary (2008)
Welcome home – short film (2006)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104141/
The Sunshine Man – shot film (2005)
's film Avatar as a military engineer (dressed in red). The scene was filmed in Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand, in the same suburb Rhian lives.
Rhian is the nephew of New Zealand photographer Laurence Aberhart
and the son of travel and landscape photographer/publisher Grant Sheehan
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
music composer and producer born in Nelson and now based in Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
.
Sheehan released his first album in 2001 Paradigm Shift
Paradigm shift
A Paradigm shift is, according to Thomas Kuhn in his influential book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions , a change in the basic assumptions, or paradigms, within the ruling theory of science...
, and has since released two albums as well as a compilation of remixes of his work by other New Zealand and international artists. His 2009 album Standing in Silence is a step away from his earlier ‘downbeat’ work into more of a shoegaze and post-rock
Post-rock
Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock...
ambient
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
soundtrack direction. Standing in Silence has been critically acclaimed.
Sheehan’s work has featured on variety of CD compilations, most notably the multi-platinum selling Cafe del Mar
Café del Mar
Café del Mar is a bar located in Sant Antoni de Portmany, Ibiza. It is known for its sunsets and chill-out music.- Beginning :The Café del Mar was founded by Ramón Guiral, Carlos Andrea, and José Les on 20 June 1980.- Decoration :...
CD compilations (vol 10 & 11). Sheehan has also written music that has appeared regularly on UK BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
television programming, including the top rating Top Gear, as well as The Discovery Channel and the National Geographic channel. His music has also been heard in a variety of TV commercials, movie trailers and short films. In 2009 he composed the soundtrack to the UK's National Space Centre
National Space Centre
The National Space Centre is one of the United Kingdom's leading visitor attractions that is devoted to space science and astronomy. It is located in the city of Leicester, England, next to the River Soar on the A6.-History:...
's We Are Astronomers, a 360° Full Dome Film narrated by Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
's David Tennant
David Tennant
David Tennant is a Scottish actor. In addition to his work in theatre, including a widely praised Hamlet, Tennant is best known for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, along with the title role in the 2005 TV serial Casanova and as Barty Crouch, Jr...
. In 2009 Sheehan composed the score to the 13 part prime-time TV Drama series The Cult
The Cult
The Cult are a British rock band that was formed in 1983. They gained a dedicated following in Britain in the mid 1980s as a post-punk band with singles such as "She Sells Sanctuary", before breaking mainstream in the United States in the late 1980s as a hard rock band with singles such as "Love...
, (for which he was awarded a Qantas Film & TV Award for best original score) and the Emmy Award winning series Reservoir Hill http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/local/3578781/International-Emmy-win-for-NZ-show He predominantly writes music for film and television.
Album Discography
Seven Tales of The North Wind - 7 track EP (2011)Standing in Silence (2009)
New Zealand Landscapes – Book/CD (2008)
Music for Nature Documentaries – remix album (2004)
Tiny Blue Biosphere (2004)
Paradigm Shift (2001)
Music Compilations featured on
Café del MarCafé del Mar
Café del Mar is a bar located in Sant Antoni de Portmany, Ibiza. It is known for its sunsets and chill-out music.- Beginning :The Café del Mar was founded by Ramón Guiral, Carlos Andrea, and José Les on 20 June 1980.- Decoration :...
Vol.10 (Spain)
Café del Mar
Café del Mar
Café del Mar is a bar located in Sant Antoni de Portmany, Ibiza. It is known for its sunsets and chill-out music.- Beginning :The Café del Mar was founded by Ramón Guiral, Carlos Andrea, and José Les on 20 June 1980.- Decoration :...
Vol.11 (Spain)
Barramundi
Barramundi
The Barramundi , also known as Asian Seabass, is a species of catadromous fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes. The native species is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific region from the Persian Gulf, through Southeast Asia to Papua New Guinea and Northern Australia. Known in Thai...
– Together Vol.4 (France)
Pacific Hotel (France)
The Sound of Dub (Germany)
Turtle Bay Country Club presents - Love Factory (Germany)
LOOP Select 05 (Australia)
Love Parade
Love Parade
The Love Parade was a popular electronic dance music festival and parade that originated in 1989 in West Berlin, Germany. It was held in Germany annually between 1989 and 2003 in Berlin, and then from 2006 to 2010 in the Ruhr region...
(Germany)
Trance Forward (UK)
Zen 4 (AUS)
Lazy Sunday
Lazy Sunday
"Lazy Sunday" is a song and short video by American comedy troupe The Lonely Island, released on December 17, 2005, broadcast on Saturday Night Live as the second Digital Short...
Vol 5 (NZ)
LOOP Select 01 (NZ)
Radio Active 25 Silver selections (NZ)
Alpine Unity - Passenger (NZ)
The Telecom CD (NZ)
LOOP Select 03 (NZ)
LOOP Select 06 (NZ)
Green Room 4 – Hope (NZ)
Various - Nuclear Free Nation (NZ)
Eco Zen 2 - VA (Aus)
Bridging The Pacific Vol 1 - VA (AUS)
Festivus - VA (AUS)
Silent Ballet - Volume XI: Wenn Ich Ein Eisbär Wäre (US)
LOOP Select - KONO 02 (NZ)
For Nihon (US) - V/A
Also appears on the albums
The Blush Response – Love Electric (2011)Raashi Malik – Self titled EP (2010)
Rosy Tin Teacaddy – The Homeward Stretch (2009)
Rhombus
Rhombus
In Euclidean geometry, a rhombus or rhomb is a convex quadrilateral whose four sides all have the same length. The rhombus is often called a diamond, after the diamonds suit in playing cards, or a lozenge, though the latter sometimes refers specifically to a rhombus with a 45° angle.Every...
– Onwards (Remixes & Archives) (2008)
Richard Nunns & Hirini Melbourne
Hirini Melbourne
Hirini Melbourne was a Māori composer, singer, university lecturer, poet and author. He was from Ngāi Tūhoe and Ngāti Kahungunu Maori tribes.He is known in New Zealand for his work surrounding the revival of Māori culture...
- Te Ku Te Whe Remixed (2006)
Antix
Antix
Antix may refer to:* Antix , a 1985 game for MS-DOS developed by the creator of Tetris* Antix Productions, a UK television production company who produce Most Haunted* antiX, a Linux distribution based on MEPIS...
– Twin Coast Discovery Remixes (2006)
Antix
Antix
Antix may refer to:* Antix , a 1985 game for MS-DOS developed by the creator of Tetris* Antix Productions, a UK television production company who produce Most Haunted* antiX, a Linux distribution based on MEPIS...
– Twin Coast Discovery (2005)
Module
Module (Musician)
Module was created in 2003 by Award Winning Wellington-based New Zealand Multi-instrumentalist/Producer Jeramiah Ross. He performs and records a variety of musical styles from electro, downtempo, ambient, classical and synthesizer-based compositions, taking full advantage of the advances in modern...
– Remarkable Engines (2006)
The Nomad – Step 4th (2003)
The Black Seeds
The Black Seeds
The Black Seeds are a musical group from Wellington, New Zealand. Their music is a fusion of dub, funk, afrobeat and soul.The Black Seeds have two double-platinum selling albums at home, and successful European album releases through the German-based Sonar Kollektiv label...
– Pushed (2002)
Awards and nominations
Winner "Best Original Score" - Qantas Film and Television Awards (2010)Finalist “Best Live Performance” Wellingtonista Awards – (2009)
Finalist “Best Animated Video” Animate Festival 2009 official selection (Director) for “Standing in Silence Pt3” (2009)
Finalist “Best Electronic Album” at the B-Net New Zealand Music Awards (2005)
Finalist “Most Outstanding Musician” at the B-Net New Zealand Music Awards (2005)
Winner “Best Animated Video” Young Guns International Video Awards (2004)
Runner up “Best Video” Handle the Jandal Music Video Awards for
“An Afternoon on the Moon” (2003)
Winner “Best Video” Handle the Jandal
Handle the jandal
Handle the Jandal is an annual ceremony in New Zealand that celebrates New Zealand film, music and the Do It Yourself culture. The competition is for music videos of New Zealand music, made by New Zealand filmmakers with no external funding assistance....
Music Video Awards for “Waiting” (2002)
Finalist “Best Electronica Album” at the B-Net New Zealand Music Awards (2002)
Finalist “Best Electronica Album” at the New Zealand Music Awards
New Zealand Music Awards
The New Zealand Music Awards show, is a major annual New Zealand music event where musical acts and singers are awarded each year. It has occurred every year since 1965 to outstanding New Zealand musicians and groups....
(2002)
Film & TV Soundtracks
Abiogenesis – short film (2011)The Banker, The Escorts and The $18 Million - Documentary (2011)
Day Trip – short film (2010)
Journey of Contrasts 4D - Documentary UK (2010)
Top Gear - Great Adventures 3 UK (2010)
Reservoir Hill – Series 2 (2010)
Reservoir Hill – Series 1 (2009)
We Are Astronomers – Full Dome Space Planetarium Film UK (2009)
The Cult
The Cult
The Cult are a British rock band that was formed in 1983. They gained a dedicated following in Britain in the mid 1980s as a post-punk band with singles such as "She Sells Sanctuary", before breaking mainstream in the United States in the late 1980s as a hard rock band with singles such as "Love...
– 13 part TV series (2009)http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2787339/
Huloo - Documentary (2008)
Welcome home – short film (2006)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104141/
The Sunshine Man – shot film (2005)
Trivia
Rhian Sheehan appears in the final scene of James CameronJames Cameron
James Francis Cameron is a Canadian-American film director, film producer, screenwriter, editor, environmentalist and inventor...
's film Avatar as a military engineer (dressed in red). The scene was filmed in Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand, in the same suburb Rhian lives.
Rhian is the nephew of New Zealand photographer Laurence Aberhart
Laurence Aberhart
Laurence Aberhart is a New Zealand photographer. He was born in Nelson in 1949, along with four siblings, but moved to Lyttelton in the late 1960s, before finally moving to Russell where he still lives and works today. Aberhart travels often and has produced many collections of photographs taken...
and the son of travel and landscape photographer/publisher Grant Sheehan