Multi award-winning music composer Ashley Klose has a remarkable gift for interpreting cinematic storytelling.
His talent was recognized early, earning him the award for Young Australian of the Year for the Arts (SA) in 1997.
Ashley’s first feature film score, for the ‘no budget’ 16mm black & white independent film ‘Getting the Dirt on Trish’ was nominated for ‘Best Music for a Feature Film’ at the prestigious Australian Guild of Screen Composers Awards in 2001, an unprecedented achievement in the award’s history.
Ashley has since worked on numerous feature films, with credits including Look Both Ways (winner of Best Feature Film
at AFI Awards 2006) and Lantana (winner of Best Feature Film at AFI Awards 2003) and he was music supervisor and orchestrator for the French-Australian co-production feature The Old Man Who Read Love Stories, featuring the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and 40-piece choir.
Sometimes restrained and suspenseful, sometimes explosive, Ashley’s compositions reveal a gift for the musical interpretation of cinematic storytelling that perfectly encapsulates the human experience.
A talented multi-instrumentalist, Ashley employs the power of voice, strings, percussion, brass, woodwind and keyboard to create unique soundscapes and versatile compositions which reflect his passion for rich orchestral arrangements and evocative minimalist electronica.
His versatility and mastery of the cinematic sonic experience is reflected in his diverse ‘creative-role’ credits including the tele-feature ‘Summer of Love’ (Music Composer, 2001); and feature films ‘Finding Joy’ (Sound Designer/Music Editor, 2002); ‘Picto-Crime’ (Sound Designer/Music Editor, 2004); and ‘Shot of Love’ (Sound Designer/Music Composer/Music Editor, 2006).
Ashley is currently in Los Angeles participating in the prestigious ASCAP Film & Television Scoring Workshop.