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Steve Gallagher

Steve Gallagher

Birth : 1974-03-07, Auckland, New Zealand

History

Stephen Gallagher is an award winning composer and music editor. He works in film, television and other media and is currently based at Park Road Post Production in, Wellington, New Zealand. He wrote the song 'Blunt the Knives' for Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'. He has composed music for every size of production, from Hollywood blockbusters through to independent documentaries and online web series, from all around the world. He has worked on projects with Peter Jackson, Brian Eno, Ed Sheeran and Nick Cave. His feature film credits include Music Editor for Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies', 'The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug', 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey', (for which he also composed additional source music; 'Blunt The Knives' and 'The Torture Song' ), Music Editor for Neill Blomkamp's 'District 9', Music Editor for Wu Jing's 'Wolf Warrior 2', Supervising Music Editor for Amy Berg's 'West Of Memphis' and Supervising Music Editor for Peter Jackson's 'The Lovely Bones' for which he composed additional music to accompany Brian Eno's original score.

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Steve Gallagher

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Lea Tupu’anga

Original Music Composer

A young speech therapist disconnected from her Tongan heritage lies about her Tongan language skills to get a job. Out of her depth, she must find a way to communicate or risk her patient’s life.

Avatar: The Way of Water

Music Editor

Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.

Witches Midnight

Witches Midnight

Music

A babysitter's phone sex is interrupted when she notices something unusual on the baby monitor.

Music Editor

Many thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive traction cities, the old London, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the wastelands who will change the course of his life forever.

Music

When a mysterious young man arrives on a remote Sub-Antarctic research station, secrets threaten the relationship of a married couple working on the island.

Music

A precocious kitten wants to be a witch's familiar and must pass a test or she will forever be just simple cat, but the witch sees something in the kitten she does not expect.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Music Editor

Immediately after the events of The Desolation of Smaug, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo's hands.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Music Editor

The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.

Music Editor

It is 2020. Findings by environmental scientist Professor Thom Archer suggest that Halo, the corporate energy company drilling on the Greenland Glacier are causing it to melt. Archer's warnings are ignored, so he heads to the Arctic to find indisputable evidence. Upon arrival, he realizes humankind is under immediate threat, and races home to save his family. The glacier collapses, with devastating consequences. Astonishing weather patterns emerge and plunge the world's temperatures into steep decline.

Music Editor

Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.

Music

Over the course of one week in a shadowy Wellington flat, four flatmates gradually aggravate and menace each other as pressure builds over unpaid bills, a mysterious disappearance, infidelity, and unrequited sexual desire. The physical and psychological claustrophobia becomes increasingly unbearable as they begin to encroach on each other's spaces, culminating in a shocking scene of humiliation and despair.