Screen Music
Featured below are selected screen music works that Emma has composed and produced.
Showreel
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Arranging
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Orchestration
Featured below are a selection of arranging/orchestration jobs Emma has worked on
Video from Damien Leith’s Roy Orbison Orchestrated Concert at QPAC
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Works
Featured below are selected works and commissions that Emma has composed.
The collaborative work “Hope” which I composed the music for, Monique Mangano choreographed and Adam Robins filmed and edited.
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String Recording
Emma is classically trained violinist and violist. Additionally, she can record cello and double bass.
Featured below are examples of Emma’s string recordings.
Orchestral
Orchestral strings offer heavy layering of 6 -10 recordings per part. I use different microphones and miking techniques here to reflect the style of what it is I am recording.
Chamber
Chamber strings offer light layering of 1 - 5 recordings per part.
String quartet
String quartet is only one recording per part. These recordings are done more close miced and intimate than in an orchestral setting, and I utilise more expressive playing. There isn’t an example below, however double bass could be added for a string quintet option.
Solo
These are all solo instrument recordings. With solo recordings, I get much closer to the mic and always record in a cardioid, directional pattern.
The Studio
Emma operates out of her own studio based in the Blue Mountains, NSW.
Emma Greenhill is an award-winning Australian composer, arranger, producer, and violinist with a passion for enhancing storytelling through music. A graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium with a Bachelor of Music in Composition (2017), Emma has developed a rich and diverse musical language that spans multiple genres. As a classically trained violinist who also plays viola, cello, double bass, and piano, she emphasises live instrumentation in her work, crafting dynamic and emotive scores for projects of all sizes. In 2021, Emma won the APRA AMPCOS Madeby composition prize, the 2022 Young Composer Award, the 2017 Watermark composition prize and the “best original score” at the 2022 Made in the West film festival for the short Leopard (credit shared with composer Ali Zoghi) and was nominated for a 2024 Screen Music Award with The DA's Office for Masterchef season 16.
Emma’s distinctive style is characterised by a modern edge combined with emotional depth, creating soundscapes that evoke nostalgia and elevate visual narratives. Emma’s extensive experience in both commercial and more introspective contexts allows her to bring a fresh and dynamic perspective to her compositions, seamlessly blending traditional and contemporary elements.
Currently freelancing in screen music, Emma has collaborated with notable companies including Heckler Sound, The DA’s Office, Rumble Studios, 13CO and Smith and Western. Her portfolio includes work for brands such as AMPOL Australia, Connoisseur Ice Cream, MAS Insurance, and KPMG Australia. With composers from the DA’s Office, Emma composed music for the feature documentary “Rose Gold”, MasterChef Australia season 16 and is currently working on a new feature documentary. In addition to her screen work, her concert music has been commissioned by renowned organisations and chamber groups such as Phoenix Collective, the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM), APRA AMCOS, and AMEB. Emma has also served as an orchestrator and arranger for major productions, including Damien Leith’s Roy Orchestrated, The Voice Australia, Channel 7’s Spotlight, Home and Away, Triple J’s “Like a Version,” and worked with artists such as Guy Sebastian, Rai Thistlethwayte (Thirsty Merc) and Steve Balbi (Noiseworks).
