Image; Carmen Bunting
Photo: Carmen Bunting
Photo: Carmen Bunting
“"I loved working with Rob on Proximity. His music brought the emotion to go with the images. He quickly understood the vision and was able to respond quickly and with a great attitude. Without him the film wouldn’t be what it was.”
- Taylor Steele (Director, Proximity)
“Its been a pleasure to work with Rob over a series of projects. Rob always quickly grasps what is needed for each project, producing music that is perfectly suited to the individual stories. He’s very gifted at what he does and its always a pleasure working with him on a project. ”
“Rob was an absolute pleasure to work with on the music composition for TAC’s Toward Zero Campaign. He took on our brief and came straight back with a track that required very little feedback. Very enjoyable to work with and I look forward to our next collaboration.”
“Rob is a talented composer who is instinctive and extremely capable. Rob produced the music for our 8 part series “In the making”. He intuitively composed pieces that set the tone and mood of the series. His compositions elevated the overall production value of the series and we have received lots of overwhelmingly positive feedback. Colleagues of ours have described his music as “astonishing” and “beautiful” - we would have to agree. We consider ourselves extremely fortunate to have worked with him and we look forward to working with him on future projects””
“There is something understated but raw about Rob’s music that i love. He’s always on point and brings a huge amount to a film’s mood and story.”
“Rob Law has an amazing ability to perfectly convey the mood and emotion of a scene. His music is both beautiful and powerful! Rob has been great to work with and we look forward to working with him in the future”
MUSIC
Rob Law is a multi-instrumentalist musician/composer with 20 years experience in the music industry.
Rob has composed for feature and short films, advertising campaigns and branded content in Australia, the UK and the USA.
He recently composed the full length soundtrack to Jennifer Abbotts “Magnitude of All Things” which won the 2020 Best Feature Documentary at the Canadian Planet in Focus Film Festival, and premiered at the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam. In 2021, Rob was a Screen Music Award Nominee for the Documentary category for the score.
His score to the film “Thai Country Living” directed by the Tubby Brothers won “Best Original Music” at the Mosaic Film Festival in Halifax.
In 2017 he composed the soundtrack to Taylor Steele's Proximity with sound designer Sam Petty, now available on iTunes and has produced the soundtrack for multiple seasons of Canadian TV series Hooke'. He has also produced music for content including brands such as Apple, Canon, T Brand Studio (NY Times), Phillips, Black Diamond, Rapha, Trenery, and La Mer. He has also composed music for Australian agencies Clemenger BBDO and Cummins and Partners on TV commercials for Jacobs Creek, Tourism Victoria, Tourism WA, and TAC.
In 2003, Rob graduated with a Bachelor of Music Performance from the Victorian College of the Arts where he focussed primarily on guitar. After the intensive boot camp of the VCA, Rob travelled widely, developing a keen interest in world music, and collecting and learning to play instruments from different cultures around the world. This exposure to different sounds and styles is evident in Rob's highly textural, layered compositions.
In 2004, Rob lived for six months in Ecuador learning south american stringed instruments charango, ronroco and Venezuelan cuatro from Luis Guevara. Charango and Ronroco feature heavily in Robs compositions and remain his favourite instruments to work with as they adapt to so many other music styles. Rob has played charango in a range of settings, including with Chilean band Arauco Libre, with Timorese musician Ego Lemos, and was lucky to play a one off show with one of his favourite bands, Calexico, on their Australian tour in 2019.
For over 10 years Rob has worked closely with singer songwriter Jess Ribeiro, releasing a number of award winning albums with their band the Bone Collectors. The duo were a finalist in the Australian Music Prize in 2013, the duo's 2012 album My Little River also won ABC Radio National Album of the Year and an Australian Independent Records Association Award for Best Country Album 2012. Rob continues to play with Jess on an adhoc basis.
Robs main passion is writing music for screen and is currently working on a number of short films and documentaries. He loves to collaborate with directors and understands the importance of a well composed score to transform a film and help to enhance the tone and mood. He likes the challenge of applying the right type of music to bring out the most from a scene and to help realise a directors vision.
For the past 15 years Rob has also worked on climate change and this strongly influences his music. “Living in a time of climate change, ecological decline, and so much uncertainty, I think music is profoundly important. It helps express and process, without judgement or intellectual interference, feelings of grief, loss, hope and healing.”
Rob also produces podcasts. He is currently working on a series about musical instruments called “Played by Humans” and has co-produced a podcast project with Kyla Brettle called End Game. It has been shortlisted for the HearSay International Audio Prize in 2021 and been a finalist in the New York Festivals awards. He is also currently developing a kids audiobook series called “The Creek Kids”, aiming to build stronger connections between kids and their local environment.
