Blair Joscelyne
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Blair Joscelyne | |
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| Born | Blair Lyndon Joscelyne 5 September 1978 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Other names | Moog |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, musician, producer, YouTube personality. |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Parent | Chris Joscelyne (father)[1] |
Blair Lyndon Joscelyne (also known as Moog) is an Australian composer, musician, producer, and film maker. He is best known for composing music for television and film, and for being a co-creator of the YouTube series Mighty Car Mods.[2]
Career
After graduating from university he began working as a composer and audio engineer in the advertising industry. His music has been used in feature and short films as well as national and global advertising for companies for drinks companies for example Smirnoff, car companies, BMW and television and film companies for example, Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel and Touchstone Pictures.[3] He has released four albums – 1978 (Solo), "The Sea Brings Rivalry", Finding May as part of the duo Finding May and "Coming Up For Air" under the name 'Solar'. The self-titled album from Finding May achieved considerable commercial success with songs licensed for use in high-profile TV shows and advertisements. The song "Rain Hail or Shine" was used by Arnott's across all of their commercials in 2009 while the song "Join In" was used in a TV commercial for Origin Energy which won the MADC for "Best use of a song in advertising 2009".[3]
"Finding May" also produced and performed the theme song for Jetstar in Australia.[4]
In March 2014, MOOG composed, recorded and produced the soundtrack to the MightyCarMods movie "Kei to the City". This soundtrack album reached all-time eighth most downloaded album on iTunes in Australia, and became the number one most downloaded electronic album in Canada, and Australia.
In 2015 he composed, recorded and produced the music for the National Geographic Channel series "Tales by Light". His music for this series was described as capturing the essence of the images with pure beauty.
Filmography
This is a list of films where Joscelyne has composed soundtracks.
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
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| 2009 | Girl Clock! | Jennifer Ussi | Composer | |
| 2009 | Lizard | John Skibinski | Composer | |
| 2008 | Mutt[5] | Glen Hunwick | Composer | |
| 2006 | A Knight Lost | Tom Tate | Composer | |
| 2006 | Fishy | Dale Sydney | Composer | |
| 2002 | Man Conquers Space[6] | David Sander | Composer |
Discography
This is a list of albums Joscelyne has composed under the name Moog.
| Year | Album | TrackList |
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| 2010.09.05 | The Sea Brings Rivalry[7] |
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| 2011.03.01 | Turbos and Temples [Soundtrack][8] |
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| 2012 | Transformer [EP] |
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| 2014.02.25 | Kei to the City[9] |
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| 2015.03.30 | Chasing Midnight [EP][10] |
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| 2017.06.05 | Quarter Mile Dreams [EP][11] |
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| 2018.12.24 | Take me back to Tokyo [Single][12] |
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| 2019.09.01 | One You Find [Single][13] |
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| 2019.09.01 | Bullet [Single][14] |
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| 2020.05.12 | Afraid To Lose [Single][15] |
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| 2020.05.12 | Super Honk [Single][16] |
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| 2020.11.23 | Night Vision [EP] |
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References
- ^ "Blair Joscelyne travelled to Goulburn to reminisce about his dad Chris at 2GN". radioinfo. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ Newsome, Brad (26 August 2016). "Mighty Car Mods Marty Mulholland and Blair Joscelyne are refreshing TV motorheads". Nine Entertainment Co. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Melbourne Advertising and Design Club Award recipient – Best Original Music in an Advertisement 2009" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ "Interview with Jetstar Magazine – Finding May". Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ "AFI Nominee 2008 – Non-Feature". Archived from the original on 19 September 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ Interview with hobbyspace about 'Man conquers Space'
- ^ "The Sea Brings Rivalry - Album Download".
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Turbos and Temples - Mighty Car Mods Feature Film. YouTube.
- ^ Kei to the City iTunes
- ^ Chasing Midnight iTunes
- ^ Quarter Mile Dreams iTunes
- ^ Take Me Back To Tokyo Apple Music
- ^ One You Find Apple Music
- ^ Bullet Apple Music
- ^ Afraid To Lose Apple Music
- ^ Super Honk Apple Music
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