Secrets Of The Octopus 2024
From Exec Producer James Cameron and narrated by Paul Rudd, the next instalment of the groundbreaking, award-winning, natural history "Secrets of" franchise (following Secrets Of The Whales and Secrets Of The Elephants). Octopuses are like aliens on Earth: three hearts, blue blood and the ability to squeeze through a space the size of their eyeballs: Intelligent enough to use tools or transform their bodies to mimic other animals.
Paper Dolls 2023
An eight-part drama series following the meteoric rise and fall of a manufactured girl-group. Five aspiring singers are thrust into the spotlight in pursuit of pop-stardom and fame. Never far from the watchful eye of the cameras, fans and critics, the five young women must navigate the dark side of a glamorous industry determined to commodify them. Click To Listen
The Twelve 2022
A ten part series with Sam Neill, Kate Mulvany and Marta Dusseldorp. Twelve jurors in a murder trial as traumatising as it is controversial, in which a woman stands accused of killing her teenage niece. Behind the façade of their anonymity, these twelve ordinary people bring with them their own histories. Lives that are as complex as the trial, full of fractured dreams, shameful secrets, hope, fears, personal trauma, and prejudice. Winner AACTA Best Miniseries, winner Logie Best Drama, Screen Music Awards Nominee Best Score for a Miniseries. Click to listen Interview with If Magazine
I Am Woman 2019
AACTA Nominee Best Score. One of two Australian feature films Rafael scored at TIFF 2019, premiering opening night Special Presentations. The story of Helen Reddy, one of the biggest superstars of her time, and an icon of the 1970’s feminist movement, who’s song galvanized a generation of women to fight for change. Click to listen
Hearts And Bones 2019
International premier TIFF 2019, world premier in Competition Sydney Film Festival. An unlikely friendship between a war photographer (Hugo Weaving) and a refugee is severely tested when a photograph is discovered that threatens to destroy them both. A poetic score of pulsating high strung guitar oscillations, electric violin and cello, The refugee choir featured also produced by Rafael. Click to Listen
Ghosthunter 2018
AACTA nominee for Best Score. Winner of the Documentary Australia Foundation Award at Sydney Film Festival. A thrilling study of an ordinary Sydney man’s pursuit of an extraordinary past and terrible family secrets. Hidden ghosts are reflected in baselines and melodies created of electrical hums, bowed guitars and Rafael’s heavily treated 100-year-old Steinway. Click to Listen