Dr. ELLIS-GEIGER, Robert Jay
Academic Qualifications:
BMusic (Sonology)
GradDip (Film and Television Music)
GradDip (Contemporary Music Technology)
MMusicStudies (Film Music)
Cert. Teaching (Higher Education) |
Background:
Robert remains an active performer and composer of music for film, TV, multimedia and the concert hall. Robert had designed state-of-the-art audio and multimedia facilities for: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Leeds Metropolitan University (England), Singapore Polytechnic and Griffith University (Australia) before he joined CityU.
He is also a consultant for Steinberg on higher education. Robert was instrumental in establishing The Hong Kong Society of Sound Designers and Engineers, for which he is Director of Education and Training. Robert has studied under the late Australian film composer, Brian May (Mad Max I & II, Gallipoli, Freddy¡¦s Dead: The Final Nightmare, Nightmare on Elm street 6: Freddy¡¦s Finale). His current research is on "Trends in Contemporary Hollywood Film Scoring: Language and Technology". You can find out more about Robert from his website: www.MusicSound.net |
Professional Expertise / Research Interests:
- Film Music Scoring
- Surround Sound Production
- Audio Recording Arts
- Live Sound Production
- Performing and Song Writing
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Major Research / Projects Completed and in Progress:
Digital Audio Recording Techniques and Surround Sound Production 2007 - Seminar and Workshop
Completed Feature Films
Composed the original score for the following Hong Kong feature films:
¤÷¤l (Father Son), After This Our Exile (2006) directed by Patrick Tam, staring Aaron Kwok and Charlie Yeung. www.afterthisourexile.com
Election 2 (2006) directed by Johnnie To Kei Fung that had its world premiere and opened the Hong Kong International Film Festival on the 4th April 2006 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Grand Theatre. In May, 2006 the film was selected to be shown (out of competition selection) at the Cannes film festival and was presented in the prestigious Grand Theatre Lumiˆore.
Reviews of Creative Work and Interviews
Pro Audio Asia - feature cover story September/October 2006 magazine issue
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