Basil is a composer, musical director, sound / vision designer, and producer, working internationally in film, television, performing arts, album production and art installation. He is known for his unique sound, a blend of emotive traditional musical elements with sonic textures to evoke atmospheres, drama and virtual spaces. Coming from an architectural background, he has developed a unique design approach to any project, visually diagramming, project planning, and highly valuing the collaborative process. Of particular interest are projects where music and sound cross over with vision, architecture, and non-linear story-telling.
His unique combination of composing, arranging, sound design, and a passion for arts and culture has lead to working on large scale productions internationally. Recently he was the musical director/sound designer for Esch2022 European Capital of Culture Opening event in Luxembourg, reprising his role as composer/musical director for the Opening Ceremony of Aarhus 2017, in Denmark. For Dreamworks and Global Creatures, he was the arranger and co-composer of the arena show of How To Train Your Dragon, working with Jónsi & Alex and the composer of the film John Powell, under the direction of Nigel Jamieson. In Australia, he was the composer and MD for the major rework of The Australian Outback Spectacular, and Dream Masons, a theatrical spectacle of grand proportions drawing a public audience of 14000 people over four nights, conducting a musical ensemble and choir.
For the screen, Basil has scored over thirty films, from features to shorts, many of them screening and awarded in international film festivals. Most recently he composed the score for the Czech animated feature 'About the Devil'. He composed the score for the critically acclaimed feature film Romulus My Father, starring Eric Bana and Franka Potente, for which he received an AFI nomination, and collaborated with Caitlin Yeo to compose the 10 part TV series The PM's Daughter, and the haunting score for the Channel 7 tele-movie The Killing Field. In the documentary genre, he composed the score to the feature doc China Love. He also composed for the feature All About E, fusing middle eastern and Greek elements into a contemporary film score. He also composed songs and score for Andy X, a musical film masterpiece by Jim Sharman (Rocky Horror Picture Show) based on the life of Andy Warhol.
For the screen, Basil has scored over thirty films, from features to shorts, many of them screening and awarded in international film festivals. Most recently he composed the score for the Czech animated feature 'About the Devil'. He composed the score for the critically acclaimed feature film Romulus My Father, starring Eric Bana and Franka Potente, for which he received an AFI nomination, and collaborated with Caitlin Yeo to compose the 10 part TV series The PM's Daughter, and the haunting score for the Channel 7 tele-movie The Killing Field. In the documentary genre, he composed the score to the feature doc China Love. He also composed for the feature All About E, fusing middle eastern and Greek elements into a contemporary film score. He also composed songs and score for Andy X, a musical film masterpiece by Jim Sharman (Rocky Horror Picture Show) based on the life of Andy Warhol.
Basil is no stranger to smaller stages. He performed the songs and live score in 3 seasons of the hit show Songs For the Fallen which won best show at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, For the stage, Basil has collaborated with some of Australia’s theatre greats on mainstage shows for Sydney Theatre Co, Melbourne Theatre Co, Company B Belvoir, Bell Shakespeare, and Griffin. He collaborated with Nigel Jamieson on Wrong Skin, a devised dance/drama piece at the Adelaide and Darwin Festivals featuring the famed Chooky Dancers. He was the musical director and pianist in Germany and Poland for Mrs Bang: a Series of Seductions which won Best Cabaret at the Melbourne Fringe Festival, and was nominated for a Green Room award. He received the Sydney Theatre Award for Best Score, for the critically acclaimed Three Furies, (Sydney, Auckland, Perth and Adelaide Arts Festivals), also directed by Jim Sharman. For television, Basil has composed for documentaries and many TV commercials.
However Basil likes to work in areas beyond screen or stage composition. His three collaborations with renowned video installation artist Kate Murphy explore relationships between music/sound, image, narrative, and architectural space. He enjoys getting out of the studio from time to time: he spent 3 months on the road with the 8 Million Steps documentary project 8 Million Steps, resulting in no less than 10 short documentary films, and also on set as a producer and co-director of a music video for Planet Love Sound. He has released 2 albums, A Spark In The Ashes, and The Perfect Boy/Trapture. He currently is based in Europe (Prague) and in Sydney.
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