MuzykaFilmowa.pl (Interview 31 July 2010)
August 22nd, 2010Lucasz Waligorski interviews CG about his film scores.
In English (original)
In Polish (translation)
Original Score (Interview 10 February 2010)
February 26th, 2010Jan Bolze from Original-Score.de talks to CG about On the Beach, Daybreakers, Master and Commander, and his other music.
In English (original)
In German (translation
ScoreNotes.com (Interview 16 January 2010)
January 21st, 2010Tom Hoover interviews CG about the scores to Mao’s Last Dancer, Daybreakers and On the Beach. Read it here.
Daybreakers: Simon Oswell (viola and concert master) with CG
Daily Film Music Blog (Interview 12 January 2010)
January 13th, 2010Gergely Hubai interviews CG about the scores to Mao’s Last Dancer and Daybreakers. Read it here.
Daybreakers - CG with Brian Nixon
BlogTalkRadio.com/123-Film (Interview 19 December 2009)
December 19th, 2009Sam Heer of 123 Film chats with CG about his career in film, concert music and special events.
Sam’s website, which contains interviews with many prominent filmmakers, can be found here.
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CG at Daybreakers recording sessions
Mao’s Last Dancer wins Best Score at the AFI Awards 2009
December 14th, 2009A clip from the awards telecast showing the AFI Best Music Score category.
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Sunday Brunch, ABC Radio 702 Sydney (Interview 15 November 2009)
November 18th, 2009Simon Marnie of ABC Radio 702 dropped into CG’s home to discuss the composer’s work and find out what his three favourite films, books and pieces of music are.
Simon’s webpage can be found here.
Listen here to Sunday Brunch:
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Grace Notes, ABC Classic FM (Interview 4 November 2009)
November 17th, 2009Emma Ayres of ABC Classic FM interviews CG about Mao’s Last Dancer and film music generally.
Emma’s webpage, with her series of podcasts known as Grace Notes, can be found here.
Christopher Gordon – Australia’s First Film Composer?
Master and Commander, Salem’s Lot, Mao’s Last Dancer. All films which are impossible to imagine without that crucial and sometimes intangible element, the music. Christopher Gordon composed the music for all these films and more besides; find out about inspiration, contracts and replying to the hardest question a composer can be asked…….
Listen here:
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HornConcerto.net (Blog 2009)
November 16th, 2009CG has kept a blog at www.HornConcerto.net in which he talks about the process of composing Lightfall for Horn and Orchestra from a personal and revealing point of view.
Lightfall for Horn and Orchestra
Salem’s Lot (Interview 2004)
November 14th, 2009CG discusses his score with Glen Aitken in an interview for this website. It can be read here.
