Leading up to the 2010 Screen Music Awards film critic and journalist Andrew Urban interviewed a number of nominated composers on video, including a 20 minute talk with CG.
These can be found at the APRA website.
Lucasz Waligorski interviews CG about his film scores.
In English (original)
In Polish (translation)
Maurizio Caschetto interviews CG about his film scores and Lightfall for Horn and Orchestra.
In English (original)
In Italian (translation)
Jan 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
Tom 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
Gergely Hubai interviews CG about the scores to Mao’s Last Dancer and Daybreakers. Read it here.
Daybreakers - CG with Brian Nixon
Sam 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
A clip from the awards telecast showing the AFI Best Music Score category.
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Simon 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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Emma 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…….
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