Jed Kurzel
Before shifting his focus to composing, Jed was best known as the frontman and songwriter for Australian duo The Mess Hall. Their 2006 album DEVIL’S ELBOW was awarded the prestigious 2007 Australian Music Prize.
Jed Kurzel is an award-winning composer and musician. His feature film debut for the critically-acclaimed Australian movie SNOWTOWN was named Feature Film Score of the Year at Australia’s 2011 Screen Music Awards and he has since gone on to score feature films including: THE BABADOOK (Dir: Jennifer Kent), which William Friedkin, director of THE EXORCIST, described as the most “terrifying film” he had ever seen; SLOW WEST (Dir: John Maclean), which won Jed his second Screen Music Award for Feature Film Score of the Year; and MACBETH (Dir: Justin Kurzel), starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard, which premiered in competition at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
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Heads of Department
Film
Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
ECHO VALLEY 2025 | Apple Original Films / Apple TV+ | Dir: Michael Pearce Prods: Brad Ingelsby, Michael Pruss, Ridley Scott |
TORNADO 2024 | Tea Shop Productions | Dir: John Maclean Prods: Leanora Darby, James Harris, Mark Lane *Opening Gala, Glasgow Film Festival 2025 |
THE ORDER 2024 | AGC Studios / Netflix | Dir: Justin Kurzel Prods: Stuart Ford, Bryan Haas, Justin Kurzel, Jude Law |
MONKEY MAN 2024 | BRON Studios / Netflix | Dir: Dev Patel Prods: Christine Haebler, Basil Iwanyk, Bavand Karim, Erica Lee, Anjay Nagpal, Anjay Nagpal, Samarth Sahni, Jomon Thomas *Won: Headliner Audience Award, SXSW 2024 *Won: Film Score of the Year, Screen Music Awards 2024 |
THE POPE'S EXORCIST 2023 | Screen Gems | Dir: Julius Avery Prods: Doug Belgrad, Michael Patrick Kaczmarek, Jeff Katz |
SAMARITAN 2022 | Balboa Productions / Amazon Prime Studios | Dir: Julius Avery Prods: Braden Aftergood, Sylvester Stallone |
NITRAM 2021 | GoodThing Productions | Dir: Justin Kurzel Prods: Nick Batzias, Shaun Grant, Justin Kurzel, Virginia Whitwell *Nominated: Best Original Score in Film, AACTA Awards 2021 *In Competition, Cannes Film Festival 2021 |
ENCOUNTER 2021 | Amazon Studios | Dir: Michael Pearce Prods: Dimitri Doganis, Derrin Schlesinger, Piers Vellacott *Nominated: Best Music, British Independent Film Awards 2021 *Premiered at 48th Telluride Film Festival 2021 |
A WRITER'S ODYSSEY 2021 | Free Whale Pictures | Dir: Yang Lu Prods: Juan Wan, Ning Zhang |
TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG 2019 | Porchlight Films / Daybreak Pictures / Film Victoria / Film4 / La Cinéfacture / Screen Australia | Dir: Justin Kurzel Prods: Justin Kurzel, Paul Ranford, Hal Vogel, Liz Watts *Nominated: Best Original Score, AACTA Awards 2020 |
THE NIGHTINGALE 2019 | BRON Studios / Causeway Films / FilmNation Entertainment / Made Up Stories | Dir: Jennifer Kent Prods: Kristina Ceyton, Steve Hutensky, Jennifer Kent, Bruna Papandrea |
THE MUSTANG 2019 | Canal+ / Cine+ / Légende Films / Nexus Factory / Umedia / Focus Features | Dir: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre Prods: Ilan Goldman, Catherine Morisse, Adrian Politowski |
OVERLORD 2018 | Bad Robot / Paramount Pictures | Dir: Julius Avery Prods: J.J. Abrams, Lindsay Weber |
JUPITER'S MOON 2017 | Proton Cinema | Dir: Kornél Mundruczó Prod: Viktória Petrányi *Nominated: Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival 2017 |
ALIEN: COVENANT 2017 | Scott Free Productions / 20th Century Fox | Dir: Ridley Scott Prod: David Giler, Walter Hill, Mark Huffam, Michael Schaefer, Ridley Scott |
ASSASSIN'S CREED 2016 | RatPac Entertainment / The Kennedy / Marshall Company / DMC Films | Dir: Justin Kurzel Prod: Jean-Julien Baronnet, Patrick Crowley, Michael Fassbender, Frank Marshall, Conor McCaughan, Arnon Milchan |
UNA 2016 | WestEnd Films / Jean Doumanian Productions | Dir: Benedict Andrews Prod: Maya Amsellem, Patrick Daly, Jean Doumanian *Nominated: Best Film, London Film Festival 2016 |
MACBETH 2015 | See-Saw Films / StudioCanal | Dir: Justin Kurzel Prod: Iain Canning, Laura Hastings-Smith, Emile Sherman *Nominated: Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival 2015 *Nominated: Best British Independent Film, British Independent Film Awards 2015 |
SLOW WEST 2015 | See-Saw Films / Film4 | Dir: John Maclean Prod: Iain Canning, Michael Fassbender, Rachel Gardner, Conor McCaughan, Emile Sherman *Winner: Feature Film Score of the Year, Australian Screen Music Awards 2015 *Winner: Sundance Institute's World Cinema Jury Prize - Dramatic |
SON OF A GUN 2014 | Altitude Film Entertainment | Dir: Julius Avery Prod: Timothy White *Nominated: Best Film, London Film Festival 2014 |
THE BABADOOK 2014 | Causeway Films / IFC Films | Dir: Jennifer Kent Prod: Kristina Ceyton, Kristian Moliere *Nominated: Feature Film Soundtrack of the Year, Australian Screen Sound Guild 2014 |
DEAD EUROPE 2012 | See-Saw Films | Dir: Tony Krawitz Prods: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Liz Watts *Nominated: Best Original Score, Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards 2014 *Official Selection: Toronto, Sydney & London Film Festivals 2012 |
SNOWTOWN 2011 | Warp X Australia / Screen Australia | Dir: Justin Kurzel Prod: Anna McLeish, Sarah Shaw *Won: Feature Film Score of the Year, Australian Screen Music Awards 2011 *Nominated: Best Original Music Score, Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards 2011 *Nominated: Best Music Score, Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 2011 *Won: Best Australian Film, Australian Film Critics Association Awards 2011 *Won: FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention, Cannes Film Festival 2011 |
Television
Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH 2024 | Curio Pictures / Sony Pictures Television | Dir: Justin Kurzel Prod: Alexandra Taussig *Berlinale Special Series Gala, Berlin Film Festival 2025 |
CABINET OF CURIOSITIES 2022 | Exile Entertainment / Netflix | Dir: Jennifer Kent Prods: J. Miles Dale, Guillermo del Toro, Gary Ungar |
SPIRITED SEASONS 1 & 2 2011 | Northside Productions | Dir: Jessica Hobbs, Daniel Nettheim, Jonathan Teplitzk, Jonathan Brough, Michael J Rowland, Rowan Woods, Stuart McDonald Prod: John Edwards, Claudia Karvan, Jacquelin Perske *Nominee: Best Television Drama Series, Australian Film Institute Awards 2010 |
Documentaries
Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
ALL THIS MAYHEM 2014 | Pank & Martin / Playmaker Films / Vice Films | Dir: Eddie Martin Prod: James Gay-Rees, Eddie Martin, George Pank *Won: Best Original Music Score in a Documentary, AACTA Awards 2015 |
NAKED ON THE INSIDE 2007 | Magic Real Picture Company | Dir: Kim Farrant Prod: Ian Walker |
Short Films
Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
SAMMY BLUE 2001 | Dir: Kim Farrant | |
MEETING MISTY RAIN 2000 | Dir: Justin Kurzel *Winner: 2nd Prize, Tropicana Film Festival 2000 |
Other
Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
FOR THE BIRDS LP 2009 | Band: The Mess Hall | *Nominee: Australian Music Prize 2009 |
DEVIL'S ELBOW LP 2007 | Band: The Mess Hall | *Winner: 2007 Australian Music Prize |
NOTES FROM A CEILING LP 2005 | Band: The Mess Hall | *Winner: Best Engineer, ARIA Awards 2006 *Nominee: Best Producer, ARIA Awards 2006 *Nominee: Australian Music Prize 2005 |
FEELING SIDEWAYS EP 2003 | Band: The Mess Hall | *Nominee: Best Independent Release, ARIA Awards 2003 |
THE MESS HALL SELF-TITLED LP 2001 | Band: The Mess Hall |
Theatre
Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF 2017 | The Young Vic | Dir: Benedict Andrews |