Jed Kurzel
Composer
Agent
Assistant
Biography
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.
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.
Credits
Film
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
|
TORNADO 2025 |
Tea Shop Productions |
Dir: John Maclean |
|
ECHO VALLEY 2025 |
Apple Original Films / Apple TV+ |
Dir: Michael Pearce |
|
THE ORDER 2024 |
AGC Studios / Netflix |
Dir: Justin Kurzel |
|
MONKEY MAN 2024 |
BRON Studios / Netflix |
Dir: Dev Patel |
|
THE POPE'S EXORCIST 2023 |
Screen Gems |
Dir: Julius Avery |
|
SAMARITAN 2022 |
Balboa Productions / Amazon Prime Studios |
Dir: Julius Avery |
|
NITRAM 2021 |
GoodThing Productions |
Dir: Justin Kurzel |
|
ENCOUNTER 2021 |
Amazon Studios |
Dir: Michael Pearce |
|
A WRITER'S ODYSSEY 2021 |
Free Whale Pictures |
Dir: Yang Lu |
|
TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG 2019 |
Porchlight Films / Daybreak Pictures / Film Victoria / Film4 / La Cinéfacture / Screen Australia |
Dir: Justin Kurzel |
|
THE NIGHTINGALE 2019 |
BRON Studios / Causeway Films / FilmNation Entertainment / Made Up Stories |
Dir: Jennifer Kent |
|
THE MUSTANG 2019 |
Canal+ / Cine+ / Légende Films / Nexus Factory / Umedia / Focus Features |
Dir: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre |
|
OVERLORD</b 2018 |
Bad Robot / Paramount Pictures |
Dir: Julius Avery |
|
JUPITER'S MOON 2017 |
Proton Cinema |
Dir: Kornél Mundruczó |
|
ALIEN: COVENANT 2017 |
Scott Free Productions / 20th Century Fox |
Dir: Ridley Scott |
|
ASSASSIN'S CREED 2016 |
RatPac Entertainment / The Kennedy/Marshall Company / DMC Films |
Dir: Justin Kurzel |
|
UNA 2016 |
WestEnd Films / Jean Doumanian Productions |
Dir: Benedict Andrews |
|
MACBETH 2015 |
See-Saw Films / StudioCanal |
Dir: Justin Kurzel |
|
SLOW WEST 2015 |
See-Saw Films / Film4 |
Dir: John Maclean *Winner: Feature Film Score of the Year, Australian Screen Music Awards 2015 |
|
SON OF A GUN 2014 |
Altitude Film Entertainment |
Dir: Julius Avery * Nominated: Best Film, London Film Festival 2014 |
|
THE BABADOOK 2014 |
Causeway Films / IFC Films |
Dir: Jennifer Kent *Nominated: Feature Film Soundtrack of the Year, Australian Screen Sound Guild 2014 |
|
DEAD EUROPE 2012 |
See-Saw Films |
Dir: Tony Krawitz * Nominated: Best Original Score, Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards 2014 |
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SNOWTOWN 2011 |
Warp X Australia / Screen Australia |
Dir: Justin Kurzel * Won: Feature Film Score of the Year, Australian Screen Music Awards 2011 |
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
|
NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH 2024 |
Curio Pictures / Sony Pictures Television |
Dir: Justin Kurzel |
|
CABINET OF CURIOSITIES 2022 |
Exile Entertainment / Netflix |
Dir: Jennifer Kent |
|
SPIRITED SEASONS 1 & 2 2011 |
Northside Productions |
Dir: Jessica Hobbs, Daniel Nettheim, Jonathan Teplitzk, Jonathan Brough, Michael J Rowland, Rowan Woods, Stuart McDonald *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 |
|
NAKED ON THE INSIDE 2007 |
Magic Real Picture Company |
Dir: Kim Farrant |
Short Films
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
|
SAMMY BLUE 2001 |
Dir: Kim Farrant |
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|
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 |
|
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 |
