Moniker

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A trio of accomplished and experienced musicians and songwriters with a unique and distinctive sound, whose range includes everything from orchestral compositions through to eclectic synth tracks and ripping refrains on the guitar.
A trio of accomplished and experienced musicians and songwriters with a unique and distinctive sound, whose range includes everything from orchestral compositions through to eclectic synth tracks and ripping refrains on the guitar.

Moniker is the moniker of New Zealand-based film and television composers, Samuel Flynn Scott, Lukasz Buda, and Conrad Wedde, a trio of accomplished and experienced musicians and songwriters with a unique and distinctive sound, whose range includes everything from orchestral compositions through to eclectic synth tracks and ripping refrains on the guitar. Samuel, Lukasz and Conrad have created multidimensional scores for three major films directed by Oscar nominee Taika Waititi – Hunt For the Wilderpeople (Empire magazines #1 film of 2016), Boy, and Eagle vs Shark – as well as the music for the features Night Raiders, This Town, Separation City and Beyond the Known World, and the Television New Zealand dramas Until Proven Innocent, Rage, and Bloodlines. Their work has seen them nominated for five New Zealand Film and Television Awards, winning Best Original Music in a Feature Film for Boy. Samuel, Lukasz, and Conrad have been making music together as critically acclaimed indie-rock band The Phoenix Foundation for more than 20 years.