Jacquie Joy is an Australian film score & TV music composer, film sound designer and mixing engineer.
She received 5 Hollywood Music in Media Awards nominations (in 2020, 2021, 2 noms in 2022, 2023) for music composition and 2 Hollywood Independent Music Award Nominations for mixing/engineering (in 2023 & 2024).
Jacquie resides in Brisbane, Australia but lives and breathes Los Angeles and US time as she mostly does remote film work. LA gave her the initial ‘break’ into film music and now she does most of her film work for LA (and US) based filmmakers.
She also works with Primerchord Music (affiliated with Fliktrax Music LA) and as a result you can hear her work on TV shows such as Bondi Rescue, various crime shows including most recently Murder Uncut, and other shows including Great Australian Bake Off.
Jacquie worked for many years developing music for the Expedia Travel Guides (eg Iceland- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzSHcyXfNPw) - a hugely successful series of videos which were enjoyed by many millions of viewers on Youtube. This gave her an excellent training in the ‘world music’ space. And she continues working in this corporate media space with various global and Australian companies.
Jacquie was invited to become an AIVA (https://www.aiva.org) judge afew years ago. She enjoys the opportunity to assess cutting edge audio/visual media from around the globe: including advertisements, educational videos and films.
She is a versatile ‘music and sound artist’ and has had experience in scoring most genres. Often her sound is influenced by the human voice and by sound design techniques/experimentation with effects, and she enjoys embracing music technology. More recently she loves creating hybrid SD dark sounds and soundscapes and music, so she is gravitating naturally towards crime, horror and thriller genres. Over the past 5 years, she has worked on around 60+ indie films and recently has had the opportunity to collaborate with more female filmmakers which has been a highlight. Jacquie also really enjoys managing a composing team and collaborating with other composers.
Jacquie is a member of the AGSC and recently had one of her tracks featured in their Women in Music playlist. (https://soundcloud.com/user-538449239/sets/agsc-womens-playlist-2024). She also is a member of the AWFC (Alliance for Women film Composers), Female Composer Safety League and Mamas in Music. Also Jacquie recently became a member of Primetime.network which is aiming to increase the representation of women and non-binary filmmakers at higher levels in the film industry.
Recent releases/film work:
'Ana & Mia’ film soundtrack - released May 2024 on most platforms (spotify coming soon)- darker sound design/electronic genre influenced by Mica Levi’s work (https://music.apple.com/au/album/ana-mia-music-from-the-film/1746510148) Info on Film: a psychological body horror feature (Black Revel Productions). Focusses on a toxic friendship.
‘Scars Unseen’ feature film score - this film has it’s premiere at a prestigious film festival at TCL Chinese Theatres (LA) next month. Info on Film: https://www.shetv.me/scarsunseen (SheTV Media) This is a ‘triumph of the human spirit’ documentary following 3 women who have overcome domestic violence and are paying it forward.
‘Citizen of the World’ feature documentary soundtrack. This follows aviator Robert Delaurentis (the ‘Zen Pilot’) during his record breaking 'pole to pole' flight. Due for release soon in 2024.
Fun facts:
I am self taught singer/guitarist/musician and learnt by playing thousands of gigs in clubs, pubs and corporate events as well as reading every issue of Computer Music magazine for many years.
My favourite DAW (digital audio workstation) is Ableton Live
I worked as a wedding singer for 5 years
My favourite musical instrument (apart from voice!) is electric guitar (Gibson Nighthawk)
I’m a trained physical therapist and worked in sports and worked in injury management for many years
I regularly attend rugby league sporting fixtures with my family
I love driving my sports car in my spare time
“Simplicity is the final achievement.”