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DrEwan Clark

(he/him)

Lecturer (Teaching) in Composition

School of Music

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  • Lecturer (Teaching) in Composition
    School of Music
  • FT92 204, 92 Fairlie Terrace, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand

BIO

Ewan Clark is a film composer, orchestrator, film music scholar and lecturer. His film scoring achievements include scoring feature films The Dog Show (2026), Turn of the Screw (2020), and Doubt: The Scott Watson Case (2017). He has also scored numerous short films and documentaries, listed in full at www.ewanclarkmusic.com.

Ewan's orchestration credits include feature films Beyond the Edge (2013), One Thousand Ropes (2017), The Inventor (2023), and Paper Bag Plan (2024), as well as the Netflix series Super Giant Robot Brothers (2022)Ewan has arranged songs for the NZSO's collaborations with Alien Weaponry (2021) and Ria Hall (2022) and the CSO’s collaboration with Tiki Taane (2021). In 2012 he arranged songs for the Philharmonia Orchestra's performance at Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. His composition Gethsemane (2000), has been performed by the CSO and Orchestra Wellington. As a scholar, Ewan wrote a book chapter about film composer Alexandre Desplat (also the subject of his PhD thesis) for Transmedia Directors (Bloomsbury, 2020).

Ewan studied at the Royal College of Music (MMus, 2012) and The New Zealand School of Music (PhD, 2018).

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Lecturer (Teaching) in Composition
    Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand School of Music, Wellington, New ZealandMar 2018 - present

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand2018
  • MMus
    Royal College of Music, London, United Kingdom2012
  • Bachelor of Music
    Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand2001

FIELDS OF RESEARCH