12 Facts About Graeme Revell

Graeme Revell was born on 23 October 1955 and is a New Zealand musician and composer.

Graeme Revell is known for his frequent collaborations with director David Twohy, having scored Below and the Riddick franchise.

Graeme Revell is an eight-time recipient of the BMI Film Music Award, including the Richard Kirk Career Achievement Award, and an AACTA Award winner.

Graeme Revell spent the next decade making music that ranged from extreme to beautiful to academic and earning a reputation for wild stage stunts that included accidentally setting an audience member on fire with a flamethrower.

Graeme Revell's break came in 1989, when he scored the Australian film Dead Calm.

Graeme Revell is a classically trained pianist and French horn player, but graduated from the University of Auckland with degrees in economics and political science.

Graeme Revell worked as a regional planner in both Australia and Indonesia, and was an orderly in an Australian psychiatric hospital.

Graeme Revell was a founding member of the industrial music band SPK, playing keyboards and percussion.

Graeme Revell has done string arrangements for Ludus, Stefy, Biffy Clyro and The Wombats.

Graeme Revell's music is often re-used from movie to movie and in more recent times he has collaborated with other artists on their albums.

Graeme Revell has been interviewed for the independent documentary Finding Kraftland.

Graeme Revell has been assisted in sound design by Brian Williams, who creates dark ambient music under the German language black humorous pseudonym Lustmord.