Thomas Lambert
Media composer and sound designer
Thomas Lambert (aka Thomas Arbor) is a composer and sound artist based in Te Whanganui a Tara, Aotearoa.
He is an experienced composer and sound designer for theatre, screen, dance and installation, with strong technical foundations in recording, mixing, mastering, audio restoration and live sound.
CONTACT:
Please get in touch if you'd like to discuss working with Thomas or for any further information.
Email: thomlambert@gmail.com
Featured Soundtracks:
My entry into the Spitfire Audio & HBO/ Westworld scoring competition.
"DVD Dreams is a short documentary by Kathleen Winter that features a bunch of loyal customers and film fanatics, re-living their favourite movie scenes. A quirky and poetic look at the end of an era."
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Audio Production Credits:
2022 Lǎo Lao Lǎo Le - (as yet unreleased) short film (music), dir. Julie Zhu
2018 Minimum - documentary web series (Sound design, foley), dir. Kathleen Winter
2017:
He Awa Mutunga Kore: A Takatāpui Journey - short documentary film (sound design, music), dir Kathleen Winter
Drop Down Globe - Short film (Music), dir. Stella Reid
DVD Dreams - Documentary Short (Music, sound-design, mix), dir. Kathleen Winter
2016 : Grey William (Code: GW) – Short film (Music, sound-design, foley), dir. Sandy Burton Davis
2015 : Sphere – Short film (sound-design, mix), dir. Kathleen Winter
2014 : The Untouched Miratus with Archibald Reed - 48hr Film (Music, sound-design, mix & cinematography), dir. Dan Harris
2012:
The Sad Tale of Rocky Raccoon (Music, sound-design, foley, mix), dir. Dan Harris
Te Hiringa Puoro (Music, sound-design), dir. Komako Silver
Ax Trivia - TV Pilot (Dialogue editing, sound-design, mix)
2022 :
Pakaru (redevelopment), dir. Mitch Tawhi Thomas (scheduled for Wellington & Auckland Arts Festivals, cancelled due to Covid)
2020 :
Get Out of My Letterbox, (w/ Emi Pogoni) dir. Katie Burson and Beth Kayes
2019
Ransom, dir. Stella Reid & Neenah Dekkers-Reihana
Pakaru, dir. Mitch Tawhi-Thomas (Production of the Year, Wellington Theatre Awards)
Story Studio Live 2, dir. Barney Olson (Best Work for Young Audiences, WTA)
2018 :
Actual Fact, dir. Meg Rollandi & Isobel McKinnon
Story Studio Live 1, dir. Stella Reid
2017: The Basement Tapes (5 Seasons), dir. Jane Yonge (Fringe First Award, Edinburgh 2018)
2016: Heteroperformative, dir. Jane Yonge
2015 :The Mountebank, dir. Stella Reid
2014 : Oneironaut, dir. Stella Reid
2014 : The Hades Complex, dir. Dan Emms
2012 : Eschaton, dir. Stella Reid
2022:
Pūoro Tū - A Celebration of the Oro - podcast - featuring recordings, interviews from a six-day taonga pūoro festival curated by Ruby Solly, Al Fraser and Pyramid Club. Listen Episode 1 | Episode 2.
2021:
Bloom - 4-channel interactive soundtrack for the projection installation by Charley Draper and Stella Bieringa at Te Ramaroa Nelson Light Festival
Luna - 4-channel surround sound work for A Room That Echoes festival at The Audio Foundation, Auckland.
2020 :
'Encoded' - soundtrack for the light installation by Jason Longstaff for Taranaki Festival of Lights.
2019 :
'Inner Sound Outer Worlds' Soundwalk : for Pyramid Power Festival : a 45 minute audio-guided walk exploring Te Aro and tracing a history of the city’s creative music community in sound and space.
Stablab - Design development & collaboration w/ Charley Draper
2018 :
Stablab - Design development & collaboration w/ Meg Rolandi
2016 :
'Black Moon' - Surround SFX for a Halloween event at Wellington's Planetarium.
2021 :
Brandon De La Cruz - Visions of Ovid
Kōtiro - High Definition Multinational
Daisy Wells - The Second Burning
2020 :
2018:
Womb - Like Splitting the Head from the Body
2013:
Athuzela Brown - A Cliff at Dawn
2012 :
Seth Frightening - Don't You Worry (Heat Death)
Minnelli - Carols for Convicts
2010 :
2021 : Kōtiro - High-Def Multinational (Alt-pop)
2018 : Jeshel Forrester - The Old Churchyard (Trad. folk)
2016 : Jeshel Forrester - Jeshel (Trad. folk)
2013 : Athuzela Brown - A Cliff at Dawn (Dream-folk)
2021 - present: Audio Conservation Technician at The National Library of New Zealand
2021 : Digital Archivist at The National Library of New Zealand, working on the collection of the sonic artist John Cousins. See Tales from the Acousmonium Pt 1 & Pt2.
2021 : Sound Operator - The Haka Party Incident @ ASB Waterfront Theatre
2016 - 2020 : Audio Conservation Technician (contractor) at The National Library of New Zealand
2017 - present : Live-sound tech at The Pyramid Club
2008 - 2010 : Bachelor of Music (Sonic Arts)
New Zealand School of Music, Wellington
2006 - 2007 : Diploma in Audio Engineering & Music Production
Music & Audio Institute of New Zealand, Christchurch
Awards - Best Studio Production, Best MIDI Production, Best Academic Performance
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