![]() ![]() In 1968, he worked extensively on the soundtrack of the Anglo/Australian feature film, Age of Consent with Peter Sculthorpe, writing and producing the majority of the incidental score. During his Uni years, he gigged around Sydney with rock bands - The Showmen and The Powerhouse. He attended North Sydney Boys High School and in 1964, began an arts degree at Sydney University with majors in music and Indonesian/Malayan studies. He studied AMEB grades in classical piano and music theory to the age of sixteen. Neal was born in 1946 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Some of Neal's frequent collaborators have included his son - Braedy Neal, Denny Lawrence, Bob Ellis, George Ogilvie, Matt Carroll, Patricia Edgar, Ross Matthews, Richard Brennan and many others. Neal has won several AGSC and APRA awards for his work and was awarded Best Original Music Score at the 1985 AFI Awards for his contribution to the film score for ' Rebel'. ![]() He has also scored and written songs for numerous well-known children's series including Johnson and Friends, Lift-Off, Crash Zone and Noah and Saskia. Some of his most notable scores include Buddies, Bodyline, The Shiralee, Turtle Beach and Farscape. He is regarded as one of Australia's most successful screen composers. Christopher Hugh Neal (born 1946) is an Australian musician, songwriter, record producer and television and film music composer.
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