Film, Art, Theatre and TV
As a sound designer Sony worked on the feature film The Mangler, directed by Tobe Hooper. He co-composed (with Murray Anderson) the score for Canadian Broadcasting documentary Madiba: The Life and Times of Nelson Mandela (1996), for which he was awarded the Gemini Award for best music. He composed music for Gerrie & Louise (1997), sound design for Izulu lami (2008) and sound for Zimbabwe (directed by Darryl Roodt, 2008) Recent film composing commissions include Jozi, a comedy directed by Craig Fremont produced by Thom Pictures and Anant Singh.
He worked with Rodney Place on the Couch Dancing exhibition. He did music for Ochre and Water: Himba chronicles from the land of Kaoko for Doxa Productions. He worked with Murray Anderson to make music for the Museum of Rock Art and in March 2007, for Turbulence, the South African art exhibition in Red Bull's Hangar 7 event in Salzburg.
He has been involved in multimedia theatre productions such as William Kentridge's Ubu and the Truth Commission (with Brendan Jury) and Faustus in Africa, and Handspring Puppet's Tall Horse.
Television credits include Apartheid's Last Stand (1999) and Parklife: Africa (2001).
He is currently in a creative partnership with Murray Anderson doing commercials, film scores and music for theatre. He is based at Milestone Studios, Cape Town, and his advertising work has included commissions from Nissan, Daewoo, Land Rover, and BMW.
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