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Stephen Gallagher(II)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
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Stephen Gallagher
Stephen Gallagher is an award winning composer and music editor. He works in film, television and other media and is currently based at Park Road Post Production in, Wellington, New Zealand. He wrote the song 'Blunt the Knives' for Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'. He has composed music for every size of production, from Hollywood blockbusters through to independent documentaries and online web series, from all around the world. He has worked on projects with Peter Jackson, Brian Eno, Ed Sheeran and Nick Cave. His feature film credits include Music Editor for Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies', 'The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug', 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey', (for which he also composed additional source music; 'Blunt The Knives' and 'The Torture Song' ), Music Editor for Neill Blomkamp's 'District 9', Music Editor for Wu Jing's 'Wolf Warrior 2', Supervising Music Editor for Amy Berg's 'West Of Memphis' and Supervising Music Editor for Peter Jackson's 'The Lovely Bones' for which he composed additional music to accompany Brian Eno's original score.
BornMarch 7
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 5 wins & 11 nominations total

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    Known for

    Brian Cox, Gaia Wise, and Luca Pasqualino in The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)
    The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
    6.3
    • Composer
    • 2024
    Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and The Beatles in The Beatles: Get Back (2021)
    The Beatles: Get Back
    8.9
    TV Mini Series
    • Music Department
    Martin Freeman in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
    7.8
    • Music Department
    • 2012
    District 9 (2009)
    District 9
    7.9
    • Music Department
    • 2009

    Credits

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    Composer



    • Pakeha
      • Composer
      • Completed
      • Short
      • 2025
    • Cringe
      • Composer
      • In Production
      • Short
    • The Curse of Ghost Island
      • Composer
      • Pre-production



    • Secrets at Red Rocks (2025)
      Secrets at Red Rocks
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2025
    • Brian Cox, Gaia Wise, and Luca Pasqualino in The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)
      The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
      6.3
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • Cate Campbell in Conquering Skin Cancer (2024)
      Conquering Skin Cancer
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • Morning Hate (2024)
      Morning Hate
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • As A Rake
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • A Mothers Love (2024)
      A Mothers Love
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • Attachment Theory (2024)
      Attachment Theory
      7.0
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • Luciane Buchanan in Lea Tupu'anga/Mother Tongue (2024)
      Lea Tupu'anga/Mother Tongue
      7.3
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • Conquering Cervical Cancer (2024)
      Conquering Cervical Cancer
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • Azriel Dalman in Sleep Tight (2023)
      Sleep Tight
      8.0
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Earthlings (2023)
      Earthlings
      8.2
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Simon Waring in Live the Life You Please (2023)
      Live the Life You Please
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Masters of the Muralverse (2023)
      Masters of the Muralverse
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Bystander (2022)
      Bystander
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2022
    • Macey Chipping in Mystic (2020)
      Mystic
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2020–2022

    Music Department



    • Pakeha
      • musician
      • Completed
      • Short
      • 2025
    • Impossible
      • music editor
      • Completed
      • Short



    • Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Bailey Bass, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
      Avatar: The Way of Water
      7.5
      • music editor (uncredited)
      • 2022
    • Conquering Cancer (2022)
      Conquering Cancer
      • synthesizer
      • 2022
    • Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and The Beatles in The Beatles: Get Back (2021)
      The Beatles: Get Back
      8.9
      TV Mini Series
      • music editor
      • 2021
    • The Adventures of Tumeke Space (2021)
      The Adventures of Tumeke Space
      TV Series
      • music editor (2021)
      • 2021
    • Rebecca Gibney, Robbie Magasiva, Scott Wills, Cohen Holloway, James Rolleston, Min Kim, Samuel Austin, and Olivia Morphew in Lowdown Dirty Criminals (2020)
      Lowdown Dirty Criminals
      4.3
      • music editor
      • 2020
    • Marton Csokas, Ewen Leslie, Eva Green, Eve Hewson, and Himesh Patel in The Luminaries (2020)
      The Luminaries
      6.4
      TV Mini Series
      • music editor (as Steve Gallagher)
      • 2020
    • Puppet Killer (2019)
      Puppet Killer
      4.9
      • music producer
      • musician (as Steve Gallagher)
      • 2019
    • Golden Boy (2019)
      Golden Boy
      7.7
      TV Series
      • theme music (as Steve Gallagher)
      • 2019
    • Zeang Feng and Chao Deng in Looking Up (2019)
      Looking Up
      6.1
      • music editor (as Steve Gallagher)
      • 2019
    • CAPCOM GO! The Apollo Story (2019)
      CAPCOM GO! The Apollo Story
      8.0
      Short
      • music editor (as Steve Gallagher)
      • 2019
    • Daffodils (2019)
      Daffodils
      5.8
      • music editor (as Steve Gallagher)
      • 2019
    • Hera Hilmar in Mortal Engines (2018)
      Mortal Engines
      6.1
      • music editor (as Steve Gallagher)
      • 2018
    • Stephen Graham in Being Keegan (2017)
      Being Keegan
      7.2
      Short
      • composer: additional music (uncredited)
      • 2017
    • Jamie Bell, Abbie Cornish, Tim Pigott-Smith, and Mark Strong in 6 Days (2017)
      6 Days
      6.2
      • programmer: percussion (as Steve Gallagher)
      • 2017
    • Cleverman (2016)
      Cleverman
      6.4
      TV Series
      • music editor (as Steve Gallagher)
      • 2016–2017

    Sound Department



    • Double Happy (2010)
      Double Happy
      6.9
      Short
      • sound editor (as Steve Gallagher)
      • 2010
    • Son & Moon: diario de un astronauta (2009)
      Son & Moon: diario de un astronauta
      7.3
      • sound designer
      • 2009
    • The Amazing Extraordinary Friends (2007)
      The Amazing Extraordinary Friends
      6.7
      TV Series
      • sound designer
      • sound effects editor (as Steve Gallagher)
      • 2008
    • Cowboys & Communists
      • sound assistant (as Steve Gallagher, 2007)
      • 2007
    • The Hothouse (2007)
      The Hothouse
      7.1
      TV Series
      • sound assistant (as Steve Gallagher)
      • 2007
    • The New Tomorrow (2005)
      The New Tomorrow
      6.3
      TV Series
      • dialogue editor (as Steve Gallagher)
      • 2005–2006
    • Holly's Heroes (2005)
      Holly's Heroes
      6.9
      TV Series
      • sound assistant (as Steve Gallagher)
      • 2005

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Steven Gallagher
    • Born
      • March 7
      • Auckland, New Zealand
    • Other works
      Former Media Curator at New York's multi-arts center, The Kitchen

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