Jamie Messenger is a composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist based in Melbourne, Australia. Jamie has composed music for every leading Australian symphony orchestra, collaborated with many of the country’s most successful artists including Sia and the Hilltop Hoods and composed soundtracks to award winning short film and TV projects.
Jamie has composed soundtracks for many short films, four of which have gone on to receive AFI/AACTA nominations. (Spike Up, The Not-So-Great Eugene Green, The Orchestra and Reg Makes Contact). Jamie has also composed for television networks ABC, Nickelodeon and Sesame Street and national advertising campaigns.
His instinct for orchestral composition and combined skills as both arranger and performer saw him working with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (ASO) before even completing his degree. Messenger soon became an integral part of the ASO’s Showtime series of concerts both performing and arranging. In this capacity he arranged the music of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Queen, Jeff Buckley, Muse and Radiohead to name just a few. His prodigious skill in orchestration and fast, flexible work ethic led to composing and arranging for every leading symphony orchestra in the country