Music / Sound Design / Mix

Established in 2003 - Made in Aotearoa / New Zealand.

Highlights

  • Streetfighter 6

    Streetfighter 6

    Music for this epic series from CAPCOM Japan.

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  • Yo Gabba GabbaLand!

    Yo Gabba GabbaLand!

    Vocal and character voice recording for this Apple TV kids series.

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  • Big Pacific NHNZ

    Big Pacific - PBS/Discovery/CCTV Series

    Music score for this huge international series by The Sound Room.

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  • Tekken 8

    Tekken 8

    Music themes for this legendary game for Tekken Japan.

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  • Claudia Robin Gunn

    Claudia Robin Gunn

    Multi-album productions for this multi-award winning music artist from Aotearoa.

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  • Nullaboo Hullabaloo

    Nullaboo Hullabaloo

    Music & sound design for this exclusive animated feature trailer for 'Nullaboo Hullabaloo'.

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  • Lupi

    Lupi "From Deeper Roots" TVC

    Music & sound design for this TVC for NZ & Australia. Produced by Cirkus.

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  • Mrs Wishy Washy

    Tim Bray Theatre

    Songs, musical score & SFX for 11 shows and counting (!) for this legendary Aotearoa kids theatre company.

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Clients & Services

Services

  • Music composition / songwriting / arrangement / production

  • Sound design / SFX / foley

  • Mixing for film / TV / AR / VR

  • Mixing & mastering

  • Voiceover / Podcasts

  • Video production

Some Of Our Greatest Hits

  • The 16th Man - Prod. Morgan Freeman, ESPN Films
    *Emmy Award Winner

    Hip Hop-eration - Dir. Bryn Evans, Inkubator FIlms
    *Winner Best Documentary & Director NZ Film Awards

    Brother Number One - Dir. Annie Goldson
    * Winner Best Director for Documentary, NZ Film Awards

    In The Zone - Dir. Robyn Paterson Vendetta Films

    Army Dog - Dir Ezra Kemp, Lionsgate Films

    Crackheads - Dir. Tim Tsiklari

    Stars In Her Eyes - Dir. Athina Tsoulis, Ample Films

    Rewriting History - Dir. Marc Radomsky, SBS (Australia)

    Finding Mercy - Dir. Robyn Paterson TVNZ

    There Once Was An Island - Dir. Briar March

    Donated To Science - Dir. Paul Trotman, PRN Films / TV3

    The Tap - Dir. Toni Strasburg, Big World Cinema (SA)

    Choosing Exile - Dir. Marc Radomsky ABC (Australia)

  • 7UP "Vintages" (Vietnam)

    Amstel Beer (Vietnam)

    Annabel Langbein "Eat Fresh" (NZ)

    Auckland Transport "Join The Movement" & "Travel Ninjas" (NZ)

    Bachcare - Jingle (NZ)

    Barcelona Football Club & Beko - Online (Worldwide)

    Beatnik Publishing "180" online (NZ)

    Big Wednesday theme & background music and stings (NZ)

    Chartered Standard Bank "Failword" (Singapore)

    Chorus "Hypereel"

    Citra (Vietnam)

    Clear Shampoo "Cool DJ" & "Traffic Jam" (SE Asia)

    Coca Cola "Coke Habit" "Coke Coffee" (Vietnam)

    Comfort "Tonmai" (Thailand)

    Cuddly (Australia / NZ)

    Deadly Ponies "YANGO" & "L.O.V.E." (NZ)

    Deloitte "Digital Media Trends" & "53" (USA)

    Diana "Be Young" (Vietnam)

    Dove "Extreme Recovery", "Orchid", "Feather", "Dior", "Daenerys", "Dazzle (SEA & Worldwide)

    Dutch Lady (Vietnam)

    Education New Zealand (Singapore / NZ)

    Fresh Choice - Jingle (NZ)

    Fristi (Vietnam)

    Greenpeace "Boom", "Rivers", "Tuna", "Climate", "Plastic" (NZ)

    Handicap International (Worldwide)

    Hardy's Healthfoods(NZ)

    Hazeltine (Vietnam)

    Hershey's "Firework" & "Road Trip" (Thailand)

    Hoff Yogurt "Race" (Vietnam)

    Hyundai Surf Championships (NZ)

    Jalcon Homes "Design" (NZ)

    Kia 30" TVC (NZ)

    Kidney Kids New Zealand 3 x TVC (NZ)

    Kotex "Sunkissed" (Vietnam)

    Lotto "Main theme" (NZ)

    McDonald's "Delivery", "Spain" & "Portugal" (UAE)

    Milkies "Monsters" (Vietnam)

    Mike Pero Mortgages - Jingle refresh (NZ)

    Moo Moo Farms (Worldwide)

    Mountain Dew (Vietnam)

    Musto "Autumn 2018 Collection" (UK)

    NZ Pork (NZ)

    Panadol (Vietnam)

    Pepsodent "Gentle Gran", "Sister", "Grandmum" (SEA)

    Ponds "White" & "Pollution Out" (Thailand)

    Porsche (Worldwide)

    Rexona "BFFs" & "Selfie" (Worldwide)

    Rodd & Gunn"My Road" & "Summer 2020' (Aust & NZ)

    SCB Bank "Pinball" (Singapore)

    Shangra-La Hotels "Christmas" (Worldwide)

    Sovereign Insurance (NZ)

    Spark (NZ)

    Spazio Casa (NZ)

    Sunsilk "Hijab" (Worldwide)

    Supervalue Supermarkets - Jingle (NZ)

    Sustainable Business New Zealand

    Suzuki "Ertiga" (Vietnam)

    Tea + Matcha (Vietnam)

    Tim Tam "Road Trip" (SE Asia)

    TotalEnergies "Badminton" (Singapore)

    TREsemmé (Worldwide)

    Trips & Tramps (NZ)

    United Travel "Bridges" (NZ)

    Vodafone "AES / Flagship" (UK)

    Walls "Cornetto & Taylor Swift" (SE Asia)

  • Street Fighter 6 - CAPCOM (Japan)

    Tekken 8 - Tekken (Japan)

    The King Of Fighters XV - SNK (Japan)

    Figaro - Voiceroid (Japan)

    Pachinko games (Various) - ATTIC Inc. (Japan)

    Glowworm Adventure (Android) - Pik-Pok (NZ)

    Arcade games (various) - DAG (Japan)

    Racing car game (not yet released) - Sails Pictures (China)

    Voice of digital avatar - Soul Machines (NZ / USA)

    Interactive games for IOS & Android - ImaginMe (Thailand)

    Series of games for non-sighted players - Audio Game Hub (NZ)

    Twisted Tales - Audio Game Hub (NZ)

    Talking E-books series - Genesis Energy (NZ)

    Multi-language educational game series - Skoolbo (Australia)

    Aotearoa Explorers (IOS & Android) - Maui Studios (NZ)

    The Girl Who Could Stop Time, Footsteps Through The Fog (Margaret Mahy), A Christmas Carol (interactive e-book) - Booktrack (NZ/USA)

    WEAV (Music & fitness app) - WEAV IO (UK)

  • YoGabbaGabba! - Apple TV (USA)

    Big Pacific - Prod. NHNZ, PBS/Discovery/CCTV

    Dark Days In Monkey City - Dir. Ian McGee, Animal Planet (USA)

    All Or Nothing (All Blacks) - Amazon Prime

    Struggle Street - Dir. Marc Radomsky, SBS (Australia)
    *Highest rated series on SBS to date.

    Outback Kids - Dir. Marc Radomsky. ABC (Australia)

    Barrenjoey Road - ABC Australia

    Orton The Whale - NHK Japan

    Seasick - Stuff.co.nz & Re:news (TVNZ)

    Kia Ora Molweni - Dir. Mahanga Pihama Maori TV

    Kingitanga - Dir. Mahanga Pihanga Maori TV

    Filthy Rich - Multiple track placements, TVNZ

    Motherhood - TVNZ

    Ahi & The Stars - TVNZ

  • Ethiopia with Michael Buerk - Dir. Cliff Bestall, BBC (UK)

    In the Shadow of Kopadilalelo - Dir. Cliff Bestall, SABC (S Africa)

    Tackling Peace - Dir. Marc Radomsky, Channel 10

    A Miner's Tale - Dir. Nicolaas Hofmeyr, Scandanavia / SABC

    Surfing With Sharks - Nat Geo (USA)

    In Zone - Dir. Robyn Patterson TVNZ

    NZ Wars: Stories Of Taranaki - GSTV, RNZ

    Finding Mercy - Dir. Robyn Patterson, TV3

    Practicing Medicine - Dir. Dr. Paul Trotman, TV3

    A Fine Death - Dir. Dr. Paul Trotman PRN Films

    Moko The Dolphin - Dir. Amy Taylor TV3/Faultline

    Xeno - Dir. Paul Trotman TV3 (NZ)

    Try Revolution - Dir. Leanne Pooley TVNZ

    Walk With Me - Dir. Justin Pemberton TVNZ

    Educating Tama Dir. Kathleen Mantel Maori TV

    Young & On The Paepae - TVNZ

  • Sesame Street - "M is for Maps" (Short Film) - PBS (USA)

    Blue Ecks (Short Film) - Dir. Bobby Stannard

    Jack Of All Trades (Series) - Dir. Romain Borrel, Cirkus

    Exquisite Corpse (Series) - Producer Marko Klijn, Cirkus

    Cake (Short Film) - Dir. Sally Tran

    ImaginMe (Short Film) - Dir. Ricardo Turcios ImaginMe (USA)

    Symphony (Short Film) - Dir. Christian Greet XM Software (NZ)

    Moo Moo Farms (Series) - Dir. Keith Lee Moo Moo (NZ)

    Elder Birdsong (Short Film) - Auckland University

    The Only One In The World (Short Film) - Dir. Margaret-Mary Hollins.

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    SHORT FILMS

    Ventilation / COVID - Nanogirl

    The Push - Dir. Kyan Krumdieck & Tom Sainsbury

    Perianayaki - Dir. Bala Murali Shingade

    Only Human (Loading Docs) - Dir. Mia Maramara

    Wahine Warrior (Loading Docs) - Dir. Emma Calveley

    Table For One (Loading Docs) - Dir. Jenny Gao

    Tuna (Series) - Dir. Dan Salmon, Greenpeace NZ

    University of Auckland (Ongoing Series) - Dir. Lyn Collie

    Brainwave Trust (Series) - Brainwave Trust

    The Coffin Club - Dir. Briar March (Loading Docs TVNZ)

    Parasite - Dir. Michael Miller

    What Can You See? - Dir. Arthur Gay

    Zin Zan - Dir. Ben Walton

    Taeguk - Dir. Dr. Sapna Samant Holy Cow Productions

    Suniman - Dir. Hamish Mortland

    Skiing The Silk Road - Dir. Charlies North

    Wong Cha Cha - Dir. Alex Lee

    Russian Doll - Dir. Tim Tsiklari

    Compromise & Insomnia - Dir. Candida Keithley

    Foods For Coping - Dir. Zoey Zhao

    The Queen Street - Dir. Boya Zhao

  • Tim Bray Productions:

    BadJelly The Witch
    The Twits
    The Great White Man Eating Shark
    We're Going On A Bear Hunt
    The Magic Faraway Tree
    The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch
    The Christmas Show 2022 & 2023
    The Great Piratical Rumbustification
    Mrs Wishy Washy

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    House On Fire - Music & sound design, Dir. Margaret-Mary Hollins, Producer Stephen Blackburn

    Tu Meke Tui - Music & sound design, Auckland Live.

    Ronald McDonald House - 30 minute live theatre piece for this NZ charity for nationwide tour.

    At What Cost? - Original musical by Leny Woolsey, arranged & produced by The Sound Room.

    Atlas - Music & sound design (dir. Amelia Reid & Shadon Meredith) @ Basement Theatre.

    Dragonlore - Music & sound design (dir. by Curtis Vowell) @ Basement Theatre.

    Culture Clash - Music & sound design - Dir Margaret-Mary Hollins @ TAPAC.

    Short & Sweet - Theatre Music & sound design for play Perfect - Dir. Mike Dwyer.

  • Waco Massacre Survivors - Podcast series (USA)

    Auckland Art Gallery 2 x 50' live performances for opening week with Ashley Brown from NZ Trio.

    Otago Settlers Museum Sound design installations

    Les Mills International - 4 x 10 minute relaxation pieces for Balance fitness classes.

    BSKYB (UK) - Performed by the RPO (conducted by David Arnold) for music series.

    Audio Network (UK) Maori & Pacific Music Series.

    Globe Theatre (UK) Promos - Producer Paul Des Salles.

    NZ Olympic Team 'Lift Yourself Up' and 'We Fly Tonight' for Play It Strange Trust.

    Yoga Sanctuary Music & VO for 30 yoga videos.

    Odyssey Indoor Maze Sound design and music for state of the art indoor maze in central Auckland.

    Creative Adventures Music for meditation video series.

Est. in 2003 by Marshall Smith & Tom Fox - The Sound Room is run by Marshall Smith who creates high quality music and sound design for film, TV, games, theatre, artists and bands all over the world – based in Auckland, New Zealand.

The Sound Room has scored 13+ feature films, 70+ documentaries, TV series, short films & animation, 100+ TVC’s along with scores for major international games, theatre, museums and artist and band album production.

A well established New Zealand based songwriter, composer and producer, Marshall has written music for film, TV, games and theatre for many years with more than 2000 original tracks published around the world.

He has been an APRA Silver Scroll Finalist and the recipient of many other professional awards for his music over the years. With various original bands he has played in London, China and New Zealand. He releases original music as Marshmellow. See his IMDB credits HERE.

Marshall was the co-founder and Chair of the Screen Composers Guild (Now Screen Music & Sound Guild of New Zealand) for 10 years and remains a committee member. He regularly speaks on music & the film industry and mentors young artists as part of the Depot Artspace programme and is a member of Jubilation Gospel Choir.

About

Testimonials

“Marshall and Tom of The Sound Room scored our blue chip series Big Pacific.  The pictures were wonderful, the script was engaging but it was their music that brought the emotions of the stories to the screen. With ever shifting deadlines and recutting of the same shows many times over we put them through a trial by fire as they tried to keep up with the editorial changes we threw at them. Every step of the way they showed patience and grace while we did what we needed to do, barely leaving them time to do what they needed to do.  Nonetheless the outcome was thrilling.”
Craig Meade
Big Pacific – Showrunner

The Sound Room hits the right tune for any market.  It’s because of this we come back for more.  Working with Marshall and Tom is a pleasant experience since they have the patience and perseverance to deal with Client’s and Cirkus’ wishes and needs!
Marko Klijn
MD – Cirkus Animation

I’ve worked with The Sound Room for many years. We’ve managed to pull together some great projects, The Sound Room were the FIRST producers to give me a crack at this side of the industry and I have picked up a huge array of skills working closely with them. Professionalism, prompt and most of all, dope at what they do.
Kings
Recording Artist/Producer