Blasko's propensity to collaborate might be traced to a single detour: in 2008 she was asked to co-compose music and perform in Bell Shakespeare's staging of Hamlet.
Ms. Rist co-composed the lazy instrumental melody piped into the gallery, which sets a mood.
The sixty-year-old Byrne conceived the musical, wrote the lyrics, and co-composed the music with Fatboy Slim.
(Fun fact: Chuck Lorre, the force behind "Two and a Half Men," co-composed the "heroes in a half shell" tune).
It is out on 2 December, the same the day the new Disney movie, Moana, which he co-composed, arrives in UK cinemas.
Gridley's co-star in "Romeo and Juliet," the actor and musician Robert M. Johanson (who co-composed the massive, homespun score with Julie LaMendola and Daniel Gower), is being given a shot in "Life and Times," and he grabs it.
In a sign of the increasingly mainstream nature of video games, Paul McCartney has co-composed the soundtrack – a 50-minute orchestral suite – as well as writing a theme song for the game.
Kraft has earned Academy Award, Grammy Award, and two Golden Globes nominations for co-composing the song, "Beautiful Maria of My Soul" from "The Mambo Kings" and "How Can I Not Love You" from "Anna and the King".
He also co-composed the theme songs for some of his hits, including the frequently sampled tune from Knight Rider and the orchestral music behind Battlestar Galactica, his son said.
Pure Shit also features cameos from the author Helen Garner (who would go on to write a book about the drug scene, Monkey Grip, adapted into a film in 1982), an early appearance from Greig Pickhaver (later known as HG Nelson) and was co-composed by the radio host and ex-Skyhooks member Red Symons.
"The driving force behind recording artists gravitating toward film is that it's a new challenge for them," says Paramount Pictures music exec Randy Spendlove, who, together with Par's music prexy Burt Berman, attracted Black Eyed Peas' Will.I.Am to co-compose his debut score for urban drama "Freedom Writers".
