Photo: Lilli Waters

ABOUT

Nick Batterham is an AFI/AACTA Award-nominated sound designer and ARIA-nominated musician, working out of his studio in Naarm / Melbourne, Australia.

His diverse career spans contemporary classical compositions, immersive installation soundscapes, film scoring, and commercial audio production, alongside decades of work as a solo singer-songwriter and band member.

He is a Victorian College of the Arts graduate and an associate artist with the Australian Music Centre.

AWARDS

  • AFI / AACTA Award Nomination: Nominated for Best Sound in a Documentary for Lionel (2009).

  • ARIA Award Nomination: Nominated for Best Debut Album for Love Walked In (1997) with indie-rock band The Earthmen.

  • TDF Design Awards: Won Best Collaboration (2019) for the installation project Empire with artist Rone.

  • Flickerfest: Won Best Achievement in Sound for Blue Tongue (2005) and The Father (2011).

  • AACTA Award Contribution: Created the music & sound design for Buried (2024), which won Best Online Drama or Comedy.

  • Sydney Film Festival: Nominated for a Dendy Award (2005) as writer-director of the AFC-funded short film The Audience.  

SOUNDTRACKS & SOUND DESIGN

Immersive Art Installations (with artist Rone):

  • Home (2026) – Chadstone Shopping Centre

  • Time (2022–2023) – at Melbourne's Flinders Street Station (140,000+ visitors) & Art Gallery of Western Australia

  • Rone In Geelong (2021) – at Geelong Gallery

  • Empire (2019) – at Burnham Beeches

Feature Films & Documentaries:

  • Queens of Concrete (2024) - Music

  • Bromley: Light After Dark (2023) – Music & sound design

  • The Plains (2022) – Sound design

  • All This Mayhem (2014) – Sound design

  • Uncharted Waters (2013) – Sound design

  • Wakey Wakey (2012) – Sound design

  • Lionel (2009) – Sound design - AFI nomination

  • The Independent (2007) – Music & sound design

TV, Web Series & Short Film:

  • Buried (2024 web series) – Music & sound design – AACTA Award winner for best online drama or comedy

  • Dance Academy (2010 TV) – Music

  • The Audience (2005 short) – Writer & director – SFF Dendy Award nomination for best experimental film

  • Heartbreak Tour (2005 TV) – Music

  • Numerous short films (1999–present) – Music &/or sound design

Commercial Audio:

Music and sound design for clients including Cussons, Levi’s, Puma, YouTube Music, Bank Australia, Rip Curl, ACTU, Worksafe, Dairy Australia, National Gallery of Australia, and Emporium Melbourne.

MUSICAL PROJECTS & DISCOGRAPHY

Solo Releases:

  • First Snow (music for piano and strings) (2025) – Classical album premiered at Tempo Rubato, Melbourne

  • The Sentimentalist (2024, Cheersquad Records) – Launched at Northcote Social Club

  • Lovebirds (2021, Cheersquad Records) – Launched at Melbourne Recital Centre’s Primrose Potter Salon

  • 7 solo singer-songwriter albums in total, and 4 contemporary classical soundtracks from Rone installations

Band Projects:

  • Cordrazine: Guitarist & record producer (2009–present).

  • The Earthmen: Guitarist & co-songwriter (1990s) – ARIA nomination for Love Walked In (1997). Toured AUS extensively and USA/UK. Local support slots included INXS, Alanis Morissette, Teenage Fanclub, The Lemonheads, Buffalo Tom.

  • Blindside: Singer, guitarist, co-songwriter (1991-95) – Singles of the week in UK Spin & Alternative Press magazines (1994), supports including The Smashing Pumpkins & The Breeders.

Record Producer:

  • Cordrazine: You See in Me (2025) – produced, mixed & engineered

  • Blackchords: Connected // Forgotten (2023) – produced, mixed & engineered

  • The Golden Rail: Songs From Empty Streets (2022) – produced, mixed & engineered

  • Broads: Stay Connected (2019) – mixed & co-engineered

  • The Golden Rail: Sometimes When (2019) – produced, mixed & engineered

  • Meow Meow: Songs From a Little Mermaid (2017) – mixed & co-engineered

  • Cordrazine: Always Coming Down (2010) – produced & co-engineered

  • Blackchords: At World’s End (2009) – produced & co-engineered