Chrysoulla Markoulli is an award-winning composer, sound designer and teacher, based in Sydney, Australia, with a passion for telling stories through music and sound. A 2021 Sydney Theatre Awards Nominee for BEST COMPOSITION AND SOUND DESIGN FOR AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION, Chrysoulla has been creating with theatre and screen makers since 2016, with clients such as Belvoir, Griffin, ATYP and Rogue Projects. Recent credits include: The Fairytale of My Life (2022), Tom At The Farm (2022), Tell Me Before The Sun Explodes (2022), Burn Witch Burn (2022), Before The Meeting (2022), Hot Mess (2021), Jali (2021), Mary (2021), The Linden Solution (2021), Dead Skin (2021), Barnacle Face (2020), CNUT (2020), My Brilliant Career (2020) and Iphigenia In Splott (2020).
2022
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY OR MUSICAL for TOM AT THE FARM / Nominee
Broadway World Australia Sydney Awards
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY OR MUSICAL
for WIL & GRACE / Nominee
Broadway World Australia Sydney Awards
BEST SOUND DESIGN AND COMPOSITION OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION for HOT MESS / Nominee
Sydney Theatre Awards
BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION for JALI / Team Nomination
Sydney Theatre Awards
2020
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE / Runner-up
ScoreLive Competition
OFFICIAL SELECTION for BARNACLE FACE / Team Nomination
Monster Fest Sydney Film Festival
BEST STOP MOTION / TIMELAPSE for CNUT / Winner (Team Award)
Short To The Point International Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS for CNUT / Team Nominations
Hamilton Film Festival
Rolling Ideas Film Festival
AniMate Film Festival
Short To The Point Film Festival
Short Film Factory Film Festival
2017
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE BY A TERTIARY STUDENT for TAMAH / Winner
Glories of the Score Competition
2021
BEST PLAY for THE LINDEN SOLUTION/ Team Nomination
Broadway World Australia Sydney Awards
BEST PLAY for IPHIGENIA IN SPLOTT / Team Nomination
Broadway World Australia Sydney Awards
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD for BARNACLE FACE / Team Award
Ozploit Shorts
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS for BARNACLE FACE / Team Nominations
A Night of Horror International Film Festival
Atlanta Horror Film Festival
Horror Fest Film Festival
Byron Bay Underground Film Festival
Revelation Perth International Film Festival
Sydney Underground Film Festival
2018
BEST SOUND DESIGN - PLAY
for YEN / Nominee
Broadway World Australia Sydney Awards
2016
MENTORING SCHOLARSHIP
IN SOUND DESIGN / Winner
Artology & ATYP
BEST ORIGINAL FANFARE for THE EPIPHANY / Winner
Artology Fanfare Competition
TESTIMONIALS
"Chrysoulla was the incredible composer and sound designer for our short film. She is an enthusiastic, charming and professional artist through every aspect of her work. Chrysoulla has a wonderful work ethic and imaginative creativity, utilising her surrounds to create immersive composition. Our collaboration with Chrysoulla during the difficult circumstances surrounding the 2020 pandemic exceeded our expectations and cemented our decision to wanting to work with Chrysoulla on many projects to come. Her clear communication, versatility and accommodating nature made the process an incredible experience. ARACOURT recommends Chrysoulla for any project requiring sound design and composition, and we look forward to our next collaboration in the near future."
~ Courtney Westbrook & Ara Nuri Steel (Aracourt Studio) / FILMMAKERS
"Chrysoulla is an exceptionally talented and intuitive composer with great versatility and range. In a tight turnaround, she rigorously crafted a powerful, terrifying score for our horror short, Barnacle Face. Finding creative common-ground was easy and exciting due to her clarity of communication and firm grasp of the relationships between music, sound and picture. I very much recommend Chrysoulla for her musical prowess for screen and stage composition. It was a privilege and joy to work with her."
~ Jean-David Le Goullon / WRITER & DIRECTOR