About
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Toby Alexander is a Brisbane-based composer and music producer specialising in music for film, games, and live performance. With a background in orchestration, contemporary production, and dramatic musical storytelling, he combines expressive writing with modern production tools to create evocative, cinematic sound worlds.
Toby’s work is shaped by strong melodic writing, clear emotional intent, and a production sensibility developed through years of arranging, recording, and mixing. Moving fluidly between orchestral writing, hybrid production, and artist collaboration, he brings a flexible, story-led approach to projects across screen, stage, games, and recorded music.
In 2021, Toby created and produced string arrangements for Holy Holy’s fourth studio album Hello My Beautiful World, which was nominated for ARIA Best Rock Album and J Award Australian Album of the Year. The album debuted at #4 on the ARIA Albums Chart and #1 on the ARIA Australian Albums Chart, with two tracks placing in the 2021 Triple J Hottest 100. Toby’s arrangements combined sampled strings with live studio performances by The Letter String Trio. Three of these arrangements were later adapted for Holy Holy’s 2025 release Sweet Bitter Sweet.
Other credits include string arrangements for Hayley Marsten’s Girlhood, additional music and arrangements for the 2025 ballet production Dracula, and original music for the premiere production of Hilary Bell’s The Bloody Bride. Toby has also collaborated with artists and bands including Fresco Kyoto, Jake Whittaker, and Jordan Merrick, and develops sampled instruments through Chromatic Instruments for the Kontakt platform.
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