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Stefan Smulovitz

Below you can see scores to fixed animations such as Matthew Talbot-Kelly’s NFB film Trembling Veil of Bones, as well as live improvisations with Quebec animator Pierre Hebert. The soundtrack to the full-length documentary Power of the River includes sounds recorded on location in Bhutan.

Director Matthew Talbot-Kelly’s animated short film The Trembling Veil of Bones combines live action and computer-generated imagery to create a densely layered world of intrigue and revelation


The main sound for the film was created by playing my viola with a variety of sticks instead of a bow

In 2015 I had the good fortune to work on Power of the River. I went to Bhutan to record source material which I then used to score the final full length documentary

A Complicated Intelligence - 2016. Stefan Smulovitz (music), Andrew Scott (narration), Lara Abadir (visuals). Used as a backdrop for Cheryl Prophets Main Stage Dance Show


Extract of a solo performance by Pierre Hébert, with music by Stefan Smulovitz. This is a Italian version of the multilingual performance Only the hand... (Only the hand that erases can write the true thing)


The piece has been performed around the world in dozens of languages

Praha-Florenc - another collaboration with artist Pierre Hebert - 2010

Excerpt of the full length score created for Carl Dreyer's classic film Passion of Joan of Arc

Video and sound piece I created to celebrate Dante's Divine Comedy commissioned by Vancouver New Music

Film & Animation Collaborations