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projects/awoken.mdx

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+---
+title: Awoken
+role: Principal Orchestrator
+type: Feature Film
+date: 2019-07-01
+description: A young medical student attempts to cure her brother from a terminal sleep illness, called fatal familial insomnia, where you are unable to sleep until you die. On her quest to help him, a more sinister reason for his condition is revealed.
+images:
+  {
+    "hero":
+      {
+        "src": "nathan-cummins-awoken-1.jpg",
+        "alt": "The key poster for the film showing a person covered in blood approaching walking down a hallway to the camera."
+      },
+    "other": "awoken"
+  }
+externalLinks:
+  [
+    {
+      "name": "Website",
+      "href": "https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/awoken-2019/36883/",
+      "icon": "mdi:web"
+    }
+  ]
+---

projects/barbecue.mdx

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+---
+title: Barbecue
+role: Additional Orchestration
+type: Feature Film
+date: 2017-07-01
+description: The rituals, stories and traditions surrounding the process of cooking meat over an open flame are shared by numerous cultures around the world.
+images:
+  {
+    "hero":
+      {
+        "src": "nathan-cummins-barbecue-1.jpg",
+        "alt": "A single flaming barbecue in grassy hillside with gray stormy skies."
+      },
+    "other": "barbecue"
+  }
+externalLinks:
+  [
+    {
+      "name": "Website",
+      "href": "https://www.urtextfilms.com/barbecue/",
+      "icon": "mdi:web"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "IMDb",
+      "href": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6090268/",
+      "icon": "fa:imdb"
+    }
+  ]
+---

projects/down-to-earth.mdx

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+---
+title: Down To Earth
+role: Composer
+type: Short Film
+date: 2020-07-01
+description: Three young misfits venture into the Australian outback to find what they believe is a meteorite that has crash landed near their country town, only to discover it's something far more mysterious.
+images:
+  {
+    "hero":
+      {
+        "src": "nathan-cummins-down-to-earth-1.jpg",
+        "alt": "The three main characters looking forward at a shooting start seemingly falling to Earth."
+      }
+  }
+externalLinks:
+  [
+    {
+      "name": "Website",
+      "href": "http://downtoearthshortfilm.com/",
+      "icon": "mdi:web"
+    }
+  ]
+---

projects/dungeons-and-dining-tables.mdx

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+---
+title: Dungeons and Dining Tables
+role: Composer and Sound Designer
+type: Video Game
+date: 2026-07-01
+ongoing: true
+description: "Delve dungeons to collect rare furniture, take that furniture back to your home to decorate and the cosier your house is, the higher your stats! 🪑🏡⚔️ Go forth and drive the grumpiness from the land: Your perfect home is just a dungeon away! Oh, and you play as an Axolotl 🥳"
+frontPage: { "order": 1 }
+images:
+  {
+    "hero":
+      {
+        "src": "nathan-cummins-dungeons-and-dining-tables-1.jpg",
+        "alt": "The Dungeons and Dining Tables main character, an axolotl, looking over a valley."
+      },
+    "other": "dungeons-and-dining-tables"
+  }
+externalLinks:
+  [
+    { "name": "Website", "href": "https://dndt.link", "icon": "mdi:web" },
+    {
+      "name": "Steam",
+      "href": "https://dndt.link/steam",
+      "icon": "fa7-brands:steam"
+    }
+  ]
+---

projects/ella.mdx

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+---
+title: Ella
+role: Composer
+type: Short Film
+date: 2013-07-01
+description: When Ella learns that her sister Gracie is sick, Ella must turn to the stars to help heal her sister.
+images:
+  {
+    "hero":
+      {
+        "src": "nathan-cummins-ella-1.jpg",
+        "alt": "The key poster showing Ella gazing up to a night sky filled with stars."
+      },
+    "other": "ella"
+  }
+externalLinks:
+  [
+    {
+      "name": "IMDb",
+      "href": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4564592/",
+      "icon": "fa:imdb"
+    }
+  ]
+---

projects/frontier-quest.mdx

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+---
+title: Frontier Quest
+role: Composer and Sound Designer
+type: Video Game
+date: 2021-02-01
+description: Rebuild a frontier town and become acquainted with its community in puzzle-RPG Frontier Quest! Explore the frontier, collect materials and defeat monsters with the right equipment in order to restore the town and uncover the secrets of the frontier.
+images:
+  {
+    "hero":
+      {
+        "src": "nathan-cummins-frontier-quest-1.jpg",
+        "alt": "A stylised picture of the Frontier Quest main character walking toward the camera."
+      }
+  }
+externalLinks:
+  [
+    {
+      "name": "Steam",
+      "href": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1384880/Frontier_Quest/",
+      "icon": "fa7-brands:steam"
+    }
+  ]
+---

projects/lucies-potager.mdx

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+---
+title: Lucie's Potager
+role: Composer and Sound Designer
+type: Video Game
+date: 2023-02-01
+description: Farm and sell exotic plants with Lucie in this shopkeeping RPG!
+images:
+  {
+    "hero":
+      {
+        "src": "nathan-cummins-lucies-potager-1.jpg",
+        "alt": "A stylised picture of the Lucie's Potager main character, Lucie, walking toward the camera."
+      }
+  }
+externalLinks:
+  [
+    {
+      "name": "Steam",
+      "href": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1882960/Lucies_Potager/",
+      "icon": "fa7-brands:steam"
+    }
+  ]
+---

projects/meowing-point.mdx

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+---
+title: Meowing Point
+role: Additional Music
+type: Video Game
+date: 2023-10-01
+description: Point and meow. 3D hidden cat game. These creatures have been turned into stone. Find and save them all.
+images:
+  {
+    "hero":
+      {
+        "src": "nathan-cummins-meowing-point-1.jpg",
+        "alt": "A screenshot of the first main area of the game: a small shop with a cat as its owner."
+      }
+  }
+externalLinks:
+  [
+    {
+      "name": "Website",
+      "href": "https://meowingpoint.com/",
+      "icon": "mdi:web"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Steam",
+      "href": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/2528710/Meowing_Point/",
+      "icon": "fa7-brands:steam"
+    }
+  ]
+---

projects/music-with-motion-down-under.mdx

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+---
+title: "Music With Motion: Down Under"
+role: Conductor / Artistic Director
+type: Concert
+date: 2025-11-15
+description: "Music With Motion: Down Under is a dynamic celebration of Australia's video game soundtracks—performed live by a full wind orchestra and synchronised in real time with stunning visuals on the big screen. Premiering all-new orchestrations created especially for this event by award-winning Artistic Director Dr Nathan Cummins, the performance showcases music from games developed across the country, including several from right here in South Australia. Many of these games have never had their music performed live, and you'll be among the very first to hear it."
+frontPage: { "order": 2 }
+images:
+  {
+    "hero":
+      {
+        "src": "nathan-cummins-music-with-motion-down-under-1.png",
+        "alt": "The key poster and artwork for the concert Music With Motion: Down Under."
+      },
+    "other": "music-with-motion-down-under"
+  }
+externalLinks:
+  [
+    {
+      "name": "Website",
+      "href": "https://www.woodvillecb.com.au/2025/music-with-motion-down-under/",
+      "icon": "mdi:web"
+    }
+  ]
+---

projects/pixelated-symphonies.mdx

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+---
+title: Pixelated Symphonies
+role: Conductor / Artistic Director
+type: Concert
+date: 2025-03-09
+description: "Experience the magic of these legendary symphonic video game soundtracks like never before! Join [the Adelaide Wind Orchestra] for an unforgettable concert of musical enchantment as video game industry insider and composer Dr Nathan Cummins and AWO take you on a wild ride through this iconic music. From the epic adventures of Super Mario to the heartwarming melodies of The Legend of Zelda, immerse yourself and be swept away by the brilliance of Australia's leading symphonic wind orchestra."
+frontPage: { "order": 3 }
+images:
+  {
+    "hero":
+      {
+        "src": "nathan-cummins-pixelated-symphonies-1.jpg",
+        "alt": "The key artwork for the concert Pixelated Symphonies."
+      }
+  }
+---

projects/rocs-odyssey.mdx

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+---
+title: Roc's Odyssey
+role: Composer and Sound Designer
+type: Video Game
+date: 2025-02-21
+description: Explore vast landscapes and get lost in a beautiful yet dangerous world in Roc's Odyssey. Filled with intense combat, strange allies, platforming, enemies, treasures, secrets, upgrades, friendships and lore this hand drawn action adventure will have you hooked!
+frontPage: { "order": 4 }
+images:
+  {
+    "hero":
+      {
+        "src": "nathan-cummins-rocs-odyssey-1.jpg",
+        "alt": "The key artwork for Roc's Odyssey: Roc, the main character, looking towards the screen with the title of the game to the left."
+      },
+    "other": "rocs-odyssey"
+  }
+externalLinks:
+  [
+    {
+      "name": "Website",
+      "href": "https://www.sunshinefestivalstudios.com/",
+      "icon": "mdi:web"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Steam",
+      "href": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/2521270/Rocs_Odyssey/",
+      "icon": "fa7-brands:steam"
+    }
+  ]
+---

projects/scooter.mdx

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+---
+title: Scooter
+role: Composer
+type: Short Film
+date: 2022-02-21
+description: An eccentric senior citizen who would like to visit his daughter one last time sets him off on an epic 250km journey from the outback to the city on his trusty scooter.
+images:
+  {
+    "hero":
+      {
+        "src": "nathan-cummins-scooter-1.jpg",
+        "alt": "A capture of a key point in the short film, the main character travelling on a highway on his mobility scooter."
+      }
+  }
+externalLinks:
+  [
+    {
+      "name": "Watch",
+      "href": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6P2uyO_DgU",
+      "icon": "fa7-brands:youtube"
+    }
+  ]
+---

projects/submerged-hidden-depths.mdx

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+---
+title: "Submerged: Hidden Depths"
+role: Music Transcription & Preparation
+type: Video Game
+date: 2020-10-22
+description: Boat, climb, interact and explore in the beautiful ruins of a sunken world.
+images:
+  {
+    "hero":
+      {
+        "src": "nathan-cummins-submerged-1.jpg",
+        "alt": "Both lead characters in travelling on a boat, moving towards the camera."
+      }
+  }
+externalLinks:
+  [
+    {
+      "name": "Steam",
+      "href": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1614270/Submerged_Hidden_Depths/",
+      "icon": "fa7-brands:steam"
+    }
+  ]
+---

projects/the-lion-and-the-mouse.mdx

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+---
+title: The Lion and the Mouse
+role: Composer
+type: Concert Music
+date: 2024-10-12
+description: "A piece for narrator and orchestra (or wind orchestra) that aims to teach children about music and the instruments of the orchestra. Experience the beloved Aesop fable come to life, through wind instruments and storytelling designed to inspire the imagination of children and families."
+frontPage: { "order": 5 }
+images:
+  {
+    "hero":
+      {
+        "src": "nathan-cummins-the-lion-and-the-mouse-1.png",
+        "alt": "The lion playing the tuba while the mouse looks up at him."
+      },
+    "other": "the-lion-and-the-mouse"
+  }
+externalLinks:
+  [
+    {
+      "name": "Website",
+      "href": "https://www.woodvillecb.com.au/2024/the-lion-and-the-mouse/",
+      "icon": "mdi:web"
+    }
+  ]
+---

projects/tohu.mdx

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+---
+title: TOHU
+role: Brass Arrangement (Junkle), Orchestration (Circus)
+type: Video Game
+date: 2021-10-22
+description: Experience a brand new adventure game set amongst a world of weird and wonderful fish planets. Explore beautiful environments, solve intricate puzzles and discover the truth about a mysterious little girl and her mechanical alter-ego, Cubus.
+images:
+  {
+    "hero":
+      {
+        "src": "nathan-cummins-tohu-1.jpg",
+        "alt": "The key hero artwork for TOHU. The main character gazes up to the title of the game."
+      },
+    "other": "tohu"
+  }
+externalLinks:
+  [
+    {
+      "name": "Steam",
+      "href": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1075200/TOHU/",
+      "icon": "fa7-brands:steam"
+    }
+  ]
+---