{{Short description|Australian musician}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2010}} {{tone|date=April 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2020}} '''Murray Paterson''' is an Australian songwriter and musician. He is most notable for his collaborations with Tex Perkins and his own recording project, '''Headland'''.<!---Headland (band) redirects to this article--->
==Collaboration with Tex Perkins== The main vehicle for Paterson's collaborations with Tex Perkins was the band Dark Horses, but he also contributed to albums by Tex, Don and Charlie.
Paterson and Perkins co-scored the soundtrack for the film ''Beautiful Kate'', the directorial feature debut from Rachel Ward. With Perkins he received an ARIA nomination in 2009 for Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album for the soundtrack.<ref>Australian Associated Press General News, 8 October 2009, "Fed: This year's ARIA nominees"</ref>
==Headland== <!---Headland (band) redirects to this section---> Headland is an Australian musical collective focussing on sound-scaping for film, often centred on surf culture and regional coastal landscapes. It is directed by '''Murray Paterson'''. It began as a film retrieval project in which 8mm film shot by amateur moviemakers involved with the Northern NSW surf culture in the 1970s was collected and archived. The resulting score LP, ''sound/track'' (HL01), was released in Australia in 2013 followed by a 2014 release in the UK and Europe. Subsequent Headland releases are the LPs ''True Flowers from This Painted World'' (HL03, 2017) and ''What Rough Beast'' (AGIT54, 2019) which was released in the UK through Agitated Records. A vinyl EP, ''Cosy'' (HL02), was released in 2014.
Since 2018 Headland has worked closely with filmmaker Ishka Folkwell producing bespoke soundtracks for a range of short and feature-length films. The films are primarily poetic travel-pieces featuring surfer Torren Martyn. Releases include: ''A Sense of Space'' (HL04, 2018) ''Nordurland'' (HL05, 2019) ''On Top of the World'' (HL06, 2020) ''Lost Track New Zealand'' (HL07, 2021) ''Bonney Upwelling'' (HL08, 2021) ''Lost Track Atlantic: Episode 1'' (HL09, 2021) ''Lost Track Atlantic Episodes 2, 3 & 4'' (HL011, 2021) ''Distant Shore'' (HL12, 2022) ''Slow Lane'' (HL13, 2023) ''Calypte'' (HL16, 2023) ''Reflection'' (HL17, 2024).
In 2021 Headland collaborated with Maanyung, a proud Aboriginal man with strong connections to Gumbaynggir and Yaegl nations.
The group has strong working relationship with The Surf Film Archive and has performed live scores to several presentations byJolyon Hoff of restored archival surf film. In 2022 and 2023 Headland produced full-length feature-film soundtracks for LightSoundArtFilm: ''Watandar'' tells the story of Afghan refugee and photographer Muzafar Ali; ''You Should Have Been Here Yesterday'' is an homage to Australia’s early surf-culture using a collage of lovingly restored footage from The Surf Film Archive.
===Members=== The collective of musicians is directed by multi-instrumentalist Paterson.
Members include Gus Agars, (Marlon Williams Band), Sam Anning, Pat Bourke (Dallas Crane), Amanda Brown (The Go-Betweens), Brock Fitzgerald (Wolf & Cub), Ken Gormly (The Cruel Sea), Dan Luscombe (The Drones), Skritch (Gota Cola), Joel Silbersher (GOD, Hoss, Tendrils), and Scott Tinkler (Australian Art Orchestra).
==Accolades== * ''MOJO Magazine'' gave ''True Flowers from This Painted World'' 4 Stars.{{citation needed|date=October 2025}} * ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' made ''sound/track'' album of the week and awarded it 4 Stars. * ''MOJO Magazine'' gave ''What Rough Beast'' 4 Stars. * ''Surfing the Headland'' reached the top ten in various shops in England in 2014, including Manchester.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-11/surfing-the-headland/5584998|title = Seventies Super 8 footage spawns critically acclaimed soundtrack|newspaper = ABC News|date = 10 July 2014|last1 = Bannerman|first1 = Mark}}</ref>
===Awards and nominations=== The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by the Australian Recording Industry Association. They commenced in 1987. {{awards table}} ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 2009 | ''Beautiful Kate'' (with Tex Perkins) | Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album | {{nom}} | <ref name="OST">ARIA Award previous winners. {{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/award/best-original-soundtrack-cast-show-album|title=History Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|access-date=16 July 2022}}</ref> |- {{end}}
==Other activities== Paterson lectured in contemporary art theory at Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales between 1999 and 2013.{{citation needed|date=October 2025}}
He received his Doctorate of Philosophy for the ficto-critical work ''Wonderstruck'' in 2002.<ref>{{cite web | title= Wonderstruck / Paterson, Murray C. (2002)| format= library catalogue entry| website=scu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com | url=https://scu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma990013551820402368&context=L&vid=61SCU_INST:61SCU&lang=en&search_scope=WithoutResearch&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,wonderstruck&mode=Basic | access-date=28 October 2025}}</ref>
==Discography== ===Albums===
==== With Headland ==== {| class="wikitable" |+LPs with details !Title !Details |- |''sound/track'' | * Release: 2013 * Format: Vinyl, CD, Digital * Headland Records (HL01) |- |''True Flowers from this Painted World'' | * Release: 2017 * Format: Vinyl, CD, Digital * Headland Records (HL03) |- |''A Sense of Space'' | * Release: 2018 * Format: Digital * Headland Records (HL04) |- |''Nordurland'' | * Release: 2019 * Format: Digital * Headland Records (HL05) |- |''What Rough Beast'' | * Release: 2019 * Format: Vinyl, CD, Digital * Agitated (AGIT054) |- |''Lost Track: New Zealand'' | * Release: 2020 * Format: Digital * Headland Records |- |''Lost Track Atlantic Episode 1'' | * Release: 2021 * Format: Digital * Headland Records (HL09) |- |''Lost Track Atlantic Episodes 2, 3 & 4'' | * Release: 2021 * Format: Digital * Headland Records (HL11) |- |''Distant Shore'' | * Release: 2022 * Format: Digital * Headland Records (HL12) |- |''Slow Lane'' | * Release: 2023 * Format: Digital * Headland Records (HL13) |- |''Watandar'' | * Release: 2023 * Format: Digital * Headland Records (HL14) |- |''Something to do with love, but I don’t know what'' | * Release: 2024 * Format: Digital * Headland Records (HL16) |}
=== Extended plays === [edit] {| class="wikitable" |+EPs with details !Title !Details |- |''Cosy EP'' | * Released: 2015 * Format: Vinyl * Label: Headland Records (HL02) |- |''On Top of the World'' | * Released: 2020 * Format: Digital * Label: Headland Records (HL06) |- |''Bonney Upwelling'' | * Released: 202 * Format: Digital * Label: Headland Records (HL08) |- |''Bullfinch'' | * Released: 2022 * Format: Digital * Label: whitelabrecs (eR003) |- |''Calypte'' | * Released: 2023 * Format: Digital * Label: Headland Records (HL16) |- |''Reflection'' | * Released: 2024 * Format: Digital * Label: Headland Records (HL17) * |}
==== With Tex Perkins ==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |+ List of albums, with selected details ! Title ! Details |- ! scope="row" | ''Beautiful Kate (Original Score)'' (with Tex Perkins) | * Released: August 2009 * Format: CD * Label: Level Two Music (L2012) |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.swellnet.com/news/talking-heads/2020/11/10/murray-paterson-music-the-headland Murray Paterson: Music from the Headland] an interview on ''Swellnet'', 10 November 2020.
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