Kyls Burtland

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Kyls Burtland
Birth nameKyls Alexandra Burtland
Also known asKylie Burtland
BornCanada
OriginSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation(s)Composer
Years active2002–present

Kyls Burtland is a Canadian-born Australian composer working in film, television, advertising, sound installation and VR. Her TV credits include Bad Mothers (2019), Here Come the Habibs (2016), [1] [2] [3] Whitlam: The Power and the Passion (2015), [4] [5] music for the Shanghai Pavilion interactive experience at World Expo 2010, music for the projections on the Sydney Opera House for Vivid Sydney (2013), [6] [7] [8] [9] and the song "Triumph of the One" for the 2006 Asian Games closing ceremony in Doha, sung by Aladdin (2007) star, Lea Salonga. [10] [11] In November 2019, she was awarded a full scholarship by composer and Song Hubs curator Ashley Irwin to attend APRA's Screen Song Hubs in LA and co-write songs for screen with artists including Megan Washington, John Dafario, Shelley Peikin and Daniel Denholm. [12]

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Kyls is a graduate of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School where she studied screen composition under Nigel Westlake, and holds a Bmus (Hons) from the University of Sydney where she studied orchestral composition under Peter Sculthorpe. Her work has garnered a number of awards and nominations including Best Score upon graduation from AFTRS and a nomination for Emerging Talent of the Year by the Film Critics Circle of Australia (2002), and a New York Gold Promax for her rebrand of the ABC TV Theme (2007). Kyls has twice-won Songwriter of the Year through the Australian Songwriters Association (A.S.A) Awards. [13] [14] At the APRA Music Awards of 2010 she was nominated in the category, Best Music for a Short Film, for her work on Zero. [15] In 2016, Kyls was nominated both for Best Television Theme at the APRA Music Awards of 2016 for Here Come the Habibs, [16] and Best Theme at the Asian Television Awards for Destination Flavor Scandinavia. [17]

Burtland formed a production duo, Heavenly Antennas, with Josh Wermut. [18] During May–June 2013 they provided the score for Lighting of the Sails as part of the Vivid Sydney Festival. [18] Burtland co-wrote "Misery" with Larissa Rate, who provided vocals for the electro-pop track, which was issued to promote the festival. [18] [19]

Kyls is also a content creator and early career TV producer, and was one of Screen Producers Australia (SPA's) Ones to Watch [20] in 2014.

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