Australian composer and musician Vicki Hansen has over 25 years experience composing for film, TV, theatre, dance, and circus productions. She has written music and TV Themes for ABC TV, CNN, Channel Nine, SBS National TV in Australia, The Al Jazeera Network, and Beyond International, and she has been a finalist several times in the APRA-AGSC Awards for Best TV Theme. Vicki has a Master's Degree in Screen Composition and performs on a variety of instruments, including Indian slide guitar, keyboard, flute, didgeridoo, percussion, and voice.
A sense of foreboding in the track, featuring the haunting ney flute, drums and electronic sounds that give an atmosphere of pain, uncertainty, despair and destruction, as if in a war zone. Middle Eastern sounds. Instrumental, World Music, Mid-East World Fusion
Haunting, evocative solo wordless female vocal track with rich pads and strings interspersed with low distant bass drums. The style is similar to Lisa Gerrard, and could be used in an intensely sad or moving scene. Female Vocals, Dramatic, Ethereal Music
soft tribal drums and contemporary sounds underlay an ocarina flute, giving the piece an 'Islandy feel'. The mood is uncertain, as if the Islands are in some kind of trouble - perhaps from rising sea levels, Instrumental, World Music, Pan-World Fusion
Sad, pensive, haunting track featuring the kora, African stringed instrument and flute with gentle pads. very sorrowful, would suit a sad ethnic scene, with an innocence that is childlike, Instrumental, World Music, African World Fusion
A low Middle Eastern cello plays an uncertain, troubled tune, very atmospheric with an uncertain future lying ahead. Underpinned by pads and sweeping gentle dulcimer sounds. Instrumental, World Music, Mid-East World Fusion
A dramatic track that encapsulates the feeling of dread and uncertainty approaching a war zone, an uncertain future. Drums, the darabuka and electronic sounds pads and the ney flute combine to convey the feeling of approaching a war-torn Middle Eastern country. Instrumental, World Music, Mid-East World Fusion
A pensive, bittersweet shakuhachi style flute plays over pads to create a mood of uncertainty, thoughtfulness tainted with a bit of sadness. Imagine waking up, looking out at a beautiful Japanese or Asian scene, not knowing what the day holds, Instrumental, World Music, Asian World Fusion
A haunting sad track featuring the hang drum, the esraj and daf Middle Eastern drum. Piano adds more pathos to the track, perfect for a sad theme for an Indian or Middle Eastern story. Instrumental, World Music, Indian World Fusion
Moody drum track with some electronic elements, gamelan sounds and snare rolls, evoking the feeling of a heavy military convoy driving through a harsh Arabian or Asian desert. Atmospheric and full of tension, anticipating what lies ahead. Instrumental, Drums, Drums Action Moderate
Written about the Typhoon in the Phillipines, this music starts slowly and then builds with tribal drums and dramatic effect, punctuated with gongs and asian flutes, there is a great feeling of tension approaching, Instrumental, Dangerous, Dramatic Chase
Pensive track using the santoor, bansuri, piano and strings, this is evocative of an Indian summer's day. The mood is gentle, full of beauty, imagine the sunlight piercing through the clouds, reflecting on the Ganges River. Instrumental, World Music, Indian World Fusion
