Chris Gough
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Chris Gough is the managing director of Mana Music
Mana Music
-Screen Composers:David Bridie, Dale Cornelius, Peter Dasent, Elizabeth Drake, Joel Haines, Mick Harvey, Philip Judd, Johnny Klimek & Reinhold Heil, David Long, Don McGlashan, Plan 9, Richard Pleasance and David Thrussell.-Films:*Perfect Strangers*Whale Rider...

 and Native Tongue, a music publishing company with offices in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 and New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. Writers signed to Native Tongue include Don McGlashan
Don McGlashan
Don McGlashan is a New Zealand musician and songwriter who has been a member of bands such as The Plague, From Scratch, The Whizz Kids, Blam Blam Blam, The Front Lawn, The Mutton Birds and, from 2009, The Bellbirds. He composed several pieces for the Limbs Dance Company...

, David Long and Philip Judd.

Before starting Mana Music Publishing in 1990, he was a journalist, owned a studio, managed bands such as Schnell Fenster
Schnell Fenster
Schnell Fenster was a Melbourne-based band, formed in 1986 by members of Split Enz after the breakup of that band. Tentatively named "The Wanx", the band selected their name, which is German for "fast window" , because it "appealed to [their] perversity".The band also formed the core of the members...

 and The Makers
The Makers (Australian band)
The Makers was a band formed by ex-Split Enz keyboardist Eddie Rayner and Australian musician and singer Brian Baker.They formed around 1988 after recording the tracks for the Ricky and Pete soundtrack. The self-titled debut album 'The Makers' was released in 1989, with three singles released from...

 and was a music supervisor.

"It was no small fortuity for the band [Schnell Fenster] to have accrued management in the form of Chris Gough, who also runs Melbourne's Platinum Studios where they could work at will." - Schnell Fenster: Tying Up Loose Enz, Rolling Stone, September 1988

Films

Chris Gough was music supervisor
Music supervision
A music supervisor is an individual who combines music and visual media. In the musical theatre industry, a music supervisor is often responsible for managing a team of music directors working on any number of musical productions.-Description:...

 on the following:
  • Heavenly Creatures
    Heavenly Creatures
    Heavenly Creatures is a 1994 film directed by Peter Jackson, from a screenplay he co-wrote with his wife Fran Walsh, about the notorious 1954 Parker-Hulme murder case in Christchurch, New Zealand. Filmed on location in Christchurch, it features Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet in their screen debuts...

     (1994)
  • Muriel's Wedding
    Muriel's Wedding
    Muriel's Wedding is a 1994 Australian-French romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by P. J. Hogan. The film, which stars actresses Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Sophie Lee, and Bill Hunter, focuses on the socially awkward Muriel whose ambition is to have a glamorous wedding and improve...

     (1994)
  • River Street (1996)
  • Mr. Reliable
    Mr. Reliable
    Mr. Reliable is a 1996 film directed by Nadia Tass. It stars Colin Friels and Jacqueline McKenzie. . It tells the true story of Wally Mellish, an ex-convict in 1960s Australia. Just released from prison, all he wants to do is live a quiet life with his girlfriend Beryl...

     (1996)
  • Heaven (1998)
  • Amy (1998)
  • Two Hands
    Two Hands
    Two Hands is a 1999 Australian crime film, written and directed by Gregor Jordan. The film stars Heath Ledger as Jimmy, a young man in debt to Pando, a local gangster, played by Bryan Brown and also stars Mariel McClorey, Evan Sheaves, Susie Porter, and Rose Byrne. It won the Australian Film...

     (1999)
  • No. 2 (2006)
  • Sione's Wedding
    Sione's Wedding
    Sione's Wedding , is a 2006 comedic film directed by Chris Graham and written by James Griffin and Oscar Kightley, and produced by South Pacific Pictures.- Plot :...

     (2006)


He is credited as music co-ordinator on the following:
  • The Big Steal (1990)
  • Braindead
    Braindead (1992 film)
    Braindead , released as Dead Alive in North America, is a cult zombie comedy splatstick horror film directed by Peter Jackson. The film is universally regarded as being one of the goriest films of all time...

     (1992)
  • The Last Tattoo (1994)
  • Bread & Roses (1994)

TV

  • SeaChange
    SeaChange
    SeaChange was a popular Australian television show that ran for 39 episodes from 1998 to 2001 on the ABC. It was created by Andrew Knight and Deborah Cox and starred Sigrid Thornton, David Wenham, William McInnes, John Howard, Tom Long and Kerry Armstrong...

     (1998)
  • The Strip (2002-2004)
  • CrashBurn
    CrashBurn
    CrashBurn was an Australian 13-part drama series airing on Network Ten, about surviving long-term relationships in an age where multiple partners and multiple orgasms are considered a birthright....

    (2003)


Chris Gough is also the alternate captain of the Philadelphia Flyers. He is also the Alternate Captain of Temple University's Roller Hockey Team. Yea, he's that good.

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