Tony King

A brief Description
Breathtaking original music reminiscent of the beauty of James Taylor, some honey from Melody Gardot, a lyrical spice of Cohen washed down with some Waits-like humour. An acoustic candle that licks at the heels of Folk and the silhouette of Jazz. 
 Hauntingly beautiful side of Sting, to the exotic tones reminiscent of Cassandra Wilson to the wild Hendrix spiked guitar and dirty New Orleans exhilaration of a band possessed. ?Tony has a reputation for setting fire to a 12 string with his solos, while Kris melts hearts with her rich, mellifluous voice and nylon string guitar.

Tony King and Kris Ralph are Beautifully Mad, two of Australias finest Singer/songwriters. ARIA Award winning Tony King was named Australian Songwriter of the Year 2009.
Nina Vox is an award winning songwriter and ex-actor, who performed with Russell Crowe

Tony King is an accomplished Composer: Electric, Acoustic (steel, nylon, 6 & 12 stringed) Guitarist: a fine Bass Player on both fretted & fretless Instruments and is gifted with a smooth, creamy voice.

He is also a Producer and Film composer.
Below is a brief summary over a decade of Musical History:

In 1991 Tony won an ARIA Award for writing the highest selling single.

1992- Moonlight Cactus Album was released and sold out of its first pressing by word of mouth.

Then in 1994 Tony and Kris established Moonlight Cactus Music Studio.
The Comedy Tracks In The Suburbs and In The Mulga, were both voted Number 1 Most popular Song on Ian McNamaras Australia All Over Radio Program for 1995. 1995-96 Tony worked with Phil Scott, George Washington, and co-wrote with Gullifer Smith (A Touch of Paradise)

In 1996, Jazz legend Kerrie Biddell records Is that Jazz
for her album, The Singer.

In 1997 Tony was chosen to compose the score for the Feature film WANTED.

Burbank Animation Studios chose Tony to score their series of six Animated Videos beginning with The Secret of Camelot, Mulan, The Three Little Pigs, The Littlest Mermaid and Moses The Prince of Egypt. More projects for Burbank, D4 THE TROJAN DOG and SILENT NIGHT, and THE CANTERVILLE GHOST based on a story by Oscar Wilde and the classic . Anna and The King.

All of which have been screened internationally animated film score
CLOSE CONTACT A Tele-movie score written and composed by Tony has been screened locally and internationally on Channel 7.

Full of the Moon, Tony & Kris second Album of original songs was recorded, mixed and produced tracks at Moonlight Cactus Studio in Sydney.
The Album was reviewed by Drum Media:
Hauntingly Beautiful...Together they have combined their talents to produce a stunning array of diverse songs. The Album smiles with an infectious and eclectic energy. Its fun, its catchy and it has a confident mix of elements taking in melodic pop, folk funk and Jazz tunes. Richly textured lyrics, coupled with balanced arrangements make Full of the Moon well worth a listen.

A trip to Ireland to co-write an Album Gypsys Kiss with Andrew Strong (of The Commitments) Tonys creativity has spanned the continents. Tony toured Scandinavia with Andrews band in April 2002 The Gypsys Kiss Tour, in conjunction with the release of Andrews latest album of the same name. The Album reached the top twenty in Denmark and Sweden.

2001 2003 Tony continued to produce and co-write with Andrew Strong in Ireland and back at home co-writes and produced an Album The Dream with local artist Elizabeth Geyer.

In 2004 Tony produced an album of original songs with Kris Ralph. It was recorded at The TSS @ Fox Studios with some of Sydney's finest musicians.
Entitled "Beautifully Mad" - it is a sensuous, cruisey album. Standout tracks are Beautifully Mad, Just For Two, The Tide Will Come In, Hurricane Louise, To Do Nothing. The album cover features Kris Ralph's artwork.
In 2005-2006
Tony released a series of compositions made exclusively from the sounds of wine, wine glasses, bottles, barrels, corks popping and called it The Wine Music. It was the most requested piece of music on ABC Classical FM radio and received much press
Tony and Kris successfully launched THE WINE MUSIC in the USA and then in Europe in June/ July 2007.
It is a truly Unique Idea and Tony's musical compositions are enchanting. Tony is using 100% of proceeds from sales of The Wine Music to build wells in Ethiopia in a project called "WINE INTO WATER"

In 2006 Tony co-wrote a song with