Blair Joscelyne Explained

Blair Joscelyne
Birth Name:Blair Lyndon Joscelyne
Birth Place:Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Birth Date:5 September 1978
Other Names:Moog
Occupation:Composer, musician, producer, YouTube personality.
Yearsactive:2008–present
Parents:Chris Joscelyne (father)[1]
Nationality:Australian

Blair Lyndon Joscelyne (also known as Moog) is an Australian composer, musician, producer, and film maker. He is best known for composing music for television and film, and for being a co-creator of the YouTube series Mighty Car Mods.[2]

Career

After graduating from university he began working as a composer and audio engineer in the advertising industry. His music has been used in feature and short films as well as national and global advertising for companies for drinks companies for example Smirnoff, car companies, BMW and television and film companies for example, Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel and Touchstone Pictures.[3] He has released four albums – 1978 (Solo), "The Sea Brings Rivalry", Finding May as part of the duo Finding May and "Coming Up For Air" under the name 'Solar'. The self-titled album from Finding May achieved considerable commercial success with songs licensed for use in high-profile TV shows and advertisements. The song "Rain Hail or Shine" was used by Arnott's across all of their commercials in 2009 while the song "Join In" was used in a TV commercial for Origin Energy which won the MADC for "Best use of a song in advertising 2009".[3]

"Finding May" also produced and performed the theme song for Jetstar in Australia.[4]

In March 2014, MOOG composed, recorded and produced the soundtrack to the MightyCarMods movie "Kei to the City". This soundtrack album reached all-time eighth most downloaded album on iTunes in Australia, and became the number one most downloaded electronic album in Canada, and Australia.

In 2015 he composed, recorded and produced the music for the National Geographic Channel series "Tales by Light". His music for this series was described as capturing the essence of the images with pure beauty.

In October 2023, it was confirmed that he would be one of three hosts, alongside Beau Ryan and Jonathan LaPaglia, on a reboot of Top Gear Australia for Paramount Plus.[5]

Filmography

This is a list of films where Joscelyne has composed soundtracks.

Year Film Director Role Notes
2009 Girl Clock! Jennifer Ussi Composer
2009 Lizard John SkibinskiComposer
2008 Mutt[6] Glen Hunwick Composer
2006 A Knight Lost Tom Tate Composer
2006 Fishy Dale Sydney Composer
2002 Man Conquers Space[7] David Sander Composer

Discography

This is a list of albums/EPs/singles Joscelyne has composed under the name Moog.

Year Album TrackList
2010.09.05The Sea Brings Rivalry[8]
  • 01. Neutral Territory
  • 02. Alive (feat. Js7)
  • 03. Overdrive (feat. Js7)
  • 04. Believe (feat. Js7)
  • 05. Sew It Seams (feat. Erin Renee)
  • 06. Everything Is Found (feat. Js7)
  • 07. Overdriven (bilX1r Tokyo Drift Mix)
  • 08. Believe (bilX1r Tokyo Drift Mix)
  • 09. Overdrive (Habitat Remix)
  • 10. Overdrive (Treeboi&Kone Remix)
2010.10.20Ride [Single]
  • 01. Ride
2010.12.22Zombie Apocalypse Soundtrack [EP]
  • 01. Zombie Apocalypse Theme
  • 02. The Spreading Infection
  • 03. Ploughing Through the Undead
  • 04. Last Human Contact
  • 05. Survival of the Deadest
  • 06. Dark Machine
2011.02.02The Pursuit of Speed [Single]
  • 01. The Pursuit of Speed
2011.03.01 Turbos and Temples [Soundtrack][9]
  • 01. Turbos & Temples
  • 02. One Foot Forward
  • 03. 88
  • 04. A New Place
  • 05. High Speed Run
  • 06. Feel It All
  • 07. The Kings of Hokkaido
  • 08. On Air (feat. Erin Renee)
  • 09. Lakeside (feat. Erin Clare)
  • 10. Going Home (feat. Js7)
  • 11. Ride [bonus track]
  • 12. The Pursuit of Speed [bonus track]
2011.09.27Collide [Single]
  • 01. Collide (feat. Erin Renee)
2011.12.06Take Me Away [Single]
  • 01. Take Me Away (feat. Erin Renee)
2012.02.20Everything I Was [Single]
  • 01. Everything I Was (feat. Mark Agustin & Erin Renee)
2012.07.03 Transformer [EP]
  • 01. Transformer
  • 02. We Will Go Faster
  • 03. Little Symphony
2012.08.10Jimmy Rabbit [Single]
  • 01. Jimmy Rabbit (feat. Mammals)
2012.10.12Collide (Whitecitylight Remix)[Single]
  • 01. Collide (Whitecitylight Remix) [feat. Erin Renee]
2012.11.07See You at the End [Single]
  • 01. See You at the End
2012.12.05Game On [Single]
  • 01. Game On (feat. Jon Elms)
2013.02.22Smoke and Fire [Single]
  • 01. Smoke and Fire (feat. Erin Renee)
2013.04.25Smoke and Fire (Whitecitylight Remix) [Single]
  • 01. Smoke and Fire (Whitecitylight Remix) [feat. Erin Renee]
2013.06.19A Place to Hide [Single]
  • 01. A Place to Hide (feat. Js7)
2013.09.03I Will Find You [Single]
  • 01. I Will Find You (feat. Alphamama)
2013.10.08Flee the City [Single]
  • 01. Flee the City
2013.12.17Curiosity [EP]
  • 01. Curiosity
  • 02. Welcome to My Groove (feat. Martins & Lemux Taylort)
2013.12.23Everything Bang [Single]
  • 01. Everything Bang
2014.02.25 Kei to the City[10]
  • 01. Kei to the City (feat. Simone Stockl)
  • 02. Everything Bang
  • 03. I Will Find You (feat. Alphamama)
  • 04. Amnesia (feat. Mark Agustin & Erin Renee)
  • 05. Flee the City
  • 06. Drive (feat. Erin Renee)
  • 07. Forced Induction (feat. Accalia Snow)
  • 08. Highway Crimes (feat. Accalia Snow)
  • 09. Remember (feat. Nat Joyce & Erin Renee)
2015.02.20All in Your Mind [Single]
  • 01. All in Your Mind
I Feel You Now [Single]
  • 01. I Feel You Now (feat. Julz)
2015.03.30 Chasing Midnight [EP][11]
  • 01. Chasing Midnight (feat. Erin Renee)
  • 02. All in Your Mind
  • 03. Giving up on Time (feat. Julz)
  • 04. We Were Young (feat. Arc En Ciel)
  • 05. Forever (feat. Katia Fuscaldo)
2015.08.24I Won't Let You Go [Single]
  • 01. I Won't Let You Go (feat. Js7)
2016.04.20These City Lights [Single]
  • 01. These City Lights (feat. Hannah Rae)
2016.12.16Horizons [Single]
  • 01. Horizons (feat. Erin Renee)
2017.02.01Lift Me Up [Single]
  • 01. Lift Me Up (feat. 7skies)
2017.06.05 Quarter Mile Dreams [EP][12]
  • 01. Before We Run
  • 02. Neon Lights (feat. Katie Turner)
  • 03. Rivals
  • 04. Parachute (feat. Glenn Cunningham)
2017.09.25The First Ride [Single]
  • 01. The First Ride
2017.11.10Speed [Single]
  • 01. Speed (feat. Mark Agustin)
2018.12.24 Take me back to Tokyo [Single][13]
  • 01. Take me back to Tokyo (feat.Glenn Cunningham)
2019.09.01 One You Find [Single][14]
  • 01. One You Find (featJordan Millar)
2019.09.01 Bullet [Single][15]
  • 01. Bullet (feat. Erin)
2020.05.12 Afraid To Lose [Single][16]
  • 01. Afraid To Lose (feat.Katia Fuscaldo)
2020.05.12 Super Honk [Single][17]
  • 01. Super Honk
2020.11.23Night Vision [EP]
  • 01. Player One
  • 02. Tunnel Run
  • 03. Cheat Code
  • 04. Final Boss
  • 05. Losing Purity
2022.05.04Drowning in the Fire [Single]
  • 01. Drowning in the Fire
2022.12.16Back to You and Me [Single]
  • 01. Back to You and Me (feat. Mark Agustin)
Bullet (Japanese Version) [Single]
  • 01. Bullet (Japanese Version) [feat. Erin Clare]
Sneakers on the Ground [Single]
  • 01. Sneakers on the Ground (feat. Erin Renee & Glenn Howard)
2023.07.03Paris [Single]
  • 01. Paris (feat. Nat James)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blair Joscelyne travelled to Goulburn to reminisce about his dad Chris at 2GN. radioinfo. 7 July 2020. 29 January 2021.
  2. News: Newsome . Brad . Mighty Car Mods Marty Mulholland and Blair Joscelyne are refreshing TV motorheads . 20 August 2022 . The Sydney Morning Herald . Nine Entertainment Co. . 26 August 2016.
  3. Web site: en-AU . Melbourne Advertising and Design Club Award recipient – Best Original Music in an Advertisement 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091013152930/http://www.madc.com.au/public_site/img/art/2009-Award-Winners-Finalists.pdf . 13 October 2009 . 11 May 2018.
  4. Web site: en . Interview with Jetstar Magazine – Finding May . 11 May 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180512044208/http://www.jetstarmag.com/story/10-minutes-with-finding-may/788/ . 12 May 2018 .
  5. Web site: en-AU . Confirmed: ‘Top Gear Australia’ TV show to return in 2024, hosts announced . 25 Oct 2023.
  6. Web site: AFI Nominee 2008 – Non-Feature . 2 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090919103816/http://www.afi.org.au/AM/ContentManagerNet/HTMLDisplay.aspx?ContentID=4660&Section=Non_Feature_Film_Production_Information . 19 September 2009 . dead .
  7. http://www.hobbyspace.com/AAdmin/archive/Interviews/Music/mcsBlairJoscelyne.html Interview with hobbyspace about 'Man conquers Space'
  8. Web site: The Sea Brings Rivalry - Album Download.
  9. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Turbos and Temples - Mighty Car Mods Feature Film . YouTube.
  10. https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/kei-to-the-city/id829016181 Kei to the City
  11. https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/chasing-midnight-ep/id981952367 Chasing Midnight
  12. https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/quarter-mile-dreams-ep/id1245927887 Quarter Mile Dreams
  13. https://music.apple.com/us/album/take-me-back-to-tokyo-feat-glenn-cunningham-single/1447970913 Take Me Back To Tokyo
  14. https://music.apple.com/us/album/one-you-find-feat-jordan-millar-single/1471845651 One You Find
  15. https://music.apple.com/au/album/bullet-feat-erin/1478605318?i=1478605320 Bullet
  16. https://music.apple.com/us/album/afraid-to-lose-feat-katia-fuscaldo-single/1513365431 Afraid To Lose
  17. https://music.apple.com/us/album/super-honk-single/1513576534 Super Honk