# Daryl McKenzie

Daryl McKenzie (born 1962) is an Australian musical director, composer and trombonist.
McKenzie has directed the Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra since 1992 playing with artists such as Bill Watrous, James Morrison (musician), and Wilbur Wilde. He was musical director for the television show Hey Hey It's Saturday (Nine Network) from 1992 to 1999 also returning for the 2010 reunion shows. He has directed the Australian Film Institute Awards for SBS television and episodes of Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series) and the Good Friday Appeal for the Seven Network and was musical director of Australia's Got Talent Series 1. He has arranged for the television shows Australian Idol, Young Talent Time and Carols by Candlelight.
He has orchestrated and conducted movie scores including The Truman Show, Death Defying Acts, Beneath Hill 60, Hating Alison Ashley, Bootmen and Two Hands plus the Olympic and Commonwealth Games themes for the Seven Network. He has composed music used in the films Love and Other Catastrophes and Summer Coda. He arranged the Collingwood Football Club and St Kilda Football Club theme songs for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's performance at the 2010 AFL Grand Final. Artists to use his arrangements include Ray Charles, Randy Crawford, John Farnham, Tom Jones, Joe Cocker, Barry Manilow and B. B. King. He has been musical director for Kate Ceberano, Rhonda Burchmore, Debra Byrne the Victoria Police Showband. Daryl is currently the Program Leader for Contemporary Performance at the Australian Institute of Music in Melbourne, regularly adjudicates at the Melbourne School Bands Festival and has lectured in orchestration and arranging at the Victorian College of the Arts and the Defence Force School of Music (Australia).

## Discography
### Albums

| Album | Year | Artist | Category |
| Phenomenon (Hammard) | 1987 | Young Talent Team | Arranger/Assoc. Producer |
| "Super Hits 88/89" (Hammard) | 1989 | New Young Talent Team | Arranger/Assoc. Producer |
| "The Final Farewell" – (Hammard) | 1989 | Johnny Young and the Young Talent Teams | Arranger/Assoc. Producer |
| "Caught in the Act" – (Mushroom) (No.1/Gold record) | 1991 | Debra Byrne | Arranger |
| "Leading Lady" – (Columbia) | 1991 | Marina Prior | Arranger |
| "Bran Nue Dae" – Cast Album (Polygram) | 1993 | Cast | Arranger |
| "Spirit of Christmas"- (Myer/Salvation Army) | 1993 | Ross Wilson | Arranger/Conductor |
| "By Request" | 1995 | RAAF Central Band | Arranger |
| "Lilian's Story" soundtrack (Columbia/Sony) | 1995 | Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra | Orchestrator/Conductor |
| "Love and Other Catastrophes" soundtrack (Polydor) | 1996 | Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra | Composer/Conductor |
| "Rhonda Burchmore" – (Shock records) | 1997 | Rhonda Burchmore | Arranger |
| "Anthology 3: Rarities" – (RCA Victor) | 1997 | John Farnham | Arranger |
| "AGSC 1998 Award Winners" (Sony) | 1998 | Cezary Skubiszewski | Orchestrator/Conductor |
| "The sound of one hand clapping" – soundtrack | 1998 | Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra | Orchestrator/Conductor |
| "The Truman Show: Music from the Motion Picture" (Milan Records) | 1998 | Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra | Orchestrator/Conductor |
| "Two Hands" – soundtrack (Festival) | 1999 | Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra | Orchestrator/Conductor |
| "Paperback Hero" – soundtrack (Universal Music) | 1999 | Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra | Orchestrator/Conductor |
| "The Wog Boy" soundtrack (Mushroom) | 2000 | Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra/ Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra | Orchestrator/Conductor/Trombone |
| "Expressions" (Independent) | 2000 | Eduard Volcheck | Orchestrator/Conductor |
| "Don't Stop The Revolution" (Sony NZ) | 2000 | Breathe | Arranger/Trombone |
| "Of Someday Shambles" (Big Wheel Recreation) | 2000 | Jebediah | Orchestrator/Conductor |
| "Look at Me Now" (Minorke Records) | 2002 | Roland Bonet | Arranger/Trombone |
| "La Spagnola" soundtrack | 2002 | Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra/ Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra | Orchestrator/Conductor |
| "Present" (Columbia) | 2002 | Killing Heidi | Orchestrator/Conductor |
| "Live at the Melbourne Concert Hall" (Shock records) | 2003 | Rhonda Burchmore | Arranger |
| "The Rage in Placid Lake" soundtrack (Move records) | 2003 | Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra | Orchestrator/Conductor |
| "Black and White" soundtrack (ABC Classics) | 2003 | Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra | Orchestrator/Conductor |
| "Boots and All" (Sony) | 2003 | Peter Brocklehurst | Arranger |
| "After The Deluge" soundtrack (Move records) | 2004 | Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra | Orchestrator/Conductor |
| "Bluebird of Happiness" (Phantom) | 2004 | Rhys Meirion | Producer/Conductor/Arranger |
| "Autumn" (ABC Classics) | 2004 | Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra | Orchestrator/Conductor |
| "Hating Alison Ashley" Soundtrack (Festval/Mushroom) | 2003 | Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra | Orchestrator/Conductor |
| "Songlines" (Sony) | 2005 | Daryl Somers | Arranger |
| "The Caterpillar Wish" Soundtrack (Shock records) | 2006 | Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra | Orchestrator |
| "The Swing Sessions" (Sony BMG) | 2006 | David Campbell | Arranger |
| "Salut!" | 2007 | Eduard Volcheck | Orchestrator |
| "A Symphony of Hits" (Columbia) | 2008 | Human Nature | Arranger |
| "Watchout... We've Got The Power" (Universal Music) | 2008 | Burkhard Dallwitz | Orchestrator/Conductor |
| "It's About Time" (Independent) | 2008 | Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra | Producer/Composer/Trombone |
| "Death Defying Acts" Soundtrack (Lakeshore Records) 2008 | 2008 | Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra/Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra | Orchestrator/Conductor/Trombone |
| "Bran Nue Dae" soundtrack (Sony) | 2010 | Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra/Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra | Orchestrator/Conductor/Trombone |
| "With a Little Help From Our Friends" | 2010 | Victoria Police Showband | Producer/Arranger |
| "Scallywag" (Independent) | 2010 | Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra | Producer/Composer/Trombone |
| "Compass" (Sony) | 2010 | Mark Vincent | Arranger |
| "Filmworks" (Albert) | 2010 | Cezary Skubiszewski | Orchestrator/Conductor |
| "The Great Tenor Songbook" (Sony) | 2010 | Mark Vincent | Arranger |
| "The Spirit of Christmas" (Myer) | 2010 | Mark Vincent | Arranger |
| "Night and Day" (EMI) | 2011 | Steven Rossitto | Arranger |
| "Slammin' Joes" (Independent) | 2011 | Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra | Producer/Composer/Trombone |