CJ Mirra
CJ Mirra is an Australian/British recording artist, composer and sound designer based in the UK. CJ began writing music to picture for numerous surf films, creating music soon dubbed "the sound of cold water surfing”, but was soon invited to score numerous TV series and films.
In early 2025 he was asked by director Akinola Davies to oversee the sound and music of his feature debut, My Father’s Shadow (Element / MUBI), and co-scored the film with Duval Timothy. TV credits include the flagship US drama, Rescue: Hi Surf (John Wells Productions / Warner). BBC Drama's Kidnapped (co-scored with Andrea Balency), Apple TV+'s Make or Break, and award-winning films such as Lizard (Akinola Davies), Layla (Amrou Al-Khadi), Nascondino (Victoria Fiore), A Banquet (Ruth Paxton) – for which he won best horror soundtrack – and Martin Radich's Norfolk, collaborating with Chris Watson & JG Thirlwell, among many others.
His fluid, emotive and original approach to music and sound design, combining otherworldly electronics with live instrumentation, has led to long-standing collaborations with filmmakers from many different backgrounds and genres. His sound design work has received a British Independent Film Award nomination for Best Sound for the feature documentary Time Trial (Finlay Pretsell). He has also created many immersive audio-visual installations for Somerset House, LightNight and other art performance events, including a pioneering binaural live experience with sonic artist Dallas Simpson.
CJ’s longest-running collaboration is with surf film director Chris McClean, a partnership that toured an award-winning live audio/visual performance worldwide as well as releasing 'Static (Original Surf Soundtracks Vol I)’ and ‘Translate’ via the State51 Conspiracy label.
CJ launched CJ's Mirra Maze, a new band project, in 2023, releasing two singles, and was invited to support cult legends Panchiko on their sold-out UK tour. Other studio work has contributed to releases by Mount Kimbie, Allen Ginsberg, Mike Slott and many more.
FILM
My Father’s Shadow (2025)
Production Company: Mubi / Element Pictures
Director: Akinola Davies
Producer: Rachel Dargavel
Layla (2024)
Production Company: BFI / Film4
Director: Amrou Al-Khadi
Producer: Savannah James-Bayly
Nascondino (Hide and Seek) (2021)
Production Company: Bronx Film / BFI
Director: Victoria Fiore
Producer: Aleksandra Bilic, Jen Corcoran
A Banquet (2021)
Production Company: Tea Shop Productions / IFC Midnight
Director: Ruth Paxton
Producer: Nik Bower, Leonora Darby, James Harris, Mark Lane, Laure Vaysse
Lizard – short (2020) – Sundance Grand Jury WINNER, BAFTA Nominated
Production Company: Potboiler Productions / BBC Films
Director: Akinola Davies
Producer: Rachel Dargavel, Wale Davies
Time Trial – sound designer (2017)
Production Company: SDI Productions
Director: Finlay Pretsell
Producer: Sonja Henrici
Paa Joe & The Lion (2016)
Production Company: Artdocs / Taskovski Films
Director: Ben Wigley
Producer: Anna Griffin
Norfolk (2015)
Production Company: BBC Film
Director: Martin Radich
Producer: Rachel Dargavel, Finlay Pretsell
TV
Rescue: HI-Surf (2024-25)
Production Company: John Wells Productions / Fox
Creator/Showrunner: Matt Kester
Kidnapped (2024)
Production Company: River Pictures / BBC Three
Director: Al Mackay
Producers: Andrew Morrissey, Clare Shepherd
Make or Break (2022-2023)
Production Company: Box To Box / Apple TV+
Producer: Liz Stirling
