Meena Shamaly is a composer, session musician, poet, lecturer, and radio presenter. He is the host of ABC Classic’s Game Show, exploring the rich and wonderful world of video game soundtracks.
Meena’s work in games includes collaborating with Christopher Tin on his Grammy-nominated soundtrack for Old World, providing oud and Middle Eastern vocals, as well as singing on Ian Livingstone and Ed Watkins’ score to Total War: Pharaoh by Creative Assembly (published by SEGA). He is the composer of Innchanted by DragonBear Studios (in collaboration with some of Australia’s finest First Nations Musicians) and Every Hue of You by Cactus Jam Studios (alongside composer Natalie Jeffreys).
Meena’s screen work also includes performing on the Australian film The Legend of Ben Hall and the British film Rise of the Footsoldier 4: Marbella, as well as tracks licensed for Amazon Prime, Netflix, and WWE. He regularly creates music for the live stage, with projects spanning theatre and spoken word, including the critically acclaimed play THEM by Samah Sabaawi and the award-winning immersive work, Zaffé, helmed by Stéphanie Ghajar.
Meena spends part of his time teaching composition and game audio at Box Hill Institute, the Australian Institute of Music, and Monash University.