An appearance with Ranger Stacey at Capalaba’s IndigiScapes and a week performing in Japan are both part of Jake Murdoch‘s musical career. At 17, the Redlands Coast musician now has another ambition: getting his original song heard during the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games.
Murdoch has released Supergone, a recording he hopes could accompany athlete presentations, sporting highlights and other moments during the Games. The proposal follows years of performances at local festivals, national music events and collaborations with established Australian musicians.
Local Gigs, National Television And A Musical Mentor
Murdoch’s performance history includes Redfest, Redland Performing Arts Centre and IndigiScapes, where he has appeared alongside Ranger Stacey. Beyond the Redlands, he has performed at Wynnum Fringe Festival, the Ekka, Gympie Music Muster and Tamworth Country Music Festival. His recording career began early. In September 2021, aged 11, he released his debut EP, Jakeycakes, featuring rock, country, blues and pop. By July 2022, he had made his first live national television appearance on Studio 10.
A collaboration with Andrew Farriss became another part of his musical development. Murdoch first performed with Farriss and his band, The Rainmakers, in Tamworth in 2022, before joining them for another performance in Bundaberg later that year. During a visit to Farriss’s Tamworth farm, the pair wrote their first song together and have continued collaborating. Their work included Popo and Itza, which Murdoch performed during his return to Studio 10 in December 2023. Further appearances with Farriss followed at venues in Brisbane and on the Gold Coast in 2024.
Murdoch’s performances eventually took him overseas. In 2025, he was engaged by the Australian Government to perform at the Australian Pavilion during Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, spending a week entertaining visitors at the international event. His more recent work includes an appearance alongside former Yellow Wiggle Greg Page in the Keep the Beat Going music video. Murdoch played as a backing musician in the production, which brought together performers of different ages.
Forty-Two Tracks And An Olympic Ambition
Murdoch’s latest project brings his instrumental experience into a single recording. He spent several months producing Supergone in his bedroom studio, playing and recording all 42 individual tracks himself. The arrangement combines synthesiser, piano, drums and electric, acoustic and bass guitars. Aquatic sounds introduce the song in a reference to swimming and other water-based events before the music develops into a broader sporting soundtrack.
Unlike a traditional ceremonial anthem, Murdoch envisages Supergone playing during sporting presentations and highlights. He designed the music with athletes in mind, hoping spectators would also find the melody easy to recognise and sing along to. The song was among the work he performed and promoted following his Young Achiever Award nomination in June 2026. Both instrumental and lyrical versions have since been released through Brisbane-based distributor GYRO Music.
Murdoch has said the recording was submitted as an Olympic proposal through ongoing email discussions, although its inclusion in the Games soundtrack has not been confirmed. With 16 instruments already in his repertoire, he is also planning to learn the theremin, an electronic instrument played without physical contact. Supergone is available on major music streaming platforms through GYRO Music.
Published 12-October-2026
