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Australian Guild Of Screen Composers
The Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) is a not for profit organisation, which was established in 1981, "to represent the interests of Australian screen composers by developing and promoting employment opportunities, undertaking educational initiatives and increasing their profile amongst the industry." It was established by Bruce Smeaton and Bruce Rowland. The Guild's head offices are in Sydney, with successive presidents from 1987 being Bob Young (1987–91), Martin Armiger (1992–98), Chris Neal (1999–2000), Art Phillips (2001–08), Clive Harrison (2008–11), Guy Gross (2012–17), Caitlin Yeo (2018–20) and Antony Partos (2020–present). Since 1991 it has been sponsored by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). AGSC presented film and television composers with awards from 1996 to 2000. Each year they released a compilation album, starting with ''The Australian Guild of Screen Composers 1996 Award Winners'' in 1997, via Sony Music Australia. Sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Smeaton
Bruce Smeaton (born 5 March 1938) is an Australian composer who is well known for a variety of Australian film and television scores in all genres, including features, shorts, television, documentaries and advertisements. His scores include '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'', ''Seven Little Australians'', '' Roxanne'', '' Iceman'', and ''Circle of Iron''. He has won the Australian Film Institute (AFI) Best Original Music Score award for ''The Cars That Ate Paris'' (1974), ''The Great Macarthy'' (1975), ''The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith'' (1978) and '' Street Hero'' (1984, shared with Garth Porter and others). Biography Smeaton was born in Brighton, Victoria. His music has been championed by the Southern Cross Records and 1M1 Records labels. In 1964 he spent time as a public school music teacher, at Fawkner Technical School (then an all-boys school) in the Moomba Park area of North Fawkner, a suburb of Melbourne. At the time he had a passionate interest in vintage cars which he wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Gock
Leslie Gock (born 1954) is an Australian musician, producer and sound designer. He joined the glam rock band Hush in 1972. Gock played lead guitar, and was also a song writer and co-producer. The group received 12 gold records during his time in the band. After leaving Hush in 1976, Gock became a music and sound design director for film and television soundtracks, receiving industry recognition by Gold Clios, Facts Awards, and New York International Advertising Festival Awards. Gock also wrote the club song for the Canberra Raiders Rugby League team. Biography Leslie Gock was born in 1954. He was a member of a school-based band in 1970, he remembered their first gig, "an audience of a thousand kids." In 1971 he began as a music and sound designer for film and TV. Hush were formed in Sydney in 1971 as a five piece light pop group by Robin Jackson on guitar, John Koutts on drums, Keith Lamb on lead vocals, Rick Lum on bass guitar and Chris Nolan on keyboards. Gock was in a grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felicity Fox
Felicity Wilcox (working as a film composer under the alias Felicity Fox) is an Australian composer and musician. Accolades Australian Film Institute Awards :Nominated. 1992 AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score for '' Redheads'' :Nominated. 2008 AACTA Award for Best Sound in a Documentary for ''The Oasis'' :Nominated. 2009 AACTA Award for Best Sound in a Documentary for ''The Choir'' ::With Phil Judd, Sam Hayward, David White ARIA Award :Nominated. 1999 ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album for ''Afrika - Cape Town to Cairo'' APRA Awards :Nominated. 1999 APRA/ AGSC Award for Best Soundtrack Album for ''Afrika - Cape Town to Cairo'' :Nominated. 2003 APRA/AGSC Award for Best Documentary Soundtrack Album for ''A Cave In The Snow'' :Winner. 1997 AGSC Award Best Original Song in a Feature Film for "Fistful of Flies". FIFREC FILM AWARD, FRANCE :Winner. 1993 BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC for 'LOYAL TO MY IMAGE' Discography Solo *''Moment'' (2018) - Psychopyjama *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hirschfelder
David Hirschfelder (born 18 November 1960, Ballarat, Victoria) is an Australian musician, film score composer and performer. As a musician he has been a member of Little River Band and John Farnham Band. He has composed film scores for many films, including '' Strictly Ballroom'', ''Australia'', '' The Railway Man'', '' The Water Diviner'' and '' The Dressmaker''. He was nominated for Academy Awards for his scores for '' Shine'' and ''Elizabeth''. Musician As a keyboardist, Hirschfelder has been a member of various groups including the jazz fusion band Pyramid, rock band Peter Cupples Band (1980), pop rockers Little River Band (1983–1986), Blowout, Dragon (1987, 1989), adult contemporary singer John Farnham's backing band (1986–1992), and jazz fusion supergroup CAB. In 1980 Hirschfelder joined the Peter Cupples Band, Cupples had just left his soul-pop group, Stylus, and formed the rock group with Hirschfelder on keyboards, Virgil Donati on drums, Ross Ingliss on guitar and R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fallen Angels (Australian TV Series)
''Fallen Angels'' is an Australian television series, aired by the ABC in 1997. Twenty episodes were produced, portraying a community legal centre in Endeavour Park, a fictional western suburb of Sydney, and the interesting clients represented by its overworked lawyers. Cast * Garry McDonald as Malcolm Lucas * Celia De Burgh as Erica Michaels * Brian Vriends as Nick Swan * Leah Purcell as Sharon Walker * Jeremy Ball as Warren Harvey * Eszter Marosszéky as Anita Malouf See also * List of Australian television series Future shows Seven * ''The 1% Club'' (Seven Network game show 2023–) * ''Apartment Rules'' (Seven Network reality 2023–) * '' Animals Aboard with Dr Harry'' (Seven Network reality 2023–) * ''Armchair Experts'' (Seven Network sports ... References External links * {{IMDb title, 0118311, Fallen Angels Australian drama television series Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming 1997 Australian television series debuts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magical Rescue
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under The Lighthouse Dancing
''Under the Lighthouse Dancing'' is a 1997 Australian romantic drama film directed by Graeme Rattigan and starring Jack Thompson, Jacqueline McKenzie, and Naomi Watts. It is based on a true story. Premise Three couples travel to Rottnest Island near Perth, Western Australia for the weekend. One of the couples announces that they intend to get married and when the bride-to-be tells the others that she is terminally ill, they make sure the wedding takes place that weekend. Cast * Jack Thompson as Henry * Jacqueline McKenzie as Emma * Naomi Watts as Louise * Philip Holder as Garth * Zoe Bertram as Juliet * Aden Gillett as David * Michael Loney as Father Flynn Reception Writing for ''Variety'', David Stratton David James Stratton (born 10 September 1939) is an English-Australian award-winning film critic, as both a journalist and interviewer, film historian and lecturer and television personality and producer. Life and career Born in Trowbridge, ... praised the acting an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twisted Tales (TV Series)
''Twisted Tales'' is an Australian television anthology and mystery drama which screened on the Nine Network from December 1996 to January 1998. Each episode was narrated by Bryan Brown, who also produced the follow-up series, ''Two Twisted'', in 2006. Each episode of the series contains a twist ending. Release The series initially aired during December 1996 and January 1997, before going on hiatus. Later in 1997, a video titled ''Still Twisted'' was made for the Australian and American markets. It compiled various episodes from the series into a single movie. The show briefly returned to Australian television in early 1998. Episode list See also * List of Australian television series * List of Nine Network programs The following list of programs are currently broadcast by the Nine Network / 9HD, 9Go!, 9Gem, 9Life and 9Rush as well as their regional affiliates, including WIN, NBN and Imparja as well as catch-up service 9Now. Some affiliate stations ... Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Balanced Particle Freeway
''The Balanced Particle Freeway'' is a 1997 Australian TV movie starring Damien Bodie Damien Bodie (born 2 January 1985) is an Australian television actor from Melbourne. Bodie began his career securing roles in children's television roles such as his three-year stint as Ram Foley in '' Crash Zone''. He later secured the regular ro .... External links *Film pageat Screen AustraliaFilm pageat Sky 1997 television films 1997 films Australian television films Australian adventure films Australian fantasy films Films directed by Paul Moloney {{Australia-tv-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ocean Girl
''Ocean Girl'' (titled ''Ocean Odyssey'' in the UK) is an Australian science fiction TV series aimed for family audiences and starring Marzena Godecki as the lead character. The show is set in the near future, and focuses on an unusual girl named Neri who lives alone on an island, and the friendships she develops with the inhabitants of an underwater research facility called ORCA (Oceanic Research Centre of Australia) the show is an example of deep ecology science fiction. ''Ocean Girl'' inspired an animated series, ''The New Adventures of Ocean Girl'', which ran from 2000 to 2001 and has since been released on DVD. The animated series is in a distinct reboot separate from the original live-action show. Plot Neri is a young girl with an affinity for water, the ability to swim long distances and super-human lung capacity. She lives alone on an otherwise deserted island, and sleeps in a nest in a tree. Early in the first season, Neri befriends two Australian boys; Jason & Brett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Linden Jones
Anthony Linden Jones (born 1959 in Sydney, Australia) is a composer, conductor and performer living in the Hawkesbury region, on the north west fringe of Sydney. He composes for concert pieces, film scores, songs, music for theatre and dance, and electronic works. He has written works for solo instruments up to full orchestra and written songs in a broad range of genre. His pieces have received a number of awards, performances, broadcasts and CD recordings. A number of the films he has scored have attracted awards and showings in international festivals and cable networks. He conducts the Chorella a cappella choir, based in the Hawkesbury region, with an interest in Renaissance, folk and gospel music. He also directs world music vocal ensembles. As a performer, he has experience in a very broad range of genre on violin, voice, guitar, double bass, keyboards and percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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