Cezary Skubiszewski is a Polish-born Australian film and television composer. Among others, he has composed film scores for '' Red Dog'', '' Two Hands'', '' The Sapphires'', and TV series '' Picnic at Hanging Rock''.

Career

Skubiszewski first made his mark composing the score for

Jerzy Domaradzki Jerzy Domaradzki (born 6 January 1943, in Lwów, occupied Poland) is a Polish-born film director based in Australia. He is most closely associated with Poland's film industry. Following his 1974 graduation from the National Film School in ...

's ''Lilian's Story''. He has worked with many Australian directors, composing scores for Gregor Jordan's '' Two Hands'', Tony MacNamara's ''

The Rage in Placid Lake ''The Rage in Placid Lake'' is a 2003 Australian film starring Ben Lee and Rose Byrne. It features Placid Lake (Lee), a seventeen-year-old boy who has led a suburban hippie life with his neurotic, Free love, free loving parents. The film documen ...

'' and Gillian Armstrong's ''

Death Defying Acts ''Death Defying Acts'' is a 2007 supernatural romance film, directed by Gillian Armstrong, and starring Guy Pearce and Catherine Zeta-Jones. It concerns an episode in the life of Hungarian- American escapologist Harry Houdini at the height of ...

''. For his work on film music Skubiszewski has received many awards including two from the Australian Film Institute (AFI) for ''Bootmen'' and ''La Spagnola''. Skubiszewski also co-composed the music to the Australian Army's "Rise" recruiting campaign, Carlton Draught's 'Big Ad' and 'VB Symphony'.

Personal life

He is the father of actress, film director/writer

Viva Bianca Viva Bianca (born Viva Skubiszewski; 17 November 1983, ; ) is an Australian actress best known for her role as Ilithyia on the Starz network series '' Spartacus: Blood and Sand'' and '' Spartacus: Vengeance''. Bianca graduated from the Weste ...

and composer/music producer

Jan Skubiszewski Jan Skubiszewski (pronounced ) (born 1981) is an Australian multi-award-winning composer, record producer, songwriter and sound engineer from Melbourne, Australia. He is also a professional multi-instrumentalist. His work as a record producer and c ...

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987. ! , - , 1996 , ''Lilian's Story'' , rowspan="5" , Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album , , rowspan="5" , ARIA Award previous winners. , - , 1998 , ''The Sound of One Hand Clapping'' , , - , 2003 , ''After the Deluge (Original Television Mini-series Soundtrack)'' , , - , 2008 , ''Night'' , , - , 2017 , ''Red Dog: True Blue (original soundtrack)'' , , -

Australasian Performing Rights Association

* 1998 - Best Film Score for ''The Sound of One Hand Clapping'' - nom * 1999 - Best Film Score for ''Two Hands'' (with

) - won

Australian Film Critics Association Awards

* 2013 - Best Music Score ''The Sapphire'' - Won * 2015- Best Original Music Score in Television ''The Broken Shore'' - Nominated 2014 Nominated AACTA Award Best Sound in a Documentary Once My Mother (2014) Shared with: Michael Gissing Mark Keating 2012 Nominated AACTA Award Best Original Music Score Red Dog (2011) 2010 Nominated AFI Award Best Original Music Score Beneath Hill 60 (2010) Best Original Music Score Bran Nue Dae (2009) Shared with: Jimmy Chi Patrick Duttoo Bin Amat Garry Gower Michael Manolis Mavromatis Stephen Pigram 2009 Nominated AFI Award Best Sound in a Documentary Lionel (2008) Shared with: Nick Batterham Keith Thomas 2006 Nominated AFI Award Best Original Music Score The Book of Revelation (2006) 2003 Nominated Open Craft Award Television After the Deluge (2003) For original music. 2001 Won AFI Award Best Original Music Score La spagnola (2001) 2000 Won AFI Award Best Original Music Score Bootmen (2000) 1999 Nominated AFI Award Best Original Music Score Two Hands (1999) 1996 Nominated AFI Award Best Original Music Score Lilian's Story (1996)

Australian Guild of Screen Composers

1999 Won Australian Screen Music Award Best Original Music for a Feature Film Two Hands (1999) Nominated Australian Screen Music Award Best Original Music for a Feature Film Strange Fits of Passion (1999)

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

2013 Won FCCA Award Best Music Score The Sapphires (2012) 2012 Nominated FCCA Award Best Music Score Red Dog (2011) 2011 Won FCCA Award Best Music Score Bran Nue Dae (2009) Nominated FCCA Award Best Music Score Beneath Hill 60 (2010) 2009 Nominated FCCA Award Best Music Score Death Defying Acts (2007) 2006 Won FCCA Award Best Music Score The Book of Revelation (2006) 2002 Nominated FCCA Award Best Music Score La spagnola (2001) 2001 Won FCCA Award Best Music Score Bootmen (2000) Tied with Edmund Choi for Dish, The (2000)__. 2000 Nominated FCCA Award Best Music Score Two Hands (1999)

IF Awards

* 2011 Won IF Award Best Music Red Dog * 2010 Nominated IF Award Best Music Bran Nue Dae

International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)

2008 Nominated IFMCA Award Best Original Score for a Documentary Night (2008)

APRA-AGSC Awards

The annual

Screen Music Awards The APRA Music Awards in Australia are annual awards to celebrate excellence in contemporary music, which honour the skills of member composers, songwriters, and publishers who have achieved outstanding success in sales and airplay performan ...

are presented by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and

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 educationa ...

(AGSC) for television and film scores and soundtracks. , - , rowspan="4", 2003 , , rowspan="3", ''

After the Deluge ''After the Deluge'' is a 2003 Australian television miniseries starring Ray Barrett, David Wenham, Hugo Weaving and Samuel Johnson. It was first broadcast by Channel Ten in two parts in June 2003. Cast * David Wenham – Alex Kirby * Hugo We ...

'' (Cezary Skubiszewski) , , Best Soundtrack Album , , , - , Best Television Theme , , , - , Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie , , , - , '' Black and White'' (Cezary Skubiszewski) , , Best Feature Film Score , , , - , 2005 , , ''

The Brush-Off ''The Brush-Off'' is a 1996 Australian, Ned Kelly Awards-winning crime thriller, written by Shane Maloney. It is the second novel in a series of crime thrillers following the character of Murray Whelan, as he investigates crimes in the Melbourn ...

'' (Cezary Skubiszewski) , , Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie , , , - ,

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, , ''

The Society Murders The Society Murders is the name given to the 4 April 2002 familicide of husband and wife millionaire socialites Margaret Mary Wales-King, 69, and husband, Paul Aloysius King, 75, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, by Wales-King's 34-year-old ...

'' (Cezary Skubiszewski) , , Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie , , , - , rowspan="2", 2007 , , rowspan="2", ''

The Book of Revelation The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament (and consequently the final book of the Christian Bible). Its title is derived from the first word of the Koine Greek text: , meaning "unveiling" or "revelation". The Book of R ...

'' (Cezary Skubiszewski) , , Feature Film Score of the Year , , , - , Best Soundtrack Album , , , - , rowspan="2", 2008 , , ''Night'' (Cezary Skubiszewski) , , Best Music for a Documentary , , , - , "Free Falling 2" (Cezary Skubiszewski,

, Andy Baldwin, Clairanne Browne, Jules Pascoe) – ''Night'' , , Best Original Song Composed for the Screen , , , - , rowspan="2", 2009 , , ''

'' (Cezary Skubiszewski) , , Best Soundtrack Album , , , - , ''

Carla Cametti PD ''Carla Cametti PD'' is a six-part Australian television crime series that was announced in April 2008 and first screened on SBS TV on 8 January 2009. The series of six episodes was produced by Buon Giorno Productions Pty Ltd. The show revolve ...

'' (Cezary Skubiszewski, Jan Skubiszewski) , , Best Television Theme , , , - , 2010 , , ''

Beneath Hill 60 ''Beneath Hill 60'' is a 2010 Australian war film directed by Jeremy Sims (credited as Jeremy Hartley Sims) and written by David Roach. Set during World War I, the film tells the story of the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company's efforts in minin ...

'' (Cezary Skubiszewski) , , Best Feature Film Score , , , - ,

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, , '' The Mystery of a Hansom Cab'' (Cezary Skubiszewski) , , Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie , , , - , rowspan="3", 2014 , , ''Once My Mother'' (Cezary Skubiszewski) , , Best Music for a Documentary , , , - , ''Serangoon Road'' – "Episode 6" (Cezary Skubiszewski, Jan Skubiszewski) , , Best Music for a Television Series or Serial , , , - , ''

The Broken Shore ''The Broken Shore'' (2005) is a Duncan Lawrie Dagger award-winning novel by Australian author Peter Temple. Synopsis The novel's central character is Joe Cashin, a Melbourne homicide detective. Following serious physical injuries he is posted ...

'' (Cezary Skubiszewski) , , Best Soundtrack Album , ,

Selected discography

*1981 ''Home at Last'' (symphony) *1991 ''Soundescape'' (music theatre) *1994 ''

Sky Trackers The sky is an unobstructed view upward from the surface of the Earth. It includes the atmosphere of Earth, atmosphere and outer space. It may also be considered a place between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from outer space. In th ...

'' (TV) *1995 ''Lilian's Story'' (film) *1996 ''Hurah'' a.k.a. ''Heaven Sent'' (film) *1998 ''The Sound of One Hand Clapping'' (film) *1999 '' Two Hands'' (film) *1999 ''

Witch Hunt A witch-hunt, or a witch purge, is a search for people who have been labeled witches or a search for evidence of witchcraft. The classical period of witch-hunts in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America took place in the Early Modern perio ...

'' (TV film) *2000 ''Bootmen'' (film) *2000 ''

The Wog Boy ''The Wog Boy'' is a 2000 Australian comedy film directed by Aleksi Vellis and starring Nick Giannopoulos, Vince Colosimo, Lucy Bell, Abi Tucker, Stephen Curry, Tony Nikolakopoulos and Derryn Hinch. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2000 the soundtrac ...

'' *2001 ''

La Spagnola LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...

'' *2002 ''Black and White'' (film) *2003 ''After the Deluge'' (TV) *2003 ''

'' *2004 ''

'' (TV) *2005 ''Hating Alison Ashley'' (film) *2006 ''

(film) *2006 ''The Society Murders'' (TV) *2007 ''Death Defying Acts'' (film) *2008 ''

Night Night (also described as night time, unconventionally spelled as "nite") is the period of ambient darkness from sunset to sunrise during each 24-hour day, when the Sun is below the horizon. The exact time when night begins and ends depends o ...

'' (film) *2008 (Lionel) (film) *2009 ''Carla Cametti PD'' (TV) *2009 ''Blessed'' (film) *2009 ''Bran Nue Dae'' (film) *2010 ''

'' (film) *2010 Wolf Blass television advertisements *2011 '' Red Dog'' (film) *2012 '' The Sapphires'' (film) *2015 '' Oddball'' (film) *2016 '' Red Dog: True Blue'' (film) *2018 ''

Tiger The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus '' Panthera''. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange fur with a white underside. An apex predator, it primarily preys on u ...

'' (film)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Skubiszewski, Cezary 1948 births APRA Award winners Polish composers Polish film score composers Living people Male film score composers Polish emigrants to Australia