Dinesh Wicks (born 26 November 1974) is an Australian composer, creative director and music entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of The D.A's Office, a music production and composition house specializing in music for screen. Dinesh Wickremeratne was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 1974, moving to Australia with his parents in 1976 and residing in Sydney until relocating to Los Angeles in 2012. Wicks is a featured composer on the scores for over 300 TV series, and together with his creative and business partner

Adam Gock Adam Gock is an Australian composer, creative director and music entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of The D.A's Office, a music production and composition house specializing in music for screen. Career Gock is a featured composer on the score ...

has won the APRA AMCOS Screen Music Award for 'Most Performed Composer – Australia' nine times (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2012, 2011). Wicks and Gock were recognized for their contribution to the Australian music industry in 2014 with the coveted APRA AMCOS International Achievement Award. The D.A's Office also won the US ASCAP's Top Series Music Award in 2013 and 2014. Wicks and Gock expanded the company to include US operations in 2012 and Wicks has since been based in Los Angeles, CA where he resides with his wife, dog rescue co-ordinator Nicky Wicks and their various dogs. Wicks is also the co-founder of the ScoreMofo music library and music for branded content agency LAMP. Some of Wicks' best known works are the musical scores for series Masterchef,

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, Holey Moley,

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, Hardball and Hell's Kitchen. Wicks and Gock also write pop music under the moniker Cali Satellites with various guest vocalists.

Filmography

Films

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The Final Winter ''The Final Winter'' is an Australian drama film released in 2007. It was directed by Brian Andrews and Jane Forrest and produced by Anthony Coffee, and Michelle Russell, while independently produced it is being distributed by Paramount Pictur ...

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Television

MasterChef Australia ''MasterChef Australia'' is an Australian competitive cooking reality show based on the original British ''MasterChef''. It is produced by Endemol Shine Australia and screens on Network 10. Restaurateur and chef Gary Mehigan, chef George Cal ...

– Series 1–13 (International Title Music & Underscore) * MasterChef Worldwide (Underscore) * MasterChef USA (Underscore) * Holey Moley – Series 1 & 2 (Theme & underscore) *Holey Moley Australia – Series 1 (Theme & underscore) * Last One Laughing (LOL) (Theme & underscore) *

Gogglebox Australia ''Gogglebox Australia'' is an Australian reality television program. It is an adaptation of the British series of the same name. The series, which is produced by Shine Australia, is a co-production between subscription television (STV) channe ...

– Series 1-11 (Theme & underscore) *

Crikey! It's the Irwins ''Crikey! It's the Irwins'' is an Australian reality television series starring Robert Irwin (television personality), Robert, Bindi Irwin, Bindi and Terri Irwin. The series follows the family of Steve Irwin, and their work at the Australia Zoo. ...

– Series 1 & 2 (Theme & underscore) *

– Bindi's Wedding Special – (Theme & underscore) *

Love On The Spectrum ''Love on the Spectrum'' is an Australian reality television show that follows people on the autism spectrum as they explore the dating world. The show is produced by Northern Pictures for the ABC TV, and currently available to stream on ABC i ...

– Series 1 & 2 (Theme & underscore) * Lego Masters Australia Series 1-3 (Underscore) * Lego Masters USA – (Underscore) *

Netherlands/Belgium/Sweden (Underscore) * LEGO Monkie Kid (Underscore) * Married At First Sight Australia – Series 8 (Underscore) * Hardball – Series 1 & 2 (Theme & underscore) * Ron Iddles: The Good Cop (Theme & underscore) * Exposed: The Case of Keli Lane (Theme & underscore) *Exposed: The Ghost Train Fire (Theme & underscore) *Under Investigation – Series 1 (Theme & underscore) * Kakadu (Theme & underscore) *Wild Australia: After The Fires (Theme & underscore) * Bear: Koala Hero (Theme & underscore) * Junior MasterChef USA (Underscore) * Junior MasterChef Australia – Series 1-3 (Underscore) * Junior MasterChef Australia International Title Music *

My Kitchen Rules ''My Kitchen Rules'' (often abbreviated as ''MKR'') is an Australian competitive cooking game show broadcast on the Seven Network since 2010. The show is currently hosted and judged by chef Manu Feildel, who has appeared in every season of the s ...

The Rivals – Series 11 (Underscore) *

Hell's Kitchen Australia ''Hell's Kitchen Australia'' was an Australian cooking reality competition television series which premiered on the Seven Network on 6 August 2017. The series was hosted by British chef Marco Pierre White, who previously hosted two seasons of t ...

(Underscore) * Great Australian Bake Off – Season 4 & 5 (Underscore) *

– Series 1–5 (Theme & underscore) *

The Biggest Loser ''The Biggest Loser'' is a reality television format which started with the American TV show ''The Biggest Loser'' in 2004. The show centers on overweight and obese contestants attempting to lose the most weight; the winner receives a cash prize. ...

Transformed (Underscore) * The Biggest Loser USA – Series 17 (Underscore) * The Biggest Loser Australia: Next Generation – Series 8 (Title Music Reworking Of “Time After Time”) * The Biggest Loser Australia: Singles (Title Music Reworking Of “You Got The Love”) * The Biggest Loser Australia: Families (Title Music Reworking Of “We Are Family”) *

UK (Reworking Of Title Music) * The Chefs' Line Australia – Series 1 & 2 (Theme & underscore) * The Chefs' Line Nederland – Series 2 (Theme & underscore) * Shark Tank Australia – Series 1-4 (Underscore) * Farmer Wants A Wife Australia – Series 5, 10 &11 (Underscore) *

The Apprentice ''The Apprentice'' is a Reality competition, reality talent game show franchise originally aired in 2004 in the United States. Created by U.S.-based British producer Mark Burnett, the show depicts contestants from around the country with variou ...

Australia (Underscore) * Seven Two ''It's Time'' * Seven Network Australia (Promotional Music Theme) * Minute To Win It Australia (Theme & underscore) * Hughesy We Have A Problem – Series 3 & 4 (Theme & underscore) *

Travel Guides A guide book or travel guide is "a book of information about a place designed for the use of visitors or tourists". It will usually include information about sights, accommodation, restaurants, transportation, and activities. Maps of varying det ...

– Series 1-5 (Theme & underscore) *

Changing Rooms ''Changing Rooms'' is a do-it-yourself home improvement show broadcast in the United Kingdom on the BBC between 1996 and 2004. The series was revived on Channel 4 in 2021. The show was one of a number of home improvement and lifestyle shows p ...

(Theme & underscore) * 20 to One (Theme) * Family Feud (Theme & underscore) *

All Star Family Feud ''All Star Family Feud'' was an Australian game show which aired on Network Ten from 14 March 2016 until 6 May 2018. The series, which is a spin off of ''Family Feud'', sees celebrities compete in teams to raise money for their chosen charity. '' ...

(Theme & underscore) * Outback Wrangler (Theme & underscore) *

Ten Ten, TEN or 10 may refer to: * 10, an even natural number following 9 and preceding 11 * one of the years 10 BC, AD 10, 1910 and 2010 * October, the tenth month of the year Places * Mount Ten, in Vietnam * Tongren Fenghuang Airport (IATA code ...

News Theme *

Network Ten Network 10 (commonly known as Ten Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings, a division of the Paramount Networks UK & Australia subsidiary of Paramount Global. One of five ...

(Title Music & Underscore) *

Iron Chef Australia ''Iron Chef Australia'' is an Australian cooking show based on the Japanese show ''Iron Chef'', as well as its American adaptation ''Iron Chef America''. The program is a sort of culinary game show, with each episode seeing a challenger chef comp ...

(Underscore) * Family Food Fight Series 1 & 2 (Underscore) * Beauty & The Geek Australia 2013 (Series 5) (Underscore) * Beauty & The Geek 2009 (International Title Music) * Celebrity Apprentice (Underscore) * Celebrity Apprentice Australia (Series 1–3) (Underscore & Theme) *

The Big Music Quiz ''The Big Music Quiz'' is an Australian television game show based on the French series called '' Le Grand Blind Test'' (''The Grand Blind Test''). The show was hosted by Darren McMullen, and it aired on the Seven Network in 2016. The show pits ...

(Theme & Gameplay music) * The Big Music Quiz Nederland – Series 3 (Theme) *

Poland (Theme) * Aussie Inventions that Changed the World (Theme & underscore) * Restoration Australia – Series 2 (Underscore) * Escape the City (Theme) * Sydney's Crazy Rich Asians (Theme & underscore) * My 80 Year Old Flatmate (Underscore) * How Australia Got It's MOJO (Titles remix) * Marry Me Marry My Family – Series 1 & 2 (Theme & underscore) * Date Night (Theme & underscore) * Deadly Intelligence (aka Dead Scientists) (Theme) * Making Child Prodigies (Theme & underscore) * Outback (Theme & underscore) * The Driving Test (Theme & underscore) * The Employables (Theme & underscore) * Trial by Kyle (Theme & underscore) *

Love It or List It ''Love It or List It'' is a home design TV show on HGTV, W Network, and OWN Canada. It is also the original show in the ''Love it or List It'' franchise. The show has run for 18 seasons to date having premiered on September 8, 2008. The 18th s ...

(Theme) * News of the Wild (Theme) * Spelling Star UK (Underscore) * Undressed (Theme & underscore) * El Gran Reto Musical (Spain) (Theme & underscore) * Ice Wars (Theme & underscore) * Silent No More (Theme & underscore) * This Time Next Year – Series 2 (Theme & underscore) * Giving Life (Red Cross) (Theme) * Murder Calls (Theme & underscore) * Demolition Man (Theme & underscore) * Testing teachers (Theme & underscore) * The F Word (Underscore) * Local Justice – (Theme & underscore) * Most Extreme: Alien Planet (Underscore) * Behave Yourself (Theme & underscore) * Common Sense (Theme & underscore) * This Time Next Year (Theme & underscore) * According to Chrisley (Underscore) * Teddies (Theme & underscore) * Hiccup and Sneeze (Theme & underscore) * Secret Life Of Pearls (Theme & underscore) * You're Back in the Room (Theme & underscore) * The Challenge – Rivals III (Underscore) * Unreal Estate (Theme & underscore) * Silvia's Italian Table (Theme) * Ready For Take Off – Series 1 & 2 (Theme & underscore) *

The Great Australian Spelling Bee ''The Great Australian Spelling Bee'' was an Australian reality series on Network Ten. Hosted by Grant Denyer and Chrissie Swan, and produced by Shine Australia, the series premiered from 3 August 2015 until 17 September 2016. The series also st ...

– Series 1 & 2 (Theme & underscore) *

Saltwater Heroes ''Saltwater Heroes'' is an Australian reality television series produced by Northern Pictures for the Discovery Channel. The series is hosted by Andrew "ET" Ettingshausen and portrays the real life events of crews aboard commercial fishing vess ...

(Theme & underscore) * Storm Season (Theme & underscore) * Hot Plate (Underscore) * Australia The Story Of Us (Underscore) * Life After Sport (Theme & underscore) * Manu: My France – Series 1 & 2 (Theme & underscore) * Anh Does Italy (Theme & underscore) * Anh Does Britain (Theme & underscore) * Anh Does Brazil (Theme & underscore) * Anh Does Scandinavia (Theme & underscore) * Anh Does Vietnam (Theme & underscore) *

Anh's Brush with Fame ''Anh's Brush with Fame'', also known as ''Anh Do's Brush With Fame'', is an Australian television series, first broadcast on the ABC starting 24 August 2016. The program features comedian Anh Do painting a portrait of a celebrity while intervie ...

– Season 1, 2, 3 & 4 (Theme & underscore) * Faboriginal (Theme & underscore) * The Observer Effect (Theme & Underscore) *

Tabatha Takes Over ''Tabatha Takes Over'' (formerly ''Tabatha's Salon Takeover'') is an American reality television series on the Bravo network, in which former ''Shear Genius'' contestant and hair salon owner, Tabatha Coffey helps failing salons turn around in one ...

– Series 5 (Underscore) * Wide World Of Sports NRL (Title Music) * Class Of… (Theme & underscore) * Bollywood Star (Theme & Underscore) *

Once Upon A Time In Cabramatta ''Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta'' is a three-part Australian documentary television series. It began screening on SBS One on 8 January 2012. It was also simulcast on SBS Two with Vietnamese subtitles. The mini-series tells the turbulent story ...

(Underscore) * The Renovators Australia (Underscore) * The Renovators Australia (International Title Music) * Compass Factual (Title Music) * Life's Big Questions Factual (Title Music) * The One (Theme & underscore) * The Suspects (Theme & underscore) * The Boss Is Coming To Dinner (Theme & underscore) * Dating In The Dark Australia (Underscore) * Shintaro (Title & underscore) * The Strip (Title Music & underscore) * Wide World Of Sports Cricket Theme (Title Music Remix Featuring Lucius Borich (Cog) & Dj Mark Dynamix) * Wide World Of Sports NRL & State Of Origin Theme (Title Music) * Romeo & Juliet A Monkey's Tale (Theme & underscore) * Kung Fu Monk (Co-Wrote with New York Hip Hop Legends “The Wu Tang Clan”) * Speed Science (Theme & underscore) * Speed Dynasties (Theme & underscore) * Could It Happen Here (Theme & underscore) * Tsunami Lines (Theme & underscore) * The Resort (Theme & underscore) * Firies (Theme & underscore) * Who Gets To Stay in Australia (Underscore) *Love & Other Mental Disorders (Theme & underscore) *We Have Me (Theme & underscore)

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wicks, Dinesh 1974 births APRA Award winners Australian film score composers Living people Australian people of Sri Lankan descent