Michael Atkinson is an Australian musician and composer. He was a member of

Redgum Redgum were an Australian folk and political music group formed in Adelaide in 1975 by singer-songwriter John Schumann, Michael Atkinson on guitars/vocals, Verity Truman on flute/vocals; they were later joined by Hugh McDonald on fiddle and Ch ...

from 1975 to 1987. While with Redgum he wrote many of the band's songs, and with Michael Spicer, who had joined the band later as a keyboardist, also wrote the score for the film ''

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''."''Backlash'' music credits"
''Ozmovies'', retrieved 19 December 2021. After leaving Redgum, he worked as a composer on Australian films, including ''

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'' (1986), ''The Last Man Hanged'' (1993), and the

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film ''

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'' (1997), and television series, including the popular police drama ''

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''. His score for ''

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'' was nominated for the 1991

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. In 2005, with other former members of Redgum and other Australian bands reunited as

John Schumann and the Vagabond Crew John Schumann and the Vagabond Crew are an Australian folk group formed in Adelaide in 2005. The band's name is taken from a line in Henry Lawson's poem "Knocking Around". Since it was founded a number of Australian musicians have been involved. ...

, he recorded '' Lawson'', poems by

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set to music."Former Redgum frontman John Schumann and his band the Vagabond Crew to play two-night fringe show"
''Adelaide Observer'', 7 February 2021 (subscription required).

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The

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is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of

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. They commenced in 1987. ! , - ,

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, ''Snowy'' (with

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) , Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album , , ARIA Award previous winners. , -

Footnotes

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Atkinson, Michael Australian folk singers Australian male singers Australian songwriters Living people Redgum Year of birth missing (living people)