Leah Curtis is a Los Angeles-based Australian musician and

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

. She is best known for her work as composer and orchestrator for film, as well as in contemporary classical composition.

Awards

Curtis has been the recipient of a number of awards include the Queen Elizabeth II Trust, the Dame Joan Sutherland Award, the Reg Waite Award, Young Shakespearean Artist of the Year, a Hollywood Music in Media Award with multiple nominations and a

Fulbright Scholarship The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of ...

APRA-AGSC Screen Music Awards

These awards are presented annually since 2002 by the

Australasian Performing Right Association APRA AMCOS consists of Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS), both copyright management organisations or copyright collectives which jointly represent over 100,000 songwr ...

(APRA) and the

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). , - , rowspan="1", 2012 , , ''Animula Vagula from Exitus Roma'' Featuring

Lisbeth Scott Lisbeth Scott (born 1 January 1978) is an American composer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, producer and songwriter of Armenian origin, born in Boston, Massachusetts. She is featured on the soundtracks for the films ''Avatar'', ''Avatar: The W ...

, , Best Original Song Composed for the Screen , , , -

Hollywood Music in Media Awards

The Hollywood Music in Media Awards are presented annually. , - , rowspan="1", 2014 , , ''No Ticket to Travel'' for ''Woodland'' , , Best Original Song/Score for a Commercial Advertisement , , , - , rowspan="1", 2013 , , ''Moving Water'' from ''Empyrean'' , , Best Original Score (Indie / Short / Documentary) , , , - , rowspan="1", 2012 , , ''Animula Vagula'' from ''Exitus Roma'' Featuring

, , Best World Song , , , - , rowspan="1", 2012 , , ''Animula Vagula'' from ''Exitus Roma'' Featuring

, , Best Original Song (Indie / Short / Documentary) , , , - , rowspan="1", 2010 , , ''Salamun Salam'' (Peace of Peace) Featuring

, , Best World Song , , , - , rowspan="1", 2010 , , ''To Rest in Peace'' , , Best Original Score (Indie / Short / Documentary) , , , - , rowspan="1", 2009 , , ''Australia Suite'' , , Best Orchestral / Classical Work , , , -

The Park City Film Music Festival

The first U.S. (American) film festival dedicated to the impact of music in film, held annually in Park City, Utah. , - , rowspan="1", 2012 , , ''To Rest in Peace'' , , Best Impact of Music in a Short Film 3rd Place , , , -

References

External links

Leah Curtis: Australian Music Centre Fully Represented Composer Biography

Leah Curtis American Composers Forum Biography
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Australian Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Profile

Australian Music Centre Feature Article : Leah Curtis 'Be open and take risks"

Leah Curtis at the National Portrait Gallery
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