Ari Posner

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Ari Posner (born 1970) is a Canadian film and television composer, most noted as a multiple Gemini Award and Canadian Screen Award winner for his television scores. [1]

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A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, he moved to Toronto, Ontario, in 1989 to study music at York University. [2] He is a frequent collaborator with composer Amin Bhatia. [3] He has also been a record producer, most notably on Jen Gould's album Music Soup, which was the winner of the Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2008. [4]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

AwardCategoryYearWorkResultRef(s)
Gemini Awards Best Original Music, Animation 2005 King : "Stolen Voices"Won [1]
2008 Johnny Test : "Johnny vs. Bling-Bling 3, Stinkin' Johnny"Nominated [5]
Best Original Music, Fiction 2009 Flashpoint : "Planets Aligned"Nominated [6]
2010 Flashpoint: "One Wrong Move"Nominated
2011 Flashpoint: "Acceptable Risk"Nominated
Canadian Screen Awards Best Original Score for a Series 2013 Flashpoint: "Day Game"Won [7]
2015 24 Hour Rental : "Through the Looking Glass"Nominated [8]
2016 X Company : "Trial by Fire"Nominated [9]
2017 X Company: "Black Flag"Nominated
Best Original Score, Fiction 2018 Anne with an E : "Remorse Is the Poison of Life"Nominated [10]
X Company: "Remembrance"Nominated
2019 Anne with an E: "I Protest Against Any Absolute Conclusion"Nominated [11]
2020 Anne with an E: "The Summit of My Desires"Won [2]
Carter : "Harley Gets Replaced"Nominated
Best Original Music, Animation Let's Go Luna! : "Bob the Plant"Nominated
Best Original Music, Fiction 2021 Detention Adventure : "All the World's a Stage"Won [12]
Best Original Music, AnimationLet's Go Luna!: "Monster Park/Meet the Strongs"Won
2022 Let's Go Luna!: "The Way of the Gaucho"Won [13]
Best Original Score 2023 The End of Sex Nominated [14]
Best Original Music, AnimationLet's Go Luna!: "Dig It Daddy-O"Won [15]
Best Original Music, ComedyDetention Adventure: "Singing in the Raign"Nominated [16]
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music 2006 Get Ed Nominated [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Alexandra Lopez-Pacheco, "A breakthrough moment: But film and TV composer Ari Posner is no flash in the pan". Words & Music , Vol. 15, Iss. 4, (Winter 2008).
  2. 1 2 3 Susan Minuk, "Composer Ari Posner Picks Up Canadian Screen Award for Anne with an 'E'". The J, August 5, 2020.
  3. ↑ Kevin Young, "Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner". Words & Music , June 4, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ex-Winnipeggers supported Juno wins"]. Winnipeg Free Press , April 12, 2008.
  5. ↑ Annemarie Moody, "23 Years Of Gemini Awards Honor Canadian Television". Animation World Network , August 27, 2008.
  6. ↑ Kevin Young, "Film and TV composer Amin Bhatia started in synthesizers". Words & Music , March 11, 2012.
  7. ↑ "CBC's Rick Mercer Report snags 3 Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, February 28, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Canadian Screen Awards ’15: Craft category nominees". Playback , January 13, 2015.
  9. ↑ Brent Furdyk, "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". Entertainment Tonight Canada , January 19, 2016.
  10. ↑ Aaron Nilsen, "LIVE from the Red Carpet at the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards". The Nilsen Report, March 11, 2018.
  11. ↑ Brent Furdyk, "The Winners: Canadian Screen Awards Presented For Creative Fiction Storytelling". Entertainment Tonight Canada , March 27, 2019.
  12. ↑ Howard Druckman, "Twenty-three SOCAN members earn Canadian Screen Awards 2021 noms". Words & Music , March 31, 2021.
  13. ↑ Connie Thiessen, "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Children’s & Animation, Lifestyle & Reality". Broadcast Dialogue, April 6, 2022.
  14. ↑ John R. Kennedy, "Ian LeFeuvre Up For 2 Canadian Screen Awards". iHeartRadio Canada, February 22, 2023.
  15. ↑ Mercedes Milligan, "Canadian Screen Awards: 2023 Animation Nominees". Animation Magazine , February 22, 2023.
  16. ↑ Howard Druckman, "Forty-seven SOCAN #ComposersWhoScore earn Canadian Screen Awards 2023 nominations". Words & Music , March 1, 2023.
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