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]
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]
| Award | Category | Year | Work | Result | Ref(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, Animation | Let'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, Animation | Let's Go Luna!: "Dig It Daddy-O" | Won | [15] | ||
| Best Original Music, Comedy | Detention Adventure: "Singing in the Raign" | Nominated | [16] | ||
| Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music | 2006 | Get Ed | Nominated | [2] |