Felicity Fox

Felicity Wilcox (Fox)
Birth name	Felicity Wilcox
Origin	Australia
Occupation(s)	Composer, musician

Felicity Wilcox is an Australian composer, academic, and musician (working as a film composer under the alias Felicity Fox) . ^[1]

Accolades

Australian Film Institute Awards

Nominated. 1992 AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score for Redheads

Nominated. 2008 AACTA Award for Best Sound in a Documentary for The Oasis

Nominated. 2009 AACTA Award for Best Sound in a Documentary for The Choir

With Phil Judd, Sam Hayward, David White

ARIA Award

Nominated. 1999 ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album for Afrika - Cape Town to Cairo ^[2]

APRA Awards

Nominated. 1999 APRA/AGSC Award for Best Soundtrack Album for Afrika - Cape Town to Cairo

Nominated. 2003 APRA/AGSC Award for Best Documentary Soundtrack Album for A Cave In The Snow

Winner. 1997 AGSC Award Best Original Song in a Feature Film for "Fistful of Flies". ^[3]

FIFREC FILM AWARD, FRANCE

Winner. 1993 BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC for 'LOYAL TO MY IMAGE'

AMC/APRA Art Music Awards

Finalist. 2023 AMC/APRA Art Music Awards for Work of the Year for Sound Fields performed by Rubiks Collective

Finalist. 2022 AMC/APRA Art Music Awards for Performance of the Year for Tipping Point performed by Andrew Blanch and Ensemble Offspring

Discography

Solo

• Threading the Light (2022) - Move
• Uncovered Ground - Felicity Wilcox Collected Chamber Works (2021) Ensemble Offspring and various performers - Move
• Moment (2018) - Psychopyjama
• The Curling Vine (2015) ^[4]

Pluto (Felicity Fox and Gene Gill)

• Rise from the Ocean (2003) - Heavy Records

Soundtrack albums

• Afrika Cape Town To Cairo (1998) - BMG
• The President Vs. David Hicks (2004) - Olsen-levy Prods

Selected Concert Works

• Call and (a) Response (2022), for soprano, percussion, clarinet and field recording.
• Sound Fields (2022), for cello, percussion, piano, flute. Winner of the 2021 Pythia Prize commission for Rubiks Collective.
• Currawong Call (2021), for solo instrument and field recording.
• To the Sea (2021), for solo violin.
• Tipping Point (2021), for 2 guitars, violin, double bass, percussion, piano, clarinet.
• Reflections (2018), for viola, cello, live interactive electronics and visualisations, for the IMMERSE Project, University of Technology Sydney and Sydney Festival 2019
• SON-ombra (2018), String quartet no.1. Commissioned by Sean Botha.
• Vivre Sa Vie: Composer's Cut (2017), for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano and images, with film by Jean-Luc Godard. Commissioned by The Australia Ensemble.
• Snow (2016), trio for clarinet, cello and piano/vibraphone
• People of this Place (2016), for solo bass clarinet
• EXIT (2015), 'animated notation' composition for flexible ensemble, electronics and image. Commissioned by Decibel New Music Ensemble.
• Uncovered Ground (2015), for large chamber ensemble. Commissioned by Ironwood and Ensemble Offspring.
• Gouttes d'un Sang Etranger (2014), for viola da gamba, saxophone, electronics, spoken word, and images. Vivid Festival 2014.
• Quotet (2013), for piano quartet and animations, for Australia Piano Quartet and University of Technology Sydney.
• Threading the Light (2012), oratorio for soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone, percussion, live electronics and string orchestra.
• Dual (2010) for soprano, alto and chamber ensemble (for Kammerklang Vox and Halcyon)

Selected Filmography

Feature Films

• Reindeer in my Saami Heart, 2016, Scandinavian Film Festival, Margaret Mead Film Festival, NYC.
• I, Psychopath, 2009, ABC/ARTE/Canada TV
• The Oasis, 2008, ABC, AFI nomination for Best Soundtrack
• Seed Hunter, 2008, ABC/ARTE/ Canada TV
• The Choir, 2007, SBS/Nat Geo, AFI nomination for Best Soundtrack, 2009
• The President Vs. David Hicks, 2004, SBS
• The End Of Extinction, 2000, Discovery Channel ABC
• Fistful Of Flies, 1996, (AGSC Award, Best Original Song for a Feature Film,1997)
• Redheads, 1992, Roxy Films, AFI nomination Best Music for a feature film
• The Last Crop, 1990, ABC

TV Series

• Baby Boom To Bust, SBS, 2008
• About Women, SBS, 2008
• Dust to Dust, ABC, 2005
• Journeys to the Ends of the Earth, National Geographic Channel, ABC, 2000-2001
• Afrika Cape Town to Cairo, ABC, 1998, (ARIA and AGSC/APRA nominations for Best Soundtrack Album, 1999)
• The Makers, ABC, 1989

Documentaries

• The Soldier, Shark Island Productions, screened Antenna Documentary Festival, Sydney, 2011
• Playing With Clay, Yowie Films, screened Dendy Opera Quays, August 2010
• Maverick Mother, Go Girl Productions, SBS, 2008
• The Passion Of Gina Sinozich, Vagabond Films, SBS, 2008
• Jabe Babe-A Heightened Life, Go Girl Productions, SBS, 2005
• Selling Sickness, Paradigm Pictures, SBS, 2004
• A Cave in the Snow, Firelight/Tiger Eye Productions, SBS, Nominated APRA/AGSC Best music,2003
• Everyday Brave: Stranger In My Skin, Film Australia, SBS, 2002
• Gulpilil, One Red Blood, Jotz Productions, ABC, 2002
• Little Dove-Big Voyage, Firelight Productions, Channel 7, 2001
• Breaking Bows And Arrows, Firelight/Tiger Eye Productions, SBS, 2001
• Romancing the Chakra, Anna Broinowski, ABC, 1999
• Up In The Sky: Tracey Moffat In New York, Jane Cole Productions, ABC, 1998
• Mao's New Suit, Singing Nomad Productions, SBS, 1997
• The Golden Pig, Oracle Pictures, SBS, 1996
• The Last Magician, Land Beyond Productions, SBS, 1995
• Hellbento!, SBS, 1995
• The Isabellas, Singing Nomad Productions, SBS, 1994
• It's Ruth!, Yowie Films, ABC, 1994
• Loaded, Film Australia, SBS, 1993
• Loyal To My Image, Harriet McKern, Winner, Best Music, FIFREC Film Festival, France1993
• Patterns Of Landscape, Film Australia, SBS, 1988
• Mum, How Do I Spell Gorbatrof?, Film Australia, SBS, 1987
• The Nights Belong To The Novelist, Yowie Films, ABC, 1986
• Sands of Time, Yowie Films, ABC, 1985

Short Films

• Wall Boy, Shark Island Prod., Dungog Film Festival, 2009
• Polly And Me, Shark Island Prod., ABC, 2008
• Crocodile Dreaming, Darlene Johnson, SBS, 2006
• A Once Smiling Woman, Harriet McKern, 2001
• Tsunami, Anna Broinowski, St Kilda Film Festival, 2000
• Vengeance, Wendy Chandler, Sydney Film Festival, 1997
• Lipstick, ABC, Harriet McKern, 1994, SBS, 1996
• Best Wishes, Monica Pellizzari, Venice Film Festival, 1993
• 'Just Desserts, Monica Pellizzari, Venice Film Festival, 1992 (Winner Baby Lion Award, 1992)
• Norm And Ahmed, SBS, 1988
• An Ordinary Woman, Sue Brooks and Alison Tilson, Sydney Film Festival, 1988

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by the Australian Recording Industry Association. They commenced in 1987.

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
1999	Afrika - Cape Town to Cairo	Best Original Soundtrack	Nominated	[5]

References

1. Ford, Andrew (24 February 2018), "The Music Show. Felicity Wilcox", ABC, Radio National
2. "2004 ARIA Awards Nominees", Billboard, 17 September 2004
3. Dennis W. Nicholson (ed.). "AGSC Australian Guild of Screen Composers". Australian Soundtracks. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
4. Zuel, Bernard (15 March 2015), "Shortlist album reviews: Felicity Fox, Dan Deacon, Seasick Steve, Josh Kyle and Sam Keevers and 8 Ball Aitken", Sydney Morning Herald
5. ARIA Award previous winners. "History Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 July 2022.

External links

• Official website
• site