Michael Yezerski

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Michael Yezerski is an Australian composer known for his scores for feature films such as The Waiting City , The Black Balloon (for which he won an APRA Award [1] and a Screen Music Award), [2] Newcastle , and Thursday's Fictions, as well as collaborations with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Gondwana Voices Children's Choir (such as an adaptation of Shaun Tan's book The Red Tree ), [3] the National Museum of Canberra, Synergy Percussion and The Physical TV Company.

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In an interview with Headliner Magazine , Yezerski discussed composing the score for 2019 horror film, The Vigil: "Why have there been so many horror films that have explored the various denominations of Christianity and demons and devils and everything associated with Christianity, but there has hardly ever been a film that explores the dark side of Jewish mysticism? I'm Jewish myself, so this is exactly the question that I've been asking. What I love about horror films, and dark, edgy films, in general – there's so much creative license to play with musical effects in non traditional ways. It's really fun as a composer."

Filmography as composer

Film

TitleYearNote(s)
Ah Hu's Retreat2001Documentary short film
A Matter of LifeShort film
The Other SonShort film
No Surrender2002Short film
Broken Beat2005Short film
Burma's Open Road: An Insight Into Myanymar2007Documentary
SkinShort film
La même nuitShort film
Cross Life
Thursday's Fictions
Reincarnating Thursday's Fictions2008Documentary
Night TrainShort film
SistersDocumentary short film
The Last MahoutDocumentary
The Black Balloon
Newcastle
Storm Surfers, Dangerous BanksDocumentary
Echo2009Short film
The Waiting City
Seamstress2010Short film
Stay AwakeShort film
Providence ParkShort film
The Lost Thing Short film
PopShort film
Little Hands 2011Short film
The Gold PenShort film
The Outback 2012
Boo!Short film; theme music composer
Storm Surfers 3DDocumentary
Mental
Inhuman Resources
A Man Walks Into a Bar2013Short film
Drift
The Last Impresario Documentary
Baby Baby2014Short film
FlyboyShort film
Transformers: Age of Extinction additional music
The Little Death
Only the Dead2015Documentary
Talk to SomeoneShort film
The Devil's Candy
Shiny2016Short film
The RavensShort film
We Don't Belong Here 2017
The BeehiveShort film
Blindspotting 2018
The Vigil 2019

Television

TitleYearNote(s)
Undercover Angels: Sex, Spies, and Surveillance2005Documentary
The Sun's Search for the Moon2007Mini-series
Lani's Story2010Documentary
Storm Surfers: New ZealandTelevision film
A Place to Call Home 2013–present
Carlotta2014Television film
Winter 2015
House of HancockMiniseries
Catching Milat Miniseries
Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door Miniseries
Home and Away: An Eye for an Eye Television film
Wanted 2016–present
Hyde & Seek
The Secret Daughter
Confess20171 episode: "They're All Confessions"

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

The annual APRA Awards include the Screen Music Awards which are presented by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC). [4] The APRA Awards also include the Classical Music Awards which are distributed by APRA and the Australian Music Centre (AMC). [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Black Balloon and Underbelly claim music honours". The Age . Melbourne. 4 November 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  2. ↑ Mengel, Noel (5 November 2008). "Stevie Wonder, Tim Finn bring tears of joy". Courier Mail . Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  3. ↑ Wilson, Ashleigh (4 July 2008). "Music completes the picture". The Australian . Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  4. ↑ "Screen Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  5. ↑ "Classical Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  6. 1 2 "2008 Winners - Screen Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  7. ↑ "2008 Nominations - Screen Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  8. ↑ "2009 Finalists - Classical Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 24 April 2010.
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