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Cezary Jan Skubiszewski (born 1948) is a Polish-born Australian film and television composer. He composed film scores for Red Dog, Two Hands, The Sapphires and TV series Picnic at Hanging Rock.
Career
editSkubiszewski first made his mark composing the score for Jerzy Domaradzki's Lilian's Story. He has worked with many Australian directors, composing scores for Gregor Jordan's Two Hands, Tony MacNamara's The Rage in Placid Lake and Gillian Armstrong's Death Defying Acts. Skubiszewski won awards from the Australian Film Institute (AFI) for Bootmen and La Spagnola.[1]
Skubiszewski also co-composed the music to the Australian Army's "Rise" recruiting campaign,[2] Carlton Draught's 'Big Ad' and 'VB Symphony'.
Personal life
editCezary Jan Skubiszewski was born in 1948 in Poland,[3] he was naturalised as an Australian citizen in August 1978.[4] Skubiszewski's mother was a classical pianist and he took lessons from age eight.[5] During his teen years he joined jazz groups and rock bands.[5] He is the father of actress, film director and writer Viva Bianca and of composer/producer Jan Skubiszewski, with whom he regularly collaborates on film and TV scores. [5][6]
Awards and nominations
editAPRA Music Awards
editThe APRA Music Awards are sets of annual awards to celebrate excellence in contemporary music, which honour the skills of member composers, songwriters and publishers who have achieved outstanding success in sales and airplay performance. They are presented by APRA AMCOS (Australasian Performing Right Association and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society), which commenced in 1982.[7] The APRA Awards include the Screen Music Awards, which were first presented in 2002 by APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC).[8][9] The APRA Awards also include the Art Music Music Awards (formerly Classical Music Awards), which are distributed by APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre (AMC) since 2001.[10]
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Lilian's Story (Cezary Skubiszewski) | Best Film Score | Nominated | [11] |
| 1999 | The Sound of One Hand Clapping (C Skubiszewski) | Best Film Score | Nominated | [12][13] |
| 2000 | Two Hands (C Skubiszewski, Jan Skubiszewski) | Best Film Score | Won | [14][15] |
| 2003 | After the Deluge (C Skubiszewski) | Best Soundtrack Album | Won | [16] |
| Best Television Theme | Nominated | [17] | ||
| Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie | Nominated | [18] | ||
| Black and White (C Skubiszewski) | Best Feature Film Score | Nominated | [19] | |
| 2005 | The Brush-Off (C Skubiszewski) | Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie | Nominated | [20] |
| 2006 | The Society Murders (C Skubiszewski) | Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie | Nominated | [21] |
| 2007 | The Book of Revelation (C Skubiszewski) | Feature Film Score of the Year | Nominated | [22] |
| Best Soundtrack Album | Nominated | [23] | ||
| 2008 | Night (C Skubiszewski) | Best Music for a Documentary | Won | [24] |
| "Free Falling 2" (C Skubiszewski, J Skubiszewski, Andy Baldwin, Clairanne Browne, Jules Pascoe) – Night | Best Original Song Composed for the Screen | Nominated | [25] | |
| 2009 | Death Defying Acts (C Skubiszewski) | Best Soundtrack Album | Won | [26] |
| Carla Cametti PD (C Skubiszewski, J Skubiszewski) | Best Television Theme | Nominated | [27] | |
| 2010 | Beneath Hill 60 (C Skubiszewski) | Best Feature Film Score | Nominated | [28] |
| 2013 | The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (C Skubiszewski) | Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie | Won | [29] |
| 2014 | Once My Mother (C Skubiszewski) | Best Music for a Documentary | Won | [30][31] |
| Serangoon Road – "Episode 6" (C Skubiszewski, J Skubiszewski) | Best Music for a Television Series or Serial | Won | [30][32] | |
| The Broken Shore (C Skubiszewski) | Best Soundtrack Album | Won | [30][33] | |
| Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie | Nominated | [30][34] | ||
| Parer’s War (C Skubiszewski) | Nominated | |||
| 2015 | Women He's Undressed (C Skubiszewski)) | Best Soundtrack Album | Nominated | [35][36] |
| 2016 | Oddball (C Skubiszewski)) | Feature Film Score of the Year | Nominated | [37][38] |
| 2017 | Monsieur Mayonnaise (C Skubiszewski)) | Best Music for a Documentary | Nominated | [39][40] |
| Monsieur Mayonnaise (Deborah Morgan, C Skubiszewski) | Best Soundtrack Album | Nominated | [39][41] | |
| 2018 | Picnic at Hanging Rock (C Skubiszewski, J Skubiszewski)) | Best Music for a Television Series or Serial | Won | [42][43] |
| 2019 | Me and My Left Brain (C Skubiszewski) | Best Soundtrack Album | Nominated | [44][45] |
| 2021 | Chef Antonio's Recipes for Revolution (C Skubiszewski) | Best Music for a Documentary | Nominated | [46][47] |
| Halifax: Retribution (C Skubiszewski, J Skubiszewski) | Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie | Nominated | ||
| Best Television Theme | Won | |||
| 2023 | Flyways (C Skubiszewski) | Best Music for a Documentary | Won | [48][49] |
ARIA Music Awards
edit| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Lilian's Story | Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album | Nominated | [50] |
| 1998 | The Sound of One Hand Clapping | Nominated | ||
| 2003 | After the Deluge (Original Television Mini-series Soundtrack) | Nominated | ||
| 2008 | Night | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Red Dog: True Blue (original soundtrack) | Nominated |
Australian Film Critics Association Awards
edit- 2013 - Best Music Score The Sapphire - Won
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards
edit- 2022 Won
AACTA Award Best Original Music Score Falling for Figaro
- 2000 Won
Australian Guild of Screen Composers
edit- 1999 Won
Australian Screen Music Award Best Original Music for a Feature Film Two Hands (1999)
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
edit- 2013 Won
FCCA Award Best Music Score The Sapphires (2012)
- 2011 Won
FCCA Award Best Music Score Bran Nue Dae (2009)
- 2010 Nominated
FCCA Award Best Music Score Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
- 2009 Nominated
FCCA Award Best Music Score Death Defying Acts (2007)
- 2006 Won
FCCA Award Best Music Score The Book of Revelation (2006)
- 2001 Won
FCCA Award Best Music Score
- Bootmen (2000)
Tied with Edmund Choi for Dish, The (2000)
IF Awards
edit- 2011 Won
IF Award Best Music Red Dog
Selected discography
edit- 1981 Home at Last (symphony)
- 1991 Soundescape (music theatre)
- 1994 Sky Trackers (TV)
- 1995 Lilian's Story (film)
- 1996 Hurah a.k.a. Heaven Sent (film)
- 1998 The Sound of One Hand Clapping (film)
- 1999 Two Hands (film)
- 1999 Witch Hunt (TV film)
- 2000 Bootmen (film)
- 2000 The Wog Boy
- 2001 La Spagnola
- 2002 Black and White (film)
- 2003 After the Deluge (TV)
- 2003 The Rage in Placid Lake
- 2004 The Brush-Off (TV)
- 2005 Hating Alison Ashley (film)
- 2006 The Book of Revelation (film)
- 2006 The Society Murders (TV)
- 2007 Death Defying Acts (film)
- 2008 Night (film)
- 2008 (Lionel) (film)
- 2009 Carla Cametti PD (TV)
- 2009 Blessed (film)
- 2009 Bran Nue Dae (film)
- 2010 Beneath Hill 60 (film)
- 2010 Wolf Blass television advertisements
- 2011 Red Dog (film)
- 2012 The Sapphires (film)
- 2015 Oddball (film)
- 2016 Red Dog: True Blue (film)
- 2018 Tiger (film)
- 2020 Mosquito State (film)
- 2021 Falling for Figaro (film)
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