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Cezary Skubiszewski

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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 edit

Skubiszewski 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 edit

Cezary 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 edit

APRA Music Awards edit

The 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

References edit

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External links edit

  • Cezary Skubiszewski at IMDb