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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.
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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'.
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]
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. |
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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] |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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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 |
AACTA Award Best Original Music Score Falling for Figaro
Australian Screen Music Award Best Original Music for a Feature Film Two Hands (1999)
FCCA Award Best Music Score The Sapphires (2012)
FCCA Award Best Music Score Bran Nue Dae (2009)
FCCA Award Best Music Score Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
FCCA Award Best Music Score Death Defying Acts (2007)
FCCA Award Best Music Score The Book of Revelation (2006)
FCCA Award Best Music Score
Tied with Edmund Choi for Dish, The (2000)
IF Award Best Music Red Dog
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