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David Hirschfelder (born 18 November 1960) is an Australian film score composer and performer.
Hirschfelder was born and raised in Ballarat, Victoria.
He has worked and performed with the jazz fusion band Pyramid, Little River Band and John Farnham, and had composed scores for films including Strictly Ballroom (1992), Shine (1996), Sliding Doors (1998), Elizabeth (1998), Hanging Up (2000), Peaches (2004), Australia (2008), and Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010).
He has worked numerous times with directors Ian Gilmour, Craig Monahan, Ann Turner, Roger Spottiswoode and Baz Luhrmann.
In 1999 the score for Elizabeth (composed for a 90-piece orchestra and a 40-piece choir) was nominated for an Oscar, and was honoured with a BAFTA award and an APRA award for Best Original Score.
He composed for the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
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Selective filmography
Year Film Directed by Notes 1990 Skirts Brendan Maher, Richard Sarell & Ian Gilmour TV series 1992 Strictly Ballroom Baz Luhrmann 1994 Dallas Doll Ann Turner 1996 Shine Scott Hicks Dating the Enemy Megan Simpson Huberman 1998 Sliding Doors Peter Howitt also orchestrator The Interview Craig Monahan Elizabeth Shekhar Kapur also conductor and orchestrator 1999 What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? Ian Mune 2000 Hanging Up Diane Keaton Better Than Sex Jonathan Teplitzky The Weight of Water Kathryn Bigelow also conductor 2002 Bootleg Ian Gilmour TV mini-series 2003 The Wannabes Nick Giannopoulos 2004 Standing Room Only Deborra-Lee Furness Short film Peaches Craig Monahan BlackJack Peter Andrikidis, Ian Watson & Kate Woods TV series, all episodes except pilot The Five People You Meet In Heaven Lloyd Kramer TV film ; also conductor 2006 Aquamarine Elizabeth Allen also conductor Irresistible Ann Turner 2007 Shake Hands with the Devil Roger Spottiswoode 2008 The Children of Huang Shi Roger Spottiswoode Salute Matt Norman documentary Australia Baz Luhrmann also harmonica musician 2009 The Blue Mansion Glen Goei 2010 I Love You Too Daina Reid Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Zack Snyder Animated film 2011 Sanctum Alister Grierson Awards and nominations
- APRA-AGSC Awards
Annual awards presented by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC).
- 2008 Best Feature Film Score Screen Music Award win for Children of the Silk Road.[1]
References
- ^ "2008 Winners – Screen Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/ScreenAwards/History/2008Winners.aspx. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
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