Dinesh Wicks Explained

Dinesh Wicks
Birth Name:Dinesh Wickremeratne
Birth Date:26 November 1974
Birth Place:Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nationality:Australian
Occupation:Composer, Music Entrepreneur
Years Active:1992–present
Known For:Cinematic Score
Notable Works:MasterChef, Shark Tank, Lego Masters, Sea Patrol, Holey Moley

Dinesh Wicks (born 26 November 1974) is an Australian composer, creative director and music entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of The D.A's Office, a music production and composition house specialising in music for screen.[1]

Dinesh Wickremeratne was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 1974, moving to Australia with his parents in 1976 and residing in Sydney until relocating to Los Angeles in 2012.[2] [3]

Wicks is a featured composer on the scores for over 300 TV series, and together with his creative and business partner Adam Gock has won the APRA AMCOS Screen Music Award for 'Most Performed Composer – Australia' nine times (2022,[4] 2021,[5] 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2012, 2011).[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Wicks and Gock were recognised for their contribution to the Australian music industry in 2014 with the coveted APRA AMCOS International Achievement Award.[13] [14]

The D.A's Office also won the US ASCAP's Top Series Music Award in 2013 and 2014.[15] [16]

Wicks and Gock expanded the company to include US operations in 2012 and Wicks has since been based in Los Angeles, CA where he resides with his wife, dog rescue co-ordinator Nicky Wicks and their various dogs.

Wicks is also the co-founder of the ScoreMofo music library and music for branded content agency LAMP.[17]

Some of Wicks' best known works are the musical scores for series Masterchef, Shark Tank, Lego Masters, Sea Patrol, Holey Moley, Love on the Spectrum, Hardball and Hell's Kitchen.

Wicks and Gock also write pop music under the moniker Cali Satellites with various guest vocalists.[18] [19]

Filmography

Films

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Television

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Zuel. Bernard. 10 November 2014. Award High Note for The DA's Office Duo MasterChef Music. The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 February 2016.
  2. Web site: Dinesh Wicks, The DA's Office. Sync Summit . 23 February 2016.
  3. News: Dinesh wins APRA Award. Sunday Observer. Mahes. Perera. 4 December 2011. 13 August 2020.
  4. Web site: 2022 Screen Music Awards - APRA AMCOS & AGSC . 2022-11-18 . APRA AMCOS.
  5. Web site: Congratulations to the 2021 Screen Music Awards winners . 2022-11-18 . APRA AMCOS.
  6. Web site: AMCOS. APRA. 2020 full list of winners. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201227230140/https://apraamcos.com.au/awards/2020-awards/screen-music-awards/full-list-of-winners/ . 2020-12-27 . 2020-12-16. apraamcos.com.au.
  7. Web site: AGSC. 2019-11-22. Screen Music Awards 2019 Winners. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200228144920/https://www.agsc.org.au/post/screen-music-awards-2019-winners . 2020-02-28 . 2020-08-13. composersguild.
  8. Web site: AMCOS. APRA. 2018 Screen Music Awards Winners Announced. 2020-08-13. apraamcos.com.au. 22 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181122115357/http://apraamcos.com.au/news/2018/november/2018-screen-music-awards-winners-announced/. dead.
  9. Web site: Johnson. Travis. 2017-11-14. Australian Screen Composers Honoured at the 2017 Screen Music Awards. 2020-08-13. FilmInk.
  10. Web site: AMCOS. APRA. full list of winners. 2020-08-13. apraamcos.com.au.
  11. Web site: AGSC Awards. 2020-08-13. AMPAL.
  12. Web site: AMCOS. APRA. Most Performed Screen Composer - Australia. 2020-12-17. apraamcos.com.au.
  13. Web site: AMCOS. APRA. Screen Music Awards International Achievement. 2020-08-13 . apraamcos.com.au . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150317234633if_/http://apraamcos.com.au/news/2014/october/screen-music-awards-international-acheivement/. 2015-03-17 .
  14. Web site: Screen Music Awards Reveal International Achievement Recipients. 2020-08-13. The Music.
  15. Web site: ASCAP Honors Top Film and Television Music Composers at 28th Annual Awards Celebration. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180920122446/https://www.ascap.com/press/2013/0620-ascap-honors-top-film-and-tv-music-composers-at-28th-annual-awards-celebration . 2018-09-20 . 2020-08-13. www.ascap.com.
  16. Web site: Synch News. 2020-08-13. www.umusicpub.com.
  17. Web site: GmbH. finanzen net. Stadiumred Group Announces the Sale of Stadiumred Music to Scoremofo Markets Insider. 2020-08-13. markets.businessinsider.com.
  18. Web site: Smith. Christopher. 2019-02-27. FRESH: 'The Sound Of You' – Cali Satellites. 2020-08-18. Talk About Pop Music.
  19. Web site: Cali Satellites are putting on a HUGE party in Sydney!. 2020-08-18. www.ozmaderadio.com.au.
  20. Web site: The DA's Office. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20131105192955/http://syncsummit.com:80/das/ . 2013-11-05 . 2020-08-20. SyncSummit.

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