Michael Edwards (Australian composer) explained

Michael Edwards (born 18 February 1974) is an Australian composer and pianist based in Berlin. He composes music for Film, TV and Theatre. Edwards is also known for his work with Lisa Gerrard, Dead Can Dance, Skye Edwards, Patrick Cassidy, Darren Hayes, Christian Tschuggnall and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Biography

Edwards was born in Melbourne, Australia. He studied viola at the Queensland Conservatorium and played in the Queensland Youth Orchestras. In 1993, he won the Australian national Nescafe Big Break Award whilst studying jazz piano at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane. He graduated with a music degree from QUT in 1994 and a graduate diploma in philosophy from the University of Sydney in 1998.[6]

His sister is author and columnist Kasey Edwards.[7]

Career

Music and television

After relocating to Sydney Edwards began his composition career writing music for advertising and television including writing the theme for the news program Today Tonight.

In 2003, he relocated to London, where he was one half of the production duo Lief, together with Adrian Watkins. They had UK Top 10 chart success with their remixes "Put 'Em High" for StoneBridge and "Cannot Contain This" for Moloko.[8] [9] Some years later Lief completed their own debut album "Photogenic", released in 2017 on Native Music.

Film

Edwards moved into composing for film after meeting Lisa Gerrard. First collaborating with her on the film Whale Rider. Further collaborations include Layer Cake, the Japanese film Ichi, and the albums The Silver Tree and The Black Opal.[10]

In 2009, he scored the film The Tomb, starring Wes Bentley. Other notable films featuring his music are The Front Line, Fuga Per La Liberta, Kill the Irishman, Calvary and 1916: The Irish Rebellion, all of which he composed in collaboration with Patrick Cassidy.[11]

His score to the award-winning film The Clockmaker's Dream won him Best Music at Los Angeles Cinefest 2016 and a nomination for the Deutscher Filmmusikpreis 2016.[12] [13]

Orchestral work

Edwards relocated to Berlin in 2009 focusing more heavily on orchestral composition. In 2017 he was commissioned to compose for the Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin for which he and co-composer Christian Tschuggnall won multiple international nominations and prizes, including the Music and Sound Awards 2017, Golden Award of Montreux, Deutscher Preis für Onlinekommunikation, and Gold at the Cannes Corporate Media and TV Awards 2017.[14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

With Tschuggnall, Edwards runs the music studio "unheard" in Berlin.[20]

Theatre

Edwards has composed music for multiple theatre-productions. He has worked with Ice and Fire Theatre London and the network Actors for Human Rights in Germany . His work includes the original score for the documentary theatre pieces Rendition Monologues, Asylum Dialogues and NSU-Monologues.[21] [22]

Pianist

As a live performer and pianist Edwards toured with Dead Can Dance in 2005 and with Skye and Darren Hayes from 2006 to 2008.[23]

Discography

Albums

Feature films

Singles

Short films

Television

Plays

Awards

References

  1. Web site: Michael Edwards & Lisa Gerrard – Ichi. Discogs. en. 2017-10-02.
  2. Web site: Dead Can Dance – DCD 2005 – Selections From Europe 2005. Discogs. en. 2017-10-02.
  3. Web site: Skye – Said And Done tekst piosenki – Teksciory.pl. teksciory.interia.pl. 2017-10-02.
  4. News: CALVARY – Patrick Cassidy. 2014-08-09. MOVIE MUSIC UK. 2017-10-02. en-US.
  5. News: Wacky Wednesday – Konzerthausorchester Berlin Present 'The Sounds of Berlin' [LOL]]. 2017-08-09. theviolinchannel.com. 2017-10-02.
  6. Web site: Michael Edwards – About. www.michaeledwards.tv. 2017-10-03.
  7. Web site: Kasey Edwards. www.facebook.com. en. 2017-10-04.
  8. Web site: "Put Em High" by Stonebridge and Therese – Music Charts. acharts.co. 2017-10-02.
  9. Web site: Moloko – "Cannot Contain This". Discogs. 2017-10-02.
  10. Web site: Lisa Gerrard – The Silver Tree. Discogs. en. 2017-10-02.
  11. Web site: Michael Edwards. IMDb. 2017-10-03.
  12. Web site: Deutscher Filmmusikpreis. deutscherfilmmusikpreis.de. de-DE. 2017-10-03.
  13. Web site: Los Angeles Cinefest (2016). . 2017-10-03.
  14. News: Wie klingt eigentlich eine Currywurst?. Berliner Morgenpost. 2017-10-03. de-DE.
  15. Web site:
    1. klangberlins – Konzerthaus Berlin
    . Konzerthaus Berlin. 2017-10-03.
  16. Web site: 2017 Finalists – Sound Design. Music+Sound Awards. en-GB. 2017-10-03.
  17. Web site: Golden Award of Montreux – Annual International Advertising & Multimedia Competition. www.goldenawardmontreux.com. 2017-10-03.
  18. Web site: Gewinnerliste 2017 Deutscher Preis für Onlinekommunikation. www.onlinekommunikationspreis.de. de-DE. 2017-10-03.
  19. Web site: Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards: Winners 2017. www.cannescorporate.com. en. 2017-10-03.
  20. Web site: unheard – Composition Production. www.unheard.de. en-GB. 2017-10-04.
  21. News: Die Asyl-Monologe. Berlin Bühnen. 2017-10-03. de-DE.
  22. Web site: Die NSU-Monologe / NSU-Monologlari Heimathafen Neukölln. heimathafen-neukoelln.de. 2017-10-03.
  23. News: The Spirit of Dead Can Dance. SFGate. 2017-10-03.
  24. Web site: i-classical.com. i-classical.com. i-classical.com. en. 2017-10-03.
  25. Web site: Embers. www.universalproductionmusic.com. 2017-10-03.
  26. Web site: Dark Futures. www.universalproductionmusic.com. 2017-10-03.
  27. Web site: Lisa Gerrard – The Black Opal. Discogs. 2017-10-03.
  28. Web site: Perfect Stranger – Atef Song Info AllMusic. AllMusic. 2017-10-03.
  29. Web site: Rendition Monologues. edinburghfestival.list.co.uk. 2017-10-03.
  30. Web site: Die Asyl-Monologe Heimathafen Neukölln. www.heimathafen-neukoelln.de. 2017-10-03.
  31. Web site: Die Asyl-Dialoge Heimathafen Neukölln. heimathafen-neukoelln.de. 2017-10-03.
  32. News: 2017 Festival Winners. 2017-04-03. Garden State Film Festival. 2017-10-03.

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