Peter Best (composer)
Peter Best is an Australian composer who has created or contributed to many film scores.
His career started in 1967.[citation needed]
In 1969, the founders of Producers Authors Composers and Talent (now PACT Centre for Emerging Artists) attended a Sydney University Architecture Revue, with sets by Geoffrey Atherden and Grahame Bond, and invited Bond, Atherden,Peter Weir, and Best a chance to do a show at the National Art School. Sir Robert Helpmann saw the show and took it to the Adelaide Festival, and soon afterwards Weir and Bond were commissioned to write a Christmas special TV show for ABC Television, called Man on a Green Bike.[1]
He has worked on such films as The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972), Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974), End Play (1976), The Picture Show Man (1977), We of the Never Never (1982), Goodbye Paradise (1983), Bliss (1985), Crocodile Dundee (1986), Crocodile Dundee II (1988), Muriel's Wedding (1994), Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997) and My Mother Frank (2000).[2]
Many of his scores have been released on compact disc, including Crocodile Dundee on Varèse Sarabande, and We of the Never Never on 1M1 Records.[citation needed]
He was also responsible for the theme music for the Life. Be in it,[3] Care For Kids (International Year of the Child 1979),[4][5] Slip Slop Slap (Cancer Council Victoria), and Rosella (Only the Best to You).[6]
Awards
ARIA Music Awards
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by the Australian Recording Industry Association. They commenced in 1987.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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1987 | "Crocodile" Dundee | Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album | Nominated | [7] |
- 1977 – The Picture Show Man
- 1985 – Rebel: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack with Ray Cook, Chris Neal, Billy Byers, Bruce Rowland
- 1995 – Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
- 1997 – Doing Time for Patsy Cline
References
- ^ Blake, Elissa (14 October 2014). "PACT Centre for Emerging Artists celebrates 50 years". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Peter Best". IMDb. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ Live More Of Your Life, Life Be In It TV Ad (1976) entry at the National Library of Australia. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ Care For Kids TV Ad (1979) entry at the National Library of Australia. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ Care For Kids TV Ad via YouTube. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ 1970's Rosella TV Ad via YouTube. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "History Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 July 2022.
External links
- Peter Best at IMDb
- Peter Best discography at Discogs
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- The Cars That Ate Paris and The Great McCarthy – Bruce Smeaton (1975)
- No Award (1976)
- The Picture Show Man – Peter Best (1977)
- The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith – Bruce Smeaton (1978)
- Mad Max – Brian May (1979)
- Manganinnie – Peter Sculthorpe (1980)
- Fatty Finn – Rory O'Donoghue and Grahame Bond (1981)
- The Man from Snowy River – Bruce Rowland (1982)
- Phar Lap – Bruce Rowland (1983)
- Street Hero – Garth Porter and Bruce Smeaton (1984)
- Rebel – Ray Cook, Chris Neal, Peter Best, Billy Byers, Bruce Rowland (1985)
- Young Einstein – William Motzing and Martin Armiger (1986)
- The Tale of Ruby Rose – Paul Schütze (1987)
- The Lighthorsemen – Mario Millo (1988)
- Dead Calm – Graeme Revell (1989)
- The Big Steal – Phil Judd (1990)
- Dingo – Michel Legrand and Miles Davis (1991)
- Romper Stomper – John Clifford White (1992)
- The Piano – Michael Nyman (1993)
- Traps – Douglas Stephen Rae (1994)
- Hotel Sorrento – Nerida Tyson-Chew (1995)
- Shine – David Hirschfelder (1996)
- Doing Time for Patsy Cline – Peter Best (1997)
- Oscar and Lucinda – Thomas Newman (1998)
- In a Savage Land – David Bridie (1999)
- Bootmen – Cezary Skubiszewski (2000)
- The Dish – Edmund Choi (2001)
- Rabbit-Proof Fence – Peter Gabriel (2002)
- Japanese Story – Elizabeth Drake (2003)
- Somersault – Decoder Ring (2004)
- The Proposition – Nick Cave and Warren Ellis (2005)
- Suburban Mayhem – Mick Harvey (2006)
- The Home Song Stories – Antony Partos (2007)
- Unfinished Sky – Antony Partos (2008)
- Mao's Last Dancer – Christopher Gordon (2009)
- Animal Kingdom – Antony Partos and Sam Petty (2010)
- The Hunter – Andrew Lancaster, Michael Lira and Matteo Zingales (2011)
- Not Suitable for Children – Matteo Zingales and Jono Ma (2012)
- The Great Gatsby – Craig Armstrong (2013)
- The Railwayman – David Hirschfelder (2014)
- Mad Max: Fury Road – Tom Holkenborg (2015)
- Tanna – Antony Partos (2016)
- Lion – Volker Bertelmann and Dustin O'Halloran (2017)
- Ladies in Black – Christopher Gordon (2018)
- Judy and Punch – François Tétaz (2019)
- Babyteeth - Amanda Brown (2020)
- June Again - Christopher Gordon (2021)
- Falling for Figaro - Cezary Skubiszewski (2022)
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