Anton Sanko
Anton Sanko (born July 4, 1960 in New York City ) is an American film composer , music arranger and music producer.
Life
Sanko was born and raised in New York. After leaving school, he studied music theory and composition at New York University . He also took guitar lessons from Ralph Towner . He earned his living at this time by performing in nightclubs in Manhattan .
After graduating, he worked for a longer period as a guitarist, keyboardist, arranger and producer with Suzanne Vega . This collaboration resulted in several successful songs, Vegas albums Solitude Standing (1987) and Days of Open Hand (1990). Solitude Standing received seven Grammy nominations and Days of Open Hand received a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package . With this studio album, for which Philip Glass wrote the string arrangements, their long-term collaboration ended.
He came to film music through the director Jonathan Demme , whom he met while working with Vega. Demme hired him as a composer for his documentary film Cousin Bobby . Sanko also wrote the music for Demme's documentary One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave .
In his 25-year career as a film composer, he has written the music for around 70 cinema and television films and episodes of TV series. His last film projects were The Seagull - An Unheard of Love (2018, director: Michael Mayer ), Mein Leben mit Amanda (2018, director: Mikhaël Hers ) and Fractured (2019, director: Brad Anderson ).
Filmography
- 1998: Dee Snider's Strangeland (Strangeland)
- 2004: Saving Face
- 2005: The dream date (One Last Thing ...)
- 2006: Blitzlichtgewitter (Delirious)
- 2006: The Last Winter
- 2010: Rabbit Hole
- 2012: Possession - The Possession
- 2014: Ouija - Don't play with the devil (Ouija)
- 2014: Jessabelle - The Prediction (Jessabelle)
- 2015: Visions
- 2018: The Seagull (The Seagull)
- 2018: My life with Amanda (Amanda)
- 2019: Fractured
- 2020: Only half the story (The Half of It)
Prizes and awards
- 2013: Prime Time Emmy Award for "Ring of Fire" nomination
- 2016: 37th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards for Outstanding Music and Sound , nomination for the documentary “EO Wilson - Of Ants and Men”
- 2019: César - Best Score for My Life with Amanda - Nomination
Web links
- Anton Sanko in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Website Anton Sanko
- Filmography
- Interview Lisa Zhito with Anton Sanko in: MusicWorld September 5, 2012.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bace265a8
- ↑ Anton Sanko, biography accessed on June 4, 2018
- ↑ Popdose flashback, Suzanne Vega, Days of Open Hand September 16, 2010, accessed June 4, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sanko, Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film composer, music arranger, and record producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |