Burkhard von Dallwitz

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Burkhard von Dallwitz (also: Burkhard Dallwitz ; born January 28, 1959 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe ) is a German - Australian composer of film music.

Dallwitz began classical piano training at the age of eight. At the age of 13 he wrote his first compositions, from the age of 15 he composed and arranged music for various bands and formations.

Having lived in Melbourne (Australia) since 1979, in the same year he began studying music at La Trobe University in Melbourne, where he completed the subject Composition with Honors and then continued his education with Keith Humble .

Since 1984 he has been composing music for film, television and advertising productions in Australia. In 1996 he released his first instrumental music CD "Worlds Apart".

He won the Screen Music Award of the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) in 1993 and 1996 , for which he was nominated again in 1998 and 2000. Together with Philip Glass he won the Golden Globe in 1999 in the category "Best Original Score in a Motion Picture" for The Truman Show . For this he received the Chicago Film Critics Award and the ASCAP Film and Television Award . The soundtrack he composed reached number two on the film music charts .

Awards

  • 2006: APRA-AGSC Screen Music Award (nomination) in the Best Television Theme category for "Torino 2006 Winter Olympics"
  • 2006: APRA-AGSC Screen Music Award (nomination) in the category Best Soundtrack Album for "The Caterpillar Wish"
  • 2006: APRA-AGSC Screen Music Award (nomination) in the Feature Film Score of the Year category for "The Caterpillar Wish"
  • 2004: APRA-AGSC Screen Music Award in the Best Music category for A Television Series "CrashBurn"
  • 2001: APRA AwardARD in the Best Television Theme category for "Sydney 2000 Olympic Theme"
  • 1999: Golden Globe Award in the Best Original Score category for "The Truman Show"
  • 1999: Chicago Film Critics Award in the Best Original Score category for "The Truman Show"
  • 1999: ASCAP Award for "The Truman Show"
  • 1999: APRA Award (NOMINATION) in the Best Film Score category for "The Truman Show"
  • 1998: AGSC Screen Music Award (nomination) for "The Truman Show"
  • 1996: AGSC Screen Music Award (nomination) for "The Web - Wolf"
  • 1996: AGSC Screen Music Award for "Brilliant Light Of Australia"
  • 1993: AGSC Screen Music Award for "SEC 75th Anniversary"

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SURNAME Dallwitz, Burkhard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dallwitz, Burkhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Australian composer of film music
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Homburg vor der Höhe