Mario Millo

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Mario Millo (* 17th May 1955 in Sydney , New South Wales as Mario Daniel Millo ) is an Australian musician , composer and songwriter . Among other things, he composed the music for the movies The Lighthorsemen , Meine Pferde - mein Liebe and PC - Ein Genie auf Pfoten

life and work

Mario Millo was born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1955 to Italian immigrants in Australia. His father taught him to play the mandolin at the age of five and the guitar at the age of eight . At twelve, Millo had his first band called The Menu at Mitchell High School in Blacktown . The menu consisted of: Mario Millo (guitar and vocals), Mark Friedland (drums), Vince Moult (bass) and Brian Nicholls (organ). The band won the 1969 Pepsi Pop Poll at the Battle of the Bands in Sydney Stadium. As a result, they signed a contract with a Sydney music agency and were renamed The Clik . A single called La De Da was released on Festival Records in November 1969. A second single, Mary Mary , was released in March 1970. Coca-Cola and Fanta sponsored the band in a number of television commercials and sent the young band touring Australia and New Zealand, and then split in 1971 Millo toured Europe for half a year and returned to Australia to the reformed band The Clik in early 1972. Now with Garry Adams on lead guitar, Doug Bligh on drums (both ex-Galadriel) and Phil Cogan on bass again in October 1973. Millo then joined the symphonic rock group Sebastian Hardie, whose debut album Four Moments (1975) reached number 13 on the Australian Kent Music Report A. lbums charts. The resolution Sebastian Hardie followed in 1977th

Millo then went on to a solo career, composing film and television soundtracks and scores. In 1978 he worked with Jon English on the soundtrack for the television series Against the Wind . A single called Six Ribbons was released. Both the album and the single reached top 10 spots on the corresponding Kent Music Report charts. The series ran internationally. As Mot alla vindar , the single was best known in 1980 in Scandinavia , where the album and the single reached number 1 in the list of number one hits in Norway and number 4 in Sweden .

Millo's compositions for films and television series have won several awards in Australia, including the coveted Australian Film Institute Award for Simon Wincer's The Lighthorsemen .

For Brides of Christ he won the 1992 Australian Record Industry Association Award in the Best Original Soundtrack Album category . Millo has won several awards for the same prize. 1997 for GP and 2002 again for Changi .

Mario Millo lives and works in New South Wales , Australia.

Awards

  • 1988: AACTA Award in the “Best Original Music Score” category for The Lighthorsemen
  • 1992: ARIA Award in the “Best Film Score” category for Brides of Christ
  • 1997: ARIA Award in the “Best Television Theme” category for GP
  • 1999: AGSC Award in the category "Best Original Music in a Children's TV or Animation Series" for See How They Run
  • 2002: ARIA Award in the category "Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie" for Changi

Filmography

cinemamovies

  • 1987: The Lighthorsemen
  • 1988 shame (shame)
  • 1989: My horses - my love (Minnamurra)
  • 1996: Under Suspicion of Murder (Natural Justice: Heat)
  • 1997: PC - A genius on paws (Paws)

Television films

  • 1980: People Like Us
  • 1986: Body Business
  • 1993: Singapore Sling
  • 1993: Joh's jury
  • 1995: Singapore Sling: Road to Mandalay
  • 1995: Singapore Sling: Old Flames
  • 1999: See How They Run
  • 2002: Heroes 'Mountain (Heroes' Mountain)

Miniseries

  • 1978: Against the Wind
  • 1988: Spit MacPhee
  • 1989: Tanamera - Lion of Singapore
  • 1991: Brides of Christ
  • 2001: Changi

TV Shows

  • 1985: A Fortunate Life (Four episodes)
  • 1988: Caught in Paradise (Always Afternoon)
  • 1995: Natural Justice
  • 2009: McLeod's Daughters ( McLeod's Daughters , two episodes)

Documentaries

  • 1984: Aussie Assault

Short films

  • 2014: The Last Days of Ben Hall

Discography

Film music

  • 1978: Against the Wind (Polydor Records)
  • 1984: World Safari (Powderworks Records)
  • 1986: A Fortunate Life (Polydor Records)
  • 1987: The Lighthorsemen (DRG Records)
  • 1988: Shame (DRG Records)
  • 1989: GP (Festival Records) with Simon Walker
  • 1991: Brides Of Christ (ABC Music)
  • 1997: Paws (Larrakin Records)
  • 2001: Changi (Universal Music Australia)

Studio albums

  • 1979: Epic III (Mario Millo) (Polydor Records)
  • 1983: Human Games (Mario Millo) (EMI Records)
  • 2002: Oceans of the Mind (Mario Millo) (Red Moon Music)

literature

  • Ian McFarlane: Mario Millo . In: The encyclopedia of Australian rock and pop . Allen & Unwin, St. Leonards, NSW 1999, ISBN 1-86508-072-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biography of Mario Millo
  2. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Mario Millo ) In: Screen Music Awards - 2002 Winners , Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.apra-amcos.com.au
  3. ↑ Mario Millo Soundtrack Album: "Against the Wind" at Discogs
  4. ↑ Mario Millo Soundtrack Album: "Brides Of Christ" at Discogs
  5. ↑ Mario Millo solo album: "Epic III" at Discogs
personal data
SURNAME Millo, Mario
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Millo, Mario Daniel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian musician, composer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 17th May 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney , New South Wales, Australia