Burkhard Dallwitz
Burkhard von Dallwitz (born 28 January 1959) is a German-Australian composer. Since 1984, he has worked as a composer for feature films, television and commercials in Australia, Europe and the United States. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for his work on The Truman Show (1998).
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Burkhard Dallwitz
- Birthplace
- Bad Homburg, Hesse, West Germany (now Germany)
- Occupation
- Composer
- Born
- 1959 · Bad Homburg vor der Höhe.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Languages
- German
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Burkhard von Dallwitz (born 28 January 1959) is a German-Australian composer. Since 1984, he has worked as a composer for feature films, television and commercials in Australia, Europe and the United States. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for his work on The Truman Show (1998).
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• Birthplace — Bad Homburg, Hesse, West Germany (now Germany) • Genre — Film score • Occupation — Composer • Years Active — 1985–present • Current Member Of — Zeitgeist Music • Website — https: www.burkharddallwitz.com.au/
Early life and education
Early life and education
Dallwitz began ten years of classical piano training at the age of eight. By thirteen he was writing songs and music, and from fifteen, Dallwitz wrote, arranged and performed for various musical groups. In 1979, Dallwitz moved to Australia where he studied music at La Trobe University in Melbourne. He majored with musical composition, and studied advanced composition under the tutelage of Keith Humble. In 1996, he released his first CD recording of original instrumental works called Worlds Apart. He is the co-founder of Zeitgeist Music with Brett Aplin and Dmitri Golovko.
Underbelly theme and Olympics theme
Underbelly theme and Olympics theme
Dallwitz worked on the Nine Network Australia television series Underbelly, and the UK.TV mini-series False Witness where he wrote the theme and the original musical score. He also composed the theme for the Seven Network's coverage of the Beijing 2008 Olympics (in addition to the 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006 compositions) and more recently the soundtrack for the 2011 movie The Way Back.
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Burkhard Dallwitz born at Bad Homburg vor der Höhe.
Awards and nominations
In 1999, Burkhard and Philip Glass were awarded the Golden Globe for Best Original Score in a Motion Picture for The Truman Show. The score also won The Chicago Film Critics' Award and the ASCAP Film and Television Award, and the soundtrack reached number two on the Billboard chart. In 2001, he won the APRA award for Best Television Theme for the Sydney Olympics in 2000. The world renowned 385 voice Mormon Tabernacle Choir performed and recorded his 2002 theme for the Salt Lake Winter Olympics. In 2004, he won the APRA-AGSC (Australian Guild of Screen Composers) Screen Music Award 'Best Music for a Television Series' for CrashBurn. Burkhard has several soundtrack albums out in general release.
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- 1.Burkhard von Dallwitz filmportal.de. www.filmportal.de.
- 2.Kerbaj, Richard. From New Faces to Hollywood. The Age. 3 February 2002.
- 3.Harders, Julie. Inside TheTruman Show - Aprap. APRA. Nov 1998.
- 4.Webb, Carolyn. The Outsider Who Romped In At 200/1. Best Animations. 27 January 1999.
- 5.Worlds Apart - reviews. Zip. 1996.
- 6.Burkhard Dallwitz : Home. www.burkharddallwitz.com.au.
- 7.Schwartz, Larry. Music of the crimes. The Age. 2009-02-26.
- 8.Burkhard Dallwitz. Big Screen Symposium.
- 9.Burkhard Dallwitz : Home. www.burkharddallwitz.com.au.
- 10.Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Screen Awards.
- 11.Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). 2004 Winners – Screen Music Awards.
- 12.Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). 2004 Nominations – Screen Music Awards.
- 13.Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). 2006 Nominations – Screen Music Awards.
- 14.Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). 2008 Winners – Screen Music Awards.
- 15.Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). 2008 Nominations – Screen Music Awards.
- 16.Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Nominations – Screen Music Awards.
- 17.Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). History Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album.
- 18.Nominees Announced for 2023 ARIA Awards. Music Feeds. 21 September 2023.
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