Cezary Skubiszewski

Skubiszewski was born in Warsaw, Poland. His mother was a classical pianist. Skubiszewski, himself began piano lessons at 8 years of age and received a classical musical education over a period of 10 years under the tutelage of the choir director of the Warsaw Opera. In the late 1960s, Skubiszewski played in bands including ACB with other Warsaw musicians such as Aleksander Bem. He then spent one year in Paris and did not return to Poland due to the nation's political situation and his own sense of wanderlust. In 1974, Skubiszewski moved to Australia. With an interest in both horses and biology, Skubiszewski commenced a undergraduate degree in veterinary medicine at the University of Melbourne. In August 1978, Skubiszewski became an Australian citizen. In 1979 he married Lee (Lesley) Skubiszewski who is an Australian artist. They have two children, Viva Bianca and Jan Skubiszewski. Both work in the Australian entertainment industry.

In Australia, during 1978 and 1979, Skubiszewski played the Moog synthesizer, Rhodes piano and Clavinet in his jazz fusion band, Corroboree (an Aboriginal Australian word meaning a meeting involving traditional dance and song). Skubiszewski's beginning as a professional music composer began with a piece urgently required for an advertisement for Lincraft, an Australian haberdashery chain store company. He first received widespread recognition as a composer when his film score for the movie, Lilian's Story won awards for best music at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival. Of this score, Skubiszewski said, "It was a very special experience. I wanted to find a nucleus of feeling without the little trills. It sits on you emotionally without bombarding you." Since then, Skubiszewski has worked as a self-supporting composer and arranger, conductor, producer, and musician. His music is heard in television programs such as Neighbours, 19 episodes of the 1994 Australian children's program Sky Trackers (1996) and 13 episodes of Driven Crazy (1998). In 2018, Skubiszewski wrote the soundtrack for the Picnic at Hanging Rock television series. Skubiszewski's movies scores include Two Hands (1999), Red Dog (2011) and The Sapphires (2012). Among his compositions for commercials is Skubiszewski's work for Carlton Draught: Big Ad, a parody of the epic style of historical movies and advertisements of large companies. He created a re-working of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana with humorous lyrics.

Cezary Skubiszewski is recorded with the occupation film score composer. Recorded as a citizen of Australia.