Michael Yezerski
Illustration — Yezerski at the 2024 WonderCon Michael Yezerski (born and raised in Sydney) is an Australian composer known for his scores for feature films such as The Waiting City, The Black Balloon (for which he won an APRA Award and a Screen Music Award), Newcastle, and Thursday's Fictions, as well as collaborations with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Gondwana Voices Children's Choir (such as an adaptation of Shaun Tan's book The Red Tree), the National Museum of Canberra, Synergy Percussion and The Physical TV Company. In an interview with Headliner Magazine, Yezerski discussed composing the score for 2019 horror film, The Vigil: "Why have there been so many horror films that have explored the various denominations of Christianity and demons and devils and everything associated with Christianity, but there has hardly ever been a film that explores the dark side of Jewish mysticism? I'm Jewish myself, so this is exactly the question that I've been asking.
Michael Yezerski
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- 1950
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- Australia
- Occupation
- composer
- Education
- University of Sydney · Australian Film Television and Radio School
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Television
• Title — Year — Note(s) • Undercover Angels: Sex, Spies, and Surveillance — 2005 — Documentary • The Sun's Search for the Moon — 2007 — Mini-series • Lani's Story — 2010 — Documentary • Storm Surfers: New Zealand — Television film • A Place to Call Home — 2013–present • Carlotta — 2014 — Television film • Winter — 2015 • House of Hancock — Miniseries • Catching Milat — Miniseries • Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door — Miniseries • Home and Away: An Eye for an Eye — Television film • Wanted — 2016–present • Hyde & Seek • The Secret Daughter • Confess — 2017 — 1 episode: "They're All Confessions" • Blindspotting — 2021–2023
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What I love about horror films, and dark, edgy films, in general – there's so much creative license to play with musical effects in non traditional ways. It's really fun as a composer."
• Title — Year — Note(s) • Ah Hu's Retreat — 2001 — Documentary short film • A Matter of Life — Short film • The Other Son — Short film • No Surrender — 2002 — Short film • Broken Beat — 2005 — Short film • Burma's Open Road: An Insight Into Myanymar — 2007 — Documentary • Skin — Short film • La même nuit — Short film • Cross Life • Thursday's Fictions • Reincarnating Thursday's Fictions — 2008 — Documentary • Night Train — Short film • Sisters — Documentary short film • The Last Mahout — Documentary • The Black Balloon • Newcastle • Storm Surfers, Dangerous Banks — Documentary • Echo — 2009 — Short film • The Waiting City • Seamstress — 2010 — Short film • Stay Awake — Short film • Providence Park — Short film • The Lost Thing — Short film • Pop — Short film • Little Hands — 2011 — Short film • The Gold Pen — Short film • The Outback — 2012 • Boo! — Short film; theme music composer • Storm Surfers 3D — Documentary • Mental • Inhuman Resources • A Man Walks Into a Bar — 2013 — Short film • Drift • The Last Impresario — Documentary • Baby Baby — 2014 — Short film • Flyboy — Short film • Transformers: Age of Extinction — additional music • The Little Death • Only the Dead — 2015 — Documentary • Talk to Someone — Short film • The Devil's Candy • Shiny — 2016 — Short film • The Ravens — Short film • We Don't Belong Here — 2017 • The Beehive — Short film • Blindspotting — 2018 • The Vigil — 2019 • Dangerous Animals — 2025 • Ice Road: Vengeance
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