Peter Best (composer)

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Peter Best (born 18 October 1943 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia) is an Australian film composer who has contributed to such films as The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972), Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974), End Play (1976), The Picture Show Man (1977), We of the Never Never (1982), Goodbye Paradise (1983), Bliss (1985), Crocodile Dundee (1986), Crocodile Dundee II (1988), Muriel's Wedding (1994) and Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997). His career started in 1970.

Many of his scores have been released on compact disc, including Crocodile Dundee on Varèse Sarabande, Dad and Dave: On Our Selection, and We of the Never Never on 1M1 Records. He was also responsible for the theme music for the Life. Be in it. campaign.

Awards

Australian Film Institute Award for Best Original Music Score

1977 – The Picture Show Man
1985 – Rebel with Ray Cook, Chris Neal, Billy Byers, Bruce Rowland
1995 – Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
1997 – Doing Time for Patsy Cline

References

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External links

Peter Best at the Internet Movie Database

AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score

1975–2000

The Cars That Ate Paris and The Great McCarthy – Bruce Smeaton (1975)
No Award (1976)
The Picture Show Man – Peter Best (1977)
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith – Bruce Smeaton (1978)
Mad Max – Brian May (1979)
Manganinnie – Peter Sculthorpe (1980)
Fatty Finn – Rory O'Donoghue and Grahame Bond (1981)
The Man from Snowy River – Bruce Rowland (1982)
Phar Lap – Bruce Rowland (1983)
Street Hero – Garth Porter and Bruce Smeaton (1984)
Rebel – Ray Cook, Chris Neal, Peter Best, Billy Byers, Bruce Rowland (1985)
Young Einstein – William Motzing and Martin Armiger (1986)
The Tale of Ruby Rose – Paul Schütze (1987)
The Lighthorsemen – Mario Millo (1988)
Dead Calm – Graeme Revell (1989)
The Big Steal – Phil Judd (1990)
Dingo – Michel Legrand and Miles Davis (1991)
Romper Stomper – John Clifford White (1992)
The Piano – Michael Nyman (1993)
Traps – Douglas Stephen Rae (1994)
Hotel Sorrento – Nerida Tyson-Chew (1995)
Shine – David Hirschfelder (1996)
Doing Time for Patsy Cline – Peter Best (1997)
Oscar and Lucinda – Thomas Newman (1998)
In a Savage Land – David Bridie (1999)
Bootmen – Cezary Skubiszewski (2000)

2001–present

The Dish – Edmund Choi (2001)
Rabbit-Proof Fence – Peter Gabriel (2002)
Japanese Story – Elizabeth Drake (2003)
Somersault – Decoder Ring (2004)
The Proposition – Nick Cave and Warren Ellis (2005)
Suburban Mayhem – Mick Harvey (2006)
The Home Song Stories – Antony Partos (2007)
Unfinished Sky – Antony Partos (2008)
Mao's Last Dancer – Christopher Gordon (2009)
Animal Kingdom – Antony Partos and Sam Petty (2010)
The Hunter – Andrew Lancaster, Michael Lira and Matteo Zingales (2011)
Not Suitable for Children – Matteo Zingales and Jono Ma (2012)
The Great Gatsby – Craig Armstrong (2013)
The Railwayman – David Hirschfelder (2014)
Mad Max: Fury Road – Tom Holkenborg (2015)
Tanna – Antony Partos (2016)
Lion – Volker Bertelmann and Dustin O'Halloran (2017)
Ladies in Black – Christopher Gordon (2018)
Judy and Punch – François Tétaz (2019)
Babyteeth - Amanda Brown (2020)
June Again - Christopher Gordon (2021)
Falling for Figaro - Cezary Skubiszewski (2022)

AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score

1975–2000

The Cars That Ate Paris and The Great McCarthy – Bruce Smeaton (1975)
No Award (1976)
The Picture Show Man – Peter Best (1977)
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith – Bruce Smeaton (1978)
Mad Max – Brian May (1979)
Manganinnie – Peter Sculthorpe (1980)
Fatty Finn – Rory O'Donoghue and Grahame Bond (1981)
The Man from Snowy River – Bruce Rowland (1982)
Phar Lap – Bruce Rowland (1983)
Street Hero – Garth Porter and Bruce Smeaton (1984)
Rebel – Ray Cook, Chris Neal, Peter Best, Billy Byers, Bruce Rowland (1985)
Young Einstein – William Motzing and Martin Armiger (1986)
The Tale of Ruby Rose – Paul Schütze (1987)
The Lighthorsemen – Mario Millo (1988)
Dead Calm – Graeme Revell (1989)
The Big Steal – Phil Judd (1990)
Dingo – Michel Legrand and Miles Davis (1991)
Romper Stomper – John Clifford White (1992)
The Piano – Michael Nyman (1993)
Traps – Douglas Stephen Rae (1994)
Hotel Sorrento – Nerida Tyson-Chew (1995)
Shine – David Hirschfelder (1996)
Doing Time for Patsy Cline – Peter Best (1997)
Oscar and Lucinda – Thomas Newman (1998)
In a Savage Land – David Bridie (1999)
Bootmen – Cezary Skubiszewski (2000)

2001–present

The Dish – Edmund Choi (2001)
Rabbit-Proof Fence – Peter Gabriel (2002)
Japanese Story – Elizabeth Drake (2003)
Somersault – Decoder Ring (2004)
The Proposition – Nick Cave and Warren Ellis (2005)
Suburban Mayhem – Mick Harvey (2006)
The Home Song Stories – Antony Partos (2007)
Unfinished Sky – Antony Partos (2008)
Mao's Last Dancer – Christopher Gordon (2009)
Animal Kingdom – Antony Partos and Sam Petty (2010)
The Hunter – Andrew Lancaster, Michael Lira and Matteo Zingales (2011)
Not Suitable for Children – Matteo Zingales and Jono Ma (2012)
The Great Gatsby – Craig Armstrong (2013)
The Railwayman – David Hirschfelder (2014)
Mad Max: Fury Road – Tom Holkenborg (2015)
Tanna – Antony Partos (2016)
Lion – Volker Bertelmann and Dustin O'Halloran (2017)
Ladies in Black – Christopher Gordon (2018)
Judy and Punch – François Tétaz (2019)
Babyteeth - Amanda Brown (2020)
June Again - Christopher Gordon (2021)
Falling for Figaro - Cezary Skubiszewski (2022)

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