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Dale Cornelius

Sound & Music

Company Summary

Melbourne based screen composer, Dale Cornelius, has written music scores for in excess of 200 hours of content, including; feature film, short film, animation, television drama, television reality shows, documentary series, and feature length documentaries. Dale’s first feature film score, in 2002, for ‘Till Human Voices Wake Us’ earned the recognition of The Age newspaper’s ‘Critic’s Choice’ for Best Australian Film Score and has since received multiple nominations and awards from Australian and overseas screen industry events, such as; A.P.R.A.’s Screen Music Awards, AFI/AACTA, and Danish Film Academy Awards. His soundtracks have been streamed over 1.7 million times and Dale has been a featured composer on radio shows such as; ABC Classics FM, Triple R (Film Buffs Forecast) and 3MBS Melbourne, amongst others. Television networks which have broadcasted productions Dale has written music for, include; Netflix, Australian Broadcasting Network (ABC), SBS (Aust), the Seven, Nine and Ten Networks (Aust), BBC 1, BBC 2, & ITV (UK), Arte France, PBS (U.S.A.), plus Discovery, History, and National Geographic channels. Dale has scored films officially selected for the following film festivals; Berlin Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival (Mary & Max – opening night film), Tribeca Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, and Adelaide Film Festival, Cork (Ireland), Telluride (U.S.) and St Kilda Film Festival.

Video

Drama Showreel

Light Drama - Comedy Showreel

Animation Showreel

Professional Credits

Festivals, Awards, Nominations

  • 2018, APRA Screen Music Awards nomination for Best Music in a Documentary, Australia, My Mother's Lost Children
  • 2018, APRA Screen Music Awards nomination for Best Music in a Documentary, Australia, IMAX The Story of Earth
  • 2018, APRA Screen Music Awards nomination for Best Music in a Television Series, Australia, The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 5
  • 2017, APRA Screen Music Awards nomination for Best Music in a Documentary, Australia, Mother With a Gun
  • 2015, AACTA nomination for Best Music in a Documentary Series, Australia, Uranium - Twisting the Dragon's Tail
  • 2014, APRA Screen Music Awards nomination for Best Music in a Television Series, Australia, The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 2
  • 2013, APRA Screen Music Awards win Best Television Theme, Australia, The Doctor Blake Mysteries
  • 2012, AACTA Award Best Sound & Music in a Documentary, Australia, Dr Sarmast's Music School
  • 2011, APRA Screen Music Awards nomination for Best Music in a Documentary, Australia, Gallipoli From Above
  • 2010, Danish Film Academy Awards nomination Best Music in a Feature Film, Denmark, Ven Verden's Ende (At World's End)
  • 2010, APRA Screen Music Awards nomination for Best Music in a Short Film, Australia, Polo's Robot
  • 2009, IF Awards nomination Best Music in a Feature Film, Australia, Mary & Max

Professional Memberships

  • Australian Guild of Screen Composers Since 2011

Direct URL

https://vicscreen.vic.gov.au/choose-victoria/industry-directory/2430/dale-cornelius