Ari Posner (born 1970) is a Canadian film and television composer, most noted as a multiple Gemini Award and Canadian Screen Award winner for his television scores.
A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, he moved to Toronto, Ontario, in 1989 to study music at York University. He is a frequent collaborator with composer Amin Bhatia. He has also been a record producer, most notably on Jen Gould's album Music Soup, which was the winner of the Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2008.
Filmography
Film
- Hand - 1998
- Scalpers - 2000
- The World's Most Fabulous Object - 2007
- Rewind - 2008
- Bedwetter - 2008
- Eating Buccaneers - 2008
- Love Letter from an Open Grave - 2010
- My Awkward Sexual Adventure - 2012
- The Defector: Escape from North Korea - 2012
- All the Wrong Reasons - 2013
- Kissing Drew - 2013
- Survival Guide - 2014
- I Am Syd Stone - 2014
- Butterflies - 2014
- Hit Men - 2014
- The Boy - 2015
- After the Ball - 2015
- My Enemy, My Brother - 2015
- Borealis - 2015
- Hard Close - 2016
- All Yours - 2016
- Prison Fight - 2016
- Tulipani, Love, Honour and a Bicycle (Tulipani, Liefde, Eer en een Fiets) - 2017
- Animal - 2017
- The Superfood Chain - 2018
- At the Back - 2020
- A Brief History of the Unicorn - 2021
- The End of Sex - 2022
Television
- Wanna Play? - 2000
- Patti - 2002
- My School Partner's an Astro Bot - 2002-03
- King - 2003
- Franny's Feet - 2003-10
- Life and Times - 2005
- Recipe for a Perfect Christmas - 2005
- Get Ed - 2005-06
- The Doodlebops - 2005-07
- Johnny Test - 2006-14
- My Gym Partner's a Monkey - 2006-08
- Doodlebops Rockin' Road Show - 2010
- Flashpoint - 2008-12
- 24 Hour Rental - 2014
- My Daughter Must Live - 2014
- Not with My Daughter - 2014
- The Madcap Learning Adventure - 2014
- X Company - 2015-17
- Supernoobs - 2015-18
- The Civil War: Brothers Divided - 2016-17
- Anne with an E - 2017-19
- Carter - 2018-19
- Let's Go Luna! - 2018-22
- Northern Rescue - 2019
- Love's March - 2021
- A Chance for Christmas - 2021
- Ghosts of Christmas Past - 2021
- Detention Adventure - 2020-22
- Home for a Royal Heart - 2022
- House of Chains - 2022
- Rosie's Rules - 2022
- Sullivan's Crossing - 2022
- Less Than Kosher - 2022
Awards
| Award | Category | Year | Work | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini Awards | Best Original Music, Animation | 2005 | King: "Stolen Voices" | Won | |
| 2008 | Johnny Test: "Johnny vs. Bling-Bling 3, Stinkin' Johnny" | Nominated | |||
| Best Original Music, Fiction | 2009 | Flashpoint: "Planets Aligned" | Nominated | ||
| 2010 | Flashpoint: "One Wrong Move" | Nominated | |||
| 2011 | Flashpoint: "Acceptable Risk" | Nominated | |||
| Canadian Screen Awards | Best Original Score for a Series | 2013 | Flashpoint: "Day Game" | Won | |
| 2015 | 24 Hour Rental: "Through the Looking Glass" | Nominated | |||
| 2016 | X Company: "Trial by Fire" | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | X Company: "Black Flag" | Nominated | |||
| Best Original Score, Fiction | 2018 | Anne with an E: "Remorse Is the Poison of Life" | Nominated | ||
| X Company: "Remembrance" | Nominated | ||||
| 2019 | Anne with an E: "I Protest Against Any Absolute Conclusion" | Nominated | |||
| 2020 | Anne with an E: "The Summit of My Desires" | Won | |||
| Carter: "Harley Gets Replaced" | Nominated | ||||
| Best Original Music, Animation | Let's Go Luna!: "Bob the Plant" | Nominated | |||
| Best Original Music, Fiction | 2021 | Detention Adventure: "All the World's a Stage" | Won | ||
| Best Original Music, Animation | Let's Go Luna!: "Monster Park/Meet the Strongs" | Won | |||
| 2022 | Let's Go Luna!: "The Way of the Gaucho" | Won | |||
| Best Original Score | 2023 | The End of Sex | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Music, Animation | Let's Go Luna!: "Dig It Daddy-O" | Won | |||
| Best Original Music, Comedy | Detention Adventure: "Singing in the Raign" | Nominated | |||
| Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music | 2006 | Get Ed | Nominated |
References
- ^ Alexandra Lopez-Pacheco, "A breakthrough moment: But film and TV composer Ari Posner is no flash in the pan". Words & Music, Vol. 15, Iss. 4, (Winter 2008).
- ^ Susan Minuk, "Composer Ari Posner Picks Up Canadian Screen Award for Anne with an 'E'". The J, August 5, 2020.
- Kevin Young, "Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner". Words & Music, June 4, 2015.
- "Ex-Winnipeggers supported Juno wins"]. Winnipeg Free Press, April 12, 2008.
- Annemarie Moody, "23 Years Of Gemini Awards Honor Canadian Television". Animation World Network, August 27, 2008.
- Kevin Young, "Film and TV composer Amin Bhatia started in synthesizers". Words & Music, March 11, 2012.
- "CBC's Rick Mercer Report snags 3 Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, February 28, 2013.
- "Canadian Screen Awards ’15: Craft category nominees". Playback, January 13, 2015.
- Brent Furdyk, "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". Entertainment Tonight Canada, January 19, 2016.
- Aaron Nilsen, "LIVE from the Red Carpet at the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards". The Nilsen Report, March 11, 2018.
- Brent Furdyk, "The Winners: Canadian Screen Awards Presented For Creative Fiction Storytelling". Entertainment Tonight Canada, March 27, 2019.
- Howard Druckman, "Twenty-three SOCAN members earn Canadian Screen Awards 2021 noms". Words & Music, March 31, 2021.
- Connie Thiessen, "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Children’s & Animation, Lifestyle & Reality". Broadcast Dialogue, April 6, 2022.
- John R. Kennedy, "Ian LeFeuvre Up For 2 Canadian Screen Awards". iHeartRadio Canada, February 22, 2023.
- Mercedes Milligan, "Canadian Screen Awards: 2023 Animation Nominees". Animation Magazine, February 22, 2023.
- Howard Druckman, "Forty-seven SOCAN #ComposersWhoScore earn Canadian Screen Awards 2023 nominations". Words & Music, March 1, 2023.
External links
- Ari Posner at IMDb