Michael Yezerski


Michael Yezerski is an Australian composer known for his scores for feature films such as The Waiting City, The Black Balloon, Newcastle, and Thursday's Fictions, as well as collaborations with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Gondwana Voices Children's Choir, the National Museum of Canberra, Synergy Percussion and The Physical TV Company.
In an interview with , 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. 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."

Filmography as composer

Television

TitleYearNote
Undercover Angels: Sex, Spies, and Surveillance2005Documentary
The Sun's Search for the Moon2007Mini-series
Lani's Story2010Documentary
Storm Surfers: New Zealand2010Television film
A Place to Call Home2013–present
Carlotta2014Television film
Winter2015
House of Hancock2015Miniseries
Catching Milat2015Miniseries
Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door2015Miniseries
Home and Away: An Eye for an Eye2015Television film
Wanted2016–present
Hyde & Seek2016–present
The Secret Daughter2016–present
Confess20171 episode: "They're All Confessions"
Blindspotting2021–2023

Awards and nominations

APRA Music Awards

The APRA Music Awards are sets of annual awards to celebrate excellence in contemporary music, which honour the skills of member composers, songwriters and publishers who have achieved outstanding success in sales and airplay performance. They are presented by APRA AMCOS, which commenced in 1982. The APRA Awards include the Screen Music Awards, which were first presented in 2002 by APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers. The APRA Awards also include the Art Music Music Awards, which are distributed by APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre since 2001.
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