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.[1]

A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, he moved to Toronto, Ontario, in 1989 to study music at York University.[2] He is a frequent collaborator with composer Amin Bhatia.[3] 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.[4]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

AwardCategoryYearWorkResultRef(s)
Gemini AwardsBest Original Music, Animation2005King: "Stolen Voices"[1]
2008Johnny Test: "Johnny vs. Bling-Bling 3, Stinkin' Johnny"[5]
Best Original Music, Fiction2009Flashpoint: "Planets Aligned"[6]
2010Flashpoint: "One Wrong Move"
2011Flashpoint: "Acceptable Risk"
Canadian Screen AwardsBest Original Score for a Series2013Flashpoint: "Day Game"[7]
201524 Hour Rental: "Through the Looking Glass"[8]
2016X Company: "Trial by Fire"[9]
2017X Company: "Black Flag"
Best Original Score, Fiction2018Anne with an E: "Remorse Is the Poison of Life"[10]
X Company: "Remembrance"
2019Anne with an E: "I Protest Against Any Absolute Conclusion"[11]
2020Anne with an E: "The Summit of My Desires"[2]
Carter: "Harley Gets Replaced"
Best Original Music, AnimationLet's Go Luna!: "Bob the Plant"
Best Original Music, Fiction2021Detention Adventure: "All the World's a Stage"[12]
Best Original Music, AnimationLet's Go Luna!: "Monster Park/Meet the Strongs"
2022Let's Go Luna!: "The Way of the Gaucho"[13]
Best Original Score2023The End of Sex[14]
Best Original Music, AnimationLet's Go Luna!: "Dig It Daddy-O"[15]
Best Original Music, ComedyDetention Adventure: "Singing in the "[16]
Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Original Main Title Theme Music2006Get Ed[2]

References

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ Susan Minuk, "Composer Ari Posner Picks Up Canadian Screen Award for Anne with an 'E'". The J, August 5, 2020.
  3. ^ Kevin Young, "Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner". Words & Music, June 4, 2015.
  4. ^ "Ex-Winnipeggers supported Juno wins"]. Winnipeg Free Press, April 12, 2008.
  5. ^ Annemarie Moody, "23 Years Of Gemini Awards Honor Canadian Television". Animation World Network, August 27, 2008.
  6. ^ Kevin Young, "Film and TV composer Amin Bhatia started in synthesizers". Words & Music, March 11, 2012.
  7. ^ "CBC's Rick Mercer Report snags 3 Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, February 28, 2013.
  8. ^ "Canadian Screen Awards ’15: Craft category nominees". Playback, January 13, 2015.
  9. ^ Brent Furdyk, "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". Entertainment Tonight Canada, January 19, 2016.
  10. ^ Aaron Nilsen, "LIVE from the Red Carpet at the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards". The Nilsen Report, March 11, 2018.
  11. ^ Brent Furdyk, "The Winners: Canadian Screen Awards Presented For Creative Fiction Storytelling". Entertainment Tonight Canada, March 27, 2019.
  12. ^ Howard Druckman, "Twenty-three SOCAN members earn Canadian Screen Awards 2021 noms". Words & Music, March 31, 2021.
  13. ^ Connie Thiessen, "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Children’s & Animation, Lifestyle & Reality". Broadcast Dialogue, April 6, 2022.
  14. ^ John R. Kennedy, "Ian LeFeuvre Up For 2 Canadian Screen Awards". iHeartRadio Canada, February 22, 2023.
  15. ^ Mercedes Milligan, "Canadian Screen Awards: 2023 Animation Nominees". Animation Magazine, February 22, 2023.
  16. ^ Howard Druckman, "Forty-seven SOCAN #ComposersWhoScore earn Canadian Screen Awards 2023 nominations". Words & Music, March 1, 2023.