Martin Armiger.
Martin Armiger, composer or music arranger of such movies as Yahoo Serious’ Young Einstein, Alex Proyas’ Dark City, Cherie Nowlan’s Thank God He Met Lizzie, Jane Campion’s Sweetie and Kriv Stenders’ Red Dog, has died in France, aged 70.
UK-born, he began his career as a singer, songwriter and guitarist for legendary Melbourne-based rock band The Sports.
In 1972 he embarked on composing, initially on a short film called Drac. From From 1984 he was the musical director for the the ABC series Sweet and Sour as well as providing backing vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums and lyrics and producing the soundtrack album.
His other screen credits include the series The Secret Life of Us, The Surgeon, Come In Spinner and Police Rescue and the documentary Cane Toads.
For 14 years he was the head of screen music at the Australian Film Television and Radio School, where he...
Martin Armiger, composer or music arranger of such movies as Yahoo Serious’ Young Einstein, Alex Proyas’ Dark City, Cherie Nowlan’s Thank God He Met Lizzie, Jane Campion’s Sweetie and Kriv Stenders’ Red Dog, has died in France, aged 70.
UK-born, he began his career as a singer, songwriter and guitarist for legendary Melbourne-based rock band The Sports.
In 1972 he embarked on composing, initially on a short film called Drac. From From 1984 he was the musical director for the the ABC series Sweet and Sour as well as providing backing vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums and lyrics and producing the soundtrack album.
His other screen credits include the series The Secret Life of Us, The Surgeon, Come In Spinner and Police Rescue and the documentary Cane Toads.
For 14 years he was the head of screen music at the Australian Film Television and Radio School, where he...
- 11/28/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Jimmy Little has passed away aged 75. The Australian TV star and singer, who was the first Indigenous Aussie to receive mainstream musical success, died at his home in Dubbo after experiencing complications from a long-standing medical condition. Little was best known for songs such as 'Royal Telephone', 'Under the Milky Way' and 'Baby Blue', with the former becoming the first song by an Indigenous artist to top the mainstream pop music charts. His manager Graham Bidstrup told The ABC that racism was rife when Little's career first took off. "He was going to play in places where they would tell him that he had to walk in the back door," he said. Aboriginal leader Neville Atkinson said of Little: "He just led by example and it wasn't just for our people... that example was set for all Australians." Brendan Gallacher, (more)...
- 4/2/2012
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
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