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David Hirschfelder (born 18 November 1960, Ballarat, Victoria) is an Australian musician, film score composer and performer. As a musician he has been a member of Little River Band and John Farnham Band.
This is the official web site for film score composer David Hirschfelder.
David Hirschfelder is recognised globally as one of Australia’s most distinguished screen-composers, having garnered Oscar nominations for Scott Hicks' "Shine". and Shekhar Kapur’s “Elizabeth”. He is also the winner of two BAFTA (British Academy) awards.
Jan 27, 2021 · Hirschfelder gave life to the furious panache of Strictly Ballroom’s Scott Hastings, determined to walk (or dance) his own path; for Elizabeth, he revealed the ironclad resolve of a...
By the time you read this, he could be clutching his first Oscar for his soundtrack for the historic blockbuster Elizabeth. David Hirschfelder discourses with Richard Buskin about the art, science and pyschology of scoring for the moving image.
But this may not be much of a surprise for someone with such a multi-faceted background as David Hirschfelder. A classic pianist of the 1970s, embarking on a professional career in the ‘80s, he came of age through “diverse electro-acoustic terrain” that covered every genre from “neo classical-jazz fusion, rock, and symphonic-scale ...
David Hirschfelder gained international recognition for his work on the award-winning 1993 film, Strictly Ballroom. Since then, he has continually impressed audiences with his scores, including the Academy-Award nominated Shine in 1996.
