Jed Kurzel | |
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| File:The Mess Hall @ Amplifier Bar (31 12 2009) (4256661406).jpg Jed Kurzel live with The Mess Hall in 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jed Danyel Kurzel |
| Born | 1976 (age 48–49) |
| Origin | Gawler, South Australia, Australia |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
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Jed Danyel Kurzel (born 1976) is an Australian singer-songwriter-guitarist and film composer. He is a founding member of The Mess Hall (from 2001), a blues rock duo. His older brother Justin Kurzel is a film director and screenwriter.
Life and career[]
Kurzel was born in 1976 and, with his older brother Justin Kurzel (born 1974), grew up in Gawler, South Australia.[1][2] Their father, Zdzislaw Kurzel (1946–2006), was from Poland and had migrated to Australia in 1960, where he became a taxi driver.[3][4][5] In the 1990s, Kurzel moved to Sydney, where Justin was studying at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).[2]
In 2001 Kurzel on lead vocals and guitar, Anthony Johnsen on drums and a bass guitarist formed a blues-rock group, the Mess Hall in Sydney – the bass guitarist soon left but was not replaced, they continued as a duo.[6] Kurzel recalled "When the clubs asked us where our bass player was, we used to lie and say he was sick."[6] Their debut album The Mess Hall was released in June 2003. In early 2004 Johnsen was replaced by Cec Condon on drums and vocals.[7] Their third album Devils Elbow (October 2007) won the Australian Music Prize.[8]
In 2000 Kurzel composed the film score for the short subject, Sammy Blue, at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, with Kim Farrant directing.[9][10] He worked for Farrant again: providing the score for Naked on the Inside (2006), a feature film documentary on body image.[10] In 2009 he composed music for Castor & Pollux, a short film, directed by Ben Briand.[11]
In 2011 Kurzel provided the music score for the directorial debut feature film by Justin, Snowtown.[12] At the APRA-AGSC Screen Music Awards of 2011 Kurzel won Feature Film Score of the Year.[13] It was nominated for Australian Film Institute Award for Best Original Music Score.[14] The related soundtrack album was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album in that same year.[15][16]
Kurzel also wrote the scores for Son of a Gun, Slow West and the documentary All This Mayhem. In 2015, he worked again with his brother on Macbeth, followed by Assassin's Creed in 2016. He replaced Harry Gregson-Williams as the composer of Alien: Covenant.[17]
Selected filmography[]
- 2000: Sammy Blue (short)
- 2007: Naked on the Inside (documentary)
- 2009: Castor & Pollux (short)
- 2011: Snowtown
- 2012: Dead Europe
- 2014: Dook Stole Christmas (Kurzfilm)
- 2014: Son of a Gun
- 2014: All This Mayhem (documentary)
- 2014: The Babadook
- 2015: Slow West
- 2015: Macbeth
- 2016: Assassin's Creed
- 2017: Alien: Covenant
- 2018: Overlord
External links[]
- Website of The Mess Hall
- Jed Kurzel at the Internet Movie Database
- Jed Kurzel discography at Discogs
References[]
- ↑ Quinn, Karl (1 October 2015). "Jed Kurzel on why Macbeth echoes Snowtown and how the score was almost electronic". The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax Media). http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/jed-kurzel-on-why-macbeth-echoes-snowtown-and-how-the-score-was-almost-electronic-20151001-gjy6c5.html. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ross, Annabel (29 November 2014). "Two of us: Justin and Jed Kurzel". The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax Media). http://www.smh.com.au/good-weekend/two-of-us/two-of-us-justin-and-jed-kurzel-20141014-115qxd. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Gibbs, Ed (21 May 2015). "Cannes 2015: After Snowtown and Macbeth, Kurzel brothers to make sports comedy". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Item details for: A12009, 1011-1015". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Winterford, Brett (1 May 2008). "The Mess Hall – Gig Reviews". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ 6.0 6.1 "It takes two … to play the blues". The Age. Fairfax Media. 15 June 2003. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Jed Kurzel Archived 26 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine, thebabadook.com, access date 2 November 2015
- ↑ Winners Archived 17 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine, thecoopersamp.com.au, access date 2 November 2015
- ↑ "Sammy Blue". Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS). National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 2 February 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Naked on the Inside" (PDF). Compétition Longs Métrages Documentaires . International Festival of Films de Femmes de Créteil. 2008. p. 41. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "TIFF52 – Screenings" . Thessaloniki International Film Festival. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Interview with Jed Kurzel, filmmusicmag.com, access date 2 November 2015
- ↑ "Feature Film Score of the Year". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC). 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Jed Kurzel's Snowtown Score Nominated for AACTA Award". Ivy League. 1 December 2001. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305141418/http://ivyleague.com.au/news/jed-kurzels-snowtown-score-nominated-for-aacta-award. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ↑ "The Countdown Begins....Nominations Announced". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 11 October 2011. Archived from the original on 16 October 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
{{cite web}}: ; deadurl - ↑ "2011 ARIA Awards Winners By Year". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
{{cite web}}: ; deadurl - ↑ "Jed Kurzel to Score Ridley Scott's 'Alien: Covenant'". 25 December 2016.
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