Jan Skubiszewski

Jan Skubiszewski (pronounced 'Scooby-Shev-Ski') is a multi-award-winning producer, composer, songwriter and sound engineer from Melbourne, Australia.[1][2][3] He is also a professional multi-instrumentalist. His work as a record producer and composer for film and television has won critical acclaim[4] and a raft of awards and nominations at ARIA, APRA, AIR, Film Critics Circle of Australia, Logie Awards, Screen Music Awards, National Indigenous Music Awards and others.

Early life

Skubiszewski was born in 1981 in Melbourne. After spending his early childhood in the Ottway Ranges rainforest, he moved to the Melbourne suburb of East St Kilda with his parents and sister (actress Viva Bianca, best known for her role in Spartacus). His musical education began early under the guidance of his father, acclaimed Polish-Australian film and TV composer Cezary Skubiszewski.[5]

Career

Education and Early work

After studying fine art at the Victorian College of the Arts, Skubiszewski worked as a sound engineer and producer at Sing Sing Studio, whilst simultaneously becoming a prolific writer and producer in his own right.

In 1999 at the age of 18, Skubiszewski collaborated with his father Cezary to compose the award-winning[6] score for Two Hands starring Heath Ledger, which won the APRA award for Best Film Score.[7]

2000-2010

Throughout the 2000s Skubiszewski began to gain widespread recognition as a songwriter, producer and performing musician, securing awards and nominations at APRA, AIR and ARIA for songwriting and production work with Illy,[8] Phrase,[9] The Cat Empire[10] and Daniel Merriweather, as well as his own band Jackson Jackson, a joint project with Harry James Angus that secured an ARIA nomination for Best Urban Album in 2007.[11]

In 2007, Skubiszewski worked with British producer Mark Ronson as an engineer on Ronson's album Version, which reached number 2 in the UK singles charts.

During this period, Skubiszewski continued to garner acclaim for film and television collaborations with Cezary,[12][13][14] including film and television hits such as Bran Nue Dae, Hating Alison Ashley, Book of Revelation, Serangoon Road (which won the APRA award for Best Music for a Television Series or Serial)[15] and Carla Cametti PD (which was nominated for Best Television Theme).[16][17]

2011-2018

Skubiszewski's status as one of Australia's top producers was cemented in 2014, when he was recognised at the 2014 ARIA awards for producing the ARIA-award winning record Flesh & Blood by John Butler Trio.[18] He also co-wrote and produced the single 'On and On' on Cinematic with Illy,[19] which was nominated for Best Urban Album[20] and which garnered critical and commercial success upon release, debuting at number four on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart.

The same year, Skubiszewski and father Cezary won the APRA Screen Music Award for Serangoon Road in the Best Music for a Television Series category.[21]

In 2016, Skubiszewski produced 'Rising With The Sun' by The Cat Empire, which debuted at #1 on the ARIA and AIR charts in Australia, staying in the AIR top 20 for 21 weeks. The record was an international hit, debuting at #9 on the global iTunes charts,.[22] It achieved Top 10 debut in 7 countries, and Top 20 debuts in 16 countries.

In 2017, Skubiszewski's production received further acclaim with the release of Dan Sultan's record Killer, which Skubiszewski produced. Killer was nominated for three ARIA awards[23] and met with widespread critical acclaim, specifically for Skubiszewski's production,[24] including four stars from Rolling Stone.[25]

Film and television composition work continued throughout this period with several notable composition projects, including the TV series Picnic at Hanging Rock (another collaboration with father Cezary).[26]

In 2018, Little J and Big Cuz (which Skubiszewski wrote the music for with his father Cezary) won the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Children's Program.[27] The program featured Indigenous Australian stars such as Deborah Mailman, Miranda Tapsell, and Aaron Fa’oaso.

Skubiszewski plays keyboard in Dan Sultan's band, and is the band's musical director.[28]

An advocate of Indigenous Australian music, Skubiszewski has produced numerous celebrated Indigenous artists such as Dan Sultan, Deadly Award winning Djolpa McKenzie and Music Victoria Award-winning Benny Walker, and has composed music for Indigenous TV shows such as Little J and Big Cuz.

Red Moon Studios

In June 2017, Skubiszewski and his wife opened Red Moon Studios, formerly The Stables, a music production studio in the Macedon Ranges specializing in high-end record production and film composition.

References

  1. ↑ "2014 Screen Music Awards for Best Music for a Television Series". APRA AMCOS. APRA Amcos. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "APRA Music Awards for best film score". APRA AMCOS. APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Urban Cinefile article: SCREEN MUSIC AWARDS 2014 - WINNERS". Urban Cinefile. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "John Butler Trio Review". SBL Entertainment. SBL Entertainment. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  5. ↑ SHEDDEN, Iain (June 20, 2013). "Sounds Just Like Home". The Australian. News Limited. The Australian. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "IMDB Two Hands Film Awards". IMDB. IMDB. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "BEST FILM SCORE - TWO HANDS". APRA AMCOS. APRA AMCOS. APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "Urban Work of the Year". APRA AMCOS. APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "APRA Award for Most Performed Urban Work". APRA AMCOS. APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "The Cat Empire Seriously Can't Wait For You To Hear Their New Album". The Music. The Music. The Music. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  11. ↑ "Best Urban Album ARIA AWARDS 2007". ARIA Awards. ARIA Awards. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  12. ↑ SHEDDEN, Iain (June 20, 2013). "Sounds just like home". The Australian. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  13. ↑ "Cezary Skubiszewski scores Screen Music Awards trifecta and David Hirschfelder wins Feature Film Score of the Year". Urbancinefile. Urbancinefile. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  14. ↑ "Screen Music Awards Winners". APRA AMCOS. APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  15. ↑ "Best Music for a Television Series or Serial". APRA AMCOS. APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  16. ↑ "Best Television Theme Nominations APRA AMCOS". APRA AMCOS. APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  17. ↑ "Nominations for Best Television Theme". APRA AMCOS. APRA AMCOS.
  18. ↑ McCabe, Kathy (27 November 2014). "All the ARIA Awards winners and action live". news.com (NOVEMBER 27, 2014). news.com. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  19. ↑ "Australian Charts - Illy, On & On". Australian Charts.com. Australian Charts. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  20. ↑ "Best Urban Album Nominees". ARIA AWARDS. ARIA AWARDS. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  21. ↑ "SCREEN MUSIC AWARDS 2014 - WINNERS". urbancinefile. urbancinefile. urbancinefile. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  22. ↑ "Worldwide iTunes Album Chart". kworb.net. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  23. ↑ McCabe, Kathy (10 October 2017). "Gang Of Youths, Paul Kelly, A.B. Originals, Amy Shark, Illy and Jess Mauboy lead ARIAs nominations". news.com. news.com. news.com. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  24. ↑ Giuffre, Liz (25 July 2017). "Dan Sultan - Killer". The Music. The Music. The Music. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  25. ↑ HIPWELL, GARETH (24 July 2017). "Dan Sultan - Killer". Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  26. ↑ Quinn, Karen (15 February 2018). "First look at Picnic at Hanging Rock whets the appetite for a visual feast". Sydney Morning Herald.
  27. ↑ "Little J and Big Cuz Wins 2018 Logie Award". The Australian Children's Television Foundation. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
  28. ↑ Archibald-Binge, Ella (4 August 2017). "What's it Like to go on Tour with Dan Sultan". sbs.com. sbs.com. NITV.
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