Burkhard von Dallwitz (born 28 January 1959) is a German-Australian composer. Since 1984, he has worked as a composer for feature films, television and commercials in Australia, Europe and the United States. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for his work on The Truman Show (1998).
Early life and education
Dallwitz began ten years of classical piano training at the age of eight. By thirteen he was writing songs and music, and from fifteen, Dallwitz wrote, arranged and performed for various musical groups.
In 1979, Dallwitz moved to Australia where he studied music at La Trobe University in Melbourne. He majored with musical composition, and studied advanced composition under the tutelage of Keith Humble.
In 1996, he released his first CD recording of original instrumental works called Worlds Apart.
He is the co-founder of Zeitgeist Music with Brett Aplin and Dmitri Golovko.
Underbelly theme and Olympics theme
Dallwitz worked on the Nine Network Australia television series Underbelly, and the UK.TV mini-series False Witness where he wrote the theme and the original musical score. He also composed the theme for the Seven Network's coverage of the Beijing 2008 Olympics (in addition to the 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006 compositions) and more recently the soundtrack for the 2011 movie The Way Back.
Awards and nominations
In 1999, Burkhard and Philip Glass were awarded the Golden Globe for Best Original Score in a Motion Picture for The Truman Show. Burkhard has several soundtrack albums out in general release.
APRA-AGSC Awards
The annual Screen Music Awards are presented by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) for television and film scores and soundtracks.
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|rowspan="2"| 2004 || "Episode 13" – CrashBurn || Best Music for a Television Series or Serial ||
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| CrashBurn || Best Television Theme ||
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|rowspan="3"| 2006 || rowspan="2"| The Caterpillar Wish || Feature Film Score of the Year ||
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| Best Soundtrack Album ||
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| Underbelly || Best Television Theme ||
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|rowspan="2"| 2009 || False Witness || Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie ||
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| "Episode 9 – Judas Kiss" – Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities || Best Music for a Television Series or Serial
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| 2019
| LOCUSTS: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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| 2023
| Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey <br>(Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (with Brett Aplin)
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