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Peter Best (composer)

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Australian film composer

Peter Best
Born	1943 (age 81–82) Adelaide,South Australia,Australia
Occupation	Composer
Years active	1967–present
Known for	Film scores forCrocodile Dundee,Muriel's Wedding,We of the Never Never
Awards	ARIA nominee (1987), AFI awards (1977, 1985, 1995, 1997)

Peter Best is an Australian composer who has created or contributed to manyfilm scores.

His career started in 1967.^{[citation needed]}

In 1969, the founders ofProducers Authors Composers and Talent (now PACT Centre for Emerging Artists) attended aSydney University Architecture Revue, with sets byGeoffrey Atherden andGrahame Bond, and invited Bond, Atherden,Peter Weir, and Best a chance to do a show at theNational Art School. SirRobert Helpmann saw the show and took it to theAdelaide Festival, and soon afterwards Weir and Bond were commissioned to write a Christmas special TV show forABC Television, calledMan on a Green Bike.^[1]

He has worked on such films asThe Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972),Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974),End Play (1976),The Picture Show Man (1977),We of the Never Never (1982),Goodbye Paradise (1983),^[2]Bliss (1985),Crocodile Dundee (1986),Crocodile Dundee II (1988),Muriel's Wedding (1994),Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997) andMy Mother Frank (2000).^[3]

Many of his scores have been released on compact disc, includingCrocodile Dundee onVarèse Sarabande, andWe of the Never Never on1M1 Records.^{[citation needed]}

He was also responsible for the theme music forLife. Be in it.,^[4] Care For Kids (International Year of the Child 1979),^[5]^[6]Slip Slop Slap (Cancer Council Victoria), andRosella (Only the Best to You).^[7]

Awards

ARIA Music Awards

TheARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by theAustralian Recording Industry Association. They commenced in 1987.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
1987	"Crocodile" Dundee	Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album	Nominated	^[8]

Australian Film Institute Award for Best Original Music Score

1977 –The Picture Show Man
1985 –Rebel: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack with Ray Cook, Chris Neal, Billy Byers, Bruce Rowland
1995 –Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
1997 –Doing Time for Patsy Cline

References

^Blake, Elissa (14 October 2014)."PACT Centre for Emerging Artists celebrates 50 years".The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved10 May 2022.
^Vagg, Stephen (10 June 2025)."It's time to say hello again to Goodbye Paradise".InReview. Retrieved10 June 2025.
^"Peter Best".IMDb. Retrieved1 February 2017.
^Live More Of Your Life, Life Be In It TV Ad (1976) entry at the National Library of Australia. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
^Care For Kids TV Ad (1979) entry at the National Library of Australia. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
^Care For Kids TV Ad via YouTube. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
^1970's Rosella TV Ad via YouTube. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
^ARIA Award previous winners."History Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved12 July 2022.

External links

Peter Best atIMDb
Peter Best discography atDiscogs

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AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score

1975–2000

The Cars That Ate Paris /The Great McCarthy –Bruce Smeaton (1975)
No Award (1976)
The Picture Show Man –Peter Best (1977)
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith –Bruce Smeaton (1978)
Mad Max –Brian May (1979)
Manganinnie –Peter Sculthorpe (1980)
Fatty Finn –Rory O'Donoghue andGrahame Bond (1981)
The Man from Snowy River –Bruce Rowland (1982)
Phar Lap –Bruce Rowland (1983)
Street Hero –Garth Porter andBruce Smeaton (1984)
Rebel – Ray Cook,Chris Neal,Peter Best, Billy Byers,Bruce Rowland (1985)
Young Einstein –William Motzing andMartin Armiger (1986)
The Tale of Ruby Rose –Paul Schütze (1987)
The Lighthorsemen –Mario Millo (1988)
Dead Calm –Graeme Revell (1989)
The Big Steal –Phil Judd (1990)
Dingo –Michel Legrand andMiles Davis (1991)
Romper Stomper – John Clifford White (1992)
The Piano –Michael Nyman (1993)
Traps – Douglas Stephen Rae (1994)
Hotel Sorrento – Nerida Tyson-Chew (1995)
Shine –David Hirschfelder (1996)
Doing Time for Patsy Cline –Peter Best (1997)
Oscar and Lucinda –Thomas Newman (1998)
In a Savage Land –David Bridie (1999)
Bootmen –Cezary Skubiszewski (2000)

2001–present

The Dish – Edmund Choi (2001)
Rabbit-Proof Fence –Peter Gabriel (2002)
Japanese Story – Elizabeth Drake (2003)
Somersault –Decoder Ring (2004)
The Proposition –Nick Cave andWarren Ellis (2005)
Suburban Mayhem –Mick Harvey (2006)
The Home Song Stories –Antony Partos (2007)
Unfinished Sky –Antony Partos (2008)
Mao's Last Dancer –Christopher Gordon (2009)
Animal Kingdom –Antony Partos andSam Petty (2010)
The Hunter –Andrew Lancaster,Michael Lira andMatteo Zingales (2011)
Not Suitable for Children –Matteo Zingales andJono Ma (2012)
The Great Gatsby –Craig Armstrong (2013)
The Railwayman –David Hirschfelder (2014)
Mad Max: Fury Road –Tom Holkenborg (2015)
Tanna –Antony Partos (2016)
Lion –Volker Bertelmann andDustin O'Halloran (2017)
Ladies in Black –Christopher Gordon (2018)
Judy and Punch –François Tétaz (2019)
Babyteeth –Amanda Brown (2020)
June Again –Christopher Gordon (2021)
Falling for Figaro –Cezary Skubiszewski (2022)
Talk to Me – Cornel Wilczek (2023)
Better Man – Batu Sener (2024)

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