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AWARDS
EMMY AWARDS Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction (Arranger) 64th Annual Academy Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction 80th Annual Academy Awards † 79th Annual Academy Awards † 75th Annual Academy Awards † 70th Annual Academy Awards †
EMMY NOMINATIONS Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction (Arranger) 64th Annual Academy Awards 63rd Annual Academy Awards 62nd Annual Academy Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction 80th Annual Academy Awards † 71st Annual Academy Awards † 79th Annual Academy Awards † 70th Annual Academy Awards † 78th Annual Academy Awards † 69th Annual Academy Awards † 76th Annual Academy Awards † 67th Annual Academy Awards † 75th Annual Academy Awards † 66th Annual Academy Awards † 65th Annual Academy Awards † († Arranger category eliminated - team award to Musical Director)
5th AACTA AWARDS 2016 (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts)
Nominee - Best Sound in Television Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door
5th ANNUAL G.A.N.G. AWARDS 2006 (Game Audio Network Guild)
Winner - Best Arrangement of a Non-Original Score The Godfather: The Game
NOMINATIONS Best Use of Licensed Music Best Cinematic/Cut-Scene Audio The Godfather: The Game The Godfather: The Game
Winner - 1999 TELLY Award for Outstanding Original Music "NAKED CITY: Justice With a Bullet"
Winner - 1998 AGSC Best Score For a Feature Film (Australian Guild of Screen Composers) for "DIE WEISSE HÖLLE VOM PIZ PALÜ" (The White Hell of Piz Palü)
ASHLEY IRWIN Page 2 FILMS (Partial List)
COMPOSER (Original Music)
"Almost Broadway" Tigertail Films a.k.a. “Blackmail” Dir.: Antony J. Bowman (Comedy) Starring Cameron Daddo, Dov Davidoff, Dianne Farr
"The Olivia Experiment" Mansfield Films (Comedy) Dir.: Sonja Schenk Starring Skye Noel, Jen Lilley, Kyle S. Moore
"The Pardon" Riverdream Productions (Period Drama) Dir.: Tom Anton Starring Jaime King, John Hawkes, Leigh Whannell
"Rocky Balboa" (Additional Music) Revolution Pictures / Columbia / MGM (Drama) Dir.: Sylvester Stallone Starring Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Tarver, Burt Young
"Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness" Dentsu (Japan) / Creative Production Group Winner of Best Documentary Dir.: Robert Kirk 2000 Hollywood Film Festival
"The Lodger" (1926) Restoration by British National Film & (Silent film restoration) Television Archive / ZDF-Arte Starring Ivor Novello, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney Dir.: Alfred Hitchcock
"Naked City: Justice With a Bullet" Paramount Pictures / Showtime (Action/Drama) Dir.: Jeff Freilich Starring Scott Glenn, Courtney B. Vance, Robin Tunney
"Die Weisse Hölle Vom Piz Palü" (1929) Restoration by the Kirch Gruppe a.k.a. “The White Hell of Piz Palü” Taurus Films / ZDF-Arte (Silent film restoration) Dir.: Dr.Arnold Fanck & G.W. Pabst Starring Leni Riefenstahl, Gustav Diessl, Ernst Üdet
"The Maker" (Additional Music) Millenium Pictures / Nu Image (Drama) Dir.: Tim Hunter Starring Matthew Modine, Mary Louise Parker, Michael Madsen
"Spy Hard" (Additional Music) Hollywood Pictures (Comedy) Dir.: Rick Friedberg Starring Leslie Neilsen, Andy Griffith, Nicolette Sheridan
"Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story" Paulist Pictures / Warner Bros. (Period Drama) Dir.: Michael Ray Rhodes Starring Moira Kelly, Martin Sheen, Heather Graham
ASHLEY IRWIN Page 3 FILMS cont’d. (Partial List)
"The Expert" Arch Stanton Pictures / HBO (Action/Adventure) Dir.: Rick Avery Starring Jeff Speakman, James Brolin, Alex Datcher
"Undercover" Axis Films International a.k.a. “Undercover Heat” Dir.: Gregory Dark (Thriller) (as Gregory Hippolyte) Starring Athena Massey, Meg Foster, Tom Tayback
"Secret Games 3" Axis Films International (Thriller) Dir.: Gregory Dark Starring Woody Brown, Rochelle Swanson, Holly Hummel (as Alexander Gregory Hippolyte)
"Object of Obsession" Axis Films International (Thriller) Dir.: Gregory Dark Starring Scott Valentine, Erika Anderson, David Strickland (as Gregory H. Brown)
"Sexual Outlaws" Axis Films International (Thriller) Dir.: Edwin Brown Starring Mitchell Gaylord, Elizabeth Sandifer, Kim Dawson
"Stranger by Night" B.O.P. Films / HBO (Action/Thriller) Dir.: Gregory Dark Starring Steven Bauer, Jennifer Rubin, William Katt (as Gregory H. Brown)
"Mirror Images II" Axis Films International (Thriller) Dir.: Gregory Dark Starring Shannon Whirry, Luca Bercovici, Tom Reilly (as Gregory Hippolyte)
"Sexual Malice" Axis Films International (Thriller) Dir.: Jag Mundhra Starring Edward Albert, Diana Barton, Don Swayze
"Sins of the Night" Axis Films International (Thriller) Dir.: Gregory Dark Starring Nick Cassavetes, Deborah Shelton, Richard Roundtree (as Gregory Hippolyte)
"Secret Games II (The Escort)" Axis Films International (Thriller) Dir.: Gregory Dark Starring Martin Hewitt, Amy Rochelle, Sara Suzanne Brown (as Alexander Gregory Hippolyte)
"Body Of Influence" Axis Films International a.k.a. “Indecent Advances” Dir.: Gregory Dark (Thriller) (as Gregory Hippolyte) Starring Nick Cassavetes, Shannon Whirry, Richard Roundtree
ASHLEY IRWIN Page 4 FILMS cont’d. (Partial List)
"Deadly Rivals" Greenwich Films / Metro Films (Thriller) Dir.: James Dodson Starring Andrew Stevens, Margot Hemingway, Joe Bologna
"Night Rhythms" Axis Films International (Thriller) Dir.: Gregory Dark Starring Martin Hewitt, David Carradine, Sam Jones (as A. Gregory Hippolyte)
"Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare" New Line Cinema (Horror) (Additional Music) Dir.: Rachel Talelay Starring Robert Englund, Lisa Zane, Yaphet Koto
"Shattered" (Additional Music) MGM/PATHE (Thriller) Dir.: Wolfgang Petersen Starring Tom Berenger, Greta Scaachi, Bob Hoskins
“Rocky V" (Song) MGM/UA (Drama) Dir.: John G. Avildsen Starring Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith
"Fair Game" Australian Film Commission (Horror) Southern Films International Starring Cassandra Delaney, Peter Ford, Gary Who Dir.: Mario Andreacchio
FILMS - ARRANGEMENTS, ORCHESTRATIONS & PRODUCTION (Partial List)
“Jersey Boys” Malpaso Pictures / Warner Bros. (Arrangements, Orchestrations, Conductor) Dir.: Clint Eastwood
“J. Edgar” Malpaso Pictures / Warner Bros. (Arrangements, Orchestrations, Conductor) Dir.: Clint Eastwood
"Hereafter" Malpaso Pictures / Warner Bros. (Arrangements, Orchestrations, Conductor) Dir.: Clint Eastwood
"The Perfect Game" Mandalay / Lionsgate (Electronic Music Producer) Dir.: William Dear
"Rocky Balboa" Revolution Pictures / Columbia / MGM (Orchestrations, Electronic Music Producer) Dir.: Sylvester Stallone
“Good Boy!” Jim Henson / MGM (Orchestrations) Dir.: John Robert Hoffman
ASHLEY IRWIN Page 5 FILMS (Arrangements, Orchestrations & Production) cont’d. (Partial List)
"We Were Soldiers" Icon / Paramount (Orchestrations) Dir.: Randall Wallace
"Avenging Angelo" Franchise Pictures (Electronic Music Producer) Dir.:Martyn Burke
"Pokémon 3: The Movie" Pikachu / Warner Bros. (Orchestrations) Dir.: Michael Haigney Kunihiko Yuyama
"The Thomas Crown Affair" MGM/UA (Electronic Music Producer) Dir.: John McTiernan
"Inferno" Columbia Tri-Star (Electronic Music Producer) Dir.: John G. Avildsen
"Spy Hard" Hollywood Pictures (Electronic Music Producer) Dir.: Rick Friedberg
"Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare" New Line Cinema (Electronic Music Producer) Dir.: Rachel Talalay
"The Coolangatta Gold" ` Hoyts / Michael Edgley International a.k.a. “The Gold & the Glory” Dir.: Igor Auzins (Music Recording Supervisor & Album Co-Producer)
"Heatwave" M&L (Aust.) / New Line Cinema (US) (Music Arranger) Dir.: Phillip Noyce
"Puberty Blues" Limelight Productions (Aust.) (Music Arranger) Universal Classics (USA) Dir.: Bruce Beresford
VIDEO GAMES
COMPOSER (Original Music)
“The Godfather: The Game” Electronic Arts / Paramount Pictures
“The Godfather: Mob Wars” Electronic Arts / Paramount Pictures
“The Godfather: The Don’s Edition” Electronic Arts / Paramount Pictures
“The Godfather: Blackhand Edition” Electronic Arts / Paramount Pictures ASHLEY IRWIN Page 6 VIDEO GAMES (cont.)
ARRANGEMENTS, ORCHESTRATIONS & PRODUCTION
“The Godfather: The Game” Electronic Arts / Paramount Pictures
“The Godfather: Mob Wars” Electronic Arts / Paramount Pictures
“The Godfather: The Don’s Edition” Electronic Arts / Paramount Pictures
“The Godfather: Blackhand Edition” Electronic Arts / Paramount Pictures
TELEVISION (Partial List)
COMPOSER (Original Music)
"2nd Annual American Giving Awards" - Show Theme Package Dick Clark Productions/NBC (Variety Special)
“Role Model” - Series Theme Turner Classic Movies (Interview Series)
"3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards" - Show Theme Mesmerize / NBC (Live Variety Special)
"Ultimate Adventures” - Series Theme & Underscore Andrew Solt Productions (Reality/Documentary) The Family Channel
"2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards" - Show Theme Amazon Entertainment/NBC (Live Variety Special)
"Weekly World News" - Series Underscore New World Television/USA (Satirical Comedy)
"1st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards" - Show Theme Visualize / NBC (Live Variety Special)
“Tales From the Crypt” - Season 3 Additional Music Home Box Office (Anthology Horror)
"Dark Justice" - Series Underscore Lorimar / CBS (Action/Drama)
“E.A.R.T.H. Force” - Co-Composer 2-hour Pilot Paramount TV / CBS (Action/Drama)
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"Chances" - Telemovie / Series Pilot Theme & Underscore Beyond International (Comedy/Drama)
"E Street" - Theme & Underscore Network Ten Australia (Urban Drama)
"Richmond Hill" - Series Theme Reg Grundy Productions (Urban Drama)
"All The Way"- Mini-Series & Series Theme, Songs & Underscore Crawford Australia (60’s Period Drama)
“Willing & Abel" - Series Theme & Underscore Nine Network Australia (Comedy/Drama)
"Bushbeat" - Series Theme Nine Network Australia (Kids/Environmental)
"Shell Motor Cycle Series" - Series Theme SBS-TV Australia (Live Action Sports)
MUSICAL DIRECTOR / CONDUCTOR
"Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door" Shine/Seven Network Aust. (Mini-Series) Dir.: Shawn Seet Winner Best Telefeature or Mini-Series 5th AACTA Awards
"2nd Annual American Giving Awards" - Show Theme Package Dick Clark Productions/NBC (Variety Special) Dir.: Paul Miller
"Zade: One Night In Jordan – A Concert For Peace" DOD Entertainment (Concert Special) PBS Television Dir.: Steve Purcell
"1st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards " NBC Television (Variety Special) Dir.: David Grossman
"2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards " NBC Television (Variety Special) Dir: David Grossman
ASHLEY IRWIN Page 8 TELEVISION cont’d. (Partial List)
ARRANGEMENTS, ORCHESTRATIONS & PRODUCTION (Partial List)
"Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door" Shine/Seven Network Aust. (Music Producer / Song Arranger) Nominated for Best Sound in Television 5th AACTA Awards
"Marco Polo" Netflix (Music Arranger)
"Magic City" - Seasons 1&2 - Theme & Underscore Starz (Music Arranger)
"2010 Winter Olympic Games" - Theme & Ident. Package Foxtel Australia (Music Arranger)
"89th Annual Academy Awards" ABC Television (Music Arranger / Audio Consultant)
"88th Annual Academy Awards" ABC Television (Music Arranger / Audio Consultant)
"80th Annual Academy Awards" ABC Television (Music Arranger) Artists: AMY ADAMS JOHN McLAUGHLIN CHARLES MACK GLEN HANSARD & MARKÉTA INGLOVÁ
"79th Annual Academy Awards" ABC Television (Music Arranger)
“American Idol” - Season 6 FOX Television (Music Arranger)
“5th Annual TV Land Awards” TV Land (Music Arranger)
"78th Annual Academy Awards" ABC Television (Music Arranger) Artists: THREE SIX MAFIA ITZAK PERLMAN KATHLEEN “BIRD” YORK
"77th Annual Academy Awards" ABC Television (Music Arranger) Artists: BEYONCÉ KNOWLES AMERICAN BOY CHOIR JOSH GROBAN
ASHLEY IRWIN Page 9 TELEVISION cont’d. (Partial List)
"76th Annual Academy Awards" ABC Television (Music Arranger)
"75th Annual Academy Awards" ABC Television (Music Arranger)
"74th Annual Academy Awards" ABC Television (Music Arranger)
"73rd Annual Academy Awards" ABC Television (Music Arranger, Electronic Music Producer) 2001 Theme Package
"71st Annual Academy Awards" ABC Television (Music Arranger) Artists: MARIAH CAREY WHITNEY HOUSTON AEROSMITH
"70th Annual Academy Awards" ABC Television (Music Arranger) Artists: TRISHA YEARWOOD CELINE DION MICHAEL BOLTON AALIYAH
"69th Annual Academy Awards" ABC Television (Music Arranger) Artists: MADONNA CELINE DION KENNY LOGGINS
"67th Annual Academy Awards" ABC Television (Music Arranger) Artists: ELTON JOHN PATTY SMYTH RANDY NEWMAN
"66th Annual Academy Awards" ABC Television (Music Arranger) Artists: JAMES INGRAM DOLLY PARTON JANET JACKSON
"65th Annual Academy Awards" ABC Television (Music Arranger) Artists: NATALIE COLE DAVID FOSTER
"64th Annual Academy Awards" ABC Television (Music Arranger) Artists: THE "HOOK” CHILDRENS' CHOIR DEBBIE ALLEN BALLET
"63rd Annual Academy Awards" ABC Television (Music Arranger) Artists: THE "HOME ALONE" CHILDRENS' CHOIR DEBBIE ALLEN BALLET ASHLEY IRWIN Page 10 TELEVISION cont’d. (Partial List)
"62nd Annual Academy Awards" ABC Television (Music Arranger) Artist: RANDY NEWMAN
"America Celebrates July 4th at Ford's Theatre" (2010) ABC Television (Music Arranger) Artist: LIONEL RITCHIE KELLY CLARKSON "A Holiday Celebration at Ford's Theatre" (2007) ABC Television (Music Arranger) Artist: OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN WYNONNA JUDD KARINA SMIRNOFF & JONATHAN ROBERTS
"An American Celebration at Ford's Theatre" (2006) ABC Television (Music Arranger) Artist: RENEE OLSTEAD
"An American Celebration at Ford's Theatre: ABC Television Salute to the Troops” (2005) Artist: JOSH GRACIN (Music Arranger) DEBBIE ALLEN DANCERS
"An American Celebration at Ford's Theatre” (2002) ABC Television (Music Arranger) Artist: MANDY MOORE
"An American Celebration at Ford's Theatre" (2001) ABC Television (Music Arranger) Artist: BILLY GILMAN RUSSELL WATSON
"An American Celebration at Ford's Theatre" (1999) ABC Television (Music Arranger)
"44th Annual Grammy Awards" CBS Television (Music Arranger) Artist: TRAIN
"Jennifer Lopez In Concert” NBC Television (Music Arranger)
"42nd Annual Emmy Awards Presentation" FOX Television (Music Arranger)
"Coast to Coast" Showtime Networks (Electronic Music Producer)
"American Tragedy" CBS Television (Electronic Music Producer)
"The Hunchback of Notre Dame Festival of Fun Music Spectacular” The Disney Channel (Music Arranger)
ASHLEY IRWIN Page 11 TELEVISION cont’d. (Partial List)
"Good Morning America" ABC Television (Electronic Music Producer)
"CNN News Stand" CNN (Electronic Music Producer)
"ABC Sports Theme" ABC Television (Music Arranger)
"The Untouchables" Paramount TV (Music Arranger)
MUSICAL DIRECTOR / CONDUCTOR (Live Special Events) (Partial List)
"2016 Australian Screen Music Awards" George P. Johnson - AUSTRALIA presented by the Australian Performing Right Association (APRA) Dir.: Peter Rix & the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC
"2015 Australian Screen Music Awards" George P. Johnson - AUSTRALIA presented by the Australian Performing Right Association (APRA) Dir.: Peter Rix & the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC
"2014 Australian Screen Music Awards" George P. Johnson - AUSTRALIA presented by the Australian Performing Right Association (APRA) Dir.: Peter Rix & the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC)
"2013 Australian Screen Music Awards" George P. Johnson - AUSTRALIA presented by the Australian Performing Right Association (APRA) Dir.: Peter Rix & the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC)
"Disney in Concert: Magical Music from the Movies" Zaccaria Events & the - Australian Premiere West Australian Philharmonic Perth, Australia
"The Godfather: Live" Paramount Home Ent. State Theatre Sydney, Australia
"Zade: One Night In Jordan – A Concert For Peace" DOD Entertainment Amman, Jordan
"MonsterFest" Universal Studios Osaka, Japan
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ARRANGEMENTS & ORCHESTRATIONS (Live Special Events) (Partial List)
"Marco Polo: The Last Mission" - A Ballet in 3 Acts 2010 World Expo Shanghai, China
"Ports O' Call" - Ride Tokyo Disney Seas Tokyo, Japan
“Le Grand Parc” Puy du Fou Les Epesses, France
"Mulan" - World Premiere The Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, CA.
"Hercules" - World Premiere New Amsterdam Theatre New York, NY.
"The Hunchback of Notre Dame" - World Premiere The Superdome New Orleans, LA.
Disney's "Very, Merry Christmas Parade" Disneyland Anaheim, CA.
DOCUMENTARIES (Partial List)
COMPOSER (Original Music)
"Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness" Dentsu (Japan) / PBS Winner of Best Documentary Dir.: Robert Kirk 2000 Hollywood Film Festival
"In Search Of Joshua Slocum" David Flatman Productions Dir.: David Flatman
"Off-Road Racers" David Flatman Productions Dir.: David Flatman
ARRANGEMENTS, ORCHESTRATIONS & PRODUCTION
"Grand Slam" Vid America, Inc. (Songs) Artists: ROBERTA FLACK ASHFORD & SIMPSON
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THEATRE (Partial List)
"Pyjamas In Paradise" The Arts Centre, Gold Coast (Co-writer/Original Songs, Arrangements & Orchestrations) Dir.: Tony Bartuccio
"Moon Over Parador" Tecolote Productions (Arrangements & Orchestrations) Dir.: Paul Mazursky/Walter Painter
"MonsterFest" Universal Studios (Musical Director) Osaka, Japan
"The Linda Nagle Revue" Leon Fink Productions (Musical Director - Principal Conductor) Dir.: Ian Tasker
"Can't Stop The Gunston" Bestall/Reynolds Productions (Musical Director - Principal Conductor) Dir.: Gary MacDonald
"Hair" Delicado Productions (Associate Music Director - Deputy Conductor) Dir.: Stanley Walsh
"Maroubra To Mexico: The Multinational Stomp" Australian Broadcasting (Musical Director - Principal Conductor) Commission Dir.: Jeannie Lewis
"Ned Kelly: The Electric Musical" Adelaide Festival Centre Trust (Associate Music Director - Conductor) Dir.: Reg Livermore
"Let My People Come" Eric Dare Productions (Musical Director - Principal Conductor) Dir.: Peter Batey
"Jesus Christ Superstar" Harry M. Miller Productions (Associate Music Director - Deputy Conductor) Dir.: Stephan Haag
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COMMERCIALS
For six years (1980-1985) Ashley was Musical Director for SAFO PRODUCTIONS (later known as SONG ZU), the largest producer of commercial music in Australia.
The commercial tracks he composed, arranged or produced during this period are too numerous to mention individually (over 3,000) but include virtually every major advertiser, both local and international.
Many were awarded CLIOs, HOLLYWOOD RADIO & TELEVISION SOCIETY awards as well as winning a variety of other distinctions around the world including, in 1984, a GOLD CLIO for music and lyrics for it's "LIVE ON MILK" campaign.
Over the past 10 years, Ashley has worked with Australian production house FRESH MUSIC on several of their larger campaigns, including SHOWTIME, FOX BOX OFFICE, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE 2008 CENTENARY SEASON and the 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS which recently won a Promax BDA World Silver award.
Also in 2010, Ashley arranged and conducted composer Michael “Smidi” Smith’s music for the worldwide launch of the APPLE iPHONE 4.