Ari Posner

Ari Posner (born 1970) is a Canadian film and television composer, most noted as a multiple Gemini Award and Canadian Screen Award winner for his television scores.Alexandra Lopez-Pacheco, "A breakthrough moment: But film and TV composer Ari Posner is no flash in the pan". Words & Music, Vol. 15, Iss. 4, (Winter 2008).

A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, he moved to Toronto, Ontario, in 1989 to study music at York University.Susan Minuk, [https://www.thej.ca/2020/08/05/composer-ari-posner-picks-up-canadian-screen-award-for-anne-with-an-e/ "Composer Ari Posner Picks Up Canadian Screen Award for Anne with an 'E'"]. The J, August 5, 2020. He is a frequent collaborator with composer Amin Bhatia.Kevin Young, [https://www.socanmagazine.ca/features/amin-bhatia-and-ari-posner/ "Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner"]. Words & Music, June 4, 2015. He has also been a record producer, most notably on Jen Gould's album Music Soup, which was the winner of the Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2008."Ex-Winnipeggers supported Juno wins"]. Winnipeg Free Press, April 12, 2008.

Filmography

=Film=

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Hand - 1998
Scalpers - 2000
The World's Most Fabulous Object - 2007
Rewind - 2008
Bedwetter - 2008
Eating Buccaneers - 2008
Love Letter from an Open Grave - 2010
My Awkward Sexual Adventure - 2012
The Defector: Escape from North Korea - 2012
All the Wrong Reasons - 2013
Kissing Drew - 2013
Survival Guide - 2014
I Am Syd Stone - 2014
Butterflies - 2014
Hit Men - 2014
The Boy - 2015
After the Ball - 2015
My Enemy, My Brother - 2015
Borealis - 2015
Hard Close - 2016
All Yours - 2016
Prison Fight - 2016
Tulipani, Love, Honour and a Bicycle (Tulipani, Liefde, Eer en een Fiets) - 2017
Animal - 2017
The Superfood Chain - 2018
At the Back - 2020
A Brief History of the Unicorn - 2021
The End of Sex - 2022

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=Television=

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Wanna Play? - 2000
Patti - 2002
My School Partner's an Astro Bot - 2002-03
King - 2003
Franny's Feet - 2003-10
Life and Times - 2005
Recipe for a Perfect Christmas - 2005
Get Ed - 2005-06
The Doodlebops - 2005-07
Johnny Test - 2006-14
My Gym Partner's a Monkey - 2006-08
Doodlebops Rockin' Road Show - 2010
Flashpoint - 2008-12
24 Hour Rental - 2014
My Daughter Must Live - 2014
Not with My Daughter - 2014
The Madcap Learning Adventure - 2014
X Company - 2015-17
Supernoobs - 2015-18
The Civil War: Brothers Divided - 2016-17
Anne with an E - 2017-19
Carter - 2018-19
Let's Go Luna! - 2018-22
Northern Rescue - 2019
Love's March - 2021
A Chance for Christmas - 2021
Ghosts of Christmas Past - 2021
Detention Adventure - 2020-22
Home for a Royal Heart - 2022
House of Chains - 2022
Rosie's Rules - 2022
Sullivan's Crossing - 2022
Less Than Kosher - 2022

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Awards

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Award ! Category ! Year ! Work ! Result ! Ref(s)
rowspan=5\| Gemini Awards \| rowspan=2\| Best Original Music, Animation \| 2005 \| King: "Stolen Voices" \| {{won}} \|
2008 \| Johnny Test: "Johnny vs. Bling-Bling 3, Stinkin' Johnny" \| {{nom}} \| Annemarie Moody, [https://www.awn.com/news/23-years-gemini-awards-honor-canadian-television "23 Years Of Gemini Awards Honor Canadian Television"]. Animation World Network, August 27, 2008.
rowspan=3\| Best Original Music, Fiction \| 2009 \| Flashpoint: "Planets Aligned" \| {{nom}} \| rowspan=3\| Kevin Young, [https://www.socanmagazine.ca/features/film-and-tv-composer-amin-bhatia-started-in-synthesizers/ "Film and TV composer Amin Bhatia started in synthesizers"]. Words & Music, March 11, 2012.
2010 \| Flashpoint: "One Wrong Move" \| {{nom}}
2011 \| Flashpoint: "Acceptable Risk" \| {{nom}}
rowspan=16\| Canadian Screen Awards \| rowspan=4\| Best Original Score for a Series \| 2013 \| Flashpoint: "Day Game" \| {{won}} \| [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cbc-s-rick-mercer-report-snags-3-canadian-screen-awards-1.1336431 "CBC's Rick Mercer Report snags 3 Canadian Screen Awards"]. CBC News, February 28, 2013.
2015 \| 24 Hour Rental: "Through the Looking Glass" \| {{nom}} \| [https://playbackonline.ca/2015/01/13/canadian-screen-awards-15-craft-category-nominees/ "Canadian Screen Awards ’15: Craft category nominees"]. Playback, January 13, 2015.
2016 \| X Company: "Trial by Fire" \| {{nom}} \| Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20160615210251/http://etcanada.com/news/37268/2016-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-announced/ "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced"]. Entertainment Tonight Canada, January 19, 2016.
2017 \| X Company: "Black Flag" \| {{nom}} \|
rowspan=5\| Best Original Score, Fiction \| rowspan=2\| 2018 \| Anne with an E: "Remorse Is the Poison of Life" \| {{nom}} \| rowspan=2\| Aaron Nilsen, [https://nilsenreport.ca/live-from-the-red-carpet-at-the-2018-canadian-screen-awards/ "LIVE from the Red Carpet at the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards"]. The Nilsen Report, March 11, 2018.
X Company: "Remembrance" \| {{nom}}
2019 \| Anne with an E: "I Protest Against Any Absolute Conclusion" \| {{nom}} \| Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190328130224/https://etcanada.com/news/435306/the-winners-canadian-screen-awards-presented-for-creative-fiction-storytelling/ "The Winners: Canadian Screen Awards Presented For Creative Fiction Storytelling"]. Entertainment Tonight Canada, March 27, 2019.
rowspan=3\| 2020 \| Anne with an E: "The Summit of My Desires" \| {{won}} \| rowspan=3\|
Carter: "Harley Gets Replaced" \| {{nom}}
Best Original Music, Animation \| Let's Go Luna!: "Bob the Plant" \| {{nom}}
Best Original Music, Fiction \| rowspan=2\| 2021 \| Detention Adventure: "All the World's a Stage" \| {{won}} \| rowspan=2\| Howard Druckman, [https://www.socanmagazine.ca/news/twenty-three-socan-members-earn-canadian-screen-awards-2021-noms/ "Twenty-three SOCAN members earn Canadian Screen Awards 2021 noms"]. Words & Music, March 31, 2021.
rowspan=2\| Best Original Music, Animation \| Let's Go Luna!: "Monster Park/Meet the Strongs" \| {{won}}
2022 \| Let's Go Luna!: "The Way of the Gaucho" \| {{won}} \| Connie Thiessen, [https://broadcastdialogue.com/canadian-screen-awards-winners-childrens-animation-lifestyle-reality/ "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Children’s & Animation, Lifestyle & Reality"]. Broadcast Dialogue, April 6, 2022.
Best Original Score \|rowspan=3\|2023 \|The End of Sex \|{{nom}} \|John R. Kennedy, [https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/ian-lefeuvre-up-for-2-canadian-screen-awards-1.19283764 "Ian LeFeuvre Up For 2 Canadian Screen Awards"]. iHeartRadio Canada, February 22, 2023.
Best Original Music, Animation \|Let's Go Luna!: "Dig It Daddy-O" \|{{won}} \|Mercedes Milligan, [https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/02/canadian-screen-awards-2023-animation-nominees/ "Canadian Screen Awards: 2023 Animation Nominees"]. Animation Magazine, February 22, 2023.
Best Original Music, Comedy \|Detention Adventure: "Singing in the {{notatypo\|Raign}}" \|{{nom}} \|Howard Druckman, [https://www.socanmagazine.ca/news/forty-seven-socan-composerswhoscore-earn-canadian-screen-awards-2023-nominations/ "Forty-seven SOCAN #ComposersWhoScore earn Canadian Screen Awards 2023 nominations"]. Words & Music, March 1, 2023.
Primetime Emmy Awards \|Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music \|2006 \|Get Ed \|{{nom}} \|

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Award

! Category

! Year

! Work

! Result

! Ref(s)

rowspan=5| Gemini Awards

| rowspan=2| Best Original Music, Animation

| 2005

| King: "Stolen Voices"

| {{won}}

2008

| Johnny Test: "Johnny vs. Bling-Bling 3, Stinkin' Johnny"

| {{nom}}

| Annemarie Moody, [https://www.awn.com/news/23-years-gemini-awards-honor-canadian-television "23 Years Of Gemini Awards Honor Canadian Television"]. Animation World Network, August 27, 2008.

rowspan=3| Best Original Music, Fiction

| 2009

| Flashpoint: "Planets Aligned"

| {{nom}}

| rowspan=3| Kevin Young, [https://www.socanmagazine.ca/features/film-and-tv-composer-amin-bhatia-started-in-synthesizers/ "Film and TV composer Amin Bhatia started in synthesizers"]. Words & Music, March 11, 2012.

2010

| Flashpoint: "One Wrong Move"

| {{nom}}

2011

| Flashpoint: "Acceptable Risk"

| {{nom}}

rowspan=16| Canadian Screen Awards

| rowspan=4| Best Original Score for a Series

| 2013

| Flashpoint: "Day Game"

| {{won}}

| [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cbc-s-rick-mercer-report-snags-3-canadian-screen-awards-1.1336431 "CBC's Rick Mercer Report snags 3 Canadian Screen Awards"]. CBC News, February 28, 2013.

2015

| 24 Hour Rental: "Through the Looking Glass"

| {{nom}}

| [https://playbackonline.ca/2015/01/13/canadian-screen-awards-15-craft-category-nominees/ "Canadian Screen Awards ’15: Craft category nominees"]. Playback, January 13, 2015.

2016

| X Company: "Trial by Fire"

| {{nom}}

| Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20160615210251/http://etcanada.com/news/37268/2016-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-announced/ "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced"]. Entertainment Tonight Canada, January 19, 2016.

2017

| X Company: "Black Flag"

| {{nom}}

rowspan=5| Best Original Score, Fiction

| rowspan=2| 2018

| Anne with an E: "Remorse Is the Poison of Life"

| {{nom}}

| rowspan=2| Aaron Nilsen, [https://nilsenreport.ca/live-from-the-red-carpet-at-the-2018-canadian-screen-awards/ "LIVE from the Red Carpet at the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards"]. The Nilsen Report, March 11, 2018.

X Company: "Remembrance"

| {{nom}}

2019

| Anne with an E: "I Protest Against Any Absolute Conclusion"

| {{nom}}

| Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190328130224/https://etcanada.com/news/435306/the-winners-canadian-screen-awards-presented-for-creative-fiction-storytelling/ "The Winners: Canadian Screen Awards Presented For Creative Fiction Storytelling"]. Entertainment Tonight Canada, March 27, 2019.

rowspan=3| 2020

| Anne with an E: "The Summit of My Desires"

| {{won}}

| rowspan=3|

Carter: "Harley Gets Replaced"

| {{nom}}

Best Original Music, Animation

| Let's Go Luna!: "Bob the Plant"

| {{nom}}

Best Original Music, Fiction

| rowspan=2| 2021

| Detention Adventure: "All the World's a Stage"

| {{won}}

| rowspan=2| Howard Druckman, [https://www.socanmagazine.ca/news/twenty-three-socan-members-earn-canadian-screen-awards-2021-noms/ "Twenty-three SOCAN members earn Canadian Screen Awards 2021 noms"]. Words & Music, March 31, 2021.

rowspan=2| Best Original Music, Animation

| Let's Go Luna!: "Monster Park/Meet the Strongs"

| {{won}}

2022

| Let's Go Luna!: "The Way of the Gaucho"

| {{won}}

| Connie Thiessen, [https://broadcastdialogue.com/canadian-screen-awards-winners-childrens-animation-lifestyle-reality/ "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Children’s & Animation, Lifestyle & Reality"]. Broadcast Dialogue, April 6, 2022.

Best Original Score

|rowspan=3|2023

|The End of Sex

|{{nom}}

|John R. Kennedy, [https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/ian-lefeuvre-up-for-2-canadian-screen-awards-1.19283764 "Ian LeFeuvre Up For 2 Canadian Screen Awards"]. iHeartRadio Canada, February 22, 2023.

Best Original Music, Animation

|Let's Go Luna!: "Dig It Daddy-O"

|{{won}}

|Mercedes Milligan, [https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/02/canadian-screen-awards-2023-animation-nominees/ "Canadian Screen Awards: 2023 Animation Nominees"]. Animation Magazine, February 22, 2023.

Best Original Music, Comedy

|Detention Adventure: "Singing in the {{notatypo|Raign}}"

|{{nom}}

|Howard Druckman, [https://www.socanmagazine.ca/news/forty-seven-socan-composerswhoscore-earn-canadian-screen-awards-2023-nominations/ "Forty-seven SOCAN #ComposersWhoScore earn Canadian Screen Awards 2023 nominations"]. Words & Music, March 1, 2023.

Primetime Emmy Awards

|Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music

|2006

|Get Ed

|{{nom}}

References

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Category:1970 births

Category:Living people

Category:20th-century Canadian composers

Category:21st-century Canadian composers

Category:Canadian film score composers

Category:Canadian television composers

Category:Canadian record producers

Category:Canadian Screen Award winning musicians

Category:Jewish Canadian musicians

Category:Musicians from Winnipeg