Matteo Zingales
{{short description|Australian film music composer (born 1980)}}
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Matteo Zingales (born 28 October 1980) is an Australian film music composer who has won the AACTA Award for Best Original Score for a Feature Film for two years running. In 2013, he shared the award with Jono Ma (of rock band Jagwar Ma) for Best Score for Not Suitable for Children (2012), and in 2012, Zingales, Michael Lira and Andrew Lancaster shared the award for Best Score for The Hunter (2011).
Biography
Matteo Zingales was born on 28 October 1980 in Rome and raised in Sydney. He graduated in 2004 from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School with a Masters in Screen Composition. Zingales has cited Thomas Newman, John Barry and Arvo Pärt as his most important musical influences. "When I was nine," he recalls, "I adored movies. I wanted to be a director and then I realised what actually moved me was the music. I just used to sit down at the piano and write".
He has worked across a variety of music platforms. His television credits include the music for over 200 episodes of the series, All Saints (2004–2009), broadcast in fifteen countries, and for all 22 episodes of the first series of Winners & Losers (2011), broadcast in four countries.
He has composed the music for feature films, including collaborating on The Hunter (2011), which starred Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill, and on Not Suitable for Children (2012), which was directed by Peter Templeman and starred Ryan Kwanten (True Blood) and Sarah Snook; for television mini-series including the ABC's Devil's Dust (2012), one of the six parts of the ABC's Redfern Now (2012), and SBS's Better Man (2013); and for short films, such as Blue Poles (2004), starring Sam Worthington. His documentary credits include Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia (2011) for BBC Scotland and The History Channel; and he has composed music for television advertisements.
In February 2008 the Sydney Morning Herald{{'}}s Mark Chipperfield included Zingales as one of Australia's top thirteen "new talents breaking ground in their chosen fields".{{cite news | first = Mark | last = Chipperfield | title = People to Watch | work = The Sydney Magazine. Sydney Morning Herald | publisher = Fairfax Media | issue = 58 | date = February 2008 | pages = 40–45 | url = http://s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/terroirwebsiteimages/public/article_attachments/0000/0081/2008___People_to_watch__2008___The_Sydney_Magazine_LOW_RES.pdf | accessdate = 16 August 2012 }}
He is a co-founder and director of Sonar Music, the leading Australian music composers' collective.
Awards and nominations
=ARIA Music Awards=
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.
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| 2020
| Mystery Road (with Antony Partos)
| Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album
| {{nom}}
| {{cite web | url = https://www.aria.com.au/awards/nominees | title = ARIA Awards 2020 Nominees | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | access-date = 13 October 2020 }}{{cite web | url = https://www.aria.com.au/awards/news/and-the-2020-aria-award-goes-to | title = And the 2020 ARIA Awards Go To… | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | access-date = 5 December 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201126005048/https://www.aria.com.au/awards/news/and-the-2020-aria-award-goes-to | archive-date = 26 November 2020 | url-status = live }}
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| 2022
| A Fire Inside
| Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album
| {{nom}}
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= [[APRA Awards (Australia)|APRA - Screen Music Awards]] =
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Nominee / work !Award !Result !Ref. |
| 2007
|Best Music for a Television Series | {{nom}} |
| 2011
|Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia |Best Music for a Documentary | {{won}} |
| 2012
|Dripping in Chocolate |Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" |2016
|DNA Nation |Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie | {{nom}} |
| 99 Homes
|Feature Film Score of the Year (shared with Antony Partos) | {{won}} |
| rowspan="6" |2018
| rowspan="2" |Harrow |Best Television Theme | {{won}} | rowspan="6" |{{Cite web |title=Screen Music Awards 2018 - Winners & Nominees |url=https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about/supporting-the-industry/awards/screen-music-awards-2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320141331/https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about/supporting-the-industry/awards/screen-music-awards-2018 |archive-date=March 20, 2024 |access-date=May 9, 2024 |website=APRA AMCOS}}{{Cite web |date=November 20, 2018 |title=Dual triumphs for Caitlin Yeo, Matteo Zingales at Screen Music Awards |url=https://if.com.au/dual-triumphs-for-caitlin-yeo-matteo-zingales-at-screen-music-awards/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628055421/https://if.com.au/dual-triumphs-for-caitlin-yeo-matteo-zingales-at-screen-music-awards/ |archive-date=June 28, 2023 |access-date=May 9, 2024 |website=IF Magazine}} |
| Best Music for a Television Series or Serial
| {{nom}} |
| Mystery Road
| rowspan="2" |Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie (shared with Antony Partos) | {{won}} |
| Wake In Fright
| {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" |Fahrenheit 451
|Feature Film Score of the Year (shared with Antony Partos) | {{nom}} |
| Best Soundtrack Album (shared with Antony Partos)
| {{nom}} |
| 2019
|Best Music for a Television Series or Serial | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" |2020
|Best Original Song Composed for the Screen | {{nom}} |
| Machine
|Best Music for a Documentary | {{won}} |
| 2023
|Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie | {{nom}} |
= [[AACTA Awards]] =
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Nominee / work !Award !Result !Ref. |
| 2012
|Best Original Music Score (shared with Michael Lira and Andrew Lancaster) | {{won}} |
| 2013
|Best Original Score (shared with Jono Ma of rock band Jagwar Ma) | {{won}} |
| 2016
|Best Original Music Score in Television (shared with Max Lyandvert) | {{won}} |
| 2017
|Best Original Music Score in Television (shared with Antony Partos) | {{won}} |
| 2018
|Best Original Music Score in Television (shared with Antony Partos) | {{won}} |
| rowspan="2" |2020
|Machine |Best Original Score in A Documentary | {{nom}} |
| Wild Things
|Best Sound in a Documentary | {{nom}} |
| 2022
|A Fire Inside |Best Original Score in a Documentary | {{nom}} |
| 2024
|Best Original Music Score in Television | {{nom}} |
= Film Critics Circle of Australia Award =
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Nominee / work !Award !Result !Ref. |
| 2012
|Best Music Score for a Feature Film (shared with Michael Lira and Andrew Lancaster) | {{nom}} |
| 2013
|Best Music Score (shared with Jono Ma) | {{nom}} | |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://matteozingales.com}}
- {{IMDb name|1902248}}
{{AACTAAward BestMusicScore 2000-2019}}
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Category:Australian film score composers
Category:Australian Film Television and Radio School alumni