Dan Luscombe
Dan Luscombe is an Australian guitarist, producer and composer. He has been a member of The Blackeyed Susans, The Drones, Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males, Stardust Five, Spencer P. Jones & the Last Gasp and Paul Kelly and the Boon Companions, as well as playing alongside Courtney Barnett, Mick Harvey, Ariel Pink, Damo Suzuki, James Chance and Marlon Williams as a touring member of their bands. He has also produced albums for artists including Ben Salter, Fraser Gorman, Jaala, Bad Dreems, Martin Frawley, Courtney Barnett and Amyl and the Sniffers. He has composed for film with credits including Jindabyne, Hounds Of Love and the recently-released Netflix sci-fi feature I Am Mother for which he won the APRA/Screen Composer’s Guild Award for Best Feature Film Score in 2019.[1][2][3]
Dan Luscombe | |
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| Birth name | Daniel Francis Luscombe |
| Born | 8 February 1975 Melbourne, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, producer, composer |
| Associated acts | The Drones, The Blackeyed Susans, Spencer P. Jones, Courtney Barnett, Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males, Stardust Five, Paul Kelly and the Boon Companions, Ariel Pink, Mick Harvey |
Along with Paul Kelly, Katie Brianna and the Stormwater Boys he won the 2006 ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album for their soundtrack to Jindabyne.
His older brother Peter Luscombe is also a musician: both were members of Paul Kelly and the Boon Companions from 2002 to 2007.[4]
Awards and nominations
APRA Awards
The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters".[5]
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | "A Moat You Can Stand In" by The Drones (Stephen Hesketh/ Fiona Kitchin/ Gareth Liddiard/ Dan Luscombe/ Mike Noga) | Song of the Year | Nominated | [6] |
References
- Newstead, Al (12 August 2013), "The Drones", Tone Deaf
- "Jindabyne [sound recording] : original motion picture soundtrack / by Paul Kelly and Dan Luscombe featuring Soteria Bell.", Trove. National Library of Australia
- Best, Sophie (24 March 2006), "Stardust Five", The Age
- "Feature Film Score of the Year". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) | Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC). 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- "APRA History". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- "Nick Cave, Boy & Bear Lead APRA 2014 Song of the Year Shortlist". Music Feeds. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2022.