Ari Posner

Canadian film and television composer

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.[1]

A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, he moved to Toronto, Ontario, in 1989 to study music at York University.[2] He is a frequent collaborator with composer Amin Bhatia.[3] 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.[4]

## Filmography

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### 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

### 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
* Flashpoint \- 2008-12
* Doodlebops Rockin' Road Show \- 2010
* 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

## Awards

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Award  | Category  | Year  | Work  | Result  | Ref(s)

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Gemini Awards | Best Original Music, Animation  | 2005 | King: "Stolen Voices"  | Won  | [1]
2008 | Johnny Test: "Johnny vs. Bling-Bling 3, Stinkin' Johnny"  | Nominated  | [5]
Best Original Music, Fiction  | 2009 | Flashpoint: "Planets Aligned"  | Nominated  | [6]
2010 | Flashpoint: "One Wrong Move"  | Nominated
2011 | Flashpoint: "Acceptable Risk"  | Nominated
Canadian Screen Awards | Best Original Score for a Series  | 2013 | Flashpoint: "Day Game"  | Won  | [7]
2015 | 24 Hour Rental: "Through the Looking Glass"  | Nominated  | [8]
2016 | X Company: "Trial by Fire"  | Nominated  | [9]
2017 | X Company: "Black Flag"  | Nominated  |
Best Original Score, Fiction  | 2018 | Anne with an E: "Remorse Is the Poison of Life"  | Nominated  | [10]
X Company: "Remembrance"  | Nominated
2019 | Anne with an E: "I Protest Against Any Absolute Conclusion"  | Nominated  | [11]
2020 | Anne with an E: "The Summit of My Desires"  | Won  | [2]
Carter: "Harley Gets Replaced"  | Nominated
Best Original Music, Animation  | Let's Go Luna!: "Bob the Plant"  | Nominated
Best Original Music, Fiction  | 2021 | Detention Adventure: "All the World's a Stage"  | Won  | [12]
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  | [13]
Best Original Score | 2023 | The End of Sex | Nominated  | [14]
Best Original Music, Animation  | Let's Go Luna!: "Dig It Daddy-O"  | Won  | [15]
Best Original Music, Comedy  | Detention Adventure: "Singing in the Raign"  | Nominated  | [16]
Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music | 2006 | Get Ed | Nominated  | [2]

## References

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1. ^ a b 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).
2. ^ a b c Susan Minuk, "Composer Ari Posner Picks Up Canadian Screen Award for Anne with an 'E'". The J, August 5, 2020.
3. ^ Kevin Young, "Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner". Words & Music, June 4, 2015.
4. ^ "Ex-Winnipeggers supported Juno wins"]. Winnipeg Free Press, April 12, 2008.
5. ^ Annemarie Moody, "23 Years Of Gemini Awards Honor Canadian Television". Animation World Network, August 27, 2008.
6. ^ Kevin Young, "Film and TV composer Amin Bhatia started in synthesizers". Words & Music, March 11, 2012.
7. ^ "CBC's Rick Mercer Report snags 3 Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, February 28, 2013.
8. ^ "Canadian Screen Awards ’15: Craft category nominees". Playback, January 13, 2015.
9. ^ Brent Furdyk, "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". Entertainment Tonight Canada, January 19, 2016.
10. ^ Aaron Nilsen, "LIVE from the Red Carpet at the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards". The Nilsen Report, March 11, 2018.
11. ^ Brent Furdyk, "The Winners: Canadian Screen Awards Presented For Creative Fiction Storytelling". Entertainment Tonight Canada, March 27, 2019.
12. ^ Howard Druckman, "Twenty-three SOCAN members earn Canadian Screen Awards 2021 noms". Words & Music, March 31, 2021.
13. ^ Connie Thiessen, "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Children’s & Animation, Lifestyle & Reality". Broadcast Dialogue, April 6, 2022.
14. ^ John R. Kennedy, "Ian LeFeuvre Up For 2 Canadian Screen Awards". iHeartRadio Canada, February 22, 2023.
15. ^ Mercedes Milligan, "Canadian Screen Awards: 2023 Animation Nominees". Animation Magazine, February 22, 2023.
16. ^ Howard Druckman, "Forty-seven SOCAN #ComposersWhoScore earn Canadian Screen Awards 2023 nominations". Words & Music, March 1, 2023.

## External links

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* Ari Posner at IMDb