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Felicity Fox

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Felicity Fox
Birth nameFelicity Wilcox
OriginAustralia
Occupation(s)Composer, musician

Felicity Wilcox (working as a film composer under the alias Felicity Fox) is an Australian composer and musician.[1]

Accolades

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Australian Film Institute Awards

Nominated. 1992 AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score for Redheads
Nominated. 2008 AACTA Award for Best Sound in a Documentary for The Oasis
Nominated. 2009 AACTA Award for Best Sound in a Documentary for The Choir
With Phil Judd, Sam Hayward, David White

ARIA Award

Nominated. 1999 ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album for Afrika - Cape Town to Cairo[2]

APRA Awards

Nominated. 1999 APRA/AGSC Award for Best Soundtrack Album for Afrika - Cape Town to Cairo
Nominated. 2003 APRA/AGSC Award for Best Documentary Soundtrack Album for A Cave In The Snow
Winner. 1997 AGSC Award Best Original Song in a Feature Film for "Fistful of Flies".[3]

FIFREC FILM AWARD, FRANCE

Winner. 1993 BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC for 'LOYAL TO MY IMAGE'

Discography

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Solo

  • Moment (2018) - Psychopyjama
  • The Curling Vine (2015)[4]

Pluto (Felicity Fox and Gene Gill)

  • Rise from the Ocean (2003) - Heavy Records

Soundtrack albums

  • Afrika Cape Town To Cairo (1998) - BMG
  • The President Vs. David Hicks (2004) - Olsen-levy Prods

Concert works

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  • Reflections (2018), for viola, cello, live interactive electronics and visualisations, for the IMMERSE Project, University of Technology Sydney and Sydney Festival 2019
  • SON-ombra (2018), String quartet no.1. Commissioned by Sean Botha.
  • Vivre Sa Vie: Composer's Cut (2017), for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano and images, with film by Jean-Luc Godard. Commissioned by The Australia Ensemble.
  • Snow (2016), trio for clarinet, cello and piano/vibraphone
  • Yurabirong (2016), for solo bass clarinet
  • EXIT (2015), 'animated notation' composition for flexible ensemble, electronics and image. Commissioned by Decibel New Music Ensemble.
  • Uncovered Ground (2015), for large chamber ensemble. Commissioned by Ironwood and Ensemble Offspring.
  • Gouttes d'un Sang Etranger (2014), for viola da gamba, saxophone, electronics, spoken word, and images. Vivid Festival 2014.
  • Quotet (2013), for piano quartet and animations, for Australia Piano Quartet and University of Technology Sydney
  • Dual (2010) for soprano, alto and chamber ensemble (for Kammerklang Vox and Halcyon)

Filmography

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Feature Films

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  • Reindeer in my Saami Heart, 2016, Scandinavian Film Festival, Margaret Mead Film Festival, NYC.
  • I, Psychopath, 2009, ABC/ARTE/Canada TV
  • The Oasis, 2008, ABC, AFI nomination for Best Soundtrack
  • Seed Hunter, 2008, ABC/ARTE/ Canada TV
  • The Choir, 2007, SBS/Nat Geo, AFI nomination for Best Soundtrack, 2009
  • The President Vs. David Hicks, 2004, SBS
  • The End Of Extinction, 2000, Discovery Channel ABC
  • Fistful Of Flies, 1996, (AGSC Award, Best Original Song for a Feature Film,1997)
  • Redheads, 1992, Roxy Films, AFI nomination Best Music for a feature film
  • The Last Crop, 1990, ABC

TV Series

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  • Baby Boom To Bust, SBS, 2008
  • About Women, SBS, 2008
  • Dust to Dust, ABC, 2005
  • Journeys to the Ends of the Earth, National Geographic Channel, ABC, 2000-2001
  • Afrika Cape Town to Cairo, ABC, 1998, (ARIA and AGSC/APRA nominations for Best Soundtrack Album, 1999)
  • The Makers, ABC, 1989

Documentaries

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  • The Soldier, Shark Island Productions, screened Antenna Documentary Festival, Sydney, 2011
  • Playing With Clay, Yowie Films, screened Dendy Opera Quays, August 2010
  • Maverick Mother, Go Girl Productions, SBS, 2008
  • The Passion Of Gina Sinozich, Vagabond Films, SBS, 2008
  • Jabe Babe-A Heightened Life, Go Girl Productions, SBS, 2005
  • Selling Sickness, Paradigm Pictures, SBS, 2004
  • A Cave in the Snow, Firelight/Tiger Eye Productions, SBS, Nominated APRA/AGSC Best music,2003
  • Everyday Brave: Stranger In My Skin, Film Australia, SBS, 2002
  • Gulpilil, One Red Blood, Jotz Productions, ABC, 2002
  • Little Dove-Big Voyage, Firelight Productions, Channel 7, 2001
  • Breaking Bows And Arrows, Firelight/Tiger Eye Productions, SBS, 2001
  • Romancing the Chakra, Anna Broinowski, ABC, 1999
  • Up In The Sky: Tracey Moffat In New York, Jane Cole Productions, ABC, 1998
  • Mao's New Suit, Singing Nomad Productions, SBS, 1997
  • The Golden Pig, Oracle Pictures, SBS, 1996
  • The Last Magician, Land Beyond Productions, SBS, 1995
  • Hellbento!, SBS, 1995
  • The Isabellas, Singing Nomad Productions, SBS, 1994
  • It's Ruth!, Yowie Films, ABC, 1994
  • Loaded, Film Australia, SBS, 1993
  • Loyal To My Image, Harriet McKern, Winner, Best Music, FIFREC Film Festival, France1993
  • Patterns Of Landscape, Film Australia, SBS, 1988
  • Mum, How Do I Spell Gorbatrof?, Film Australia, SBS, 1987
  • The Nights Belong To The Novelist, Yowie Films, ABC, 1986
  • Sands of Time, Yowie Films, ABC, 1985

Short Films

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  • Wall Boy, Shark Island Prod., Dungog Film Festival, 2009
  • Polly And Me, Shark Island Prod., ABC, 2008
  • Crocodile Dreaming, Darlene Johnson, SBS, 2006
  • A Once Smiling Woman, Harriet McKern, 2001
  • Tsunami, Anna Broinowski, St Kilda Film Festival, 2000
  • Vengeance, Wendy Chandler, Sydney Film Festival, 1997
  • Lipstick, ABC, Harriet McKern, 1994, SBS, 1996
  • Best Wishes, Monica Pellizzari, Venice Film Festival, 1993
  • 'Just Desserts, Monica Pellizzari, Venice Film Festival, 1992 (Winner Baby Lion Award, 1992)
  • Norm And Ahmed, SBS, 1988
  • An Ordinary Woman, Sue Brooks and Alison Tilson, Sydney Film Festival, 1988

Awards and nominations

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ARIA Music Awards

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The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by the Australian Recording Industry Association. They commenced in 1987.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
1999 Afrika - Cape Town to Cairo Best Original Soundtrack Nominated [5]

References

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  1. ^ Ford, Andrew (24 February 2018), "The Music Show. Felicity Wilcox", ABC, Radio National
  2. ^ "2004 ARIA Awards Nominees", Billboard, 17 September 2004
  3. ^ Dennis W. Nicholson (ed.). "AGSC Australian Guild of Screen Composers". Australian Soundtracks. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  4. ^ Zuel, Bernard (15 March 2015), "Shortlist album reviews: Felicity Fox, Dan Deacon, Seasick Steve, Josh Kyle and Sam Keevers and 8 Ball Aitken", Sydney Morning Herald
  5. ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "History Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 July 2022.
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