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\"Cornel<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

CORNEL WILCZEK<\/span><\/h3>\n

(<\/span>Orchestration, Conductor of the Fraternity Symphonic Orchestra, ‘Seeds for Life’)<\/span><\/h4>\n

“As we humans evolve as a species, our technology and ambitions are our key motivators that propel us into the future. Unfortunately, along the way, these leave behind a trail of destruction. It begins as unintentional – the depletion of our resources was an unforeseen outcome when we wired up homes to electrical power grids, and the slight rise in global temperature was never considered when we first manufactured the automobile.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

But in recent years, the same advancements of technology have been used to study its own impact on the environment and the truth is now indisputable. But it doesn\u2019t mean technology and ambition for our species is bad. It\u2019s a matter of changing. Developing smarter and cleaner practices. This can only be done once there is mass awareness and we are still at the stage where spreading the word to all corners of the world is necessary. And what better way to communicate this truth than music, the greatest communicator? Music is the language I speak best and the clearest way I can help.”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

ABOUT<\/span><\/p>\n

Cornel Wilczek is an Australian award winning screen composer and music producer. He is driven by experimentation and the desire to find something new in music. Working with colour and contrast, he combines lush, acoustic sources with home-made electronics to take listeners to new places and help create unique worlds for his projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

His feature film work includes \u2018Cut Snake\u2019, \u2018These Final Hours\u2019 (Best Score at Festival International Du Film Fantastique de G\u00e9rardmer), \u2018The Mule\u2019 and Academy Award winner, Eva Orner\u2019s upcoming \u2018Chasing Asylum\u2019. His TV work includes Glitch (AACTA Award for best music score in television), Offspring<\/em>\u00a0(TV Series),\u00a0 and the international award winning children\u2019s show \u2018Nowhere Boys\u2019. His music production work includes 2015\u2019s (AMP Awards nominee) \u2018Severe\u2019 by My Disco, Wagon\u2019s \u2018Rumble, Shake and Tumble\u2019\u00a0<\/span>and his own electronic music under the moniker \u2018Qua\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cornel runs and owns Electric Dreams Studio (opened 2009), in South Melbourne, Australia. It is a high-end, acoustically designed space that facilitates creative development, broadcast composition and mixing, surround for TV and film, as well as album production. The studio houses 9 employees, including producers, composers, sound-designers and engineers. He has an MA (2007) in Sound Art, RMIT.<\/span><\/p>\n

HISTORY<\/span><\/p>\n

Cornel’s love for music and film began in Adelaide as he obsessively studied his favourite films and played in many bands. He studied guitar through most of his childhood and teen years, beginning with classical guitar and eventually spending a lot of time in the metal scene, where he enjoyed the camaraderie and musical extremism.<\/span><\/p>\n

He moved to Melbourne in 2000 to study Music\/Sound-Art, with mentors Philip Brophy and Philip Samartzis at Media Arts, RMIT. During this time he formed the moniker Qua and released 4 albums of experimental electronic music that led to national and international touring.<\/span><\/p>\n

After his BA, he went on to complete his Masters, majoring in composition in surround. After many years working from a home studio, writing for short film and producing bands, Cornel built his commercial studio and business, Electric Dreams Studio, in South Melbourne. During the first 4 years of Electric Dreams, Cornel scored over 150 TV Commercials and won many Awards including Gold and Silver at the London International Awards. <\/span><\/p>\n

2014 saw an AACTA Nomination for his first TV show, the teenage, mystery\/drama \u201cNowhere Boys\u201d (Matchbox Pictures) and in 2015 he won Best Original Score for the feature \u201cThese Final Hours\u201d at the Festival international du film fantastique de G\u00e9rardmer (France) and later that year\u00a0<\/span>went on to win an AACTA Award for BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE IN TELEVISION for GLITCH – 6-part Supernatural\/Drama \u201cGlitch\u201d (dir. Emma Freeman In 2016, Cornel is scoring season 6 of\u00a0Offspring<\/a>and season 3 of Nowhere Boys.).<\/span><\/p>\n

MUSIC TO FILM AND TV<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2012 Cornel completed his first feature film soundtrack for the Australian film \u201cSave Your Legs\u201d (released Feb 2013). Later in 2013, he worked and completed two other films, Zak Hilditch’s apocalyptic thriller”These Final Hours” and Angus Sampson’s drug smuggling, intestinal thriller “The Mule”. In 2014 he composed the thriller\/romance “Cut Snake” (released 2015) for Tony Ayres and contributed to the Award winning Feature Documentary “That Sugar Film”. 2015 he scored the film “Nowhere Boys – The Book of Shadows”. 2016 saw the release of his latest Soundtrack to Academy Award Winner – Eva Orner’s film”Chasing Asylum”.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2013 he also began his TV career with the music for Nowhere Boys, Matchbox Pictures (first screened in Australia Nov 2013), in which he received his first AACTA nomination for best Australian Original Music Score for TV. In 2014\/15 he completed season 2 of Nowhere Boys. In 2015 he won an AACTA Award for BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE IN TELEVISION for GLITCH – 6-part Supernatural\/Drama \u201cGlitch\u201d (dir. Emma Freeman).\u00a0In 2016, Cornel\u00a0scored season 6 of\u00a0Offspring\u00a0and season 3 of Nowhere Boys.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other soundtrack work includes internationally award-winning animations \u201cThe Luminary\u201d (Nick Kallincos) and \u201cKings of Power\u201d (Paul Robertson).<\/span><\/p>\n

Cornel is also renowned as one of Australia\u2019s most in demand composers for the advertising industry, having scored over 150 TV commercials both locally and internationally. His work in this sector has been recognised with multiple awards.\u00a0<\/span>More info on current projects and copies of viewing material can be delivered in person or by email.<\/span><\/p>\n

ELECTRIC DREAMS STUDIOS<\/span><\/p>\n

In January 2009 Cornel opened his commercial sound and music studio in South Melbourne to accommodate and consolidate all his sound production. Electric Dreams Studios is a high-end, acoustically designed space (engineered by Chris Morton) that facilitates creative development, broadcast composition and mixing, surround for TV and film, as well as album production. The studio houses 9 employees, including producers, composers, sound-designers and engineers. It has a unique combination of analogue and digital equipment. From large ensemble string<\/span>
\n recordings, to electronic scores, the facility can accommodate just about any production.<\/span><\/p>\n

SOLO MUSIC ARTIST<\/span><\/p>\n

Cornel has released four albums under the alias Qua on labels in USA, Japan and Australia. Touring internationally as a live performer since 2002, Qua performance highlights include two of Australia\u2019s biggest Music Festivals – \u201cGolden Plains\u201d and \u201cLaneway Festival\u201d in 2007 and 2008. He has also played at Liquid Architecture (National 2003), O\u2019Nest (Japan 2005), Sydney International Arts Festival 2009 and Perth Arts Festival 2010. Cornel\u2019s work has also been exhibited in sound installations at international galleries such as San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, ACMI & CCP.<\/span><\/p>\n

RECORD PRODUCTION<\/span><\/p>\n

As a Record Producer Cornel has produced and engineered over thirty albums for local and international artists including two award-winning albums for The Wagons: \u201cThe Rise and Fall of Goodtown\u201d and\u201cRumble Shake and Tumble\u201d. In 2015 he produced My Disco’s “Severe”. He has also produced for Clare Bowditch, Architecture in Helsinki, Miaou, World\u2019s End Press, Mountains in the Sky and PVT.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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