{{Short description|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.<ref name=wam>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).</ref>
A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, he moved to Toronto, Ontario, in 1989 to study music at York University.<ref name=minuk>Susan Minuk, [https://www.thej.ca/2020/08/05/composer-ari-posner-picks-up-canadian-screen-award-for-anne-with-an-e/ "Composer Ari Posner Picks Up Canadian Screen Award for Anne with an 'E'"]. ''The J'', August 5, 2020.</ref> He is a frequent collaborator with composer Amin Bhatia.<ref>Kevin Young, [https://www.socanmagazine.ca/features/amin-bhatia-and-ari-posner/ "Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner"]. ''Words & Music'', June 4, 2015.</ref> 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.<ref>"Ex-Winnipeggers supported Juno wins"]. ''Winnipeg Free Press'', April 12, 2008.</ref>
==Filmography==
===Film=== {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| *''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=== {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| *''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'' - 2005-08 *''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== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! Award ! Category ! Year ! Work ! Result ! Ref(s) |- | rowspan=5| Gemini Awards | rowspan=2| Best Original Music, Animation | 2005 | ''King'': "Stolen Voices" | {{won}} | <ref name=wam/> |- | 2008 | ''Johnny Test'': "Johnny vs. Bling-Bling 3, Stinkin' Johnny" | {{nom}} | <ref>Annemarie Moody, [https://www.awn.com/news/23-years-gemini-awards-honor-canadian-television "23 Years Of Gemini Awards Honor Canadian Television"]. ''Animation World Network'', August 27, 2008.</ref> |- | rowspan=3| Best Original Music, Fiction | 2009 | ''Flashpoint'': "Planets Aligned" | {{nom}} | rowspan=3| <ref>Kevin Young, [https://www.socanmagazine.ca/features/film-and-tv-composer-amin-bhatia-started-in-synthesizers/ "Film and TV composer Amin Bhatia started in synthesizers"]. ''Words & Music'', March 11, 2012.</ref> |- | 2010 | ''Flashpoint'': "One Wrong Move" | {{nom}} |- | 2011 | ''Flashpoint'': "Acceptable Risk" | {{nom}} |- | rowspan=16| Canadian Screen Awards | rowspan=4| Best Original Score for a Series | 2013 | ''Flashpoint'': "Day Game" | {{won}} | <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cbc-s-rick-mercer-report-snags-3-canadian-screen-awards-1.1336431 "CBC's Rick Mercer Report snags 3 Canadian Screen Awards"]. CBC News, February 28, 2013.</ref> |- | 2015 | ''24 Hour Rental'': "Through the Looking Glass" | {{nom}} | <ref>[https://playbackonline.ca/2015/01/13/canadian-screen-awards-15-craft-category-nominees/ "Canadian Screen Awards ’15: Craft category nominees"]. ''Playback'', January 13, 2015.</ref> |- | 2016 | ''X Company'': "Trial by Fire" | {{nom}} | <ref>Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20160615210251/http://etcanada.com/news/37268/2016-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-announced/ "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced"]. ''Entertainment Tonight Canada'', January 19, 2016.</ref> |- | 2017 | ''X Company'': "Black Flag" | {{nom}} | |- | rowspan=5| Best Original Score, Fiction | rowspan=2| 2018 | ''Anne with an E'': "Remorse Is the Poison of Life" | {{nom}} | rowspan=2| <ref>Aaron Nilsen, [https://nilsenreport.ca/live-from-the-red-carpet-at-the-2018-canadian-screen-awards/ "LIVE from the Red Carpet at the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards"]. ''The Nilsen Report'', March 11, 2018.</ref> |- | ''X Company'': "Remembrance" | {{nom}} |- | 2019 | ''Anne with an E'': "I Protest Against Any Absolute Conclusion" | {{nom}} | <ref>Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190328130224/https://etcanada.com/news/435306/the-winners-canadian-screen-awards-presented-for-creative-fiction-storytelling/ "The Winners: Canadian Screen Awards Presented For Creative Fiction Storytelling"]. ''Entertainment Tonight Canada'', March 27, 2019.</ref> |- | rowspan=3| 2020 | ''Anne with an E'': "The Summit of My Desires" | {{won}} | rowspan=3| <ref name=minuk/> |- | ''Carter'': "Harley Gets Replaced" | {{nom}} |- | Best Original Music, Animation | ''Let's Go Luna!'': "Bob the Plant" | {{nom}} |- | Best Original Music, Fiction | rowspan=2| 2021 | ''Detention Adventure'': "All the World's a Stage" | {{won}} | rowspan=2| <ref>Howard Druckman, [https://www.socanmagazine.ca/news/twenty-three-socan-members-earn-canadian-screen-awards-2021-noms/ "Twenty-three SOCAN members earn Canadian Screen Awards 2021 noms"]. ''Words & Music'', March 31, 2021.</ref> |- | rowspan=2| 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}} | <ref>Connie Thiessen, [https://broadcastdialogue.com/canadian-screen-awards-winners-childrens-animation-lifestyle-reality/ "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Children’s & Animation, Lifestyle & Reality"]. ''Broadcast Dialogue'', April 6, 2022.</ref> |- |Best Original Score |rowspan=3|2023 |''The End of Sex'' |{{nom}} |<ref>John R. Kennedy, [https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/ian-lefeuvre-up-for-2-canadian-screen-awards-1.19283764 "Ian LeFeuvre Up For 2 Canadian Screen Awards"]. iHeartRadio Canada, February 22, 2023.</ref> |- |Best Original Music, Animation |''Let's Go Luna!'': "Dig It Daddy-O" |{{won}} |<ref>Mercedes Milligan, [https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/02/canadian-screen-awards-2023-animation-nominees/ "Canadian Screen Awards: 2023 Animation Nominees"]. ''Animation Magazine'', February 22, 2023.</ref> |- |Best Original Music, Comedy |''Detention Adventure'': "Singing in the {{notatypo|Raign}}" |{{nom}} |<ref>Howard Druckman, [https://www.socanmagazine.ca/news/forty-seven-socan-composerswhoscore-earn-canadian-screen-awards-2023-nominations/ "Forty-seven SOCAN #ComposersWhoScore earn Canadian Screen Awards 2023 nominations"]. ''Words & Music'', March 1, 2023.</ref> |- |Primetime Emmy Awards |''Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music'' |2006 |''Get Ed'' |{{nom}} |<ref name=minuk/> |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|1578164}}
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