# Graham Tardif > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Graham_Tardif > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Graham_Tardif.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Tardif > Source revision: 1341676556 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Australian composer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Graham Tardif | image = | image_size = | landscape = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = 1957 | birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | origin = Australia | death_date = | death_place = | genre = | occupation = Composer }} '''Graham Tardif''' (born 1957) is an Australian screen music composer. He is the composer on ten feature films directed and written by [Rolf de Heer](/source/Rolf_de_Heer). Their most acclaimed collaboration, ''[The Tracker](/source/The_Tracker_(2002_film))'' (2002), resulted in an [APRA-AGSC Screen Music Award](/source/APRA_Awards_(Australia)) for "Far Away Home" as Best Original Song Composed for a Feature Film, Telemovie, TV Series or Mini-Series (shared with de Heer) in [2002](/source/APRA_Music_Awards_of_2002). ''The Tracker'' also provided wins at [Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards](/source/Film_Critics_Circle_of_Australia_Awards) (Best Music Score) and [IF Awards](/source/Inside_Film_Awards) (Best Music) for the pair. == History == Graham Tardif was born in 1957.{{cite web |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41274613c |title=Notice bibliographique ''Bad Boy Bubby'' / Rolf de Heer, réal., scénario ; Graham Tardif, comp. ; Nicholas Hope, Claire Benito, Ralph Cotterill... [et al.], act. |website=BnF Catalogue général - Bibliothèque nationale de France |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003050034/https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41274613c |access-date=1 March 2023 |archive-date=3 October 2016 |language=fr }} He attended [Australian Film, Television and Radio School](/source/Australian_Film%2C_Television_and_Radio_School) (AFTRS), Sydney. There he met Dutch-born writer, director and producer [Rolf de Heer](/source/Rolf_de_Heer), for whom he composed screen music on ten feature films.{{cite journal | url=https://www.realtime.org.au/graham-tardif-the-aural-auteur/ | title=Graham Tardif & the Aural Auteur | author=Starrs, D Bruno | journal=RealTime – Australia | page=27 | issue=85 | date=1 June 2008 | via=National Library of Australia | archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20190415044416/https://www.realtime.org.au/graham-tardif-the-aural-auteur/ | archive-date=15 April 2019 | access-date=28 February 2023 | url-status=live }}{{Citation | last = Urban | first = Andrew L. | date = 3 November 2017 | title = From ''The Tracker'' to ''Gladiator'' via ''Romper Stomper'', Twenty Key Scores by Australians | periodical = Screen Hub | url = http://www.screenhub.com.au/news-article/features/film/andrew-l-urban/from-the-tracker-to-gladiator-via-romper-stomper-twenty-key-scores-by-australians-254713 }}{{cite web | url=http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/103201/20100916-1038/archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/04/31/sound_design_rolf_de_heer.html | title=Hearing the Story: Sound Design in the Films of Rolf de Heer | first=Cat | last=Hope | author-link=Cat Hope | website=Senses of Cinema | date=2004 | via=National Library of Australia | archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20100920014647/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/103201/20100916-1038/archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/04/31/sound_design_rolf_de_heer.html | archive-date=20 September 2010 | access-date=28 February 2023 | url-status=live }} They first worked on de Heer's short film, ''The Audition'' (1979), for his AFTRS diploma. ''[Tail of a Tiger](/source/Tail_of_a_Tiger)'' (1984) had Tardif composing the score for de Heer's first feature film.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p342Scott Murray, "Tail of a Tiger", ''Australian Film 1978-1992'', Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p178 Fellow composer and musicologist [Cat Hope](/source/Cat_Hope) analysed Tardif and de Heer's works including ''[The Tracker](/source/The_Tracker_(2002_film))'' (2002) and ''[Alexandra's Project](/source/Alexandra's_Project)'' (2003). She observed, "Tardif's minimal electronic score in ''Alexandra's Project'' implies the undercurrent of invisible electro-magnetic signals in an urban landscape, making an ordinary street seem like a harbinger of impending doom." Their "most meaningful collaboration" was on ''The Tracker'' where songs were delivered by Indigenous artist [Archie Roach](/source/Archie_Roach), which "not only adds an extra layer of narrative to the film, but also personalises the de Heer/Tardif working relationship and gives it a new voice." == Filmography == Credited as composer:{{cite web | url=http://australianscreen.com.au/people/Graham_Tardif/ | title=Graham Tardif | website=Australian Screen | via=National Library of Australia | archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20090915184110/http://australianscreen.com.au/people/Graham_Tardif/ | archive-date=15 September 2009 | access-date=28 February 2023 | url-status=live }}{{cite web |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20220820230213/https://aso.gov.au/people/Graham_Tardif/ |title=Graham Tardif on ASO |website=ASO |access-date=28 February 2023 |url=https://aso.gov.au/people/Graham_Tardif/ |archive-date=20 August 2022 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://en.kinorium.com/name/637113/ |title=Graham Tardif – Composer – Biography, Photo, Best Movies and TV Shows |website=kinorium.com |access-date=28 February 2023 }} * ''The Sparks Obituary'' (short, 1978) * ''Tasmania's South West: a Wilderness in Question'' (documentary, 1979) * ''The Audition'' (short, 1979) * ''[Tail of a Tiger](/source/Tail_of_a_Tiger)'' (1984) * ''Thank You Jack'' (TV film, 1986) * ''[Incident at Raven's Gate](/source/Incident_at_Raven's_Gate)'' (1988) * ''Difficult Pleasure: A Portrait of Brett Whiteley'' (1989) * ''Astonish Me, Graeme Murphy Choreographer'' (1989) * ''Antarctica: Physical Geography'' (short documentary, 1991) * ''[Bad Boy Bubby](/source/Bad_Boy_Bubby)'' (1993) * ''[Epsilon](/source/Epsilon_(film))'' {{abbr|a.k.a.|also known as}} ''Alien Visitor'' (1995) * ''The Quiet Room'' (1996) * ''[Dance Me to My Song](/source/Dance_Me_to_My_Song)'' (1998) * ''Terra Nova'' (1998) * ''[The Old Man Who Read Love Stories](/source/The_Old_Man_Who_Read_Love_Stories)'' (2001) * ''[The Tracker](/source/The_Tracker_(2002_film))'' (2002) * ''[Alexandra's Project](/source/Alexandra's_Project)'' (2003) * ''[Dr. Plonk](/source/Dr._Plonk)'' (2007) * ''[The King Is Dead!](/source/The_King_Is_Dead!)'' (2012) * ''[Charlie's Country](/source/Charlie's_Country)'' (2013) * ''Still Our Country'' (2014) ==Accolades== {{Awards table|4}} |- ! scope="row" | [1988](/source/1988_Australian_Film_Institute_Awards) | ''[Incident at Raven's Gate](/source/Incident_at_Raven's_Gate)'' |rowspan="3"| [Best Original Music Score](/source/AACTA_Award_for_Best_Original_Music_Score) |rowspan="3"| [AFI Awards](/source/AACTA_Awards) | {{nom}} | (shared with Roman Kronen) | {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213879063 |title=AFI Awards strong field |newspaper=[Filmnews](/source/Filmnews) |volume=18 |issue=6 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 July 1988 |accessdate=21 November 2021 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213878291 |title=And the losers are ... |newspaper=[Filmnews](/source/Filmnews) |volume=18 |issue=10 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 November 1988 |accessdate=21 November 2021 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}} |- ! scope="row" | 2003 | ''[Alexandra's Project](/source/Alexandra's_Project)'' | {{nom}} | | |- ! scope="row" | 2003 | ''[The Old Man Who Read Love Stories](/source/The_Old_Man_Who_Read_Love_Stories)'' | {{nom}} | | |- ! scope="row" | [2002](/source/APRA_Music_Awards_of_2002) | "[Far Away Home](/source/The_Tracker_(2002_film))" | Best Original Song Composed for a Feature Film, Telemovie, TV Series or Mini-Series | [APRA-AGSC Screen Music Awards](/source/APRA_Awards_(Australia)) | {{won}} | (shared with [Rolf de Heer](/source/Rolf_de_Heer)) | {{cite web|url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/ScreenAwards/History/2002Winners.aspx |title=2002 Winners - Screen Music Awards |publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) |accessdate=27 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308014139/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/ScreenAwards/History/2002Winners.aspx |archivedate=8 March 2011 }} |- ! scope="row" | [2002](/source/ARIA_Music_Awards_of_2002) | ''The Tracker'' | [Best Original Soundtrack Album](/source/ARIA_Award_for_Best_Original_Soundtrack%2C_Cast_or_Show_Album) | [ARIA Music Awards](/source/ARIA_Music_Awards) | {{nom}} | (shared with Rolf de Heer and [Archie Roach](/source/Archie_Roach)) | {{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110233233/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2002 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 January 2012 |title=ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2002: 16th Annual ARIA Awards |publisher=[Australian Recording Industry Association](/source/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association) (ARIA)|access-date=10 January 2012}} |- ! scope="row" | 2002 | ''The Tracker'' |rowspan="2"| Best Music Score |rowspan="2"| [Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards](/source/Film_Critics_Circle_of_Australia) | {{won}} | (shared with Rolf de Heer) | |- ! scope="row" | 2008 |''[Dr. Plonk](/source/Dr._Plonk)'' | {{nom}} | | |- ! scope="row" | 2002 | ''The Tracker'' | Best Music | [IF Awards](/source/Inside_Film_Awards) | {{won}} | | |- {{end}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tardif, Graham}} Category:1957 births Category:Australian film score composers Category:Australian male film score composers Category:Living people --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Graham Tardif](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Tardif) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Tardif?action=history)). 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