Matteo Zingales (born 28 October 1980) is an Australian film music composer who has won the AACTA Award for Best Original Score for a Feature Film for two years running. In 2013, he shared the award with Jono Ma (of rock band Jagwar Ma) for Best Score for Not Suitable for Children (2012), and in 2012, Zingales, Michael Lira and Andrew Lancaster shared the award for Best Score for The Hunter (2011).
Biography Matteo Zingales was born on 28 October 1980 in Rome and raised in Sydney. He graduated in 2004 from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School with a Masters in Screen Composition. Zingales has cited Thomas Newman, John Barry and Arvo Pärt as his most important musical influences. "When I was nine," he recalls, "I adored movies. I wanted to be a director and then I realised what actually moved me was the music. I just used to sit down at the piano and write".
He has worked across a variety of music platforms. His television credits include the music for over 200 episodes of the series, All Saints (2004–2009), broadcast in fifteen countries, and for all 22 episodes of the first series of Winners & Losers (2011), broadcast in four countries.
He has composed the music for feature films, including collaborating on The Hunter (2011), which starred Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill, and on Not Suitable for Children (2012), which was directed by Peter Templeman and starred Ryan Kwanten (True Blood) and Sarah Snook; for television mini-series including the ABC's Devil's Dust (2012), one of the six parts of the ABC's Redfern Now (2012), and SBS's Better Man (2013); and for short films, such as Blue Poles (2004), starring Sam Worthington. His documentary credits include Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia (2011) for BBC Scotland and The History Channel; and he has composed music for television advertisements.
In February 2008 the Sydney Morning Heralds Mark Chipperfield included Zingales as one of Australia's top thirteen "new talents breaking ground in their chosen fields".
He is a co-founder and director of Sonar Music, the leading Australian music composers' collective.
Awards and nominations ARIA Music Awards
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.
! |- | 2020 | Mystery Road (with Antony Partos) | Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album
| 2022 | A Fire Inside | Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album
APRA - Screen Music Awards +YearNominee / work AwardResultRef.2007All Saints: TV SeriesBest Music for a Television Series 2011Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of AustraliaBest Music for a Documentary 2012Dripping in ChocolateBest Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie 2016DNA NationBest Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie 99 HomesFeature Film Score of the Year (shared with Antony Partos) 2018HarrowBest Television Theme Best Music for a Television Series or Serial Mystery RoadBest Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie (shared with Antony Partos) Wake In Fright Fahrenheit 451Feature Film Score of the Year (shared with Antony Partos) Best Soundtrack Album (shared with Antony Partos) 2019TidelandsBest Music for a Television Series or Serial 2020Total ControlBest Original Song Composed for the Screen MachineBest Music for a Documentary 2023In LimboBest Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie
AACTA Awards +YearNominee / work Award ResultRef.2012The HunterBest Original Music Score (shared with Michael Lira and Andrew Lancaster) 2013Not Suitable for ChildrenBest Original Score (shared with Jono Ma of rock band Jagwar Ma) 2016The Kettering IncidentBest Original Music Score in Television (shared with Max Lyandvert) 2017Wake In FrightBest Original Music Score in Television (shared with Antony Partos) 2018Mystery RoadBest Original Music Score in Television (shared with Antony Partos) 2020MachineBest Original Score in A Documentary Wild ThingsBest Sound in a Documentary 2022A Fire InsideBest Original Score in a Documentary 2024In LimboBest Original Music Score in Television
Film Critics Circle of Australia Award +YearNominee / work Award ResultRef.2012The HunterBest Music Score for a Feature Film (shared with Michael Lira and Andrew Lancaster) 2013Not Suitable for ChildrenBest Music Score (shared with Jono Ma)
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