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.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).
A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, he moved to Toronto, Ontario, in 1989 to study music at York University.Susan Minuk, "Composer Ari Posner Picks Up Canadian Screen Award for Anne with an 'E'". The J, August 5, 2020. He is a frequent collaborator with composer Amin Bhatia.Kevin Young, "Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner". Words & Music, June 4, 2015. 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."Ex-Winnipeggers supported Juno wins"]. Winnipeg Free Press, April 12, 2008.
Filmography
Film
Television
Awards Award Category Year Work Result Ref(s) Gemini Awards Best Original Music, Animation 2005 King: "Stolen Voices" 2008 Johnny Test: "Johnny vs. Bling-Bling 3, Stinkin' Johnny" Annemarie Moody, "23 Years Of Gemini Awards Honor Canadian Television". Animation World Network, August 27, 2008. Best Original Music, Fiction 2009 Flashpoint: "Planets Aligned" Kevin Young, "Film and TV composer Amin Bhatia started in synthesizers". Words & Music, March 11, 2012. 2010 Flashpoint: "One Wrong Move" 2011 Flashpoint: "Acceptable Risk" Canadian Screen Awards Best Original Score for a Series 2013 Flashpoint: "Day Game" "CBC's Rick Mercer Report snags 3 Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, February 28, 2013. 2015 24 Hour Rental: "Through the Looking Glass" "Canadian Screen Awards ’15: Craft category nominees". Playback, January 13, 2015. 2016 X Company: "Trial by Fire" Brent Furdyk, "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". Entertainment Tonight Canada, January 19, 2016. 2017 X Company: "Black Flag" Best Original Score, Fiction 2018 Anne with an E: "Remorse Is the Poison of Life" Aaron Nilsen, "LIVE from the Red Carpet at the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards". The Nilsen Report, March 11, 2018. X Company: "Remembrance" 2019 Anne with an E: "I Protest Against Any Absolute Conclusion" Brent Furdyk, "The Winners: Canadian Screen Awards Presented For Creative Fiction Storytelling". Entertainment Tonight Canada, March 27, 2019. 2020 Anne with an E: "The Summit of My Desires" Carter: "Harley Gets Replaced" Best Original Music, Animation Let's Go Luna!: "Bob the Plant" Best Original Music, Fiction 2021 Detention Adventure: "All the World's a Stage" Howard Druckman, "Twenty-three SOCAN members earn Canadian Screen Awards 2021 noms". Words & Music, March 31, 2021. Best Original Music, Animation Let's Go Luna!: "Monster Park/Meet the Strongs" 2022 Let's Go Luna!: "The Way of the Gaucho" Connie Thiessen, "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Children’s & Animation, Lifestyle & Reality". Broadcast Dialogue, April 6, 2022.Best Original Score2023The End of SexJohn R. Kennedy, "Ian LeFeuvre Up For 2 Canadian Screen Awards". iHeartRadio Canada, February 22, 2023.Best Original Music, AnimationLet's Go Luna!: "Dig It Daddy-O"Mercedes Milligan, "Canadian Screen Awards: 2023 Animation Nominees". Animation Magazine, February 22, 2023.Best Original Music, ComedyDetention Adventure: "Singing in the "Howard Druckman, "Forty-seven SOCAN #ComposersWhoScore earn Canadian Screen Awards 2023 nominations". Words & Music, March 1, 2023.Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Original Main Title Theme Music2006Get Ed
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