FLYWAYS: THE UNTOLD JOURNEY OF MIGRATORY SHORE BIRDS

Original score from the 2023 documentary feature film directed by Randall Wood, produced by Flyways Production, released by Antidote Films (Australia).

WINNER OF SCREEN MUSIC AWARD (Best Music for a Documentary)

THE STORY: A birds-eye-view journey into the world of the migratory shorebird. The world’s greatest endurance athletes fly up to 9 days non-stop, and they need your help.

THE SCORE: “While working in South West France I became fascinated by the repetitious call made by doves. Later when I visited Morocco I heard exactly the same sound again and again. It consisted of three notes being always sung in the signature 5/4. I decided that upon my return to Australia I would compose a piece of music based on the song made by those doves. When I arrived back home, there was a two day old message waiting for me. The message asked me if I would be available to compose music to a documentary film about birds. I immediately rang back. The phone was answered by Randall Wood who is a documentary film director and also music composer. Randall explained to me that the film Flyways is about migratory shorebirds and the negative effects of climate change on their breeding and feeding sites. I couldn’t believe my good fortune. Here was an offer so aligned with that compelling bird song in France that I agreed to start working on the film immediately. The film is visually fantastic and I found the sequences of birds flying very inspiring. Music just flowed out of me with an unprecedented ease. On top of that Randall’s understanding of music helped to edit my composition superbly.” ? Cezary Skubiszewski

THE COMPOSER: Cezary Skubiszewski is a Polish-born Australian film and television composer whose work has received international acclaim winning numerous awards. Most notably Cezary is the recipient of four Australian Academy Cinema Television (AACTA) and Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards and the nomination for IFMCA (International Film Music Critics) Award for best film music. In 2003 Cezary received the Centenary Medal”For Service to Australian Society and Australian Film Production”. Cezary’s film scores include Two Hands, Death Defying Acts, Red Dog, Bootmen and Picnic At Hanging Rock. Most recently Cezary scored UK/USA film Falling for Figaro, Polish historical epic Truth Makes Free, US/Polish film Mosquito State and Australian feature film Seriously Red and TV mini-series High Country. In 2008 and 2011 Cezary was a Music Director of Screen Music Awards ? Australia.
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