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Dale Cornelius

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Dale Cornelius
Psychologist Peter Bower's life is thrown into turmoil when he discovers that the patients he has been seeing are ghosts. Risking his own sanity, Peter delves into his past to uncover a terrifying secret which only he can put right. Backtrack is a spine-chilling psychological thriller from the acclaimed writer-director, Michael Petroni.
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Dale Cornelius is an award-winning composer whose work has captivated audiences around the world, with over 90 film and television productions.

Winner of APRA's 2025 Screen Composer Award for Best Music for a short film, Dale has now accumulated 17 major international nominations and awards across two decades of work.

His credits feature films like Mary & Max (Phillip Seymour Hoffman), Backtrack (Adrien Brody), Blinky Bill: The Movie (Ryan Kwanten, Toni Collette), as well as the globally-sold TV series The Doctor Blake Mysteries
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    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 11 nominations total

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    Known for

    Adrien Brody in Backtrack (2015)
    Backtrack
    6.0
    • Composer
    • 2015
    Blinky Bill the Movie (2015)
    Blinky Bill the Movie
    5.1
    • Composer
    • 2015
    Craig McLachlan in The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2013)
    The Doctor Blake Mysteries
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Composer
    Mary and Max (2009)
    Mary and Max
    8.1
    • Composer
    • 2009

    Credits

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    Composer

    • Night Shift
      • Composer
      • Completed
      • Short
    • Breakaway Femmes (2025)
      Breakaway Femmes
      8.7
      • Composer
      • 2025
    • Senses of Cinema (2022)
      Senses of Cinema
      6.3
      • Composer
      • 2022
    • AGE OF RAGE - The Australian Punk Revolution (2022)
      AGE OF RAGE - The Australian Punk Revolution
      5.1
      • Composer
      • 2022
    • Cracking COVID (2021)
      Cracking COVID
      • Composer
      • 2021
    • Phil Liggett in Phil Liggett: The Voice of Cycling (2020)
      Phil Liggett: The Voice of Cycling
      5.7
      • Composer
      • 2020
    • War Mothers: Unbreakable (2019)
      War Mothers: Unbreakable
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2019
    • Craig McLachlan in The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2013)
      The Doctor Blake Mysteries
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2013–2018
    • The Story of Earth (2018)
      The Story of Earth
      5.3
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2018
    • My Mother's Lost Children (2017)
      My Mother's Lost Children
      7.3
      • Composer
      • 2017
    • Mamil (2017)
      Mamil
      7.3
      • Composer
      • 2017
    • Fair Game (2017)
      Fair Game
      7.9
      • Composer
      • 2017
    • Mother with a Gun (2016)
      Mother with a Gun
      6.8
      • Composer
      • 2016
    • Attic (2016)
      Attic
      6.0
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2016
    • The Search for Life in Space (2016)
      The Search for Life in Space
      6.5
      Short
      • original music by
      • 2016
    • The Hardest Night (2016)
      The Hardest Night
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2016

    Music Department

    • AGE OF RAGE - The Australian Punk Revolution (2022)
      AGE OF RAGE - The Australian Punk Revolution
      5.1
      • musician
      • 2022
    • The Real Housewives of Sydney (2017)
      The Real Housewives of Sydney
      5.6
      TV Series
      • theme music
      • 2017
    • Remembering the Man (2015)
      Remembering the Man
      7.6
      • piano
      • 2015
    • Cliffy (2013)
      Cliffy
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • penny whistle
      • piano
      • saxophone
      • 2013
    • Mary and Max (2009)
      Mary and Max
      8.1
      • music editor
      • 2009
    • Paul Hogan and Michael Caton in Strange Bedfellows (2004)
      Strange Bedfellows
      6.2
      • orchestrator
      • 2004
    • Thomas Blackburne and Martin Sharpe in Oranges (2004)
      Oranges
      6.9
      Short
      • musician: percussion
      • musician: piano
      • 2004
    • Harvie Krumpet (2003)
      Harvie Krumpet
      7.9
      Short
      • additional music mixer
      • additional music recordist
      • 2003
    • Sophie Bennett, Keenan Macwilliam, and Lara Jean Marshall in The Saddle Club (2001)
      The Saddle Club
      6.2
      TV Series
      • arranger: "Hello World"
      • 2001

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      • Official Site
      • official composer website

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