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David Hirschfelder is an Australian film score composer and performer. Hirschfelder was born and raised in Ballarat, Victoria. He has worked and... performed with the jazz fusion band Pyramid, Little River Band and John Farnham, and had composed scores for films including Strictly Ballroom , Shine , Sliding Doors , Elizabeth , Hanging Up , Peaches , Australia , and Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole . He has worked numerous times with directors Ian Gilmour, Craig Monahan, Ann Turner, Roger Spottiswoode and Baz Luhrmann. In 1999 the score for Elizabeth was nominated for an Oscar, and was honoured with a BAFTA award and an APRA award for Best Original Score. He composed for the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Annual awards presented by Australasian Performing Right Association and Australian Guild of Screen Composers .
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Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people. Inhabitants of Sydney are called... Sydneysiders, comprising a cosmopolitan and international population. The site of the first British colony in Australia, Sydney was established in 1788 at Sydney Cove by Arthur Phillip, commodore of the First Fleet as a penal colony. The city is built on hills surrounding Port Jackson which is commonly known as Sydney Harbour, where the iconic Sydney Opera House and the Harbour Bridge feature prominently. The hinterland of the metropolitan area is surrounded by national parks, and the coastal regions feature many bays, rivers, inlets and beaches including the famous Bondi Beach. Within the city are many notable parks, including Hyde Park and the Royal Botanic Gardens. In 2010, Sydney was ranked 7th in Asia and 28th globally for economic innovation in the Innovation Cities Top 100 Index by innovation agency 2thinknow.
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