Michael Atkinson is an Australian musician and composer. He was a member of

Redgum Redgum were an Australian folk and political music group formed in Adelaide in 1975 by singer-songwriter John Schumann, Michael Atkinson on guitars/vocals, Verity Truman on flute/vocals; they were later joined by Hugh McDonald on fiddle and ...

from 1975 to 1987. While with Redgum he wrote many of the band's songs, and with Michael Spicer, who had joined the band later as a keyboardist, also wrote the score for the film '' A Street to Die''."''Backlash'' music credits"
''Ozmovies'', retrieved 19 December 2021. After leaving Redgum, he worked as a composer on Australian films, including '' Backlash'' (1986), ''The Last Man Hanged'' (1993), and the

Russell Crowe Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is an actor. He was born in New Zealand, spent ten years of his childhood in Australia, and moved there permanently at age twenty one. He came to international attention for his role as Roman General Max ...

film '' Heaven's Burning'' (1997), and television series, including the popular police drama ''

Blue Heelers ''Blue Heelers'' is an Australian police drama series that was produced by Southern Star Group and ran for 12 years on the Seven Network, from 1994 to 2006. Although based around the policing of the town, the series generally depicted the e ...

''. His score for '' Stan and George's New Life'' was nominated for the 1991

AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Original Music Score is an award in the annual Australian Film Institute Awards The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known as the AACTA Awards, are presented annually by the ...

. In 2005, with other former members of Redgum and other Australian bands reunited as John Schumann and the Vagabond Crew, he recorded ''

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'', poems by

Henry Lawson Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson (17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial perio ...

set to music."Former Redgum frontman John Schumann and his band the Vagabond Crew to play two-night fringe show"
''Adelaide Observer'', 7 February 2021 (subscription required).

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

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Australian music The music of Australia has an extensive history made of music societies. Indigenous Australian music forms a significant part of the unique heritage of a 40,000- to 60,000-year history which produced the iconic didgeridoo. Contemporary fusions o ...

. They commenced in 1987. ! , - ,

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, ''Snowy'' (with

Michael Easton Michael Easton (born February 15, 1967) is an American-Irish film, television and voice actor, writer, and director. Although the Emmy-nominated actor may be best known for his work on the series ''Ally McBeal'', ''VR.5,'' ''Total Recall 2070, O ...

) , Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album , , ARIA Award previous winners. , -

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Atkinson, Michael Australian folk singers Australian male singers Australian songwriters Living people Redgum Year of birth missing (living people)