Amanda Brown (musician)
Amanda Gabrielle Brown (born 17 November 1965) is an Australian composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. She was the violinist of Australian indie rock band The Go-Betweens (1986–1989): recorded on their studio albums, Tallulah (1987) and 16 Lovers Lane (1988). Brown has also worked as a session musician and, since 2000, as a screen music composer. She won the AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score in 2020 for Babyteeth (2019) and also Best Original Music Score in a Documentary for Brazen Hussies (2020). At the APRA-AGSC Screen Music Awards of 2009 she won Best Music for a Documentary for Sidney Nolan: Mask and Memory (2008) and Best Music for a Television Series or Serial for The Secrets She Keeps at the 2020 ceremony.
Amanda Brown
Amanda Gabrielle Brown
17 November 1965
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Rock
- soundtrack
- Musician
- singer
- songwriter
1978–present
- Vitamin
- Fuse/Think
- Polydor
- rooART
- EMI
- Capitol
- Beggars Banquet
Early life and education[edit]
Amanda Gabrielle Brown was born on 17 November 1965.[1][2][3] For secondary education she attended Sydney Girls High School where she took violin lessons.[4] She received training in classical ballet.[2] She started a course in archaeology and ancient history at University of Sydney but left before completion to pursue her music career.[2] Brown is a graduate of Sydney Conservatorium of Music (1995), University of Western Sydney (BMus, 1997) and Australian Film Television and Radio School (Screen Composition, 2000).[5][6]
Personal life[edit]
Brown established a personal relationship with the Go-Betweens' founder Grant McLennan a few months after she joined the band in 1986, which ended before the group disbanded in 1990.[35][36] McLennan wrote "Streets of Your Town" (1988), while living in Sydney with Brown, who provided backing vocals including "shine".[13] By May 1993, Brown was dating radio and TV personality Simon Marnie.[37] As of August 2015 the couple were living in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra, New South Wales].[38]
Awards and nominations[edit]
ARIA Music Awards[edit]
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.