Adam Gock
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Composer, Music Entrepreneur
Known forCinematic Score
Notable workMasterchef, Shark Tank, Lego Masters, Sea Patrol, Holey Moley

Adam Gock is an Australian composer, creative director and music entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of The D.A's Office, a music production and composition house specializing in music for screen.[1]

Career

Gock is a featured composer on the scores for over 300 TV series, and together with his creative and business partner Dinesh Wicks has won the APRA AMCOS Screen Music Award for 'Most Performed Composer – Australia' nine times (2022,[2] 2021,[3] 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2012, 2011).[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Gock and Wicks were recognized for their contribution to the Australian music industry in 2014 with the coveted APRA AMCOS International Achievement Award.[11][12] Gock and Wicks expanded the company to include US operations in 2012 with offices in New York and Los Angeles.[1] The D.A's Office also won the US ASCAP's Top Series Music Award in 2013 and 2014.[13]

Gock is also the co-founder of the ScoreMofo music library and music for branded content agency LAMP.[14] Some of Gock's best known works are the musical scores for series Masterchef, Shark Tank, Lego Masters, Sea Patrol, Holey Moley, Love on the Spectrum, Hardball and Hell's Kitchen.[1] Gock and Wicks also write pop music under the moniker Cali Satellites with various guest vocalists.[15][16]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Zuel, Bernard (9 November 2014). "Award high note for The DA's Office duo behind MasterChef music". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "2022 Screen Music Awards - APRA AMCOS & AGSC". APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Congratulations to the 2021 Screen Music Awards winners". APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  4. ↑ AMCOS, APRA. "2020 full list of winners". apraamcos.com.au. Archived from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  5. ↑ agsc95 (22 November 2019). "Screen Music Awards 2019 Winners". composersguild. Retrieved 20 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ AMCOS, APRA. "2018 Screen Music Awards Winners Announced". apraamcos.com.au. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  7. ↑ Johnson, Travis (14 November 2017). "Australian Screen Composers Honoured at the 2017 Screen Music Awards". FilmInk. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  8. ↑ AMCOS, APRA. "full list of winners". apraamcos.com.au. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "AGSC Awards". AMPAL. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  10. ↑ AMCOS, APRA. "Most Performed Screen Composer - Australia". apraamcos.com.au. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  11. ↑ "Screen Music Awards Reveal International Achievement Recipients". The Music. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  12. ↑ AMCOS, APRA. "Screen Music Awards International Achievement". apraamcos.com.au. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  13. ↑ "ASCAP Honors Top Film and Television Music Composers at 28th Annual Awards Celebration". www.ascap.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  14. ↑ GmbH, finanzen net. "Stadiumred Group Announces the Sale of Stadiumred Music to Scoremofo | Markets Insider". markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  15. ↑ Smith, Christopher (27 February 2019). "FRESH: 'The Sound Of You' – Cali Satellites". Talk About Pop Music. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  16. ↑ "Cali Satellites are putting on a HUGE party in Sydney!". www.ozmaderadio.com.au. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
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