Martin Armiger

Who is Martin Armiger?

John Martin Armiger is an Australian musician, record producer and film/TV composer. He was singer-songwriter and guitarist with Melbourne-based rock band, The Sports from August 1978 to late 1981, which had Top 30 hits on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart with, "Don't Throw Stones", "Strangers on a Train" and "How Come"; and Top 20 albums with, Don't Throw Stones, Suddenly and Sondra.

Armiger was musical director for Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV series, Sweet and Sour, in 1984 and was record producer on the related soundtrack albums as well as performing and song writing. At the Australian Film Institute Awards of 1986 he shared an accolade for Best Original Music Score with William Motzing for their work on Young Einstein. In 1995 his work for TV series, Cody, won the Australasian Performing Right Association Award for Most Performed Television Theme. As of 2004, Armiger was Head of Screen Composition at the Australian Film Television and Radio School. In 2006 his portrait by John R Walker was a finalist at the Archibald Prize.