Marc Canham (composer)
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Born | United Kingdom | 19 October 1977
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Years active | 1997–present |
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Website | marccanham.com |
Marc Canham is a British composer of music for film and video games. In 2008, he scored Far Cry 2, and in 2020, he composed the film score to I Care A Lot, a Netflix film.[1][2][3][4] Canham has collaborated with several artists including Iggy Pop, Nathan Johnson, Philip Glass, Baaba Maal, Bryan Mantia, and Paul Hartnoll.[5]
On creating music, Marc stated that he wanted to deliver emotion through a "sound palette" of combinations of sounds, textures, and ensembles of instruments, then letting loose with melodies and motifs.[6]
Nimrod Productions[]
Along with Richard Aitken and others, Canham founded Nimrod Productions Limited in 2000, a music production company in Oxfordshire, UK.[7][8] Nimrod has provided orchestral soundtracks for The Getaway, Black Monday, Gran Turismo 4 and Driver versions 2 and 3.[9] It was dissolved in 2019.
Nimrod Studio Orchestra[]
Canham founded the Nimrod Studio Orchestra (NSO) in 2002, a commercial session orchestra which has been behind game scores including 24: The Game, Killzone 2, and Act of War: Direct Action.[8]
Works[]
Film scores[]
Year | Title |
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2021 | Barbarians |
2020 | I Care a Lot |
2019 | Close |
2015 | Final Girl |
2015 | Burn Burn Burn |
2012 | When the Lights Went Out |
2009 | The Disappearance of Alice Creed[10][11] (with NSO) |
Games[]
Year | Title |
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2002 | Stuntman (video game) |
2002 | Taz: Wanted |
2004 | Driver 3 |
2005 | Act of War: Direct Action (Collaboration with Jonathan Williams and NSO) |
2006 | 24: The Game (With NSO and Nimrod Productions)[9] |
2006 | Reservoir Dogs (video game) |
2006 | Driver: Parallel Lines |
2007 | Driver 76 (with Andy Gannon and Ed Scroggie) |
2008 | Far Cry 2 |
2009 | Killzone 2 (With NSO) |
2010 | Split/Second |
2010 | Chime (as music producer / integrator)[6] |
2011 | Driver: San Francisco[8] |
2012 | The Secret World |
2014 | Infamous First Light |
2014 | Infamous Second Son |
Installations[]
The Dagger Tree, Titanic Museum, Belfast.[12][13]
References[]
- ^ Vincentelli, Elisabeth (March 9, 2021). "'Jackie Brown' and Tangerine Dream: What 'I Care a Lot' Is Made Of". The New York Times. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ Friesen, Hunter (February 25, 2021). "'I Care a Lot' is devilishly fun". Northern Iowan. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ "J. Blakeson's Latest Thriller I Care A Lot - Scored by Marc Canham - Out on Amazon Prime Video". Abbey Road Studios. February 20, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ "Marc Canham Scores 'I Care A Lot'". Faber Music. September 15, 2020. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ "Marc Canham". Faber Music. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ a b "Composer Interview: Marc Canham". Film and Game Composers. April 11, 2014. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- ^ "Game Music :: Interview with Marc Canham (April 2011)". squareenixmusic.com.
- ^ a b c "Marc Canham Artist Profile | AAE Music".
- ^ a b "Recording 24: The Game". www.soundonsound.com.
- ^ "Blu-ray Review: The Disappearance of Alice Creed | Addicted to Media".
- ^ "Gemma Arterton The Disappearance of Alice Creed". www.female.com.au.
- ^ "Titanic Museum Hosts The Danger Tree". Marc Canham.
- ^ "Titanic Belfast hosts interactive digital art exhibition 'The Danger Tree' - Irish Tech News".
- Living people
- 1977 births