Marc Canham (composer)

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, [1][2][3][4] for which he received an ASCAP award.[5][6] Canham has collaborated with several artists including Iggy Pop, Nathan Johnson, Philip Glass, Baaba Maal, Bryan Mantia, and Paul Hartnoll.[7]

This article is about the composer. For footballer, see Marc Canham (footballer).
Marc Canham
Born (1977-10-19) 19 October 1977
United Kingdom
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • composer
Instrument(s)
Years active1997–present
Websitemarccanham.com

On creating music, Canham 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.[8] For I Care A Lot, Canham claims to have created the score from the script, as opposed to the film.[5]

Nimrod Productions

Along with Richard Aitken and others, Canham founded Nimrod Productions Limited in 2000, a music production company in Oxfordshire, UK.[9][10] Nimrod has provided orchestral soundtracks for The Getaway, Black Monday, Gran Turismo 4 and Driver versions 2 and 3.[11] It was dissolved in 2019 and succeeded by Nimrod Sound as Rich Aitken’s mix company.

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.[10]

Works

Film scores
Year Title
2009 The Disappearance of Alice Creed[12][13] (with NSO)
2012 When the Lights Went Out
2015 Burn Burn Burn
2015 Final Girl
2019 Close
2020 I Care a Lot
2021 Barbarians
2022 The Lost Girls

Games
Year Title
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)[11]
2006 Reservoir Dogs (video game)
2006 Driver: Parallel Lines
2007 Driver 76 (with Andy Gannon and Ed Scroggie)
2008 Far Cry 2
2009 Battlefield Heroes
2009 Killzone 2 (With NSO)
2010 Split/Second
2010 Chime (as music producer / integrator)[8]
2011 Driver: San Francisco[10]
2012 The Secret World
2014 Infamous First Light
2014 Infamous Second Son

Installations

The Dagger Tree, Titanic Museum, Belfast.[14][15]

References
  1. 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.
  2. Friesen, Hunter (February 25, 2021). "'I Care a Lot' is devilishly fun". Northern Iowan. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  3. "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.
  4. "Marc Canham Scores 'I Care A Lot'". Faber Music. September 15, 2020. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  5. "'I Care A Lot' score gets an ASCAP Award". Marc Canham.
  6. "Marc Canham wins ASCAP Screen Music Award for 'I Care A Lot' | Faber Music". www.fabermusic.com.
  7. "Marc Canham". Faber Music. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  8. "Composer Interview: Marc Canham". Film and Game Composers. April 11, 2014. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  9. "Game Music :: Interview with Marc Canham (April 2011)". squareenixmusic.com.
  10. "Marc Canham Artist Profile | AAE Music".
  11. "Recording 24: The Game". www.soundonsound.com.
  12. "Blu-ray Review: The Disappearance of Alice Creed | Addicted to Media".
  13. "Gemma Arterton The Disappearance of Alice Creed". www.female.com.au.
  14. "Titanic Museum Hosts The Danger Tree". Marc Canham.
  15. "Titanic Belfast hosts interactive digital art exhibition 'The Danger Tree' - Irish Tech News".
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