Carly Paradis

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Carly Paradis
Carly Paradis at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.jpg
Paradis in 2017
Background information
Born Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Origin Stoney Creek Ontario, Canada
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
InstrumentPiano
Website carlyparadis.com

Carly Paradis is a Canadian-born British composer, songwriter and pianist. [1] [2] [3] She composes soundtracks for movies, TV series and solo albums.

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In 2007, she worked with film composer Clint Mansell arranging piano parts on Mansell's soundtrack for the film Moon directed by Duncan Jones, and played all piano on the official score and soundtrack. As of 2022, Paradis has been playing keyboards for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

Career

Background

She was formerly in a Canadian pop/rock duo called Oceanship. [4] [5] The group released one self-titled album.

Film and television scoring

She worked alongside Clint Mansell, arranging piano in the 2009 feature film The Rebound starring Catherine Zeta-Jones. [6] She composed the score to the 2010 Steven Seagal film Deadly Crossing [7] and his 2011–2012 television series True Justice. [8] [9] In 2010 she composed the score to the BBC Two documentary Davis v Taylor: The '85 Black Ball Final, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 1985 World Snooker Championship final which was hosted by her husband Colin Murray. [10] [11]

She composed the theme to BBC's drama Line of Duty , the ITV prequel series Prime Suspect 1973 , and the Sky One comedy Sick Note. She also composed a segment of the first female driven horror anthology XX which premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2017. [12] Paradis scored The Innocents in 2018 on Netflix.

Performance

Paradis has performed piano and keyboard alongside noted film composer Clint Mansell and Sonus Quartet showcasing his works at the Gent Film Festival in Belgium, Tenerife International Film Festival in the Canary Islands, [13] Union Chapel, Islington, Le Trianon (theatre) Paris, Barbican Centre London, Royal Festival Hall London, Royal Northern College of Music Manchester, National Concert Hall Dublin and Melbourne Recital Centre as part of the Melbourne Festival. [14] [15] [16] [17] Paradis performed her Netflix original series suite and theme song to The Innocents at the BBC Proms 2019 Royal Albert Hall conducted by Robert Ames and performed by London Contemporary Orchestra.

In 2022, Paradis became a touring member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, playing keyboards during their live performances. Regarding her arrival into the band, Paradis noted: "I got talking to their manager at an awards ceremony and later, I had a Zoom call with Warren Ellis and Nick Cave. It all happened super quick. I think Nick was a fan of Line of Duty , the TV show that I score. Sometimes in life you're in the right place at the right time." [18] She contributed whistling to the song "O Wow O Wow (How Wonderful She Is)" on the band's 2024 studio album, Wild God , stating: "I can whistle pretty good and I do bird calls. I'm from Canada, when I'm up North at my cottage, there's a certain bird I can call, a warbler, and it'll fly to me." [18]

Albums

In April 2011, the mini-album They Have Been Watching was released on iTunes. [19]

In November 2013, the debut album Hearts to Symphony was released on iTunes and green vinyl.

In 2014, the official Line of Duty TV series soundtrack was released on iTunes.

In November 2019, the album Nothing Is Something was released digitally and on cream-colored vinyl.

In March 2022, the TV soundtrack album The Rising was released on Lakeshore Records.

Awards and nominations

BAFTA 2022 TV Craft nomination for Original Music Line of Duty Series 6. Winner of Royal Television Society and the Music + Sound Award for best titles music The Rising (TV series) 2022. Royal Television Society for best title music The Pembrokeshire Murders and NI original music score for Line of Duty series 4 nomination. Won a Hollywood Music in Media Award (HMMA) for original song in Netflix Original The Innocents. She won silver Promax Awards for her The Story of God with Morgan Freeman trailer music. Underwire Film Festival nomination for best score for short film Trial written and directed by The Brothers Lynch. Paradis was nominated for Piano / Keyboard Player of the Year in the Hamilton Music Awards 2009. [20] [21]

On Thursday 23 May 2024, her soundtrack to Typist Artist Pirate King was nominated for the Best Original Film Score Ivor Novello Award. [22]

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