Darren Fung

Darren Fung
Born	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Occupation	Composer
Years active	2002–present

Darren Fung is a Canadian film and television composer based in Los Angeles. ^[1] He is best known for scoring The Great Human Odyssey, Equus: Story of the Horse, Bang Bang Baby , and Canada AM . ^{[2] [3]}

Life and career

Fung was born in Edmonton, Alberta and is a graduate of McGill University. He was responsible for rearranging and producing the Hockey Theme, often referred to as Canada's second national anthem, for NHL on TSN. ^[4] His work on Niobe Thompson’s The Great Human Odyssey and Equus: Story of the Horse received critical acclaim and has been presented live in-concert with orchestras across Canada with Darren conducting.

As an arranger and orchestrator, Fung has written numerous orchestral arrangements for Canadian artists including iskwē and Shawnee Kish. ^[5] He is a long-time board member of the Screen Composers Guild of Canada, and a mentor for the Canadian Film Centre’s Slaight Family Music Lab. ^[6]

Selected filmography

• 2004 – The Sadness of Johnson Joe Jangles
• 2006 – The Tragic Story of Nling
• 2007 – Just Buried
• 2011 – Lost Years: A People's Struggle for Justice
• 2014 – Danny
• 2014 – Bang Bang Baby
• 2015 – The Making of Une Libération
• 2016 – The Great Human Odyssey: Rise of a Species
• 2017 – Union Leader
• 2018 – Angelique's Isle
• 2018 – The Nature of Things : "Equus: Story of the Horse"
• 2019 – We Happy Few: Roger & James In They Came From Below
• 2020 – A Sugar & Spice Holiday
• 2021 – Bee's Diary
• 2021 – Cinema of Sleep
• 2024 – Calamity Jane
• 2024 – The Silent Planet

Awards and nominations

Year	Result	Award	Category	Work	Ref.
2006	Won	Atlantic Film Festival	Best Original Score	Little Claus & Big Claus
2013	Nominated	Canadian Screen Awards	Best Original Music for a Non-Fiction Program or Series	Lost Years: A People's Struggle for Justice
2016	Nominated	International Film Music Critics Association	Best Original Score for a Documentary Film	The Great Human Odyssey: Rise of a Species	[7]
	Won	Canadian Screen Awards		The Great Human Odyssey: Rise of a Species	[8]
	Nominated		Best Original Music for a Non-Fiction Program Or Series	Danny
2019	Won			Equus: Story of the Horse
2021	Won			A Bee's Diary	[9]
2022	Nominated		Best Original Score	Cinema of Sleep	[10]

References

1. "COMPOSER DARREN FUNG TALKS BUSINESS, MENTORSHIP AND THE FUTURE OF SCORING FOR FILM AND TV". cfccreates.com. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
2. "Darren Fung on Scoring The Great Human Odyssey". motionpictures.org. 14 October 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
3. "Bang Bang Baby". nowtoronto.com. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
4. "How TSN put a new twist on the hockey theme". thestar.com. 14 October 2008. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
5. "KSO review: A very long-awaited return". kamloopsthisweek.com. 25 April 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
6. "Darren Fung". nac-cna.ca. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
7. "2015 IFMCA Awards". filmmusiccritics.org. 23 November 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
8. "The Great Human Odyssey wins two early Canadian Screen Awards". edmontonjournal.com. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
9. "Darren Fung". academy.ca. 30 March 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
10. "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, 'Sort Of' & 'Scarborough' Lead The Pack". etcanada.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.

External links

• Darren Fung at IMDb