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Giles Lamb | |
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| Born | United Kingdom |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, sound designer |
| Instrument(s) | piano |
| Website | gileslamb |
Giles Lamb is a British music composer and sound designer. [1] Lamb composed the trailer theme for the 2011 video game Dead Island , as well additional music and sound design for the films Valhalla Rising , Wild Country , Asylum and Blinded .
Lamb's musical score for Dead Island and its trailer won a Cannes Lions gold award in 2011. [2]
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