Marc Canham (composer)

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Marc Canham
Born (1977-10-19) 19 October 1977 (age 45)
United Kingdom
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  • Musician
  • composer
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Years active1997–present
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 , [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]

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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

YearTitle
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

YearTitle
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]

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References

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  2. Friesen, Hunter (February 25, 2021). "'I Care a Lot' is devilishly fun". Northern Iowan. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
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  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".