Patrick Savage (composer)

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Patrick Savage
Birth namePadraic Savage
Origin Bendigo, Australia
Genres Film scores
Occupation(s)Composer, musician
Instrument(s)Violin
Website savage-spies.com

Patrick Savage [1] is an Australian-born composer and violinist best known for his collaboration with Holeg Spies [2] on the score for The Human Centipede (First Sequence) . [3]

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He was also formerly principal first violin [4] with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [5] in London, UK. A former student of the Victorian College of the Arts [6] in Melbourne and the Royal College of Music [7] in London, he now lives in London and collaborates regularly on scores with French composer Holeg Spies. [8]

He was also formerly leader of the Tippett Quartet [9] in London.

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