Stuart Chatwood

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Stuart Chatwood
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Background information
Born (1969-10-22) October 22, 1969 (age 55)
Fleetwood, Lancashire, England
Origin Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Genres Rock, hard rock, world, blues, new wave, gothic, post-punk, industrial, pop, art rock
Occupation(s) Musician, composer, songwriter
Instrument(s) Bass, guitar, keyboards, harmonium, percussion, mandolin, tambura, cello, lap steel guitar, bass pedals
Years active1990–present
Labels EMI, Ubisoft
Website stuartchatwood.com

Stuart Chatwood, (born 22 October 1969 in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England) [1] is a Canadian musician, best known as the bass guitar and keyboard player for the rock band The Tea Party. The Tea Party are known for fusing together musical styles of both the Eastern and Western worlds, in what they call "Moroccan roll". In 2001, Chatwood won a Juno Award for the best artwork for a Tea Party album.

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Chatwood is also a composer of video game soundtracks. [2] He composed music that has appeared on the soundtracks for eight Prince of Persia games developed by Ubisoft Montreal: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2003), Warrior Within (2004), The Two Thrones (2005), Battles of Prince of Persia (2005), Revelations (2005), Rival Swords (2007), Prince of Persia (2008), and The Fallen King (2008). The series has been very successful, selling in excess of ten million copies worldwide. [3] He also composed the soundtrack for Darkest Dungeon (2016) and its sequel Darkest Dungeon II.

Biography

Chatwood grew up in Windsor, Ontario with other members of The Tea Party, [4] although his first band was called The Stickmen.

Discography with The Tea Party

Movie soundtracks with The Tea Party

Stuart Chatwood performing with the Tea Party at the Sound of Music Festival in Burlington, ON Tea Party at BSOMF 2015 2.jpg
Stuart Chatwood performing with the Tea Party at the Sound of Music Festival in Burlington, ON

Video directing

Videogame soundtracks

Additional projects

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Chatwood on the grand piano, 2023

Currently in production

Completed projects with undetermined release dates

Other information

Career awards

Related Research Articles

The Tea Party is a Canadian rock band. Active throughout the 1990s and up until 2005, the band re-formed in 2011. The Tea Party released eight albums on EMI Music Canada, selling over three million records worldwide, including four double-platinum awards, one platinum and four gold albums in Canada. Between 1996 and 2016, The Tea Party was the 35th best-selling Canadian artist in Canada.

<i>Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time</i> 2003 video game

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<i>Prince of Persia: Warrior Within</i> 2004 video game by Ubisoft

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References

  1. ↑ "Composer Inon Zur and Stuart Chatwood - Interview at Tracksounds (2008)". Tracksounds.com. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  2. ↑ "Stuart Chatwood". MobyGames. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  3. ↑ "Ubisoft - Ubisoft Announces Prince Of Persia For Consoles, PC And Nintendo DS". Ubi.com. 2008-04-28. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  4. ↑ "Tea Party biography". Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  5. ↑ "Lilly (1993)". IMDb.com.
  6. ↑ "Rock And Metal Music News: 08.16.04 - 08.22.04". RockAndMetal.com. 2004-06-02. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  7. ↑ Karen Bliss (2005-05-09). "CANOE - JAM! Music - Karen Bliss's Lowdown: Insider Canadian music news: Tea Party's life affirming video". Jam.canoe.ca. Archived from the original on 2007-06-23. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The Tea Party 20 Years Into Transmission". Girlatarockshow. 2017-11-02. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
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