About Marc Canham
Born 1977. Marc Canham is a British composer, musician, film score composer and video game composer.
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, for which he received an ASCAP award. Canham has collaborated with several artists including Iggy Pop, Nathan Johnson, Philip Glass, Baaba Maal, Bryan Mantia, and Paul Hartnoll.
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. For I Care A Lot, Canham claims to have created the score from the script, as opposed to the film.
Nimrod Productions Along with Richard Aitken and others, Canham founded Nimrod Productions Limited in 2000, a music production company in Oxfordshire, UK. Nimrod has provided orchestral soundtracks for The Getaway, Black Monday, Gran Turismo 4 and Driver 2, 3 and Driver: San Francisco. 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. (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 Year Title 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)
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Who is Marc Canham?
music composer
When was Marc Canham born?
Marc Canham was born on 19 October 1977.
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Marc Canham is a composer, musician, film score composer and video game composer.
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Marc Canham is British.
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