Carly Paradis is a BAFTA-nominated Canadian-born British composer, songwriter and pianist. She composes soundtracks for movies, TV series and solo albums. In 2007, she worked with film composer

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arranging piano parts on Mansell's soundtrack for the BAFTA Award-winning film

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directed by

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, and played all piano on the official score and soundtrack. As of 2022, Paradis has been playing keyboards for

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for their European tour.

Career

Background

She was formerly in a Canadian pop/rock duo called Oceanship. The group released one self-titled album.

Film and television scoring

She worked alongside

, arranging piano in the 2009 feature film ''

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'' starring

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. She composed the score to the 2010

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film ''Deadly Crossing'' and his 2011–2012 television series ''

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.'' In 2010 she composed the score to the

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documentary ''

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: The '85 Black Ball Final'', commemorating the 25th anniversary of the

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which was hosted by her husband

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. She composed the theme to

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's drama ''

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'', the

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prequel series ''

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'', and the

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comedy ''Sick Note''. She also composed a segment of the first female driven horror anthology ''XX'' which premiered at

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2017. Paradis scored ''The Innocents'' in 2018 on

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Performance

Paradis has performed piano and keyboard alongside noted film composer

and

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showcasing his works at the Gent Film Festival in Belgium, Tenerife International Film Festival in the Canary Islands,

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and

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as part of the

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. Paradis performed her

original series suite and theme song to ''The Innocents'' at the

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2019

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conducted by Robert Ames and performed by

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. As of 2022, Paradis has been playing keyboards for

for their European tour.

Albums

In April 2011 the mini-album ''They Have Been Watching'' was released on iTunes. In November 2013 the debut album ''Hearts to Symphony'' was released on iTunes and green vinyl. In 2014 the official ''

'' TV series soundtrack was released on iTunes. In November 2019 the album ''Nothing Is Something'' was released digitally and cream vinyl. In March 2022 the TV soundtrack album ''The Rising'' was released on

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Awards and nominations

BAFTA 2022 TV Craft nomination for Original Music ''

'' Series 6.

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for best title music ''

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'' and NI original music score for ''

'' series 4 nomination. Won a Hollywood Music in Media Award (HMMA) for original song in Netflix Original ''The Innocents''. She won silver

Promax Awards The Promax Awards (also known as the PromaxBDA Awards) honor promotion, design, and marketing by a company or individual that is broadcast, published, or released in their respective markets. Promax International/BPME (branded as "Promax") sponsor ...

for her ''

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'' trailer music. Underwire Film Festival nomination for best score for short film ''Trial'' written and directed by The Brothers Lynch. Paradis was nominated for Piano / Keyboard Player of the Year in the Hamilton Music Awards 2009.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Paradis, Carly Living people Canadian television composers Musicians from Hamilton, Ontario Canadian women composers British women composers Year of birth missing (living people) British television composers