Chris Letcher is a South African singer-songwriter and film composer based in

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and

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. He has played with

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. Two of his albums made South Africa's ''Mail & Guardian'' "20 Best CDs of the Decade by South African Artists" list. ''Frieze'', his 2007 album, is listed for that year in the ''Sunday Times'' Albums of the Decade. His second solo album, ''Spectroscope'', was named 2011 album of the year. He wrote the scores for Claire Angelique's debut feature film, ''My Black Little Heart'', the BBC production of ''

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'', and director Ntshavheni Wa Luruli's film, ''

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''. which was shown at the

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Film Festival 2013. He also composed the score for the BBC film, ''Challenger'', which stars

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. Letcher co-scored the film ''Black South-Easter'' in 2013 with

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Letcher, Chris Living people South African film score composers Male film score composers Musicians from Durban Year of birth missing (living people) South African singer-songwriters South African male singer-songwriters