Marc Canham is a British composer of music for film and video games. In 2008, he scored ''

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'', and in 2020, he composed the film score to '' I Care A Lot'', for which he received an

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award. Canham has collaborated with several artists including

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. 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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Driver versions 2'' and '' 3''. 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'', ''

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Nimrod Productions

Nimrod Studio Orchestra

Works

Film scores

Games

Installations

References