Matthew McCauley (born 1954) is a

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composer
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. In 1977 Matthew produced

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's song "

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Canadian Review
'. Vol. Issues 2-6. Pomeroy, Carter.; 1976. p. 33. His film scores include '' Between Friends'' (1973), '' City on Fire'' (1979), ''

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'' (1980), ''

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'' (1982) and '' Thunder Run'' (1986).

Early life

McCauley was born in

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, the son of composer William McCauley and Patricia McFarlane, daughter of author

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. He grew up in Toronto, where his father was the musical director of the

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Career

McCauley began creating film scores with his father as a teenager."At 23, Matthew McCauley, a longhaired musician with no college education, excavated the Great Sphinx ... and that’s just the tip of the pyramid"
''Nashville Scene'', Jack Silverman, Apr 12, 2012 In 1973 he composed the score for the film ''Between Friends''.Wyndham Wise.
Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film
'. University of Toronto Press; 1 January 2001. . p. 20. He also composed the music for the 1975 film ''Sudden Fury'', which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival.Bowker.
Variety's Film Reviews: 1975-1977
'. Bowker; May 1989. .

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.
Torn Sprockets: The Uncertain Projection of the Canadian Film
'. University of Delaware Press; 1987. . p. 222. In 1977 McCauley and Fred Mollin produced

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's album ''Stowaway'' at True North Records. That year McCauley travelled to Egypt, where he and anthropology student Mark Lehner began to study and map the

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, near

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. McCauley is the cofounder of Ancient Egypt Research Associates which is based at the

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. Established in 1985, AERA carries out excavations and digital mapping at the plateau. In 1979 McCauley and Mollin were nominated for a Juno Award for Producer of the Year. A year later McCauley and Mollin produced the album ''Alibi'' for the band

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. In 2000 McCauley was music director of the television series ''Andromeda''; in 2001 he won a Leo Award for his composition for the series, "Music from a Distant Drum". In 2002 he was presented with a Cleveland Regional Emmy award for his composition "Squeakers".

Personal

McCauley's great grandfather and namesake,

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, was the first mayor of

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, Alberta (1892)"Matthew McCauley"
''Dictionary of Canadian biography''. and a member of the

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from 1905 to 1909.

References

External links

AERA
{{DEFAULTSORT:McCauley, Matthew 1954 births Living people Canadian record producers Canadian people of Scottish descent Canadian people of Irish descent Musicians from Ottawa People from Greater Los Angeles Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award winners Regional Emmy Award winners