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 ''

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'', for which he received an ASCAP award. Canham has collaborated with several artists including Iggy Pop, Nathan Johnson, Philip Glass,

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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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'' and '' Driver versions 2'' and '' 3''. It was dissolved in 2019.

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