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May 31, 2017 · As a prolific film composer, he sets his work apart by choosing nuance over convention; Danna understands our expectations and plays against them, treating each score as an opportunity to create an autonomous musical language specific to the context of its film.
- Peter Golub, Katy Jarzebowski
- 2017
Mychael Danna (born September 20, 1958) is a Canadian composer of film and television scores. He won both the Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Original Score for Life of Pi. He has also won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score) in his work on the miniseries World Without End.
An Oscar winner for “Life of Pi,” an Emmy winner for “World Without End,” composer of scores as diverse as “Moneyball” and “Girl Interrupted,” he often blends ethnic sounds with a traditional...
The memorable music for The Nativity Story was penned by Canadian composer Mychael Danna. Danna, a committed Christian, began his film music career with the score for Atom Egoyan's Family Viewing for which Danna won a Canadian film award, an award for which he has been nominated 11 times.
Dec 17, 2012 · Mychael Danna, composer of the soundtrack to Ang Lee's Life Of Pi, talks to Classic FM about the unique visual nature of the film and how that, along with his personal experiences, contributed to the Golden Globe-nominated score.
Feb 1, 2019 · Mychael Danna is the masterful Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Emmy winning composer widely regarded as a pioneer of genre bending and blending in film music. He is the audacious sage behind a vast array of distinguished feature films including Life of Pi, Little Miss Sunshine, Girl, Interrupted, Moneyball, Capote, Monsoon Wedding, The ...
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Jan 1, 2017 · The article discusses ethnicity in Nollywood film music by specifically examining the local film composers’ representative practice through which musical value and meaning are generated.
