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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
Composer: Life of Pi. Mychael Danna is an Oscar and and Emmy Award-winning film composer recognized for his evocative blending of non-western traditions with orchestral and electronic music. His highly awarded works include the Oscar-winning score for Ang Lee's Life of Pi (2012), and his many Genie Award-winning scores for director and longtime ...
- January 1, 1
- 2 min
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
May 31, 2017 · Mychael Danna discusses the score of Life of Pi (2012). Danna goes into detail on the subject of his relationship with Ang Lee, Indian music, commercial imperatives behind the making of the film, and important narrative and thematic influences on the music he composed for the film.
- Lindsay Coleman
- 2017
Nov 5, 2012 · This song was written for the opening of the 2012 film Life of Pi. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, the first song in Tamil ever to be so honored.
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.
Life of Pi is the soundtrack album to the 2012 film of the same name directed by Ang Lee. It consists of music entirely composed and produced by Mychael Danna. The album was released in November 2012 by Sony Classical and went on to win a number of awards, including the Academy Award for Best Original Score.
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.
