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Clinton Shorter (b. 1971)

Alias:
Clint Shorter

Birthplace:
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Born:
March 18, 1971

Biography from TheMovieDB

Clinton Shorter (born March 18, 1971) is a Canadian film and television composer. He is particularly known for his score for Neill Blomkamp's film District 9. He has also composed the music for over 300 television episodes.  Shorter was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia. He initially studied jazz in college before switching to music composition.  Shorter created the score for an independent film, Come Together, in Vancouver. He went on to create music for several more films in the Vancouver area, including Neill Blomkamp 's short Alive in Joburg.  Shorter was asked to create a score for Blomkamp's 2009 science fiction film District 9, "something 'raw and dark' but which maintained its African roots". The resulting music has been described by reviewers as "rhythmic" and "magnificent", as "mournful ethnic-action strains", and as having "pseudo-exotic ambiance as a post-modern theme of loss". The sound track was released separately as a CD.  In 2014 Shorter wrote the score for the action film Pompeii. He subsequently composed music for the television series The Expanse and Colony.  Source: Article "Clinton Shorter" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Film Production

Music:
2005  Alive in Joburg
2006  Her Fatal Flaw
2006  Ties That Bind
2006  Under the Mistletoe
2007  A Decent Proposal
2007  Judicial Indiscretion
2007  Secrets of an Undercover Wife
2007  Terminus
2008  The Secret Lives of Second Wives

Original Music Composer:
2005  Alive in Joburg
2005  Deck the Halls
2005  Secret Lives
2005  Severed
2006  12 Hours to Live
2006  Her Fatal Flaw
2006  Presumed Dead
2006  Ties That Bind
2006  Under the Mistletoe
2007  A Decent Proposal
2007  I Know What I Saw
2007  Judicial Indiscretion
2007  Normal
2007  Secrets of an Undercover Wife
2007  Terminus
2008  NYC: Tornado Terror
2008  Nightmare at the End of the Hall
2008  The Secret Lives of Second Wives
2009  District 9
2012  Contraband
2013  2 Guns
2013  Jappeloup
2013  The Informant
2014  Pompeii
2021  Boss Level
2021  Copshop
2024  Not Without Hope

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TV Production

Original Music Composer:
2015  Quantico
2015  The Expanse
2016  Colony

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