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Mychael Danna

Matthew meets award-winning Canadian composer Mychael Danna, who has written the score for Onward, which was released this week.

Academy Award-winner Mychael Danna's scores include Life of Pi, Little Miss Sunshine, The Time Traveller's Wife, and Monsoon Wedding. His regular collaborators include directors Ang Lee, Atom Egoyan, and Mira Nair. He talks to Matthew about growing up in Toronto in the 70s, his love of India, the challenges of scoring animations and writing with his younger brother Jeff. Their new Pixar film Onward is released in the UK this weekend.

(Photo of Mychael Danna, credit: Tyler Curtis)

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Sat 7 Mar 2020 15:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Mychael Danna

    Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - First Push

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Little Miss Sunshine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Lakeshore Records.
    • 4.

  • Mychael Danna

    Life of Pi - Tsimtsum

    Orchestra: London Metropolitan Orchestra. Choir: Metropolitan Voices. Conductor: Andy Brown.
    • Life of Pi - Soundtrack.
    • Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
    • 1.

  • Mychael Danna

    Ride with the Devil (1999) - Jack Bull's Death

    Conductor: Nicholas Dodd. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Ride With The Devil (Music From The Motion Picture).
    • Atlantic.
    • 12.

  • Mychael Danna

    Exotica (1994): Pagan Song

    Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Exotica (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Var猫se Sarabande.
    • 5.

  • Mychael Danna

    The Sweet Hereafter (1997): It's important that we talk

    Ensemble: Toronto Consort.
    • The Sweet Hereafter (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Virgin Music Canada 鈥�.
    • 7.

  • Mychael Danna

    The Time Traveler's Wife (2009): Meadow

    Orchestra: Hollywood Studio Symphony. Conductor: Nicholas Dodd.
    • The Time Traveler's Wife (Music From The Motion Picture).
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Mychael Danna

    Monsoon Wedding (2001): Your Good Name

    Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.
    • Monsoon Wedding.
    • Milan.
    • 5.

  • Mychael Danna

    Vanity Fair (1993) - Becky and Amelia Leave School/ Ride to London

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Mychael Danna.
    • Vanity Fair (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Mychael Danna

    CAPOTE (2005): Epigraph

    Performer: Eve Egoyan. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Dodd.
    • RCA/LEGACY : 8-2876-78151-2.
    • RCA/LEGACY.
    • 17.

  • Ravi Shankar

    Pather Panchali (1955): Song of the Little Road

    • The Masterworks Of Satyajit Ray.
    • Navras.
    • 1.

  • Mychael Danna

    Storks (2020): I want a baby brother

    Composer: Jeff Danna. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.

  • Mychael Danna

    Storks (2020): Magic Returns

    Composer: Jeff Danna. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.

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  • Sat 7 Mar 2020 15:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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