Person · Composer

Clinton Shorter

Born

March 18, 1971

From

North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Also:
Music Department

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In short · Composing since 2003, 3 decades active, 33 credits.

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Biography

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 soundtrack 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.

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