Chris Letcher Explained

Chris Letcher
Birth Place:Durban, South Africa
Genre:Indie folk, baroque pop, experimental, film score
Occupation:Singer
Years Active:1998–present
Label:Sheer, Warner/Chappell

Chris Letcher is a South African singer-songwriter and film composer based in London and Johannesburg.

He has played with Urban Creep. Two of his albums made South Africa's Mail & Guardian "20 Best CDs of the Decade by South African Artists" list.[1] Frieze, his 2007 album, is listed for that year in the Sunday Times Albums of the Decade. His second solo album, Spectroscope, was named 2011 album of the year.[2]

He wrote the scores for Claire Angelique's debut feature film, My Black Little Heart,[3] the BBC production of Women in Love, and director Ntshavheni Wa Luruli's film, Elelwani.[4] which was shown at the Berlinale Film Festival 2013.[5] He also composed the score for the BBC film, Challenger, which stars William Hurt.[6] Letcher co-scored the film Black South-Easter in 2013 with Sub Pop's Spoek Mathambo.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-12-23-mzansis-groove Mzansi's groove
  2. Web site: Let's hear it for local sounds. 23 December 2011.
  3. http://www.oppikoppi.co.za/blogs/oppikoppi/archive/2008/07/15/claire-angelique-s-debut-film-my-black-little-heart.aspx Claire Angelique's debut film My Black Little Heart
  4. Web site: Elelwani - FILM . 2013-02-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130102015631/http://www.eastwest-distribution.com/film_elelwani.htm . 2013-01-02 .
  5. Web site: Elelwani.
  6. Web site: William Hurt to Star in Science Channel/BBC Challenger Docu-Drama (Exclusive). . 26 September 2012.