Spencer Creaghan Explained

Spencer Creaghan is a Canadian musician and film composer. He has created original scores for feature films such as Black Water (2018), Quickening (2021), Motherly (2021), and I Don't Know Who You Are (2023), and television series such as SurrealEstate.

Career

Film

Creaghan has been producing film scores for over a decade. He attended York University, where met many of his collaborators. He is also an alumnus of the Slaight Family Music Lab at the Canadian Film Centre.

In 2022, Creaghan received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Score at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards for his work on the 2021 film Motherly.[1]

The following year, Creaghan created the original score for M. H. Murray's feature film I Don't Know Who You Are, which premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.[2] [3]

His other credits have included the films Black Water and Quickening,[4] [5] the web series Teenagers,[6] and the television drama series SurrealEstate.

Other work

He has also composed orchestral parts for symphonic metal bands, including Carnifex, Aborted, Devilment, Astaroth, Diamorte, and Lindsay Schoolcraft.

Notes and References

  1. Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
  2. Web site: 2023-09-07 . #TIFF23 Review: I Don’t Know Who You Are (Discovery) . 2024-01-10 . The Joy of Movies . en.
  3. Web site: 2023-10-08 . TIFF 2023: Composer Spencer Creaghan Discusses His Work on 'I Don't Know Who You Are' . 2024-01-10 . biffbampop.com . en-US.
  4. Web site: T. H. R. Staff . 2018-05-23 . ‘Black Water’: Film Review . 2024-01-10 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  5. Web site: Gyarkye . Lovia . 2021-09-25 . ‘Quickening’: Film Review TIFF 2021 . 2024-01-10 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  6. Web site: Greene . Steve . 2016-12-13 . Web Series ‘teenagers’ Wants to Dig Past the Usual Young Adult Drama . 2024-01-10 . IndieWire . en-US.