Caleb Chan (composer)

{{Short description|Canadian composer and musician}}

{{for|the Canadian businessman and philanthropist|Caleb Chan}}

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| instruments = Violin, piano, guitar

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Caleb Chan is a Canadian composer and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the composer for Netflix's North of North, Nickelodeon's The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish, Season 2 of Alert: Missing Persons Unit, Sam Raimi's Roku series 50 States of Fright, Sony Pictures Television's Panhandle, and Allegiance for CBC.{{Cite web |url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2020/04/13/christopher-young-and-brian-caleb-chan-scoring-quibis-50-states-of-fright/ |title=Christopher Young and Brian & Caleb Chan Scoring Quibi's '50 States of Fright' | Film Music Reporter |access-date=2022-01-05 |archive-date=2020-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628230721/https://filmmusicreporter.com/2020/04/13/christopher-young-and-brian-caleb-chan-scoring-quibis-50-states-of-fright/ |url-status=live }} He has worked extensively on animated series such as Netflix's Angry Birds: Summer Madness, DreamWorks Animation's Team Zenko Go and Apple TV's Pinecone & Pony. He was also a longtime contributor to the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic franchise. He has been nominated for four Canadian Screen Awards, seven Canadian Screen Music Awards, and is a three-time Leo Award winner.{{cite web|title=2016 Leo Awards: Nominees by name|website=Leo Awards|url=http://www.leoawards.com/2016/nominees/by_name.php|accessdate=4 May 2016|archive-date=11 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711210131/http://www.leoawards.com/2016/nominees/by_name.php|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.leoawards.com/2017/nominees/by_name.php |title=2017 Leo Awards: Nominees by name (Archived copy) |access-date=2017-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527200921/http://www.leoawards.com/2017/nominees/by_name.php |archive-date=2017-05-27 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://secure.leoawards.com/2019/nominees_and_winners/nominees_and_winners_by_name_2019.php|title=2019 Leo Awards: Nominees by name|access-date=2020-04-22|archive-date=2019-06-02|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190602133159/https://secure.leoawards.com/2019/nominees_and_winners/nominees_and_winners_by_name_2019.php|url-status=live}}

Early life and education

Chan attended the University of British Columbia,{{cite web|title=Making Tracks|website=Trinity Western Magazine|url=http://twu.ca/sites/magazine/no-18/twu-alumni/making-tracks.html|accessdate=21 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508033848/http://twu.ca/sites/magazine/no-18/twu-alumni/making-tracks.html|archive-date=2016-05-08|url-status=dead}} Trinity Western University,{{cite web|title=Creation, Limitation, and the Infinite Creator|website=TWU Alumni Association|publisher=Trinity Western University|url=https://twualumni.org/column/8435/|accessdate=21 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505134941/https://twualumni.org/column/8435/|archive-date=5 May 2016|url-status=dead}} and the University of Toronto where he graduated with a master's degree in music composition.

Career

Chan's concert works are influenced by Chinese folk music and Western popular music.{{cite web|title=Music and the Divine Presence|website=Estonian World Review|url=http://www.eesti.ca/music-and-the-divine-presence/print31626|accessdate=21 April 2016|archive-date=8 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508184048/http://www.eesti.ca/music-and-the-divine-presence/print31626|url-status=live}} He is also a frequent collaborator with indie artists, often arranging and performing string parts.{{cite web|title=Vancouver cinematic indie folkster Zaac Pick releases 'Constellations' + Album premiere|website=Beatroute|date=7 April 2015 |url=http://beatroute.ca/2015/04/07/vancouver-cinematic-indie-folkster-zaac-pick-releases-constellations-album-premiere/|accessdate=21 April 2016|archive-date=6 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506053618/http://beatroute.ca/2015/04/07/vancouver-cinematic-indie-folkster-zaac-pick-releases-constellations-album-premiere/|url-status=live}}

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