Owen Pallett
Age: N/A | From: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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Movie Involvements: 18
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
Michael James Owen Pallett is a Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist, and vocalist, who performs solo as Owen Pallett or, before 2010, under the name Final Fantasy. As Final Fantasy, he won the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the album He Poos Clouds. From the age of 3, Pallett studied classical violin, and composed his first piece at age 13. A notable early composition includes some of the music for the game Traffic Department 2192; he moved on to scoring films, to composing two operas while in university. Apart from the indie music scene, he has had commissions from the Barbican, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, National Ballet of Canada, Bang on a Can, Ecstatic Music Festival, the Vancouver CBC Orchestra, and Fine Young Classicals. On his Final Fantasy releases, Pallett has collaborated with Leon Taheny, who is credited as drummer and engineer. Following the release of Heartland, Pallett has toured with guitarist/percussionist Thomas Gill and more recently with his former collaborators in Les Mouches, Rob Gordon and Matt Smith. Pallett has been noted for his live performances, wherein he plays the violin into a loop pedal. Pallett uses Max/MSP and SooperLooper to do multi-phonic looping, which sends his violin signal to amplifiers across the stage. In January 2014, Pallett and William Butler were nominated for Best Original Score at the 86th Academy Awards for their work on Her.
Most Famous Work
Her
(2013) Additional Music
Dream Scenario
(2023) Original Music Composer
The Box
(2009) Original Music Composer
Alice, Darling
(2022) Original Music Composer
On the Count of Three
(2022) Original Music Composer
Life
(2015) Original Music Composer
The Wait
(2014) Original Music Composer
Longing
(2024) Original Music ComposerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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| 2022 | N/A | |
| 2014 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2010 | Himself | |
| 2007 | Himself | |
| 1975 | Self - Musical Guest | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2024 | Original Music Composer | |
| 2023 | Original Music Composer | |
| 2022 | Original Music Composer | |
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| 2020 | Musician | |
| Original Music Composer | ||
| 2019 | Music | |
| 2018 | Music | |
| 2015 | Music | |
| Original Music Composer | ||
| 2014 | Original Music Composer | |
| 2010 | Music | |
| 2009 | Conductor | |
| Original Music Composer | ||
| 2007 | Original Music Composer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2013 | Additional Music | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
