Allison Cantor
Allison Cantor | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Allison Geatches [1] |
| Born | March 20, 1989 |
| Genres | Film music |
| Occupation(s) | Composer |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Website | allisong |
Allison Cantor is an American film and television score composer. She is also an orchestrator, copyist, score coordinator [2] and vocalist. [3]
Biography[edit]
Cantor began playing piano at age 4 and composed her first piece of music at age 5. She attended Gettysburg College, studying music composition, religion and German, and performing in several vocal ensembles.[3] She studied film composition at Columbia College Chicago [4] and recorded her thesis film score at Capitol Studios. After moving to Los Angeles, she met her long-time mentor Mark Isham, with whom she has collaborated for several years.[3] She is married to fellow composer Lucas Cantor.[2]
Her first feature film work was as a copyist on Dolphin Tale[3] and she has contributed to several full runs of television shows as composer, orchestrator and copyist, including Once Upon A Time, American Crime, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, and Mob City.[2]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
Composer[edit]
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Airhead | Jason Lane Fenton | Short; Project Greenlight semi-finalist [5] |
| 2013 | A Vegan Taste of Chinatown | Our Hen House | Short [6] |
| Living Online | Jake Isham | Short | |
| 2012 | Philter | Jason Lane Fenton | |
| Spice of Life | Scott Acornley | Short | |
| 2011 | Pearls | Tyler Harris | Short [7] |
| 2010 | Kaledaitis | Rasa Aliukonyte | Short |
| Setting the Agenda | Sebastian DiNatale | [8] | |
| Back to Life | Timmy Osoba | Short | |
| 2009 | Homekeeper | Rasa Aliukonyte | Short |
Additional Music Composer[edit]
| Year | Title | Director | Studio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Instrument of War | Adam Thomas Anderegg | Kaleidoscope Pictures |
| Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 | John Ridley | Lincoln Square Productions | |
| Sun Dogs | Jennifer Morrison | Apartment 3C Productions | |
| 2016 | The Accountant | Gavin O'Connor | Warner Bros |
| Mr. Church | Bruce Beresford | Cinelou Films | |
| 2014 | Beyond the Lights | Gina Prince-Bythewood | Relativity Media |
| 2013 | The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete | George Tillman Jr. | State Street Pictures |
| 2012 | Stolen | Simon West | Millennium Entertainment |
Other[edit]
| Year | Title | Director | Studio | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Duck Duck Goose | Chris Jenkins | Original Force | Music production coordinator and music preparation |
| 2017 | Megan Leavey | Gabriela Cowperthwaite | LD Entertainment | Music production coordinator |
| 2016 | Mechanic: Resurrection | Dennis Gansel | Millennium Films | Assistant to composer |
| Fallen | Scott Hicks | Mayhem Pictures | Assistant to composer | |
| A Family Man | Mark Williams | Zero Gravity Management | Assistant to composer | |
| 2015 | The Longest Ride | George Tillman Jr. | Fox | Music production coordinator |
| Septembers of Shiraz | Wayne Blair | Millennium Films | Music production coordinator | |
| Papa: Hemingway in Cuba | Bob Yari | Yari Film Group | Music production coordinator | |
| The Great Gilly Hopkins | Stephen Herek | Arcady Bay Entertainment | Assistant to Composer | |
| 2013 | 42 | Brian Helgeland | Warner Bros | Assistant to composer |
| Homefront | Gary Fleder | Millennium Films | Assistant to composer | |
| 2011 | Dolphin Tale | Charles Martin Smith | Alcon Entertainment | Music preparation |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Network | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018- | Cloak & Dagger | Freeform | Additional music composer |
| 2011-2018 | Once Upon A Time | ABC | Additional music composer, orchestrator, music production coordinator, assistant |
| 2017 | Dirty Dancing (2017) | ABC | Additional music composer |
| 2013-2014 | Once Upon a Time in Wonderland | ABC | Additional music composer, orchestrator, music production coordinator, assistant |
| 2013 | Mob City | TNT | Assistant to composer |
| 2012 | Beauty & the Beast (2012 TV series) | The CW | Assistant to composer - pilot |
References[edit]
- ↑ "New Name, New Website!". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 IMDb. "Allison Cantor". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Mike Baker (2017-02-28). "Allison Geatches '09: Making music for the movies". Gettysburg College. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ↑ Lexcee Riley (2016-06-07). "Allison Geatches:Composer". DaisyLight Productions. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
- ↑ Refocused Media. "12 Films That Made The Project Greenlight Top 200". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ↑ Our Hen House. "A Vegan Taste of Chinatown". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ↑ Tyler Harris. "Pearls". Vimeo. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ↑ a. "Composing & Additional Music". Retrieved 2018-04-07.
- IMDb. "Allison Cantor". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- "Allison Cantor: film and television music". Retrieved 2018-04-11.
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