Biography

Clinton Shorter was hailed by The Hollywood Reporter as one of the "Composers to Watch." His original music to the Oscar nominated blockbuster, "District 9" was described by Oscar winning director Peter Jackson as a “brilliant score”. Shorter followed that success with his score to the Mark Wahlberg box office hit “Contraband”, “2 Guns” starring Wahlberg and Denzel Washington and “The RIP” starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck which was ranked number one for three weeks. The Award winning Vancouver native, developed a love for music at a young age. Clinton entered college as a music major specializing in Jazz Studies, but left to pursue writing music with an experimental rock trio only to return years later to study music composition and synthesis. With almost a dozen feature films to his credit Clinton has also worked on over 400 episodes of television including the CBS series “Code Black”, Universal’s “Law and Order Criminal Intent”, SYFY’s “The Expanse”, USA’s “The Rainmaker”, plus numerous commercials, as well as original music for the Olympics.

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FILM

The Rip

Studio: Artists Equity | Netflix
Producers: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon
Director: Joe Carnahan

Not Without Hope

Studio: Volition Media Partners
Producers: Dean Altit, Adam Beasley
Director: Joe Carnahan

Copshop

Studio: Sculptor Media
Producers: Gerard Butler, Joe Carnahan
Director: Joe Carnahan

Boss Level

Studio: WarParty Films
Producers: Joe Carnahan, Randall Emmett
Director: Joe Carnahan

Pompeii

Studio: TriStar Pictures
Producers: Paul W. S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt
Director: Paul W. S. Anderson

Gibraltar 

Studio: Transfilm
Producers: Claude Leger, Dmitri Rassam
Director: Julien Lecercq

2 Guns

Studio: Universal Pictures
Producers: Andrew Cosby, Randall Emmett
Director: Baltasar Kormákur

Jappeloup

Studio: Acajou Films
Producers: Ludi Boeken, Pascal Judelewicz
Director: Christian Duguay

Contraband

Studio: Universal Pictures
Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Director: Baltasar Kormákur

Cole

Studio: Rampart Films
Producers: Carl Bessai, Dylan Thomas Collingwood
Director: Carl Bessai

District 9 

Studio: TriStar Pictures
Producers: Carolynne Cunningham, Peter Jackson
Director: Neill Blomkamp

Normal 

Studio: Head Gear Films
Producers: Carl Bessai, Andrew Boutilier
Director: Carl Bessai

Unnatural & Accidental

Studio: Raven West Films Ltd. 
Producers: Carl Bessai, Jason James
Director: Carl Bessai

The Cabin Movie

Studio: Cabin Movie Productions Ltd. 
Producer: Rob Riley
Director: Dylan Akio Smith

Severed

Studio: Carl Bessai
Producers: Andrew Boutilier, Cynthia Chapman
Director: Carl Bessai

Human Trials: Testing the AIDS Vaccine

Producer: Tony Papa
Directors: Michael Margolis, Ryan Marley

Come Together 

Director: Jeff Macpherson
Producer: Laura Harris

TELEVISION

Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent

Studio: Cameron Pictures, Universal Television
Producers: Amy Cameron, Erin Haskett, Alex Patrick

The Expanse

Studio: Alcon Entertainment
Producer: Naren Shankar

The Expanse: One Ship

Studio: Alcon Entertainment

Tribes of Europa

Studio: W&B Television
Producer: Philip Koch

NYPD Blue

Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Director: Jesse Bochoco

Quantico

Studio: The Mark Gordon Company

Colony 

Studio: Legendary Television
Producers: Ryan J. Condal, Carlton Cuse

Code Black 

Studio: Michael Seitzman’s Pictures

Großstadtrevier

Studio: Studio Hamburg Produktion
Producers: Kerstin Ramcke, Claudia Thieme
Directors: Jurgen Roland, Guido Pieters

The Grand Tour

Studio: Expectation Entertainment
Producers: Andy Wilman, Tom Carling
Directors: Phil Churchward, Kit Lynch

House of Lies

Studio: Cinema Vehicles

Intelligence

Studio: Michael Seitzman’s Pictures

Urban Rush

Studio: Shaw Cable Systems Ltd. 
Producers: Fiona Forbes, Jay Brown

NYC: Tornado Terror

Studio: Fast Productions Ltd. 
Producer: Cheryl-Lee Fast

The Secret Lives of Second Wives

Studio: Ambitious Entertainment Inc. 
Producer: Kirk Shaw

Nightmare at the End of the Hall

Studio: Ambitious Entertainment Inc. 
Producers: Kim Arnott, Jamie Goehring

Post-mortem

Studio: Cintel Films
Director: George Mendeluk

This Space is for Rent. 

Studio: Omnifilm Entertainment
Producer: Jason James

Judicial Indiscretion

Studio: Ambitious Entertainment Inc. 
Producers: Lindsay MacAdam, Kirk Shaw

Secrets of an Undercover Wife

Studio: Ambitious Entertainment Inc. 
Producer: Kirk Shaw

A Decent Proposal 

Studio: 7 Things Productions
Producer: Cheryl-Lee Fast

The Dead Zone 

Studio: CBS Paramount Network Television

Under the Mistletoe

Studio: Insight Film Studios
Producer: Kirk Shaw

Her Fatal Flaw

Studio: Lifetime Movie Network 

12 Hours to Live

Studio: Insight Film Studios
Producer: Kirk Shaw

Presumed Dead 

Studio: Torati KG
Producers: Stanton W. Kamens, Kirk Shaw

Ties That Bind

Studio: Insight Film Studios
Producers: James Shavick, Kirk Shaw

Deck the Halls 

Studio: Shavick Entertainment
Producers: James Shavick, Kirk Shaw

Secret Lives

Studio: Insight Film Studios
Producers: James Shavick, Kirk Shaw

Making the Cut

Studio: Network Entertainment
Producers: Greg Donis, Carole Ducharme