Christoper Tyler Nickel - Counterpoint Music Library Services

Award winning Canadian composer Christopher Tyler Nickel (originally from Vancouver) is unique in today’s musical landscape, having made a name for himself as a successful writer of both concert music as well as film and television music. The Province Newspaper called Christopher’s music “engaging and compelling…music that deserves a wide audience!” and Screensounds in the UK wrote, “to say that this is beautiful music would be an understatement”. A graduate of the University of British Columbia School of Music with a degree in composition, Christopher studied with renowned Canadian composer Stephen Chatman. Upon graduation, he continued his studies in both New York and Los Angeles.

Christopher has composed music for hundreds of hours of film and television for clients that include the Sci-Fi Channel, National Geographic, Alliance Atlantis Television, YTV, Lifetime, NBC, the National Film Board, Teletoon, Cinetel, HGTV, Telefilm Canada, Animal Planet, Vision TV, TLC, the Discovery Channel, and the History Channel. Christopher is currently scoring Highway thru Hell, which aired as the highest rated show on the Discovery networks… ever. Recently completed scores include Transparency starring Lou Diamond Phillips and Estella Warren, and The Christmas Consultant starring David Hasselhoff and Caroline Rhea. His awards include, among others, the 2004 Gold Metal for Best Action Score at the Park City Film Music Festival, and four Leo Award nominations.
Christopher is the author of numerous concert works, which have been performed by ensembles in Canada, the United States, and Europe. In 2002, the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic performed his Fanfare for Freedom for an audience of 40,000. Another highlight was the Vancouver Symphony’s performance of that same work for an audience of 9,000 at Deer Lake Park in Burnaby. Other ensembles having performed Christopher’s works include the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Champagne-Urbana Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, College Light Opera Orchestra, Vancouver Youth Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Fraser Valley Symphony, North Shore Sinfonia, Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble, West Coast Symphony, as well as many other university, youth and semi-professional and professional orchestras and concert bands.
Christopher’s arrangements and orchestrations can be heard in numerous television series, video games, concert works and musicals. In 2006, he worked with the Hollywood Studio Symphony at Paramount Studios on the award-winning score for the video game Advent Rising for legendary game composer Tommy Tallarico. Christopher also contributed orchestrations to the very successful Video Games Live touring event, which has now played to over 100,000 people worldwide. Recently, Christopher’s orchestrations can be heard in the feature films Age of Heroes (starring Sean Bean), and the critically acclaimed A Lonely Place to Die. Current projects include orchestrating Tim Janis’ American Christmas Carol, where his arrangements will be performed by internationally acclaimed singers Hayley Westenra, Sarah McLachlan, and Loreena McKennitt at Carnegie Hall. Christopher has also released two albums of his own music with the acclaimed City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus.

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