Tim Despic

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Name Tim Despic		Role Film Score Composer

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Tim Despic is a Canadian born London based British composer. His style of composition has been described as ‘moody and evocative’ (Variety, 2009).

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Life and career

Tim Despic was born in Montreal Canada, and at age three his family immigrated to the United Kingdom. He was educated at the University of Bath where he graduated with an honours degree in Politics and Economics. He been classically trained from a young age as a pianist and returned to university for a master's degree in Creative Music Technology from Newcastle University. He is a multi-instrumentalist specialises in traditional orchestrations fuzed with contemporary acoustic and electronic soundscapes. He cites Bernard Herman, Danny Elfman and Scott Walker amongst his main influences.

In 2005 along with fellow composer and collaborator James Edward Barker he co-founded Veneration Music Ltd with a UK-based music production company, co-ordinating and composing scores for feature films. His first feature, The Best Man (2005 film) was an $11 m romantic comedy starring Seth Green, Stuart Townsend, Amy Smart and Simon Callow and was directed by Shooting Fish director Stefan Schwartz. He then went on to work with veteran director Robert Young (director), known for his comedies such as Fierce Creatures, the sequel to A Fish Called Wanda. In 2007, he scored the $7 m British ITV television production, The History of Mr Polly, starring Lee Evans, and the DVD–BBC release of Jim Threapleton's 'Extraordinary Rendition', starring Andy Serkis and Omar Berdouni. The film received critical acclaim and was nominated for awards or screened at a number of festivals including the British Independent Film Awards, Locarno and Edinburgh Film Festivals.

In 2007 he composed the score for Ashley Judd's role as a manic depressive in the Sundance selected Helen, directed by the critically acclaimed Sandra Nettelbeck of Mostly Martha. The score, described by Variety magazine as ‘moody and evocative’ , also featured cello performed by the Grammy Award winning David Darling (musician). He has also worked in tandem with the Relentless energy drink's company as an additional composer to score two features, Powers of Three and the groundbreaking – "Lives of the Artists" featuring Gallows (band) and world-renowned snowboarder Xavier de Le Rue.

In 2012 he formed the London-based indie band Go Tell The Eskimo who within months were signed by Jim Roach (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, The Internship) to US based indie label Red Parade and their subsequent recordings secured them a publishing deal with the Los Angeles-based Secret Road Music Services.

In 2013-14 Tim signed a management deal with the American music industry executive and artist manager Justin Goldberg (Rage Against The Machine, Willie Nelson, Dave Grohl), formerly of Sony Music Entertainment, Red Light Management and Razor & Tie, to be managed by Measurement Arts.