Chris Letcher
Chris Letcher | |
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| Genres | Indie folk, baroque pop, experimental, film score |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Sheer, Warner/Chappell |
| Website | www |
Chris Letcher is a South African singer-songwriter and film composer based in London and Johannesburg.
He has played with Urban Creep. Two of his albums made South Africa's Mail & Guardian "20 Best CDs of the Decade by South African Artists" list.[1] Frieze, his 2007 album, is listed for that year in the Sunday Times Albums of the Decade. His second solo album, Spectroscope, was named 2011 album of the year.[2]
He wrote the scores for Claire Angelique's debut feature film, My Black Little Heart,[3] the BBC production of Women in Love, and director Ntshavheni Wa Luruli's film, Elelwani.[4] which was shown at the Berlinale Film Festival 2013.[5] He also composed the score for the BBC film, Challenger, which stars William Hurt.[6] Letcher co-scored the film Black South-Easter in 2013 with Sub Pop's Spoek Mathambo.
References
[edit]- ↑ Mzansi's groove
- ↑ "Let's hear it for local sounds". 23 December 2011.
- ↑ Claire Angelique's debut film My Black Little Heart Archived June 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Elelwani - FILM". Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ↑ "Elelwani".
- ↑ "William Hurt to Star in Science Channel/BBC Challenger Docu-Drama (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 26 September 2012.
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