Trevor Morris (born 25 May 1970) is a Canadian orchestral composer and music producer. His scores include the television shows ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Borgias'', and ''

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;'' the film ''

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'' and its sequel ''

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;'' and the video game '' Dragon Age: Inquisition.'' He was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for his score for '' The Borgias'' and for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or A Special (Original Dramatic Score) for his score for ''

.''

Life and work

Morris was born in

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, Canada, 2 hours west of Toronto. He was accepted to St. Mary's school for the arts as a child, where he studied violin and choir daily. At age 13, Morris was commissioned by his school to compose a piece for his graduating class to perform in honor of the

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's visit to Canada. His fee was $50. ''Beloved Young People'', a book authored by the Pope aimed at the youth of the generation became the source for adapted lyrics, and Trevor's senior class performed his composition for Piano and 4-part Choir at St. Mary's cathedral at graduation. It was a defining moment that would shape Trevor's future. At college Morris attended,

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's "Music Industry Arts" program. He graduated top of his class and upon graduation immediately moved to Toronto to start work. He spent his 20s in the music production circles of Toronto but eventually turned his attention away from production and over to composing full-time music for television commercials. Wanting a longer format for his music ideas, Morris moved towards scoring films and television series and in 1999 he moved to Los Angeles to follow this new career angle. During his early years in Los Angeles, Morris worked with famous score composers,

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and

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. As part of Zimmer's team, Morris amassed over 25 major screen credits on some of Hollywood's block busters. As Morris' own career in composition developed, so did the opportunity to directly collaborate with others such as

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and Tony and

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. In 2007 Morris received the EMMY award for best music composition for a television series main title for ''The Tudors''. 2010 marked Morris' fourth television collaboration with Jerry Bruckheimer and his team. Morris also completed the mini-series ''

'' with Tony and Ridley Scott producing. Morris has worked as composer on a number of video games including ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Need for Speed: Carbon'' and most recently, for the epic third installment of the Dragon Age series by BioWare, '' Dragon Age: Inquisition'' as well as films such as '' The Hills Have Eyes 2'', and ''

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''. He produced the score for the 2013 film ''

''. Morris maintains a production company in Toronto with his partners. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles with his family.

Discography

Films

Television

Video games

Awards

References

External links

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Trevor Morris: Composer''Borgias'' official website
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