Alex Khaskin (born 1961) is a

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n-Canadian composer living and working in

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, Canada.

Early life and education

He was born in

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. He spent his early years studying music, classical orchestration, and arrangement.

Career

Khaskin immigrated to

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in 1981 and later began working as a film composer while residing in

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. IN 2015 he wrote the score for the film ''A Christmas Horror Story'' by creating spooky adaptations of traditional Christmas carols.

Filmography

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Fulltime Killer ''Fulltime Killer'' ( zh, t=全職殺手) is a 2001 Hong Kong action film directed and produced by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, with the latter being also involved in the screenwriting. It is also produced by and starring Andy Lau. The film was r ...

'' (2001) *'' Ginger Snaps Back'' (2004) *''

Chryzinium ''Manifest: The Chryzinium Era'' is a 2017 American science fiction short film drama, written, directed and produced by Rick Lord, Phillip Wade and Tim Wade, in which Madison and her father are outcasts in a society ruled by an alien civilization. ...

'' (2014) *''

A Christmas Horror Story ''A Christmas Horror Story'' is a 2015 Canadian anthology horror film directed by Grant Harvey, Steven Hoban, and Brett Sullivan. It premiered on July 20, 2015, at the Fantasia International Film Festival and had a limited theatrical release on O ...

'' (2015) *''A change of Heart'' ( Nature of Things -

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) *'' Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain'' *''Nostradamus'' (2000) *'' My Opposition: the Diaries of Friedrich Kellner'' (2007) *''

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'' (YTV Canada) CCI Entertainment *''

Erky Perky ''Erky Perky'' is an CGI-animated television series on YTV developed by CCI Entertainment and Ambience Entertainment, with CGI animation by Australian Visual Effects company The LaB Sydney. It follows two bickering, dim-witted insects, Erky a ...

'' (CCI and Ambience Entertainment.) *''The Fifth Estate'' (CBC) *''Driving Dreams'' (Barna Alper) *''Haunter''."Haunter Movie Review"
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"Alex Khaskin"
''WorldCat Identities''. Date of birth missing (living people) 1961 births Living people Composers from Saint Petersburg Russian film score composers Canadian film score composers Russian male film score composers Musicians from Toronto Soviet emigrants to Canada {{Russia-composer-stub