Anton Sanko is a composer, orchestrator and producer born in New York City. He has been writing music for films since 1991. He scored '' Ouija'' for Blumhouse/ Universal, '' Jessabelle'' for Blumhouse/

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, and ''Visions'', also for Blumhouse/ Universal. He is working on ''The Naturalist'' for PBS.

Life and career

Sanko's prominent production credits include producing and writing with

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on '' Solitude Standing'' and '' Days of Open Hand'', and producing and writing on Jim Carroll’s last album ''Pools of Mercury''. He has also produced Lucy Kaplansky, Anna Domino and

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. Sanko has composed for many TV series and documentaries, notably the score for

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, Masters of Horror, and the epic seven-part global programming television event Great Migrations for

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which aired on the

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in November 2010. Sanko's first film that he composed was the 1991 HBO TV-movie '' Women & Men 2''. More notable film scores that Sanko is responsible for include the 2012 horror film '' The Possession'', 2013's '' Nurse 3D'', and 2014's '' Ouija''. He resides in Los Angeles.

Selected filmography

Composer * '' Love Always'' (1996) * '' Before Women Had Wings'' (TV Movie) (1997) * '' Strangeland'' (1998) * '' Saving Face'' (2004) * '' Masters of Horror'' (TV Series) (2006) (1 episode) * '' Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal'' (TV Movie) (2008) * '' Handsome Harry'' (2009) * ''

'' (2009-2011) * '' Rabbit Hole'' (2010) * '' Great Migrations'' ( TV Mini-series) (2010) * '' The Possession'' (2012) * '' Nurse 3D'' (2013) * '' Ouija'' (2014) * '' The Devil's Hand'' (2014) * '' Jessabelle'' (2014) * '' Visions'' (2015) * '' The Drowning'' (2016) * '' Jackals'' (2017) * '' Big Bear'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2018) - with Nico Muhly * '' Amanda'' (2018) * " Fractured" (2019) * '' The Half of It'' (2020) * '' The Boy Behind the Door'' (2020) * '' Outside the Law'' (1920) - rescored in 2021 by Anton Sanko * '' The Passengers of the Night'' (2022)

Awards

* 2009:

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- Winner, BMI Cable Award, for ''

'' * 2011:

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- Winner, Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Music and Sound, for '' Great Migrations''

References

External links

Official web site
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanko, Anton American film score composers American male film score composers Living people Composers from New York City Year of birth missing (living people)