Sam Cardon is an American musician and composer known for his work in

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for fictional movies and documentaries.

Biography

Cardon grew up in Farmington, New Mexico, and received a bachelor's degree from

Brigham Young University Brigham Young University (BYU) is a Private education, private research university in Provo, Utah, United States. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is the flagship university of the Church Educational System sponsore ...

in 1993. He received the Distinguished Honored Alumnus award from Brigham Young University in 2006. He also received the Governor's Mansion Artist Award from Governor and First Lady Michael and Jacalyn Leavitt from the State of Utah in 2003. He serves on the Board of Trustees of

Snow College Snow College is a Public college, public community college in Ephraim, Utah. It offers certificates and associate degrees along with bachelor's degrees in music, software engineering, and nursing. Snow College is part of the Utah System of High ...

, on the Community Relations Board of

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and on the College of Fine Arts and Communications Board of

Credits

Cardon's credits include many full-length features, including ''Titans Of The Ice Age'', ''Mummies'', ''Mystic India'', ''Texas'', ''The Big Picture'', ''Forces Of Nature'', ''Lewis and Clark'', ''The Legendary Journeys'', ''Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure'', ''Mysteries of Egypt'', ''Olympic Glory'', ''Whales'', ''Building the Dream'' at

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; ''Treasure of the Gods'' at

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, ''Utah'' and ''The Secret of San Francisco'' at

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. In addition, he has written or co-written the themes for ''National Geographic Explorer'', ABC ''Sunday Night at the Movies'', ''Good Morning America'', and provided three hours of original music for the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in

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, and music for the 2002 Winter Olympic game Closing Ceremonies at

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. He has also written music for over 40 independent films: ''My Girlfriend's Boyfriend'', ''Highway To Dhampus'', ''The Velveteen Rabbit'', ''Little Secrets'', ''Beau Jest'', ''The Work And The Glory'', ''American Zion'', ''A House Divided'', ''Return To Secret Garden'', ''The Assignment'', ''Davie And Golimyr'', ''The Wild Stallion''. His documentary music includes ''Fires Of Faith'', ''American Prophet'', ''The Trail Of Hope'', ''America's First Freedom'' and ''Meet The Mormons''. Video game credits include ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Discography

*''Impulse'' (1989) (#2 in Radio And Records Magazine for national airplay) *''Serious Leisure'' (1991) (#2 in "Radio and Records Magazine" and #17 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz Chart) *''Innovators'' (1993) with Kurt Bestor -

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Demo CD ("Missing The Snake Priest" & "La Capitana") *''Innovators'' (1995) with Kurt Bestor *''Coming Full Circle'' (1995) with Kurt Bestor *''The New Testament Video Soundtrack'' (1999) with Kurt Bestor *''Old Testament Video Songs'' (1999) *''The Book of Mormon Video Soundtrack'' (1999) with Kurt Bestor *''Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Video Soundtrack'' (1999) with Kurt Bestor *''Digability'' (2000) *''Earth Cinema'' (2000) *''Innovators II: Keepers of the Flame'' (2001) with Kurt Bestor *''Innovators – Live Concert'' *''Faithful'' *''Redemption Road'' Producer: *Kalai "Acoustacism" *Kalai "Rebel Hands" (co-producer) Producer and Arranger: *Jenny Oaks Baker, ''Then Sings My Soul'' Billboard #1 on the Traditional Classical Chart *Josh Wright, ''Josh Wright'' Billboard #1 on the Traditional Classical Chart

Film scores

*'' On Our Own'' (1988) *''Nora's Christmas Gift'' (1989) *''Rigoletto'' (1993) with Kurt Bestor & Michael McLean *''The Seventh Brother'' (1994) with Kurt Bestor and

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*''Friendship's Field'' (1995) *''Hearst Castle: Building the Dream'' (1996) IMAX *''Zion Canyon Treasure of the Gods'' (1996) IMAX *''Trail of Hope'' (1997) with

*''Whales'' (1997) IMAX *''Mysteries of Egypt'' (1998) IMAX *''Olympic Glory'' (1999) IMAX *''Return To Secret Garden'' (2000) *''Brigham City'' (2001) *''American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith'' (2000) with

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*''

Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure ''Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure'' is an IMAX film about the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton between 1914 and 1917. Directed by George Butler, the film was released in February 2001 and was narrated by Kevin Spacey ...

'' (2001) IMAX *''Little Secrets'' (2001) *''Lewis & Clark Great Journey West'' (2002) IMAX *''

The Work and The Glory ''The Work and the Glory'' (also known as ''The Work and the Glory: Pillar of Light'') is a 2004 historical fiction drama film directed by Russell Holt, from a script co-written by Gerald N. Lund and Russell Holt. Based on Lund's novel titled '' ...

'' (2002) *''Jumping For Joy'' (2002) *''Someone Was Watching'' (2002) *''Sacred Stone: Temple On The Mississippi'' (2002) with

*''Texas, The Big Picture'' (2003) IMAX *''Innovators'' (2003) *''The Work And The Glory'' (2004) *''Forces Of Nature'' (2004) IMAX *''The Work and the Glory II: American Zion'' (2005) *''Small Fortunes'' (2005) *''By the Hand of Mormon: Selections From the Original Musical Production'' with David Piller *'' Mystic India'' (2005) IMAX *''The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided'' (2006) *''Fire On Ice: The Saints Of Ireland'' (2006) *''The Dance'' (2006) *''Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs'' (2007) IMAX *''Heber Holiday'' (2007) *''Passage To Zarahemla'' (2007) *''Reserved To Fight'' (2008) *''Beau Jest'' (2008) *''Davie And Goimyr'' (2008) stop-motion animation *''The Velveteen Rabbit'' (2009) animated feature *''The Wild Stallion'' (2008) *''The Assignment'' (2010) *''Slow Moe'' (2010) *''My Boyfriend's Girlfriend'' (2010) *''The Writer's Block'' (2010) TV series *''Justin Time'' (2010) TV series pilot *''The Messiah'' (2010) TV series documentary *''The Legato Line'' (airing in 2010) *''American Ride'' (2011) TV series *''The Soul of Kalaupapa'' (2011) *''Fires of Faith'' (2012) documentary *''World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria'' (2012) Global Music Award Winner *
Titans Of The Ice Age
' (2013) IMAX *''Highway to Dhampus'' (2013) *''Kama' Aina'' (2013) *''Granite Flats'' TV series (2013) *''Man in the Moon'' (2013)

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and The American Dream Labs *''

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'' (2014)

External links

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Fan Site
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