Coleman, Graeme

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Coleman, Graeme

PERSONAL

Married; children: two daughters.

Career: Composer. Skywalk (a jazz/rock group), founder, leader, and keyboard player, 1979–89.

Awards, Honors: Juno Award nomination, producer of the year, Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, 1986, for The Bohemians; Gemini Award nominations, best original music score for a series, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1992, 1993, both for Max Glick; Genie Award nomination, best music score, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1992, for North of Pittsburgh; Genie Award nomination (with others), best original song, 1994, for Max; Gemini Award nomination, best original score, 1997, for Whiskyman: Inside the Empire of Samuel Bronfman; Leo Award, best musical score in a dramatic series, Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of British Columbia, 1999, for Night Man; Leo Award, best original score, 1999, for Revisited; Leo Award, best musical score in a short drama, 2001, for Lift; Gemini Award nomination, best original music score for a program or miniseries, 2001, for The Secret Life of Algernon; Leo Award, feature length drama—best musical score, 2005, for Desolation Sound.

CREDITS

Television Work: Series:

Music editor, M.A.N.T.I.S., Fox, 1994.

RECORDINGS

Albums (with Skywalk):

Live in Detroit, 1980.

Silent Witness, Zebra, 1983.

The Bohemians, Zebra, 1985.

Paradiso, Zebra, 1987.

WRITINGS

Film Scores:

Quarantine, Atlantis Releasing, 1989.

Chaindance (also known as Common Bonds), New City Releasing, 1990.

North of Pittsburgh, 1992.

Harmony Cats, 1993.

First Nations, the Circle Unbroken: Videos 1-4, 1993.

Breaking Point (also known as Double Suspicion), Republic Pictures Corp., 1993.

Max, 1994.

Double Cross, ABC Distributing Company, 1994.

Final Round (also known as Human Target), 1994.

Killer (also known as Bulletproof Heart), Republic Pictures Home Video, 1994.

Malicious, Republic Pictures Home Video, 1995.

Dream Man, Republic Entertainment, 1995.

Portraits of a Killer (also known as Portraits de l'innocence and Portraits of Innocence), Live Entertainment, 1996.

Crash (also known as Breach of Trust and Dirty Money), 1996.

White Tiger, 1996.

The Secret Life of Algernon, 1997.

Whiskyman: Inside the Empire of Samuel Bronfman (documentary), c. 1997.

Revisited (short), 1998.

Better Than Chocolate (also known as Meilleur que le chocolat), Trimark, 1999.

Comet Impact (short), SimEx, Inc., 2000.

Lift (short), 2000.

Little Sister's vs. Big Brother (documentary), Picture Box Distribution, 2002.

Fifty-Fifty (short), Max B. Productions, 2002.

Television Scores; Series:

Max Glick, c. 1992–93.

Night Man (also known as NightMan), syndicated, 1997.

Cold Squad, CTV, 1998.

BeastMasters, syndicated, 1999.

Edgemont (also known as Edgemont Road), Fox Family, 2000.

Also scored The Beachcombers.

Television Scores; Episodic:

"Bodies of Evidence," The Outer Limits, 1995.

Television Scores; Movies:

Quarantane (also known as Quarantine), 1989.

Matinee (also known as Midnight Matinee), 1990.

The Secret Life of Algernon, c. 2001.

Rugged Rich and the Ona Ona (short), CBC, 2004.

Desolation Sound, Lifetime, 2005.

Television Scores; Specials:

Legends of Hockey (documentary), 1996.

Legends of Hockey: The Second Season (documentary), 2000.

ICE: Beyond Cool, CBC, 2001.

Older Women/Younger Men (documentary), 2004.

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