(all materials copyright Christy Carew, 2005-2008, Forest House Music)
Influences
Biggest heroes: Elliot Goldenthal, Michael Nyman and Sharon Farber.
I also REALLY LOVE: Alex Shapiro. Laura Karpman. Rachel Portman. Debbie Wiseman. Shirley Walker. Anne Dudley. Erika Lieberman. Mary Kouyoumdjian. Jennie Muskett. Jane Cornish. Penka Kouneva. Winifred Phillips. Jennifer Hammond, Molly Nyman. Thea Musgrave. Deborah Lurie. Jennifer Higdon. Deniz Hughes. John Williams. Mike Post. James Newton Howard. Lalo Schifrin. Howard Shore. Alan Silvestri. Bill Conti. Dario Marianelli. Danny Elfman. Ennio Morricone. Elias Castro. James Horner. Jerry Goldsmith. Eric Whitacre. Hans Zimmer. Jim Dooley. Johns Barry, Corigliano and Brion. Klaus Doldinger. Zbigniew Preisner. Mychael Danna. Patrick Doyle. Philip Glass. Thomas Newman. Ralph Vaughn Williams. Beethoven. Bach. Debussy. Brahms. John Ottman. Mark Isham. Aaron Zigman. Christophe Beck. Arvo Part. John Tavener. Steve London. Kevin Babuder. Sonny Kompanek. Ron Sadoff. Craig Armstrong. Joe Hisaishi. Jeff Rona. Alexandre Desplat. Morten Lauridsen. Jeremy Schrepple. George Fenton. Alex Wurman. Hannis Brown. Eric Hachikian. John Jennings Boyd.
Christy Carew is a Canadian-American composer and pianist. She holds a Bachelors of Music from Loyola University New Orleans and a Masters in Film Scoring and Composition from New York University. She primarily studied with composer/orchestrators Deniz Hughes and Sonny Kompanek. Christy also has a diploma from the European American Musical Alliance composition program at L'Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, where she studied Nadia Boulanger technique with such teachers as Philip Lasser, Michel Merlet and Narcis Bonet.
She lives now in Los Angeles, CA where she is an active composer for concert, film and TV. She is currently scoring a comedy web television series, a feature-length documentary and an independent feature film. Her concert piece for traditional African instruments, "Mother Africa", can be heard performed around the country and the world, as part of the Vox Novus 60x60 Project's Pacific Rim Mix. Her choral piece "We Are But Stars" was a quarter-finalist in the Sorel Medallion Choral Composition Competition for 2008.
Christy also arranged, recorded and produced additional music for New Line Cinema's feature film "Sex and the City: The Movie," starring Sarah Jessica Parker and based on the popular television series, through her work with music editor Angie Rubin. She has also arranged music for the feature film "Elegy", directed by Isabel Coixet, and starring Ben Kingsley. Her music has also been used for American Public Media's daily business news radio show "Marketplace."
She interns with her mentor, award-winning film and concert music composer Sharon Farber, and is a contributor to Musiconfilm.net. Among Christy's many goals: to win an Oscar for Best Original Score!
"Grace is one of those intangible qualities that is difficult to describe but easy to recognize. Those who possess grace seem to walk effortlessly through life. They give the illusion of glowing from within and that glow is apparent to everyone around them.
It comes from anchoring yourself in the belief that you will be given whatever is right for you, regardless of how far off it may be from your perceived personal agenda."
I love Carnival!!! It makes me want to put together a slide show of photographs of lights floating around in areas where you dont normally see them. Absolutely wonderful tune!
Hello Christy, It's a pleasure to listen to your page today. Real good energy and great music in "The Queen's arrival" and "Turn and face me". Have a good day, from Brest, Julien
Hi Christy! Thanks for contacting me-- Sharon is great and you're in fabulous hands! Your tracks here are lovely and I wish you great happiness in all your music-making! Cheers, Alex
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