Darren Fung

Darren Fung
Born
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
OccupationComposer
Years active2002–present

Darren Fung is a Canadian film and television composer based in Los Angeles.[1] He is best known for scoring The Great Human Odyssey, Equus: Story of the Horse, Bang Bang Baby, and Canada AM.[2][3]

Life and career

Fung was born in Edmonton, Alberta and is a graduate of McGill University. He was responsible for rearranging and producing the Hockey Theme, often referred to as Canada's second national anthem, for NHL on TSN.[4] His work on Niobe Thompson’s The Great Human Odyssey and Equus: Story of the Horse received critical acclaim and has been presented live in-concert with orchestras across Canada with Darren conducting.

As an arranger and orchestrator, Fung has written numerous orchestral arrangements for Canadian artists including iskwē and Shawnee Kish.[5] He is a long-time board member of the Screen Composers Guild of Canada, and a mentor for the Canadian Film Centre’s Slaight Family Music Lab.[6]

Selected filmography

Awards and nominations

Year Result Award Category Work Ref.
2006 Won Atlantic Film Festival Best Original Score Little Claus & Big Claus
2013 Nominated Canadian Screen Awards Best Original Music for a Non-Fiction Program or Series Lost Years: A People's Struggle for Justice
2016 Nominated International Film Music Critics Association Best Original Score for a Documentary Film The Great Human Odyssey: Rise of a Species [7]
Won Canadian Screen Awards The Great Human Odyssey: Rise of a Species [8]
Nominated Best Original Music for a Non-Fiction Program Or Series Danny
2019 Won Equus: Story of the Horse
2021 Won A Bee's Diary [9]
2022 Nominated Best Original Score Cinema of Sleep [10]

References

  1. ^ "COMPOSER DARREN FUNG TALKS BUSINESS, MENTORSHIP AND THE FUTURE OF SCORING FOR FILM AND TV". cfccreates.com. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  2. ^ "Darren Fung on Scoring The Great Human Odyssey". motionpictures.org. 14 October 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  3. ^ "Bang Bang Baby". nowtoronto.com. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  4. ^ "How TSN put a new twist on the hockey theme". thestar.com. 14 October 2008. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  5. ^ "KSO review: A very long-awaited return". kamloopsthisweek.com. 25 April 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  6. ^ "Darren Fung". nac-cna.ca. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  7. ^ "2015 IFMCA Awards". filmmusiccritics.org. 23 November 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  8. ^ "The Great Human Odyssey wins two early Canadian Screen Awards". edmontonjournal.com. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  9. ^ "Darren Fung". academy.ca. 30 March 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  10. ^ "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, 'Sort Of' & 'Scarborough' Lead The Pack". etcanada.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.


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