Jason Cullimore has had a career with Regina’s Talking Dog Studios, leading him to compose work on the popular children’s programs “Incredible Story Studio” and “2030 CE”, the latter of which was nominated for a Gemini for its soundtrack. Pursuing every composition opportunity he was offered, writing for chamber ensembles, symphony orchestras, film and television productions, theatre and ballet productions, and recording projects. He is now one of Saskatchewan’s most well-known composers of both soundtracks and orchestral concert music.
In this first part of a two-part interview, Brandon-Shea Mutala sits down with Cullimore to discuss the state of electronic music, and how Cullimore uses the computer as a tool to broaden his abilities as a composer. We also talk about his score that he wrote for the classic silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari which was performed in 2016 by ten musicians, in sync to the film, at the climax of Regina’s German Expressionism festival.
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BREAKING THE WAVES, with host Brandon-Shea Mutala, explores the world of ambient and melodic electronic soundtracks.
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Brandon-Shea Mutala has been a fan of music since he was a wee boy and his mother would throw dance parties in their living room, spinning the vinyl sounds of Supertramp, Streethart, Whitney Houston, and Tina Turner. This love of music would expand over many years but would explode with a love of electronic music when he was 18 years of age, attending the University of Regina. It was then that he discovered Tangerine Dream, Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, and more.
Movies were also a major part of his life. While they could not afford a VCR of their own, Brandon-Shea has many fond memories of going to the local movie rental store and then stopping by his grandparents’ house so that the family could borrow a VCR. At a young age, probably too young (definitely too young) his mother introduced him to scary films and tv shows which would shape his viewing preference going forward.
While he was always a fan of movie soundtracks, it wasn’t until 2010, and the hectic addition of children to his life, that he discovered his love of film scores. Too busy to sit down and watch the essential minimum of at least four movies each day off, he began to collect films scores so that he could listen and imagine or remember the movies while he was working. His original love of electronic music has definitely influenced his preferred film score type.
He is happily married to Marcy and has three wonderful daughters Aubrey, and twins Annika and Ezri, who he is slowly exposing to the classics of the silver screen
He is also obsessed with Star Trek.
