Clinton Shorter

Clinton Shorter (born 18 March 1971) is a Canadian film and television composer.He is particularly known for his score for Neill Blomkamp's film District 9, which Kirk Honeycutt of Hollywood Reporter described as "magnificent").He has also composed the music for over 300 television episodes. He was born in North Vancouver, Shorter initially studied jazz in college before switching to music composition. Shorter's brief for District 9 was for "something 'raw and dark' but which maintained its African roots".The score has been described as having "pseudo-exotic ambiance as a post-modern theme of loss".