Chris Letcher
BornDurban, South Africa
GenresIndie folk, baroque pop, experimental, film score
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active1998–present
LabelsSheer, Warner/Chappell
Websitewww.letchermusic.com

Chris Letcher is a South African singer-songwriter and film composer based in London and Johannesburg.

He has played with Urban Creep. Two of his albums made South Africa's Mail & Guardian "20 Best CDs of the Decade by South African Artists" list.[1] Frieze, his 2007 album, is listed for that year in the Sunday Times Albums of the Decade. His second solo album, Spectroscope, was named 2011 album of the year.[2]

He wrote the scores for Claire Angelique's debut feature film, My Black Little Heart,[3] the BBC production of Women in Love, and director Ntshavheni Wa Luruli's film, Elelwani.[4] which was shown at the Berlinale Film Festival 2013.[5] He also composed the score for the BBC film, Challenger, which stars William Hurt.[6] Letcher co-scored the film Black South-Easter in 2013 with Sub Pop's Spoek Mathambo.

References

  1. Mzansi's groove
  2. "Let's hear it for local sounds". 23 December 2011.
  3. Claire Angelique's debut film My Black Little Heart Archived June 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Elelwani - FILM". Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  5. "Elelwani".
  6. "William Hurt to Star in Science Channel/BBC Challenger Docu-Drama (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 26 September 2012.
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