Halli Cauthery is a British/Icelandic film score

Film score

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 composer. He wrote the score for the Shrek Hallowee'en television special Scared Shrekless

Scared Shrekless

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, which aired on the NBC network in October 2010; as well as the Lifetime Television film Living Proof (film)

Living Proof (film)

Living Proof is a 2008 Lifetime Television movie, directed by Dan Ireland, starring Harry Connick, Jr.The film is based on the true life story of Dr. Dennis Slamon and the book HER-2: The Making of Herceptin, a Revolutionary Treatment for Breast Cancer by Robert Bazell. Vivienne Radkoff wrote the...

. He works extensively with composer Harry Gregson-Williams

Harry Gregson-Williams

Harry Gregson-Williams is a prolific British composer, orchestrator, conductor, and music producer. He is best known for his film scores, of which he has composed over sixty using electronic music and orchestral pieces...

, contributing additional music to such films as Cowboys & Aliens

Cowboys & Aliens (film)

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, Unstoppable

Unstoppable (2010 film)

Unstoppable is a 2010 American action thriller film directed by Tony Scott, written by Mark Bomback, and starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine. The film tells the story of a runaway freight train, and the two men who attempt to stop it.The film was released in the United States and Canada on...

, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a third-person action-adventure computer and video game published by Ubisoft. It was released on November 21, 2003 and is a reboot of the landmark video game series Prince of Persia, created by Jordan Mechner in 1989.The Sands of Time, developed internally at...

, Shrek Forever After

Shrek Forever After

Shrek Forever After, taglined as The Final Chapter, is a 2010 animated fantasy-comedy film, and the fourth and final installment in the Shrek film series, produced by DreamWorks Animation. The film was released by Paramount Pictures in cinemas on May 20, 2010 in Russia, and on May 21 in the United...

, X-Men Origins: Wolverine

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

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, and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is a 2008 epic fantasy film based on Prince Caspian, the second published, fourth chronological novel in C. S. Lewis's epic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. It is the second in The Chronicles of Narnia film series from Walden Media, following The...

, as well as Bee Movie

Bee Movie

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 alongside Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer

Hans Florian Zimmer is a German film composer and music producer. He has composed music for over 100 films, including critically acclaimed film scores for The Lion King , Crimson Tide , The Thin Red Line , Gladiator , The Dark Knight and Inception .Zimmer spent the early part of his career in the...

 and Rupert Gregson-Williams

Rupert Gregson-Williams

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. He has also worked with Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman

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, on Hellboy 2: The Golden Army

Hellboy 2: The Golden Army

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.

Cauthery attended the Yehudi Menuhin School

Yehudi Menuhin School

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, where he studied violin

Violin

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, viola

Viola

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 and composition

Musical composition

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. He obtained a degree in music at Manchester University and an M.Phil degree in musicology at St.Edwards College at the University of Cambridge. Before moving to California

California

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 in 2006 he taught at the Yehudi Menuhin School, while also working as a freelance violinist and composer. He played in, among others, the orchestra of English National Opera

English National Opera

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. He has had works performed at London's Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room.

Halli Cauthery is the older brother of the actor Gunnar Cauthery of The Demon Headmaster

The Demon Headmaster (TV series)

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