Shawn Pierce
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Shawn Pierce is a Canadian musician, audio engineer, mixer, music editor and film composer. He is noted for his music for the TV series Wildfire
, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil
and Haven
.
Over the last 20 years Pierce has worked on numerous records with credits for mixing, mastering, engineering and producing, including Coco Love Alcorn
's Joyful album (2009) on which he also played guitar and trumpet, as well as supplied backing vocals. He was also engineer on Loudon Wainwright III
's Here Come the Choppers
(2005), doing the mixing as well.
He has worked as a music editor on various TV series including The Dead Zone
, The 4400
, The L Word
, and Ed, Edd n Eddy
. While working as music editor he had the opportunity to use his own compositions in various episodes, winning three separate Leo Award nominations for work on The Dead Zone. In 2006 he provided the music for the Canadian documentary series Defying Gravity
for which he received a Gemini nomination (Best Original Music for a Lifestyle/Practical Information or Reality Program or Series 2008) and he commenced his work on Wildfire
. He is currently series composer for both Todd and the Book of Pure Evil
and Haven
.
An interesting piece of trivia regards music for the film A Wrinkle in Time
(2003) (TV), which was credited to Jeff Danna
, but Pierce and Patric Caird were nominated for a Leo Award
in 2004 for the music.
Wildfire (TV series)
Wildfire is a US television series that aired on ABC Family, which was produced by Lions Gate Television, Piller2 and The Segan Company . The show premiered June 20, 2005; its fourth and final season ended May 16, 2008 due to low ratings...
, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil
Todd and the Book of Pure Evil
Todd and the Book of Pure Evil is a Canadian comedy/horror television series that follows a group of high school students who confront the effects of a demonic book. The series premiered on Space Channel on September 29, 2010 with two back-to-back episodes...
and Haven
Haven (TV series)
Haven is a supernatural drama television series loosely based on the Stephen King novel The Colorado Kid. The show, filmed on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, is an American/Canadian co-production. The one-hour drama premiered on July 9, 2010, on Syfy...
.
Career
Pierce is a graduate of the Berklee College Of Music in Boston where he majored in Film Scoring.Over the last 20 years Pierce has worked on numerous records with credits for mixing, mastering, engineering and producing, including Coco Love Alcorn
Coco Love Alcorn
Coco Love Alcorn is a Canadian pop and jazz singer. The daughter of jazz singer John Alcorn, she released her debut album in 1995. She subsequently toured as an opening act for Burton Cummings, Chantal Kreviazuk, Jesse Cook and Ani DiFranco, and performed on some Lilith Fair dates.She is also a...
's Joyful album (2009) on which he also played guitar and trumpet, as well as supplied backing vocals. He was also engineer on Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Snowden Wainwright III is a Grammy Award-winning American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor. He is the father of musicians Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche, brother of Sloan Wainwright, and the former husband of the late folk singer Kate McGarrigle.To...
's Here Come the Choppers
Here Come the Choppers
Here Come the Choppers is a 2005 album by Loudon Wainwright III. The title track is an acerbic and blackly humorous reference to the Iraq War, reset in southern California's Miracle Mile"The inspectors found nothingThat’s just not right...
(2005), doing the mixing as well.
He has worked as a music editor on various TV series including The Dead Zone
The Dead Zone (TV series)
The Dead Zone, aka Stephen King's Dead Zone is an American-Canadian science fiction/suspense series starring Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny Smith, who discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma...
, The 4400
The 4400
The 4400 is a science fiction TV series produced by CBS Paramount Network Television in association with Sky Television, Renegade 83, and American Zoetrope for USA Network. The show was created and written by Scott Peters and René Echevarria, and it stars Joel Gretsch and Jacqueline McKenzie...
, The L Word
The L Word
The L Word is an American co-production television drama series originally shown on Showtime portraying the lives of a group of lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people and their friends, family and lovers in the trendy Greater Los Angeles, California city of West Hollywood...
, and Ed, Edd n Eddy
Ed, Edd n Eddy
Ed, Edd n Eddy is an original animated television series created by Danny Antonucci and produced by Canadian-based a.k.a. Cartoon. It premiered on Cartoon Network on January 4, 1999. Ed, Edd n Eddy was one of Cartoon Network's longest running and most successful franchises and the longest-running...
. While working as music editor he had the opportunity to use his own compositions in various episodes, winning three separate Leo Award nominations for work on The Dead Zone. In 2006 he provided the music for the Canadian documentary series Defying Gravity
Defying Gravity (TV series)
Defying Gravity is a multi-nationally produced space travel television science fiction drama series, first aired on August 2, 2009 on ABC and CTV and canceled in the autumn of 2009...
for which he received a Gemini nomination (Best Original Music for a Lifestyle/Practical Information or Reality Program or Series 2008) and he commenced his work on Wildfire
Wildfire (TV series)
Wildfire is a US television series that aired on ABC Family, which was produced by Lions Gate Television, Piller2 and The Segan Company . The show premiered June 20, 2005; its fourth and final season ended May 16, 2008 due to low ratings...
. He is currently series composer for both Todd and the Book of Pure Evil
Todd and the Book of Pure Evil
Todd and the Book of Pure Evil is a Canadian comedy/horror television series that follows a group of high school students who confront the effects of a demonic book. The series premiered on Space Channel on September 29, 2010 with two back-to-back episodes...
and Haven
Haven (TV series)
Haven is a supernatural drama television series loosely based on the Stephen King novel The Colorado Kid. The show, filmed on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, is an American/Canadian co-production. The one-hour drama premiered on July 9, 2010, on Syfy...
.
An interesting piece of trivia regards music for the film A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time (film)
A Wrinkle in Time is a television film based on the children's fantasy novel of the same name by Madeleine L'Engle.In 2003, a television adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time was produced by multiple Canadian production companies to be distributed in the United States by Disney. The TV movie was directed...
(2003) (TV), which was credited to Jeff Danna
Jeff Danna
Jeffrey W. “Jeff” Danna is a composer and musician noted for his work in film scores.A reluctant piano student at age eight, he found solace in the guitar at age eleven. Danna began playing professionally at fifteen until a hand injury in 1987 curtailed his performance career...
, but Pierce and Patric Caird were nominated for a Leo Award
Leo Awards
The Leo Awards are the awards program for the British Columbia film and television industry, celebrating excellence in artistic achievement. Held each May in Vancouver, Canada, the Leo Awards honour nominees and winners in 13 program categories and up to 19 craft categories...
in 2004 for the music.