So, my one possible lead I found led me to what I now think is the answer. I'm about 80% sure I've got the right person, but he is big and famous enough that I think the chances of hearing back from him to confirm this are slight, so I'm going to go ahead and lay it out here.
Amin Bhatia.
Why?
He's Canadian; family came to Canada in the 1970s.
Did a lot of early work with synthesizers, attending Bob Moog's school (I think).
Released a big synth album, The Interstellar Suite (1987).
Wrote a retrospective about synthesizers "Requests from the Vault".
But perhaps most importantly, he won the Roland International Synthesizer Competition (in Tokyo) in both 1981 and 1982.
I can absolutely see a demo by this guy getting copied floppy disk to floppy disk across Canadian music stores in the 1980s.
He's gone on to a big career scoring films and television, winning Gemini and Canadian Screen awards and an Emmy nomination.
And he's got personal endorsements from both Steve Porcaro (Toto, session guy) and Oscar Peterson, which is a hell of a thing.
I haven't been able to find anything from those competitions online yet - too old to have been documented at the time. I'll keep looking.
#AminBhatia #FilmScore #MovieScore #soundtrack #composer #SynthDemo #SynthesizerDemo
🔴 LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
📻 Vortex Night 🕯️ (In the black lodge - Lynch sounds)
──────────────
🎵 Angelo Badalamenti - Blue Velvet: Main Title Theme (From "Blue Velvet")
▶️ Écouter / Listen : VorteX [Radio]
https://lesonduvortex.net
💬 Join us on Discord:
https://discord.gg/d82hJZBeDE
Looking forward to this movie, with score by Yasmin Williams.
I'm not usually a soundtrack listener. However, these vignettes are filled with her characteristic impressionism and feeling, though with less of the virtuosity and brilliance of the longer pieces on her earlier albums. I guess that's appropriate for a movie score.
https://yasminwilliams.bandcamp.com/album/saving-etting-street-original-film-score
22 track album
Barry Adamson - Scala Posters (Mondo Bongo) [Official Audio] [Jazz Fusion, Film Score]
On song.link: https://song.link/de/i/1833924021
… from the soundtrack *SCALA!!!* by Barry Adamson: https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/barry-adamson/scala/
Film music for "Veni, Vidi, Fugi" — cinematic composition focused on emotional depth, storytelling, and immersive soundtrack design.
#viral #trending #filmcomposer #cinematicmusic #filmscore #iadrianmusic #iammusic #wannaflywithme #composerlife
🔴 LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
📻 Vortex Night 🕯️ (In the black lodge - Lynch sounds)
──────────────
🎵 Angelo Badalamenti - Laurens Walking
▶️ Écouter / Listen : VorteX [Radio]
https://lesonduvortex.net
💬 Join us on Discord:
https://discord.gg/d82hJZBeDE
Happy National Film Score Day! 🎬 Today we celebrate the composers who turn stories into atmosphere. From iconic motifs to sweeping themes, music is the heartbeat of cinema. What's a film score that's stuck with you? 🎹
#NationalFilmScoreDay #FilmScore #MovieMusic #Soundtrack #SplitChord
Car-chasing scene rescored from "One Battle After Another" — cinematic film scoring built around tension, pacing, and dynamic soundtrack composition.
#viral #trending #filmcomposer #cinematicmusic #filmscore #iadrianmusic #iammusic #wannaflywithme #composerlife
C.
Le son du VorteX | Radio
popgeeks.com
Joel VanderWerf
🎵 Crimeschneck ∈ 🇩🇪 ⊂ 🇪🇺
Adrian Miha
SplitChord | Split Sheet App