Motion Of LightNostalgic, romantic and minimalist piano and strings
Lucas Cantor
Lucas Cantor (ASCAP)
Conductor, composer and producer of filmic and emotionally-charged music.
Selected Albums
- Motion Of LightNostalgic, romantic and minimalist piano and strings
Comedy PercussionAn album of comedy themes with percussive features and Latin vibes
Open Your EyesHauntingly beautiful soaring vocals with blockbuster orchestra & percussion
TreasureLayered, powerful female vocals over brooding grooves & orchestra
Latest Tracks
- Abandon All3171/1Shifting time signatures create rhythmic urgency with driving percussion & urgent strings1:57
- Man With Tiny Hands3171/2Off-kilter 7/8 groove with marimba, urgent strings & pounding percussion. Gradually modulates to Dm ending2:19
- Sharp Shooter3171/3Pressing staccato strings with powerful taiko drums & mysterious swirling marimbas2:15
- Reaching The Shore3171/4Pensive, legato strings & hypnotic marimba build with percussion into unsettling mystery3:17
- Cleansing Breath3171/5Deep pulsating synths & mysterious marimbas build with dramatic percussion & swirling strings 2:07
- Into Madness3171/6Mysterious marimba ostinato over strings & hypnotic percussion builds with taikos & drum groove3:02
- As The Dust Clears3171/7Dark, brooding solo cello builds with taiko drums, marimbas, tense bubbling synths & driving snare rhythm2:53
- Artful Intruder3171/8Nimble staccato strings & marimba build into unsettling groove with eerie cello, heavy taiko hits & scratchy strings3:10
The story behind the sound
Conductor, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Lucas Cantor has been writing for film and television for over a decade. A fixture in NBC’s Olympic Games music department since 2002, Lucas won two Emmys for his work with the Beijing and London games, respectively. Lucas co-produced Lorde’s cover of Tears for Fears song “Everybody Wants to Rule The World” featured on the “Hunger Games: Catching Fire” soundtrack. He’s written for animated shows ""DreamWorks Animation's Spirit: Riding Free,"" “Cannon Busters,” and The Descendants’s “A Rotten Holiday.” Additionally, he composed for The Devotion Project, a short film series about LGBTQ couples. His music is both filmic and emotionally-charged, ranging from romantic to eerily mysterious.
A fixture in NBC’s Olympic Games music department since 2002, Lucas won two Emmys for his work with the Beijing and London games, respectively.