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Owen Pallett

Michael James Owen Pallett-Plowright[1] (born September 7, 1979), known professionally as Owen Pallett, is a Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist, and vocalist. Under their former pseudonym Final Fantasy, Pallett won the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the album He Poos Clouds. Pallett is also known for their contributions to Arcade Fire, having toured with the band and been credited as an arranger and instrumentalist on each of their studio albums. In January 2014, Pallett and Arcade Fire member William Butler were nominated for Best Original Score at the 86th Academy Awards for their original score of the film Her (2013).

Owen Pallett
Pallett performing at Coachella 2010
Background information
Birth nameMichael James Owen Pallett-Plowright
Born (1979-09-07) September 7, 1979 (age 44)
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • composer
  • arranger
Instrument(s)
  • Violin
  • viola
  • vocals
  • piano
  • keyboards
  • guitar
  • bass
Labels
Websiteowenpalletteternal.com

From the age of 3, Pallett studied classical violin, and composed their first piece at age 13. A notable early composition includes some of the music for the game Traffic Department 2192; Pallett moved on to scoring films, to composing two operas while in university. Apart from the indie music scene, Pallett has had commissions from the Barbican, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, National Ballet of Canada, Bang on a Can, Ecstatic Music Festival, the Vancouver CBC Orchestra, and Fine Young Classicals. They have been noted for their live performances, wherein Pallett plays the violin into a loop pedal; Pallett uses Max/MSP and SooperLooper to do multi-phonic looping, which sends their violin signal to amplifiers across the stage.

Aside from their solo oeuvre and work with Arcade Fire, Pallett has contributed arrangements and instrumentation to the works of pop acts like Duran Duran, Pet Shop Boys, Robbie Williams, Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran, as well as rock performers such as R.E.M., Linkin Park, Franz Ferdinand, the National and Alex Turner.

Career edit

Solo work edit

Pallett has drawn inspiration from electronic act Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD),[2][3] who were Pallett's favorite band, along with Eurythmics.[4] They have also identified albums by Tori Amos, The Strokes, Public Enemy and Brian Eno as influential.[3] Pallett's favorite album is Xiu Xiu's A Promise.[5] The name Final Fantasy, under which Pallett recorded prior to the release of Heartland, was a tribute to the well-known video game series, although Pallett said that it is not one of their top twenty favorite games.[6]

 
Final Fantasy performing in 2005.

Pallett's debut album, Has a Good Home,[7] was released on February 12, 2005, by the Blocks Recording Club, a cooperative, Toronto-based record label of which Pallett is a founding member. "An Arrow in the Side of Final Fantasy" borrows the music from the Space Zone's final level in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. "Adventure.exe" from this album was used in a series of 2006 commercials by Orange in the United Kingdom. Pallett did not intend to sell the song for this purpose, but its use was authorized due to an alleged miscommunication with their record label, Tomlab.[citation needed] All of Pallett's income from this use is donated to Doctors Without Borders.

Pallett's second album, He Poos Clouds, was released in June 2006, though the video, directed by Jesse Ewles, was released on March 1, 2006. The album consists entirely of string quartet arrangements. Eight of the ten songs are about each of the schools of magic as described in the rules to the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. The album was named winner of the 2006 Polaris Music Prize.[8] Uncomfortable with receiving a prize sponsored by a mobile phone conglomerate, Pallett gave the money away to bands they liked who needed financial assistance.[9]

In 2007, the song "This Is The Dream of Win & Regine" was used in a commercial for Wiener Stadtwerke without Pallett's permission. Instead of litigation, Pallett and their booking agent Susanne Herrndorf approached the company for sponsorship for a music festival of their curation. The resultant Maximum Black Festival featured Final Fantasy, The Dirty Projectors, Deerhoof, Frog Eyes, Max Tundra, Six Organs of Admittance and others. It played Vienna, Berlin and London.

In July 2007, Pallett was interviewed on the CBC Radio One program Q, about their upcoming album, to be titled Heartland, which was to have a theme of nothingness.[10] In September 2007, they did a Take-Away Show acoustic video session shot by Vincent Moon.

In October 2007, Final Fantasy released a vinyl 7" on Tomlab's Alphabet Single series (The Letter "X"). The two tracks on "X", recorded in Montreal with Zach Condon of the band Beirut, predate the album He Poos Clouds. The tracks "Hey Dad" and "What Do You Think Will Happen Next?" are both played regularly at live shows. The song "Hey Dad" contains a melody borrowed from the Nintendo video game "Super Mario Bros. 3"; specifically it is the music from the "Coin Heaven" bonus/hidden stages. Also, the song is quite similar in melody, lyrics and tone to another of Pallett's songs, "→".

In March 2008, Owen Pallett, under the alias Final Fantasy, collaborated with Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste on a cover of Björk's "Possibly Maybe" as part of Stereogum's tribute to Björk's album Post.[11] On their Final Fantasy releases, Pallett has collaborated with Leon Taheny, who is credited as drummer and engineer.

In Fall 2008, Pallett released two EPs. The first one, Spectrum, 14th Century, was a collaboration with Beirut. The second EP, Plays to Please, was a tribute to fellow Torontonian Alex Lukashevsky and his group Deep Dark United. On it, six Lukashevsky originals were reconfigured for a 35-piece big band, the Toronto-based St. Kitts Orchestra (which includes Drumheller's Nick Fraser, Paul Mathew of the Hidden Cameras, and a whistling Andrew Bird, among others).[12]

In December 2009, Pallett began performing and recording under their own name. The album Heartland was released on Domino Records on January 12, 2010. It was mixed by New York producer Rusty Santos. Also Pallett played Primavera Sound Festival 2010.[13] In August 2010, Pallett released a four track EP entitled A Swedish Love Story on September 28 via Domino. The tracks received substantial airplay on community radio.[14] Following the release of Heartland, Pallett has toured with guitarist/percussionist Thomas Gill[15] and more recently with Rob Gordon and Matt Smith, their former collaborators in Les Mouches.[16]

On November 12, 2012, Pallett tweeted that they had been working on a new album called In Conflict.[17] The album, their fourth full-length recording, was released May 27, 2014.[18]

In live performances, Pallett plays the violin into a loop pedal. Pallett uses Max/MSP and SooperLooper to do multi-phonic looping, which sends their violin signal to amplifiers across the stage.[19]

Other contributions edit

 
Pallett playing live in Brussels, 2010-03-23.

Pallett's previous projects included a now-defunct three-piece Toronto-based band, Les Mouches. Pallett also played fiddle for a short time with the Celtic rock band Enter the Haggis. Pallett was once the violinist of another Toronto band called Picastro, and briefly played keyboard in SS Cardiacs (with Leon Taheny, Jessie Stein and Michael Small in 2005). Pallett has also recorded and toured with Jim Guthrie, The Hidden Cameras, Royal City, The Vinyl Cafe, Gentleman Reg, and Arcade Fire (they co-wrote the strings arrangement for their albums Funeral and Neon Bible).[20] One of their songs, "This Is the Dream of Win & Regine", was inspired by the principal members of the latter group, Win Butler and Régine Chassagne,[20] and is a play on a Dntel song called, "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan."

Pallett contributed remixes for the bands Stars, Grizzly Bear, and Death from Above 1979. Pallett also wrote string arrangements for the Canadian bands Immaculate Machine, on their 2007 album Fables, and Fucked Up, on their 2006 album Hidden World. Pallett also wrote the string arrangements for the Beirut album The Flying Club Cup, as well as provided vocals for the track "Cliquot".[21] Most recently, Pallett provided orchestration for The Age of the Understatement, the debut album of the English supergroup The Last Shadow Puppets, formed by co-frontmen Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys) and Miles Kane (The Rascals). Pallett also conducted the London Metropolitan Orchestra in the recording of this project.

In June 2009, at Luminato, Toronto's annual festival of arts and creativity, Pallett provided part of the live soundtrack for the outdoor screening (at Yonge-Dundas Square) of the 1919 silent German horror film Tales of the Uncanny, alongside Canadian instrumental band Do Make Say Think and German electronica artist Robert Lippok.[22]

In 2009, Pallett worked with Win Butler and Régine Chassagne on the score for Richard Kelly's film The Box.[23] Pallett was also initially set to score Rabbit Hole, a 2010 film by John Cameron Mitchell,[24] but in the end, the film was scored by Anton Sanko.

In 2010, Pallett recorded with Arcade Fire during sessions for their 2010 album The Suburbs, which later received a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.[25] In late 2010, Pallett was named as composer for T Magazine's "Fourteen Actors Acting" project; Pallett received, alongside the producers of that series, an Emmy Award for "New Approaches to News & Documentary Programming: Arts, Lifestyle and Culture".[26]

In 2012, Pallett collaborated with John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats, when several songs from Transcendental Youth were performed in concert with the all-female vocal quartet Anonymous 4 and featured Pallett's arrangements for piano, guitar and voices.[27]

Pallett scored the 2013 film The Wait, directed by M. Blash.

Pallett's string arrangements are featured on the songs "Wear" and "Trust" from the 2021 album Ignorance by The Weather Station.[28]

Personal life edit

Pallett was born in Mississauga, Ontario and grew up in Milton.[29] Pallett received an Honours Bachelor of Music for Composition from the University of Toronto in 2002.[30] Pallett is gay, identifies as gender-queer, and uses gender-neutral pronouns.[31][32]

Discography edit

With Les Mouches edit

  • The Polite Album (CD-R) – 2002
  • Blood Orgy!!! (EP) – 2003
  • You're Worth More to Me Than 1000 Christians – 2004 (rereleased via Orchid Tapes in 2015)

Solo work edit

Studio albums edit

Soundtrack albums edit

EPs edit

Singles edit

Various songs edit

Other contributions edit

Year Artist Album Description
2002 Jim Guthrie Morning Noon Night
2003 Jim Guthrie Now, More Than Ever violins, viola, string arrangements
The Hidden Cameras The Smell of Our Own violin, viola
2004 The Hidden Cameras The Arms of His 'Ill' viola on "Builds the Bone"
The Hidden Cameras Mississauga Goddam violin, piano, celeste
Arcade Fire Funeral violin, string arrangements
Gentleman Reg Darby & Joan string arrangements
Dan Goldman Through a Revolution
Royal City Little Heart's Ease
Death from Above 1979 Romance Bloody Romance: Remixes & B-Sides violin on "Black History Month"
2005 Picastro Metal Cares viola
Grizzly Bear Horn of Plenty "Don't Ask" – Remix
2006 Grizzly Bear Yellow House string arrangements
Fucked Up Hidden World string arrangements
2007 Arcade Fire Neon Bible orchestral arrangements, violin
C'mon Bottled Lightning (of an All Time High) string arrangements
Great Lake Swimmers Ongiara string arrangements
Beirut The Flying Club Cup violin, organ, vocals on "Cliquot", string arrangements
Immaculate Machine Immaculate Machine's Fables violin
Montag Going Places vocals on "Softness, I Forgot Your Name"
Picastro Whore Luck piano on "Hortur", violin and organ on "All Erase"
Holy Fuck LP violin on "Lovely Allen"[34]
Stars Do You Trust Your Friends? "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead" – Remix
The Phonemes There's Something We've Been Meaning to Tell You back-up singing on "Pain Perdu", violin and piano on "Kim Rogers", guitar on "Pine Needles"
2008 Luxury Pond Luxury Pond string quartet arrangements
The Last Shadow Puppets The Age of the Understatement arranged and conducted orchestrations
2009 The Rumble Strips Welcome to the Walk Alone violin, string arrangements
Pet Shop Boys Yes orchestral arrangements
The Mountain Goats The Life of the World to Come violin, string arrangements
Mika The Boy Who Knew Too Much violin on "Rain"
2010 Arcade Fire The Suburbs String arrangements
Gigi Maintenant vocals on "I'll Quit"
Diamond Rings "Something Else" single piano, string arrangements on "Gentleman Who Fell"[35]
Duran Duran All You Need Is Now string arrangements, conductor on "The Man Who Stole a Leopard"
2011 The Luyas Too Beautiful to Work strings and string arrangements
Alex Turner Submarine soundtrack string arrangements on "Piledriver Waltz"
The National "Exile Vilify" single strings
Jim Guthrie Sword & Sworcery LP: The Ballad of the Space Babies violin on "The Cloud"
R.E.M. Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982–2011 orchestral arrangements on "We All Go Back to Where We Belong" and "Hallelujah"
Snow Patrol Fallen Empires orchestral arrangements, conductor
2012 Linkin Park Living Things strings on "I'll Be Gone"
Lindstrøm De Javu/No Release 12" "No Release" – Remix (feat. Steve Kado)
Titus Andronicus Local Business violin
Taylor Swift Red orchestral arrangements, conductor on "The Last Time"
Robbie Williams Take the Crown orchestral arrangements on "Candy", "Different" and "Into the Silence"
Slim Twig A Hound at the Hem string arrangements
2013 The National Trouble Will Find Me strings on "I Need My Girl"
David Lang Death Speaks violin[36]
Light Fires Face vocals on "Dependent"
Franz Ferdinand Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action strings & string arrangement on "Stand on the Horizon"
Arcade Fire Reflektor strings & string arrangement
2014 Marram Sun Choir vocals on "With Us Instead"
Sarah Neufeld Black Ground EP arrangement on "Breathing Black Ground (Orchestral Version)"[37]
Jennifer Castle Pink City string arrangements
Caribou Our Love violin, viola
2015 Titus Andronicus The Most Lamentable Tragedy string arrangements, violin, viola
Majical Cloudz Are You Alone? cello, drums, violin
2016 The Last Shadow Puppets Everything You've Come to Expect string and brass arrangements
Majical Cloudz Wait And See EP cello, drums, violin, piano
Little Scream Cult Following string arrangements, violin
Snowblink Returning Current string arrangements, violin, viola
Ricky Eat Acid Talk To You Soon string arrangements, conductor
Emily Reo Spell 10" string arrangements, conductor
2017 Kirin J. Callinan Bravado string arrangements, violin and viola
Haim Something to Tell You string arrangement, violin and viola
Blue Hawaii Tenderness string arrangements, violin and viola
Charlotte Gainsbourg Rest string arrangements, conductor
Arcade Fire Everything Now string arrangements, piano, strings
Tomberlin At Weddings production, mixing, acoustic guitar, synths, vocals
Frank Ocean "Provider" string arrangement, conductor
2018 Richard Russell Everything Is Recorded string arrangements, violin and viola
Kimbra Primal Heart string arrangements
Fucked Up Dose Your Dreams string arrangements, violin and viola
2019 The Mountain Goats In League with Dragons production, strings arrangements, piano, organ, and guitar
Banks III string arrangements
Keane Cause and Effect brass arrangements
Odette "Do You See Me" string arrangement
Arcade Fire Baby Mine orchestral arrangement
Superchunk Acoustic Foolish string arrangements, violin, viola
Astrid Swan & Stina Koistinen Diagnosis string arrangements, violin, viola
Daniela Gesundheit Alphabet Of Wrongdoing string arrangements, violin, viola
Vegyn Only Diamonds Cut Diamonds string arrangements, violin, viola
2020 Jack Colwell "I Will Not Change My Ways" guitar, string arrangement
Klô Pelgag Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs string arrangements, violin, viola
Sean Nicholas Savage Life Is Crazy string arrangements, violin, viola
Pierre Lapointe Chansons hivernales orchestral arrangements
2021 The Weather Station Ignorance string arrangements on "Wear" and "Trust"
Nonconnah Songs For And About Ghosts string arrangement, violin, viola
Kìzis Tidibàdibe/Turn string arrangements, violin, viola
Xiu Xiu OH NO vocals on "I Dream of Someone Else Entirely"
Vegyn Like A Good Old Friend string arrangements, violin, viola
Hannah Georgas All That Emotion Versions string arrangement on "Easy", violin, viola
Wolf Alice Blue Weekend string arrangements, violin, viola
Astrid Swan D/other string arrangements, violin, viola
Vivek Shraya I'm A Fag For You remixing
Model Child Up From The Bottom string arrangements, violin, viola
Parcels Day/Night orchestral arrangements
Wet Letter Blue string arrangements
Lana Del Rey Blue Banisters string arrangements, violin, viola
Ed Sheeran = string arrangements, violin, viola
Taylor Swift Red (Taylor's Version) string arrangements
Basia Bulat The Garden string arrangements
2022 Sharon Van Etten We've Been Going About This All Wrong strings on "Born"
Julia Jacklin Pre Pleasure string arrangements on "Ignore Tenderness" and "End of a Friendship"
Ibeyi Spell 31 strings on "Creature"
Arcade Fire We string arrangements, additional recording
Marit Larsen "Hva er igjen av oss" string arrangements
2023 London Grammar The Remixes strings on "Dancing By Night"
Sampha Lahai string arrangements
Zoon Bekka Ma'iingan string arrangements
Jeremy Dutcher Motewolonuwok string and brass arrangements
Vegyn "Halo Flip" strings
Oscar Lang Look Now string arrangements
Holly Macve ft. Lana Del Rey "Suburban House" string arrangement
Braids Euphoric Recall string arrangements
Matt Holubowski Like Flowers on a Molten Lawn string arrangements
Sharon Van Etten "Quiet Eyes" string arrangement, violin, viola

Selected works edit

  • Pallett, Owen (2014). "When I Come Home". In Wilson, Carl (ed.). Let's Talk About Love: Why Other People Have Such Bad Taste. New York: Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 267–269. ISBN 978-1-4411-6677-7.

References edit

  1. ^ Symonds, Alexandria (May 23, 2014). "Owen Pallett's Disorientalism". Interview. Brant Publications, Inc. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  2. ^ Turner, Luke (March 24, 2010). "Orchestral Manoeuvres & Homoerotica: Owen Pallett Opens His Heartland". The Quietus. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Jones, Mia (December 19, 2010). . Power of Pop. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  4. ^ Stevens, Nathan (September 9, 2014). "Interview: Owen Pallett". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  5. ^ Owen Pallett on His Favorite album - Xiu Xiu's "A Promise", retrieved November 2, 2022
  6. ^ . You Ain't No Picasso. April 18, 2006. Archived from the original on April 23, 2006. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  7. ^ Cam Lindsay (April 10, 2017). "A Completely Biased Ranking of the 60 Best Canadian Indie Rock Songs of the 00s Part II". Vice (magazine). Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  8. ^ . Polaris Music Prize. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  9. ^ SZKLARSKI, CASSANDRA (September 19, 2006). "Final Fantasy snags first-ever Polaris prize recognizing best in Cdn music". The Canadian Press.
  10. ^ "Q", CBC Radio, July 9, 2007'
  11. ^ a b "Enjoyed: A Tribute To Bjork's Post". Retrieved July 2, 2008.
  12. ^ "New Final Fantasy – "The Butcher" & "Ultimatum" (Stereogum Premiere)". Stereogum. August 26, 2008. Retrieved October 7, 2009.
  13. ^ "Ola's Kool Kitchen on Radio 23 Owen Pallett Live Primavera 2010 : DJ Ola : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive". March 10, 2001. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  14. ^ "CJSR 88.5MHz - Edmonton AB : Top 30 : Oct 26, 2010". earshot-online.com. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  15. ^ Rayner, Ben (January 10, 2010). "Owen Pallett says farewell to Final Fantasy". Toronto Star. Toronto. Retrieved February 11, 2010.
  16. ^ "A Call To Arms". Chromewaves.net. April 13, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  17. ^ a b Alex Hudson (November 12, 2012). "Owen Pallett Preps "Non-Fictional" Album 'In Conflict'". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
  18. ^ "Owen Pallett Shares "Song for Five & Six" Video, Pushes Back New Album Release Date". Pitchfork. April 22, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
  19. ^ Vdovin, Marsha (December 1, 2010). "An Interview with Owen Pallett". Cycling '74 website. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
  20. ^ a b Deusner, Stephen M. (March 9, 2005). "Profile: Final Fantasy". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved June 3, 2007.
  21. ^ Solarski, Matthew (June 21, 2007). . Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved August 9, 2007.
  22. ^ . Archived from the original on April 11, 2009. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  23. ^ Pattison, Louis (January 16, 2010). "From Arcade Fire to Mika, Owen Pallett is the industry's go-to guy for a lavish orchestral arrangement". The Guardian. London. Retrieved February 11, 2010.
  24. ^ "Owen Pallett says farewell to Final Fantasy". Toronto Star. January 10, 2010. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  25. ^ "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
  26. ^ . National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. September 26, 2011. Archived from the original on October 30, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
  27. ^ "John Darnielle to Unveil New Mountain Goats Project with Some Help from Owen Pallett". Exclaim!. November 16, 2011. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  28. ^ "Ignorance - The Weather Station".
  29. ^ Saccoccio, Sabrina (February 24, 2007). "Oh, those crazy artistes, who make a virtue of life in the 'burbs: Not everyone needs downtown hotel bars to make art". The Globe and Mail. Toronto ON. p. M4.
  30. ^ . University of Toronto Magazine. Summer 2006. Archived from the original on May 10, 2007. Retrieved June 3, 2007.
  31. ^ "Owen Pallett: In Conflict". Nowness. Retrieved April 3, 2021. I don't identify as male, I identify as gender-queer
  32. ^ "On being thoughtful about each decision you make". thecreativeindependent.com. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  33. ^ "News [October 4, 2013]". October 4, 2013. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
  34. ^ [1] October 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  35. ^ "Diamond Rings – "Gentleman Who Fell" (Milla Jovovich Cover) (Stereogum Premiere)". Stereogum. September 7, 2010. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  36. ^ Huizenga, Tom (April 21, 2013). "First Listen: David Lang, 'Death Speaks'". NPR. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  37. ^ "Sarah Neufeld presents the Black Ground EP + two new videos + Hero Brother Bonus Edition". Retrieved May 21, 2014.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Owen Pallett at IMDb
  • . Visit Films. Archived from the original on July 26, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.

owen, pallett, michael, james, plowright, born, september, 1979, known, professionally, canadian, composer, violinist, keyboardist, vocalist, under, their, former, pseudonym, final, fantasy, pallett, 2006, polaris, music, prize, album, poos, clouds, pallett, a. Michael James Owen Pallett Plowright 1 born September 7 1979 known professionally as Owen Pallett is a Canadian composer violinist keyboardist and vocalist Under their former pseudonym Final Fantasy Pallett won the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the album He Poos Clouds Pallett is also known for their contributions to Arcade Fire having toured with the band and been credited as an arranger and instrumentalist on each of their studio albums In January 2014 Pallett and Arcade Fire member William Butler were nominated for Best Original Score at the 86th Academy Awards for their original score of the film Her 2013 Owen PallettPallett performing at Coachella 2010Background informationBirth nameMichael James Owen Pallett PlowrightBorn 1979 09 07 September 7 1979 age 44 Mississauga Ontario CanadaGenresIndie pop classical baroque pop art rock electronic musicOccupation s Musician composer arrangerInstrument s Violin viola vocals piano keyboards guitar bassLabelsBlocks Recording Club Tomlab Domino Recording CompanyWebsiteowenpalletteternal com From the age of 3 Pallett studied classical violin and composed their first piece at age 13 A notable early composition includes some of the music for the game Traffic Department 2192 Pallett moved on to scoring films to composing two operas while in university Apart from the indie music scene Pallett has had commissions from the Barbican Toronto Symphony Orchestra National Ballet of Canada Bang on a Can Ecstatic Music Festival the Vancouver CBC Orchestra and Fine Young Classicals They have been noted for their live performances wherein Pallett plays the violin into a loop pedal Pallett uses Max MSP and SooperLooper to do multi phonic looping which sends their violin signal to amplifiers across the stage Aside from their solo oeuvre and work with Arcade Fire Pallett has contributed arrangements and instrumentation to the works of pop acts like Duran Duran Pet Shop Boys Robbie Williams Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran as well as rock performers such as R E M Linkin Park Franz Ferdinand the National and Alex Turner Contents 1 Career 1 1 Solo work 1 2 Other contributions 2 Personal life 3 Discography 3 1 With Les Mouches 3 2 Solo work 3 2 1 Studio albums 3 2 2 Soundtrack albums 3 2 3 EPs 3 2 4 Singles 3 2 5 Various songs 3 3 Other contributions 4 Selected works 5 References 6 External linksCareer editSolo work edit Pallett has drawn inspiration from electronic act Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark OMD 2 3 who were Pallett s favorite band along with Eurythmics 4 They have also identified albums by Tori Amos The Strokes Public Enemy and Brian Eno as influential 3 Pallett s favorite album is Xiu Xiu s A Promise 5 The name Final Fantasy under which Pallett recorded prior to the release of Heartland was a tribute to the well known video game series although Pallett said that it is not one of their top twenty favorite games 6 nbsp Final Fantasy performing in 2005 Pallett s debut album Has a Good Home 7 was released on February 12 2005 by the Blocks Recording Club a cooperative Toronto based record label of which Pallett is a founding member An Arrow in the Side of Final Fantasy borrows the music from the Space Zone s final level in Super Mario Land 2 6 Golden Coins Adventure exe from this album was used in a series of 2006 commercials by Orange in the United Kingdom Pallett did not intend to sell the song for this purpose but its use was authorized due to an alleged miscommunication with their record label Tomlab citation needed All of Pallett s income from this use is donated to Doctors Without Borders Pallett s second album He Poos Clouds was released in June 2006 though the video directed by Jesse Ewles was released on March 1 2006 The album consists entirely of string quartet arrangements Eight of the ten songs are about each of the schools of magic as described in the rules to the Dungeons amp Dragons fantasy role playing game The album was named winner of the 2006 Polaris Music Prize 8 Uncomfortable with receiving a prize sponsored by a mobile phone conglomerate Pallett gave the money away to bands they liked who needed financial assistance 9 In 2007 the song This Is The Dream of Win amp Regine was used in a commercial for Wiener Stadtwerke without Pallett s permission Instead of litigation Pallett and their booking agent Susanne Herrndorf approached the company for sponsorship for a music festival of their curation The resultant Maximum Black Festival featured Final Fantasy The Dirty Projectors Deerhoof Frog Eyes Max Tundra Six Organs of Admittance and others It played Vienna Berlin and London In July 2007 Pallett was interviewed on the CBC Radio One program Q about their upcoming album to be titled Heartland which was to have a theme of nothingness 10 In September 2007 they did a Take Away Show acoustic video session shot by Vincent Moon In October 2007 Final Fantasy released a vinyl 7 on Tomlab s Alphabet Single series The Letter X The two tracks on X recorded in Montreal with Zach Condon of the band Beirut predate the album He Poos Clouds The tracks Hey Dad and What Do You Think Will Happen Next are both played regularly at live shows The song Hey Dad contains a melody borrowed from the Nintendo video game Super Mario Bros 3 specifically it is the music from the Coin Heaven bonus hidden stages Also the song is quite similar in melody lyrics and tone to another of Pallett s songs In March 2008 Owen Pallett under the alias Final Fantasy collaborated with Grizzly Bear s Ed Droste on a cover of Bjork s Possibly Maybe as part of Stereogum s tribute to Bjork s album Post 11 On their Final Fantasy releases Pallett has collaborated with Leon Taheny who is credited as drummer and engineer In Fall 2008 Pallett released two EPs The first one Spectrum 14th Century was a collaboration with Beirut The second EP Plays to Please was a tribute to fellow Torontonian Alex Lukashevsky and his group Deep Dark United On it six Lukashevsky originals were reconfigured for a 35 piece big band the Toronto based St Kitts Orchestra which includes Drumheller s Nick Fraser Paul Mathew of the Hidden Cameras and a whistling Andrew Bird among others 12 In December 2009 Pallett began performing and recording under their own name The album Heartland was released on Domino Records on January 12 2010 It was mixed by New York producer Rusty Santos Also Pallett played Primavera Sound Festival 2010 13 In August 2010 Pallett released a four track EP entitled A Swedish Love Story on September 28 via Domino The tracks received substantial airplay on community radio 14 Following the release of Heartland Pallett has toured with guitarist percussionist Thomas Gill 15 and more recently with Rob Gordon and Matt Smith their former collaborators in Les Mouches 16 On November 12 2012 Pallett tweeted that they had been working on a new album called In Conflict 17 The album their fourth full length recording was released May 27 2014 18 In live performances Pallett plays the violin into a loop pedal Pallett uses Max MSP and SooperLooper to do multi phonic looping which sends their violin signal to amplifiers across the stage 19 Other contributions edit nbsp Pallett playing live in Brussels 2010 03 23 Pallett s previous projects included a now defunct three piece Toronto based band Les Mouches Pallett also played fiddle for a short time with the Celtic rock band Enter the Haggis Pallett was once the violinist of another Toronto band called Picastro and briefly played keyboard in SS Cardiacs with Leon Taheny Jessie Stein and Michael Small in 2005 Pallett has also recorded and toured with Jim Guthrie The Hidden Cameras Royal City The Vinyl Cafe Gentleman Reg and Arcade Fire they co wrote the strings arrangement for their albums Funeral and Neon Bible 20 One of their songs This Is the Dream of Win amp Regine was inspired by the principal members of the latter group Win Butler and Regine Chassagne 20 and is a play on a Dntel song called This Is The Dream of Evan and Chan Pallett contributed remixes for the bands Stars Grizzly Bear and Death from Above 1979 Pallett also wrote string arrangements for the Canadian bands Immaculate Machine on their 2007 album Fables and Fucked Up on their 2006 album Hidden World Pallett also wrote the string arrangements for the Beirut album The Flying Club Cup as well as provided vocals for the track Cliquot 21 Most recently Pallett provided orchestration for The Age of the Understatement the debut album of the English supergroup The Last Shadow Puppets formed by co frontmen Alex Turner Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane The Rascals Pallett also conducted the London Metropolitan Orchestra in the recording of this project In June 2009 at Luminato Toronto s annual festival of arts and creativity Pallett provided part of the live soundtrack for the outdoor screening at Yonge Dundas Square of the 1919 silent German horror film Tales of the Uncanny alongside Canadian instrumental band Do Make Say Think and German electronica artist Robert Lippok 22 In 2009 Pallett worked with Win Butler and Regine Chassagne on the score for Richard Kelly s film The Box 23 Pallett was also initially set to score Rabbit Hole a 2010 film by John Cameron Mitchell 24 but in the end the film was scored by Anton Sanko In 2010 Pallett recorded with Arcade Fire during sessions for their 2010 album The Suburbs which later received a Grammy Award for Album of the Year 25 In late 2010 Pallett was named as composer for T Magazine s Fourteen Actors Acting project Pallett received alongside the producers of that series an Emmy Award for New Approaches to News amp Documentary Programming Arts Lifestyle and Culture 26 In 2012 Pallett collaborated with John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats when several songs from Transcendental Youth were performed in concert with the all female vocal quartet Anonymous 4 and featured Pallett s arrangements for piano guitar and voices 27 Pallett scored the 2013 film The Wait directed by M Blash Pallett s string arrangements are featured on the songs Wear and Trust from the 2021 album Ignorance by The Weather Station 28 Personal life editPallett was born in Mississauga Ontario and grew up in Milton 29 Pallett received an Honours Bachelor of Music for Composition from the University of Toronto in 2002 30 Pallett is gay identifies as gender queer and uses gender neutral pronouns 31 32 Discography editWith Les Mouches edit The Polite Album CD R 2002 Blood Orgy EP 2003 You re Worth More to Me Than 1000 Christians 2004 rereleased via Orchid Tapes in 2015 Solo work edit Studio albums edit Has a Good Home as Final Fantasy February 12 2005 He Poos Clouds as Final Fantasy May 15 2006 Heartland January 11 2010 In Conflict May 27 2014 17 33 Island May 22 2020 Soundtrack albums edit Spaceship Earth Original Motion Picture Soundtrack May 22 2020 Her Original Score with Arcade Fire March 19 2021 Dream Scenario Original Score November 10 2023 EPs edit Young Canadian Mothers as Final Fantasy March 10 2006 Spectrum 14th Century as Final Fantasy September 30 2008 Plays to Please as Final Fantasy October 2008 A Swedish Love Story EP September 28 2010 Singles edit Many Lives 49 MP as Final Fantasy May 29 2006 Alphabet Series X as Final Fantasy October 2007 Lewis Dream Flora Advert February 25 2008 Lewis Takes Action January 2010 Lewis Takes Off His Shirt March 29 2010 Julia Tiberius with Daphni April 25 2014 Various songs edit Joys appears on Worried Noodles 2007 a compilation of David Shrigley s lyrics set to music Flare Gun appears on 8 SPAM 2007 a compilation released by Esopus Possibly Maybe duet with Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear Appears on the Stereogum compilation album Enjoyed 2008 11 a tribute to Bjork s Post The Donor appears on Crayon Angel A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill 2009 Red Sun demo version appears on Friends in Bellwoods II 2009 Hard to Explain appears on the Stereogum compilation Stroked 2011 a tribute to The Strokes debut album Is This It The Phone Call appears on ADULT SWIM SINGLES 2015 2015 Transformer Guitar Demo appears on the unlimited free milkshakes compilation Art Week 2016 2016 Other contributions edit Year Artist Album Description 2002 Jim Guthrie Morning Noon Night 2003 Jim Guthrie Now More Than Ever violins viola string arrangements The Hidden Cameras The Smell of Our Own violin viola 2004 The Hidden Cameras The Arms of His Ill viola on Builds the Bone The Hidden Cameras Mississauga Goddam violin piano celeste Arcade Fire Funeral violin string arrangements Gentleman Reg Darby amp Joan string arrangements Dan Goldman Through a Revolution Royal City Little Heart s Ease Death from Above 1979 Romance Bloody Romance Remixes amp B Sides violin on Black History Month 2005 Picastro Metal Cares viola Grizzly Bear Horn of Plenty Don t Ask Remix 2006 Grizzly Bear Yellow House string arrangements Fucked Up Hidden World string arrangements 2007 Arcade Fire Neon Bible orchestral arrangements violin C mon Bottled Lightning of an All Time High string arrangements Great Lake Swimmers Ongiara string arrangements Beirut The Flying Club Cup violin organ vocals on Cliquot string arrangements Immaculate Machine Immaculate Machine s Fables violin Montag Going Places vocals on Softness I Forgot Your Name Picastro Whore Luck piano on Hortur violin and organ on All Erase Holy Fuck LP violin on Lovely Allen 34 Stars Do You Trust Your Friends Your Ex Lover Is Dead Remix The Phonemes There s Something We ve Been Meaning to Tell You back up singing on Pain Perdu violin and piano on Kim Rogers guitar on Pine Needles 2008 Luxury Pond Luxury Pond string quartet arrangements The Last Shadow Puppets The Age of the Understatement arranged and conducted orchestrations 2009 The Rumble Strips Welcome to the Walk Alone violin string arrangements Pet Shop Boys Yes orchestral arrangements The Mountain Goats The Life of the World to Come violin string arrangements Mika The Boy Who Knew Too Much violin on Rain 2010 Arcade Fire The Suburbs String arrangements Gigi Maintenant vocals on I ll Quit Diamond Rings Something Else single piano string arrangements on Gentleman Who Fell 35 Duran Duran All You Need Is Now string arrangements conductor on The Man Who Stole a Leopard 2011 The Luyas Too Beautiful to Work strings and string arrangements Alex Turner Submarine soundtrack string arrangements on Piledriver Waltz The National Exile Vilify single strings Jim Guthrie Sword amp Sworcery LP The Ballad of the Space Babies violin on The Cloud R E M Part Lies Part Heart Part Truth Part Garbage 1982 2011 orchestral arrangements on We All Go Back to Where We Belong and Hallelujah Snow Patrol Fallen Empires orchestral arrangements conductor 2012 Linkin Park Living Things strings on I ll Be Gone Lindstrom De Javu No Release 12 No Release Remix feat Steve Kado Titus Andronicus Local Business violin Taylor Swift Red orchestral arrangements conductor on The Last Time Robbie Williams Take the Crown orchestral arrangements on Candy Different and Into the Silence Slim Twig A Hound at the Hem string arrangements 2013 The National Trouble Will Find Me strings on I Need My Girl David Lang Death Speaks violin 36 Light Fires Face vocals on Dependent Franz Ferdinand Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action strings amp string arrangement on Stand on the Horizon Arcade Fire Reflektor strings amp string arrangement 2014 Marram Sun Choir vocals on With Us Instead Sarah Neufeld Black Ground EP arrangement on Breathing Black Ground Orchestral Version 37 Jennifer Castle Pink City string arrangements Caribou Our Love violin viola 2015 Titus Andronicus The Most Lamentable Tragedy string arrangements violin viola Majical Cloudz Are You Alone cello drums violin 2016 The Last Shadow Puppets Everything You ve Come to Expect string and brass arrangements Majical Cloudz Wait And See EP cello drums violin piano Little Scream Cult Following string arrangements violin Snowblink Returning Current string arrangements violin viola Ricky Eat Acid Talk To You Soon string arrangements conductor Emily Reo Spell 10 string arrangements conductor 2017 Kirin J Callinan Bravado string arrangements violin and viola Haim Something to Tell You string arrangement violin and viola Blue Hawaii Tenderness string arrangements violin and viola Charlotte Gainsbourg Rest string arrangements conductor Arcade Fire Everything Now string arrangements piano strings Tomberlin At Weddings production mixing acoustic guitar synths vocals Frank Ocean Provider string arrangement conductor 2018 Richard Russell Everything Is Recorded string arrangements violin and viola Kimbra Primal Heart string arrangements Fucked Up Dose Your Dreams string arrangements violin and viola 2019 The Mountain Goats In League with Dragons production strings arrangements piano organ and guitar Banks III string arrangements Keane Cause and Effect brass arrangements Odette Do You See Me string arrangement Arcade Fire Baby Mine orchestral arrangement Superchunk Acoustic Foolish string arrangements violin viola Astrid Swan amp Stina Koistinen Diagnosis string arrangements violin viola Daniela Gesundheit Alphabet Of Wrongdoing string arrangements violin viola Vegyn Only Diamonds Cut Diamonds string arrangements violin viola 2020 Jack Colwell I Will Not Change My Ways guitar string arrangement Klo Pelgag Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs string arrangements violin viola Sean Nicholas Savage Life Is Crazy string arrangements violin viola Pierre Lapointe Chansons hivernales orchestral arrangements 2021 The Weather Station Ignorance string arrangements on Wear and Trust Nonconnah Songs For And About Ghosts string arrangement violin viola Kizis Tidibadibe Turn string arrangements violin viola Xiu Xiu OH NO vocals on I Dream of Someone Else Entirely Vegyn Like A Good Old Friend string arrangements violin viola Hannah Georgas All That Emotion Versions string arrangement on Easy violin viola Wolf Alice Blue Weekend string arrangements violin viola Astrid Swan D other string arrangements violin viola Vivek Shraya I m A Fag For You remixing Model Child Up From The Bottom string arrangements violin viola Parcels Day Night orchestral arrangements Wet Letter Blue string arrangements Lana Del Rey Blue Banisters string arrangements violin viola Ed Sheeran string arrangements violin viola Taylor Swift Red Taylor s Version string arrangements Basia Bulat The Garden string arrangements 2022 Sharon Van Etten We ve Been Going About This All Wrong strings on Born Julia Jacklin Pre Pleasure string arrangements on Ignore Tenderness and End of a Friendship Ibeyi Spell 31 strings on Creature Arcade Fire We string arrangements additional recording Marit Larsen Hva er igjen av oss string arrangements 2023 London Grammar The Remixes strings on Dancing By Night Sampha Lahai string arrangements Zoon Bekka Ma iingan string arrangements Jeremy Dutcher Motewolonuwok string and brass arrangements Vegyn Halo Flip strings Oscar Lang Look Now string arrangements Holly Macve ft Lana Del Rey Suburban House string arrangement Braids Euphoric Recall string arrangements Matt Holubowski Like Flowers on a Molten Lawn string arrangements Sharon Van Etten Quiet Eyes string arrangement violin violaSelected works editPallett Owen 2014 When I Come Home In Wilson Carl ed Let s Talk About Love Why Other People Have Such Bad Taste New York Bloomsbury Academic pp 267 269 ISBN 978 1 4411 6677 7 References edit Symonds Alexandria May 23 2014 Owen Pallett s Disorientalism Interview Brant Publications Inc Retrieved February 23 2024 Turner Luke March 24 2010 Orchestral Manoeuvres amp Homoerotica Owen Pallett Opens His Heartland The Quietus Retrieved May 24 2021 a b Jones Mia December 19 2010 Owen Pallett Live in Singapore Power of Pop Archived from the original on October 29 2013 Retrieved May 24 2021 Stevens Nathan September 9 2014 Interview Owen Pallett Spectrum Culture Retrieved May 28 2021 Owen Pallett on His Favorite album Xiu Xiu s A Promise retrieved November 2 2022 Q amp A with Owen Pallett of Final Fantasy You Ain t No Picasso April 18 2006 Archived from the original on April 23 2006 Retrieved April 26 2013 Cam Lindsay April 10 2017 A Completely Biased Ranking of the 60 Best Canadian Indie Rock Songs of the 00s Part II Vice magazine Retrieved February 11 2023 2006 Winners and Nominees Polaris Music Prize Archived from the original on April 24 2013 Retrieved April 26 2013 SZKLARSKI CASSANDRA September 19 2006 Final Fantasy snags first ever Polaris prize recognizing best in Cdn music The Canadian Press Q CBC Radio July 9 2007 a b Enjoyed A Tribute To Bjork s Post Retrieved July 2 2008 New Final Fantasy The Butcher amp Ultimatum Stereogum Premiere Stereogum August 26 2008 Retrieved October 7 2009 Ola s Kool Kitchen on Radio 23 Owen Pallett Live Primavera 2010 DJ Ola Free Download amp Streaming Internet Archive March 10 2001 Retrieved December 1 2013 CJSR 88 5MHz Edmonton AB Top 30 Oct 26 2010 earshot online com Retrieved February 11 2023 Rayner Ben January 10 2010 Owen Pallett says farewell to Final Fantasy Toronto Star Toronto Retrieved February 11 2010 A Call To Arms Chromewaves net April 13 2011 Retrieved July 5 2011 a b Alex Hudson November 12 2012 Owen Pallett Preps Non Fictional Album In Conflict Exclaim Retrieved March 21 2013 Owen Pallett Shares Song for Five amp Six Video Pushes Back New Album Release Date Pitchfork April 22 2014 Retrieved May 21 2014 Vdovin Marsha December 1 2010 An Interview with Owen Pallett Cycling 74 website Retrieved January 29 2011 a b Deusner Stephen M March 9 2005 Profile Final Fantasy Pitchfork Media Retrieved June 3 2007 Solarski Matthew June 21 2007 Beirut Announce Album Release Date Tracklist Tour Pitchfork Media Archived from the original on June 26 2007 Retrieved August 9 2007 TALES OF THE UNCANNY Archived from the original on April 11 2009 Retrieved June 13 2016 Pattison Louis January 16 2010 From Arcade Fire to Mika Owen Pallett is the industry s go to guy for a lavish orchestral arrangement The Guardian London Retrieved February 11 2010 Owen Pallett says farewell to Final Fantasy Toronto Star January 10 2010 Retrieved March 17 2011 Past Winners Search National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Retrieved May 21 2014 The Emmy Awards Winners of The 32nd Annual News amp Documentary Emmy Awards National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences September 26 2011 Archived from the original on October 30 2016 Retrieved May 21 2014 John Darnielle to Unveil New Mountain Goats Project with Some Help from Owen Pallett Exclaim November 16 2011 Archived from the original on January 15 2013 Retrieved March 12 2013 Ignorance The Weather Station Saccoccio Sabrina February 24 2007 Oh those crazy artistes who make a virtue of life in the burbs Not everyone needs downtown hotel bars to make art The Globe and Mail Toronto ON p M4 Experiments with Violin University of Toronto Magazine Summer 2006 Archived from the original on May 10 2007 Retrieved June 3 2007 Owen Pallett In Conflict Nowness Retrieved April 3 2021 I don t identify as male I identify as gender queer On being thoughtful about each decision you make thecreativeindependent com Retrieved July 31 2022 News October 4 2013 October 4 2013 Retrieved November 6 2013 1 Archived October 12 2008 at the Wayback Machine Diamond Rings Gentleman Who Fell Milla Jovovich Cover Stereogum Premiere Stereogum September 7 2010 Retrieved December 1 2013 Huizenga Tom April 21 2013 First Listen David Lang Death Speaks NPR Retrieved June 12 2013 Sarah Neufeld presents the Black Ground EP two new videos Hero Brother Bonus Edition Retrieved May 21 2014 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Owen Pallett nbsp Music portal nbsp Canada portal Official website Owen Pallett at IMDb The Wait Visit Films Archived from the original on July 26 2013 Retrieved March 12 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Owen Pallett amp oldid 1220123219, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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