Daniel Clive McCallum
Background information
Born	Sydney, Australia
Genres	Film score,classical,experimental
Occupations	Film music composer, conductor, orchestrator
Years active	2007 – present
Website	danielclivemccallum.com

Daniel Clive McCallum (born 1989 inSydney, Australia) is afilm composer,conductor, andorchestrator. He is a graduate of theRoyal Academy of Music inLondon.^[1]

He is known for orchestrating and arranging the music for the2016 Summer Olympics inRio de Janeiro, Brazil, which won the SportsEmmy Award for best music direction.^[2]

McCallum is the son ofRon McCallum, a noted Australian legal academic.

McCallum left traditional school at the age of 13 to study music at theSydney Conservatorium of Music.^[3] There, he studiedmusical composition,oboe,conducting, as well as traditional Australian instruments withWilliam Barton. He was awarded theABRSM scholarship in 2008 to study composition at theRoyal Academy of Music.^[4] After graduating, McCallum went on to work withHoward Shore onThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. McCallum is a prominent and awarded orchestrator. He orchestrated the2016 Summer Olympics inRio de Janeiro, Brazil. For this, the production won a SportsEmmy Award. In 2019, McCallum orchestrated the new anthem forLa Liga.^[5] McCallum was nominated for aGrammy Award in 2020 as part of the String Theory Artist Collective for his work on the album Sekou Andrews & The String Theory.^[6]

McCallum has also been commissioned to write many contemporary classical pieces. Notably, his works have been performed by theBBC Singers, thePhilharmonia Orchestra,^[7] the Omega Ensemble in theSydney Opera House,^[8] the Penrith Symphony Orchestra,^[9] the Sydney Sinfionetta,^[10] the Sonic Arts Ensemble, theLondon Contemporary Orchestra, the Crossroads Chamber Festival (performed byPaul Silverthorne), the Choir & Organ magazine, Ars Musica Australis, theWarringah Council, the Chronology Arts Ensemble, and theRoyal Academy of Music.^[11][12]

He currently resides inLos Angeles with his wife where he works as acomposer.^[13]

• The Map to Paradise (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)^[27]
• Bruce!!!! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)^[28]
• Loving in Limbo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)^[29]
• Retrospective, Vol. 1^[30]
• Dance Dads (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)^[31]
• Retrospective, Vol. 2^[32]
• Our Deadly Vows^[33]
• Wild Game (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)^[34]
• Vindication Swim (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)^[35]

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• Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music
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• American film score composers
• Australian film score composers
• American male film score composers
• Australian male film score composers
• American multi-instrumentalists
• Australian multi-instrumentalists
• American television composers
• Australian television composers
• Male television composers
• 20th-century classical composers
• 1989 births
• 20th-century American male musicians
• 20th-century Australian male musicians
• 21st-century American male composers

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