Ken Myhr

{{short description|Canadian musician and composer}} '''Ken Myhr''' is a Canadian musician and composer. He is most noted for his work on the film ''[[The Accountant of Auschwitz]]'', for which he won the [[Canadian Screen Award]] for Best Music in a Non-Fiction Program or Series at the [[8th Canadian Screen Awards]] in 2020.<ref>Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200605124256/https://etcanada.com/news/648359/canadian-screen-awards-2020-first-round-of-winners-revealed/ "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Non-Fiction Winners Revealed"]. ''[[ET Canada]]'', May 25, 2020.</ref>

Myhr first became noted as a session musician, most notably as a guitarist for [[Jane Siberry]]<ref>John Griffin, "Jane Siberry shows her time has come". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', October 22, 1985.</ref> and [[Cowboy Junkies]].<ref>Robert Reid, "Pale Sun and Crescent Moon: Cowboy Junkies have that wintry feeling...for a reason". ''[[Waterloo Region Record]]'', May 18, 1994.</ref> He had his first credit as a composer on the 1994 short film ''[[Arrowhead (1994 film)|Arrowhead]]'', and his first feature film credit on the 1996 film ''[[Not Me!]] (Sous-sol)''.<ref>Bill Brownstein, "From the basement to the top: Sous-Sol wins Quebec director international acclaim". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', June 1, 1996.</ref> His later credits have included the films ''[[Project Grizzly (film)|Project Grizzly]]'', ''[[The Herd (1998 film)|The Herd]]'', ''[[The Real Inglorious Bastards]]'', ''[[The World Before Her]]'', ''[[Driving with Selvi]]'', ''[[Migrant Dreams]]'' and ''[[Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance]]''.

He was previously a Canadian Screen Award nominee at the [[1st Canadian Screen Awards]] in 2013 for his work on ''The Market'' and at the [[2nd Canadian Screen Awards]] for ''[[Herman's House]]'' and ''The Real Sherlock Holmes'', and a four-time [[Gemini Award]] nominee for his work on ''Dead Heat'', ''Geologic Journey: The Great Lakes'', ''Geologic Journey II: The Pacific Rim'' and ''Love at the Twilight Motel''.

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0616916}}

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