Marc Enfroy

{{short description|American musician (born 1965)}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Marc Enfroy | image = Marc Enfroy Signature Photo.jpg | caption = | image_size = | alias = | origin = Metropolitan Detroit, United States | instrument = | genre = New age, neoclassical, classical, symphonic metal, progressive rock | occupation = Composer, songwriter, producer | years_active = 2008–present | label = Dream Score Music | associated_acts = | website = {{url|www.MarcEnfroy.com}} | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1965}} | birth_place = }} '''Marc Maurice Enfroy''' (born 1965) is an American composer, songwriter and producer who describes his music as "cinematic piano" due to its score-like, piano-driven nature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://MarcEnfroy.com/about|title=Cinematic Piano Music by Marc Enfroy - About|work=marcenfroy.com|accessdate=20 December 2016}}</ref> Born into a musical family, he is the grandson of radio entertainer and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Bradley Kincaid, a.k.a. “The Kentucky Mountain Boy.” Enfroy has released several studio albums<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/marc-enfroy-mn0001003415/biography|title=Marc Enfroy - Biography & History - AllMusic|work=allmusic.com|accessdate=20 December 2016}}</ref> and is best known for his fifth album, "Crossroads", which peaked at number 2 on the ''Billboard'' New Age Albums Chart in August 2016 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/marc-enfroy/|title=Marc Enfroy - Chart history - Billboard|work=billboard.com|accessdate=12 November 2019}}</ref> and was the fourth best-selling iTunes album in Metro Detroit for the week of August 4, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/08/11/best-selling-music-pilots-khaled/88590324/|title=Detroit Free Press Best-selling Music|work=freep.com}}</ref>

His debut release, ''Unbounded'', earned the Zone Music Reporter Lifestyle Music Award for Best Neo-Classical Album of the Year in 2008.<ref name="nar2008">{{cite web|url= http://zonemusicreporter.com/admin/2008award_finalists.asp|title= 2008 NAR Lifestyle Music Award Winners|access-date= 2016-12-20|archive-date= 2020-11-02|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201102232614/http://www.zonemusicreporter.com/admin/2008award_finalists.asp|url-status= dead}}</ref>

== Discography ==

=== Studio albums === * 2008 – "Unbounded" * 2009 – "Awakening" (also released as "Arising" on MG Music label) * 2011 – "Unconditional" * 2012 - "Dreams of the Forest" * 2016 - "Crossroads" * 2019 - "Surrounded"

=== Singles === * 2010 – "Acceptance" * 2016 - "Your Silence is a Razor (feat. Aili Laine)" * 2016 - "Fading White (feat. Lila Ives)" * 2016 - "Shed my Skin (feat. Lila Ives)" * 2019 - "Aotearoa" * 2019 - "Land of Fire and Ice" * 2019 - "Kilkenny Rain" * 2019 - "Flight of the Monarch" * 2019 - "Lavande de Provence" * 2020 - "Taken Away (Reprise)" * 2020 - "Moonlit Dreams Reprise" * 2020 - "Melankholiya" * 2021 - "Je t'aime" * 2022 - "The Dance" * 2022 - "Before the Dawn (Solo Piano Reprise)" * 2022 - "Je t'aime (Extended Version)" * 2022 - "Us" * 2022 - "Miracle in the Glade (Felt Piano Reprise)"

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== External links == * [http://www.MarcEnfroy.com/ Official website] * [https://www.pandora.com/marc-enfroy Marc Enfroy on Pandora Radio] * [https://www.youtube.com/cinematicpiano YouTube]

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