Amin Bhatia (born 10 July 10 1961 London, England) is a recording artist, film and television music score composer and producer. In 1981 his compositions won the Roland Corporation International Synthesizer competition for two consecutive years. The judges included Oscar Peterson, synth veterans Robert Moog and Ralph Dyck, and Japanese artist Isao Tomita. The exposure led to projects with David Foster, Steve Porcaro and a solo album on Capitol Records Cinema label called "The Interstellar Suite" which launched his career in music for film and television.
Bhatia is known for lush orchestral work with contemporary influences. His early compositions were created strictly with analog keyboards and tape, combining and layering hundreds of electronic parts to achieve a warm orchestral sound that was not sampled from an orchestra. In later years, Amin’s strengths in both music and midi synthesizer programming led him to projects like "John Woo's Once a Thief" and “Iron Eagle II”. Over the years Bhatia has moved into actual orchestral work with his film and television scores. The IMAX film “Jane Goodall’s Wild Chimpanzees” features members of the Toronto Symphony and Opera Orchestras with hit songs recorded in Africa with Johnny Clegg. The GFT epic war feature “Going Back” was recorded by the Munich Symphony Orchestra and the animated adventure “Rescue Heroes: The Movie” (Nelvana) features players from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
In 2005 Bhatia won two Gemini awards for his music score work in television, and in 2006 Bhatia and co-writer Ari Posner received an Emmy nomination for the Disney animated series "Get Ed". In 2008 Bhatia completed the first season of Flashpoint (CBS/CTV), the feature film "Mysteries of the Great Lakes" and released "Virtuality", the sequel to "The Interstellar Suite".
"Virtuality" is a double concept album exploring the world within computers. Guest artists include veterans Steve Porcaro and Patrick Moraz as well as detailed liner notes written by synthesizer historian Mark Vail. The album is dedicated to Bob Moog and is endorsed by his family. A portion of sales from every CD go to the Bob Moog Foundation. Of note in this recording is “Bolero Electronica”, a performance of Ravel’s Bolero with 75 years of synthesizers performed in chronological order. Everything from the Theremin (guest performance by Kevin Kissinger) and Ondes Martenot (guest performance by Thomas Bloch) to modern day virtual plug-ins are featured in this work. Album artwork includes a centrefold matrix of the Timeline of Technology used in the recording of this epic piece.
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Flashpoint (Co-composer with Ari Posner) (2008-present) Get Ed (Co-composer with Ari Posner) (2005) Emmy Nomination for Best Music Score, Academy of Arts and Sciences Queer as Folk (North American TV series) (2005) King (2003) Gemini Award Best Original Music Score for an Animated Program or Series, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Franny's Feet (with Ari Posner and Meiro Stamm) (2003) Gemini Nomination Best Original Music Score for an Animated Program or Series, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television The Zack Files Theme (with Ari Posner) (2001) Code Name:Eternity (with Trevor Morris) (1999) Power Play (TV series) (1999) John Woo's Once A Thief, The Series (1997) Gemini Nomination, Best Music for a Series Tales from the Cryptkeeper (1993-1999) Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1992-1996) Blazing Dragons (1996) Free Willy (TV series) (1994-1995) Ray Bradbury Theater (1990-1992) Award for Best Music Score, Alta Motion Picture Assoc.
Recipe For a Perfect Christmas (2005) In The Dark (2003) Gemini Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television The Joanne Kilbourn Mysteries: Colder Kind Of Death (2000) The Joanne Kilbourn Mysteries: The Wandering Soul Murders (2000) The Awakening (1995) Ordeal in the Arctic (1993) Sidney Sheldon's A Stranger in the Mirror (1992) Anything for Love (1993)
Virtuality (2008) Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees: Original Soundtrack Recording (2003) The Interstellar Suite (1987, re-released 2003) Toto: Fahrenheit (album) (1986) David Foster: The Best of Me (1983) Prototype: Video Kids (1984) Michael Jackson: Thriller (1982 Synth Programming for David Foster contribution)
Jambo Kenya (2004) IMAX (1997/98) CFNY 102.1 FM (1993 to present) Music for national ad campaigns include Bell, Discovery Network, Leon's, Live Ent., Mark's Work Wearhouse, MuchMusic. CLIO Awards of Excellence, New York 1985-1990 Roland Synthesizer Corporation, Presentor / Consultant / Beta tester (1986-current) Q Sound Labs (1991) The 1988 Winter Olympics CBC Radiodrama "Vanishing Point" and "Birdie French" radio series. (1987-1993) Roland International Synthesizer Competition (Grand Prize Tokyo, Japan 1981) (First Prize Tokyo, Japan 1982)
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ACTRA BMI Guild of Canadian Film Composers Society of Composers & Lyricists, Los Angeles Soundtrack Music Associates