Trevor Morris (born 25 May 1970) is a Canadian orchestral composer and music producer. His scores include the television shows The Tudors, The Pillars of the Earth, The Borgias, and Vikings; the film Olympus Has Fallen and its sequel London Has Fallen; and the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition. He was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for his score for The Borgias and for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or A Special (Original Dramatic Score) for his score for The Pillars of the Earth.

Life and work

Morris was born in London, Ontario, Canada. He was accepted to St. Mary's School for the Arts as a child, where he studied violin and choir daily. At age 13, Morris was commissioned by his school to compose a piece for his graduating class to perform in honor of the Pope John Paul II's visit to Canada. His fee was $50. Beloved Young People, a book authored by the Pope aimed at the youth of the generation, became the source for adapted lyrics, and Trevor's senior class performed his composition for Piano and 4-part Choir at St. Mary's Cathedral at graduation.

Morris attended Fanshawe College's "Music Industry Arts" program, where he graduated top of his class. Upon graduation, Morris immediately moved to Toronto to start work. He spent his twenties in the music production circles of Toronto but eventually turned his attention away from production and over to composing full-time music for television commercials. Wanting a longer format for his music ideas, Morris moved towards scoring films and television series and in 1999 he moved to Los Angeles to follow this new career angle. During his early years in Los Angeles, Morris worked with famous score composers James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer. As part of Zimmer's team, Morris amassed over 25 major screen credits on some of Hollywood's blockbusters.

As Morris' own career in composition developed, so did the opportunity to directly collaborate with others such as Jerry Bruckheimer, Neil Jordan and Tony and Ridley Scott. In 2007 Morris received an Emmy for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for The Tudors. 2010 marked Morris' fourth television collaboration with Jerry Bruckheimer and his team. Morris also completed the mini-series The Pillars of the Earth with Tony and Ridley Scott producing. Morris has worked as composer on a number of video games including SimCity Societies, Army of Two, Need for Speed: Carbon and most recently, for the epic third installment of the Dragon Age series by BioWare, Dragon Age: Inquisition as well as films such as The Hills Have Eyes 2, and The Marine 2. He produced the score for the 2013 film Olympus Has Fallen.

Morris maintains a production company in Toronto with his partners. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles with his family.

Discography

Films Year Title Director Studio(s) Notes 1999 Teen Knight Phil Comeau The Kushner-Locke CompanyCastel FilmsCanarom Productions 2001 Hunger Maria Giese Market Street Productions 2002 Judge Is God James Allen Short 2003 Terminal Venus Alexandre Franchi Short 2004 Rancid Jack Ersgard Sonet Film Swedish language 2005 The Lost Angel Dimitri Logothetis Elio Pictures4 Square Productions CanadaSynergy Movies 2005 3 Needles Thom Fitzgerald Bigfoot EntertainmentEmotion PicturesWolfe Releasing Composed with Christophe Beck 2007 The Hills Have Eyes 2 Martin Weisz Fox AtomicDune Entertainment 2009 Stolen Anders Anderson IFC Films 2009 The Marine 2 Roel Reiné 20th Century FoxWWE Films Direct-to-video 2010 Krews Hilbert Hakim Osiris EntertainmentKH Krews Productions 2010 Beautiful Boy Shawn Ku Anchor Bay Entertainment 2011 Tornado Alley Sean C. Casey Giant Screen FilmsGraphic Films 2011 Immortals Tarsem Singh Relativity MediaVirgin ProducedRogue 2012 Gotham Francis Lawrence 20th Television Television 2012 The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption Roel Reiné Universal Pictures Direct-to-video 2012 Fire with Fire David Barrett Lionsgate 2013 Death Race 3: Inferno Roel Reiné Universal Pictures Direct-to-video 2013 Olympus Has Fallen Antoine Fuqua FilmDistrictMillennium Films 2016 London Has Fallen Babak Najafi Focus FeaturesMillennium Films 2016 Hard Target 2Roel Reiné Universal 1440 Entertainment Composed with Jack WallDirect-to-video2018 Redbad Splendid FilmsEpic Pictures Group Asura Peng Zhang Alibaba Pictures Hunter Killer Donovan Marsh Summit Entertainment

Television Year Title Network Notes 1997 Splat! Nickelodeon Studios 2000 Code Name: Eternity Sci Fi Channel 2005–2006 E-Ring NBC 2006–2007 Justice Fox 2007 Traveler ABC Episode: "The Retreat"Co-composed with Blake Neely 2007–2008 Moonlight CBS Co-composed with John Frizzell 2007–2010 The Tudors Showtime 2009 Kings NBC Mental Fox Television Studios 2010 Day One NBC Episode: "Pilot" The Bridge CTV Miami Medical CBS The Pillars of the Earth Starz TV miniseries 2010–2011 Chase NBC 2011–2013 The Borgias Showtime 2012 The Firm NBC Alphas Syfy Co-composed with Edward Rogers 2013–2020 Vikings HistoryNetflix Additional contributions by Wardruna & Einar Selvik2013 Body of Proof ABC Composed Season 3 Dracula NBC 2013–2017 Reign The CW 2017–2019 Shadowhunters Freeform Co-composed with Jack Wall 2017 Iron Fist Netflix Composed Season 1 2017–2018 Taken NBC 2017–2021 Castlevania Netflix 2018–2020 Condor AudienceEpix 2019–2021 Another Life Netflix 2020–2023 Big Sky ABC 2022–2024 Vikings: Valhalla Netflix Additional contributions by Lustmord 2023–present Castlevania: Nocturne Co-composed with Trey Toy

Video games Year Title Studio Notes 2006 Need for Speed: CarbonElectronic Arts 2007 SimCity Societies 2007 Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars Co-composed with Steve Jablonsky 2008 Army of Two 2009 Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 Activision 2014 Dragon Age: InquisitionElectronic Arts2015 Dragon Age: Inquisition – The Descent Dragon Age: Inquisition – Trespasser 2024 Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden Focus Entertainment

Awards Year Award Category 2007 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music (for The Tudors)

References

External links

Trevor Morris: Composer Interview with Trevor Morris (The Daily Film Music Blog) Borgias official website at Bravo!