Canuck composer Mychael Danna nets Golden Globe nom for ‘Life of Pi’

TORONTO – Canadian composer Mychael Danna is up for a Golden Globe for his work on the sweeping 3D saga “Life of Pi.”

The 54-year-old will compete in the best original score category against Alexandre Desplat for “Argo,” Dario Marianelli for “Anna Karenina,” John Williams for “Lincoln” and Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil for “Cloud Atlas.”

He earns the nod for his third collaboration with Oscar-winning director Ang Lee, and Danna says he’s glad the director’s longtime faith in him has been rewarded.

The two previously worked together on 1997’s “The Ice Storm” and 1999’s “Ride with the Devil.”

Danna is also a longtime collaborator of Toronto director Atom Egoyan, with music credits including “Chole,” “Adoration,” “Ararat,” “Where the Truth Lies,” “The Sweet Hereafter,” “Exotica” and “The Adjuster.”

The Golden Globes bash, organized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, will be held Jan. 13 in Los Angeles.

Danna studied music composition at the University of Toronto, winning the Glenn Gould Composition Scholarship in 1985.

His extensive composing credits include work on the films “Moneyball,” “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” “500 Days of Summer” and “Little Miss Sunshine.”

His TV credits include “Medium,” “Camelot,” “Dollhouse” and “Road to Avonlea.”