David Kristian
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David Kristian (born November 5, 1967) is a Canadian musician and film score composer.
Kristian's soundtrack work can be heard on a variety of projects, including Anime and web commercials by Macromedia Flash animation innovator Ryosuke Aoike. He has also contributed to the short films of Mitch Davis and several feature films, such as Karim Hussain's Subconscious Cruelty, Ascension La Belle Bête, Francois Miron's The 4th Life, and Philippe Spurrell's The Descendant.
Other recent film score work includes most of the underscoring and end titles music for Nacho Cerdà's The Abandoned, and Douglas Buck's remake of Brian DePalma's Sisters. For the latter film, he collaborated with Emmy Award-winning composer Edward Dzubak (As the World Turns); the two had also previously collaborated on Buck's film Prologue.
Prior to becoming a full-time film composer, Kristian released several albums on labels as diverse as Crème Organization, Ninja Tune, Lo Recordings, Schematic Records, Alien8 Recordings and Apegenine recordings. Kristian has produced music under aliases, including Gentle Bakemono, Francesco Clemente, and Malamutant.
Kristian has also performed at several events, including Mutek, Le Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, SONAR, FCMM, The Fantasia Festival, SHARE, and ISEA.
