Biography
Paul Intson is a musician, producer, music editor and Canadian multi-award winning film and television composer.
He plays bass in Tom Wilson’s ‘Beautiful Scars’ performances, tours/records with songwriter Ian Thomas; and has a diverse performing history that includes performing with artists Paul Schaffer & Dan Ackroyd, Scott Merritt, Fred Eaglesmith , Don Rickles, Michael Burgess, Robert Palmer and Mychael Danna as well as many Hollywood film scores.
Paul began composing for Toronto Dance Theatre, Evergreen Club Gamelan and media and television in the mid 80’s. In the late 90’s, he was recruited as Mychael Danna’s music editor, instrumentalist and additional composer.
In 2005 his breakaway work on ‘Skyland’ earned him the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television’s Gemini award; he would go on to earn 5 additional nominations as well as a Genie award for his work on Norman Jewison’s ‘The Statement’. In 2014, he scored ‘The Nut Job’, which set a new box office record for both highest grossing Canadian theatrical release and all time independent animation release.