Robert Duncan (composer)

Robert Duncan
Born	Robert Duncan Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Musical Composer
Website	www.duncanmusic.com

Robert Duncan is a four-time Emmy-award-nominatedCanadian composer of film and television music, who has composed music for such TV series as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Castle; as well as films such as Butterfly on a Wheel and Into the Blue 2: The Reef. He has been associated with writer/producer Shawn Ryan, composing some of his produced TV show including The Unit, Lie to Me and more recently Timeless. He has received fourteen ASCAP awards.

Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Duncan was born into a family with deep musical history. His great-grandfather arranged music for silent films in England and other relatives were closely affiliated with two of England's prominent composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten. As a child he attended the Claude Watson School of the Performing Arts and in sixth grade he composed his first piece of music. At age 16 in high school, he landed his first gig scoring a promotional video for the local Board of Education. As an extra curricular activity, Duncan studied the pipe organ and trumpet before later earning a bachelor's degree in music at York University.

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