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Chris Letcher is a film composer and songwriter, currently serving as a Senior Lecturer in Screen Music Composition at the University of Edinburgh. He has composed the score for the feature film 'Don’t Let’s Go Dogs Tonight,' which is distributed by Sony Pictures Classics as of 2025. His scholarly work focuses on the processes involved in screen music creation and the musical representation in African cinema. He has published in various journals, including 'Music, Sound, Moving Image' and 'Film Music' and contributed to the upcoming chapter on Cristóbal Tapia de Veer’s score for 'White Lotus.' Letcher's teaching includes both theoretical and analytical courses revolving around music and sound in moving images and practical courses in creative musical composition for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. He supervises final projects within the MMus musicology program and has current PhD students researching aspects of composition for moving images, including film, television, and video game sound.
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