Awards & Winners

Owen Pallett

Date of Birth 07-September-1979
Place of Birth Toronto
(Ontario, Canada)
Nationality Canada
Also know as Pallett, Owen, Michael James Owen Pallett, Final Fantasy
Profession Singer-songwriter, Composer, Musician, Violinist, Music Arranger
Michael James Owen Pallett is a Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist, and vocalist, who performs solo as Owen Pallett or, before 2010, under the name Final Fantasy. As Final Fantasy, he won the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the album He Poos Clouds. On his Final Fantasy releases, Pallett has collaborated with Leon Taheny, who is credited as drummer and engineer. Following the release of Heartland, Pallett has toured with guitarist/percussionist Thomas Gill and more recently with his former collaborators in Les Mouches, Rob Gordon and Matt Smith. Pallett has been noted for his live performances, wherein he plays the violin into a loop pedal, a technique also used by musicians such as Andrew Bird, Jeremy Larson, Kishi Bashi, Emily Wells and Zoë Keating. Pallett uses Max/MSP and SooperLooper to do multi-phonic looping, which sends his violin signal to amplifiers across the stage. In January 2014, Pallett and William Butler were nominated for Best Original Score at the 86th Academy Awards for their work on Her.

Awards by Owen Pallett

Check all the awards nominated and won by Owen Pallett.

2013


Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score Her

2011


News & Documentary Emmy Award for New Approaches: Arts, Lifestyle & Culture
Honored for : New York Times Magazine Online: 14 Actors Acting

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year Heartland

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Artist He Poos Clouds