John McCarthy is a composer for film and television. He started his career in Canada as a musician playing and recording in many bands including Ian Hunter (Mott The Hoople), Frozen Ghost and Tony Springer. His first feature film ‘Love and Human Remains’ was directed by (Academy Award Winner) Denys Arcand. John won the 2009 Genie Award (Canadian Academy Award) for best original score for the feature film ‘The Stone Angel’ starring Ellen Burstyn, directed by Kari Skogland. He also scored the hit CBS television series ‘Due South’ for (Academy Award Winner) Paul Haggis, the NBC show ‘My Own Worst Enemy’ starring Christian Slater. John also scored a short animated film for Cirque Du Soleil, the HBO series ‘Spicy City’ for Ralph Bakshi and episodes of the 2015 David Shore/Vince Gilligan show Battle Creek (CBS).