About
Owen Pallett is a singer, composer, violinist, producer, and arranger from Toronto. Since entering the city's indie music scene in 2002 as a member of the Hidden Cameras and the trio Les Mouches, Pallett collaborated with a multitude of indie artists including Jim Guthrie, the National, and Arcade Fire. In addition to touring in various string sections in the mid-2000s, he was an active composer, writing arrangements for Arcade Fire's groundbreaking Funeral, Neon Bible, and The Suburbs along with albums for Fucked Up, Beirut, and the Last Shadow Puppets. Between 2005 and 2009, Pallett recorded two albums as Final Fantasy, 2005's Has a Good Home and 2006's He Poos Clouds. The second won the inaugural Polaris Prize. After spending the next four years writing, arranging, and doing session work for dozens of other musicians, Pallett issued Heartland under his own name in 2010. In 2013, he and Arcade Fire collaborated in composing a score and recording the soundtracks for director Spike Jonze sci-fi romance Her. Pallett followed with In Conflict for Domino in 2014. He stayed busy for five years with commissions, session work, composing, and arranging for artists including Charlotte Gainsbourg and Titus Andronicus, and returned to his own recording with Island in 2021.
