Biography

Composer, Brent Belke, has a unique background that draws from a passion to challenge and participate with resulting work that covers a wide range of style combining raw sound elements, electronics and traditional acoustic instruments. As seen in the Asian percussion, Western orchestra and driving electronics of The Hunters to solo guitar of the Drive, She Said score to the radio dial variety of You Her Me he covers a wide musical landscape, all with a keen sense of harmony and melody.

Belke has composed for numerous award-winning documentaries, including: Ninth Floor, Reservation Soldiers and Martha. In addition, he has scored over a dozen television movies and worked on six television series, including Road Hockey Rumble for which he received a Leo Award nomination, and You Me Her, which he received 2 Leo Award nominations.

His score in feature length NFB documentary Ninth Floor premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in 2015 and was a Leo nominee for Best Musical Score in a Documentary Program. His work for Martha won a 2021 Leo Award and his music was heard at the premiere of Without You at the 2021 Vancouver Int'l Film Festival (VIFF). 2024 saw the premiere of Can I Get A Witness? at TIFF. As a member of skate punk band SNFU, Belke was awarded the Polaris Heritage Prize for the album …And No-one Else Wanted To Play.