Projects
Sample of my work.
Sedna, Empress of The Sea (In production) 2022
Musical Animated Feature Film
Role: Composer, Sound Design, Editing, SFX and VFX.
"HOW DO YOU GET RID OF A BULLY"
from the soundtrack of SEDNA, EMPRESS OF THE SEA
DREAMCATCHERS (Season 2 in production)
Animated Series
(Season 1: 26 Episodes x 11 Minutes in 3 languages.)
(English-French-Mohawk)
Role: Music, sound design, mix, voice coach, and Tee Pee's voice.
Tee Pee Time
Animated Series
76 Episodes x 11 Minutes in 3 languages.
(English-French-Mi'kmaq)
Role: Music, sound design, mix, voice coach, and Tee Pee's voice.
Stories of Our Elders
Animated Series
26 Episodes x 7 Minutes.
(English-French-Cree)
Role: Music, sound design, mix and french voice artist, AfterEffects treatment.
The Deerskins
Animated Series
26 Episodes x 22 Minutes in 3 languages.
(English-French-Mohawk)
Role: Music, sound design, mix, voice coach.
The Guardians
Short
Role: Music, SFX, VFX.
TURTLE TALE
FEATURE FILM
Role: Composer and Music Editor
Cambodia Airways
International Promotional Campaign
Music theme for Cambodia Airways
Bob Morane
Animated Series
Role: Opening Theme
Dubai Burj Khalifa
Event
Role: Composing of Epic Elevator Music.
World Heritage
TV Series
Role: Music, sound, graphic design, producer.
Royer Files
Short film series
Role: Music, sound, video editing, graphic design and director.
Town of Bromont
Corporate Video
Role: Music, sound, video editing, graphic design.
Global Music Awards
Rise Of the Hero
When the battle is almost over and you think you are losing your power the hero within you will rise.
Epic track composed and produced by Paul Baraka.
About
Welcome! ¡Bienvenido! Benvingut! Welkom! Bienvenue! Willkommen! Bem-vindo! Καλώς ορίσατε! Benvenuto!
PAUL BARAKA (COMPOSER | SOUND DESIGNER)
I was drawn to compose and perform music some 30 years ago. Sound effects and mixing were added to the repertoire along the way, as was voice coaching for animation work that included the musical composition of over 100 original songs in multiple languages.
I have more than 250 projects under my belt and new challenges beckon me still. My passion is driven by forces that defy description and explanation. I have often said that music is like math; you don’t create it, you discover it.
I am dyslexic. Yet, I pore over scientific and historical materials that feed my hunger for knowledge. Musical notation is foreign to me. Yet, I mastered the piano as a teenager and I create music that will stir your soul. I’ve heard all the labels: show-off, weirdo, genius. Several years ago, I was mentored by a musicologist from the Sorbonne in Paris. He encouraged me to defy convention and to make my own way. I haven’t looked back.
I have composed music for television, documentary films, advertising, performers, live shows and more. I have been nominated for “Gemini” and “Prix Gémeaux” awards in Canada. I am a proud geek. I keep abreast of audio and visual technologies and I have been known to influence their design. As much as they may inform my art, they exist to serve it; not to define it. “Gesamtkunstwerk” is the German word for “total work of art.” This is what I embrace in almost every project I take on.
My world is one where ideas become reality via teamwork and via the gifts that I am privileged to have. These gifts and the creation they bring forth may be unstructured and unbounded, but a deadline is a deadline. I am there for you at every turn. I look forward to hearing from you.
Animation Series
The Dreamcatchers 26x22 minutes
(Music composer, Sound Design, Mixer, Voice coordinator)
“Dreamcatchers” follows a group of Indigenous tweens who use their superpowers to battle evil corporations that are threatening their traditional way of life. The superheroes rely on their wit, humour and physical attributes to outsmart their nemeses. (Mohawk, English and French)
Tee Pee Time 76 x 11 minutes avec 76 chansons original
(Music composer, Sound Design, Mixer, Voice coordinator and voice talent of the main character)Teepee Time is a light-hearted, animated pre-school series about a curious little tipi discovering the meaning of life one new adventure at a time (Mi'kmaq, English and French)
The Deerskins 26x22 minutes (Mohawk, English and French)
Roll (Music composer, Sound Design, Mixer, Voice coordinator, sound engineer and additional character voices)Louis Says 48x11 minutes
Roll (Music composer, Sound Design, Mixer)Louis Says follows the adventures of 6-year-old boy Randy as he helps Louis, an elder, with his work around the community while learning new words in Cree. (English and Cree)
Stories of Our Elders 28 x 5 minutes
(Music composer, Sound Design, Mixer and narrator in French)For thousands of years, they guided us through this world, teaching us invaluable lessons about life and death. They strengthened our resolve and reinforced our connection to this land, to each other, and to the animals we share it with. They enriched our souls, empowered our imaginations, and defined who we are as a people. These are the stories of our elders. (Inuktitut, English, French)
Bizou 36x22 minutes avec 36 Original chansons original
Roll (Music composer, Sound Design, Mixer, Voice coordinator, sound engineer and additional character voices)Animated preschool television series. It teaches children about animals and Aboriginal life through the eyes of an Aboriginal princess named Bizou. Bizou is produced by Jerry Co Animation and 9 Story Entertainment and distributed by Picture Box Distribution. It is shown on Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (aptn) in Canada, First Nations Experience (FNX) in the United States, And Cartoon Network In The United Kingdom And Ireland. (CREE, English and French)
This Is Turtle Island (13 Episodes)
(Composer)This Is Turtle Island is a Canadian children's tv show about the environment and First Nations culture hosted by Andy and Chuck Clement.
Bob Morane
(Composed Musical Theme)Bob Morane is an animated series, based on the fictional French superspy Bob Morane
Little Buggers (Pilot)
Gordon’s World (Pilot)
The Greenies (Pilot)
Cosmozoo (Pilot)
FILM
Heroine (in production)
Sedna, Empress of the Sea, 82 Minutes
Turtle Tale (Lions Gate) 87Minutes
Short Film
The Guardians
The Walk
The Hermitian Penny
Documentary features
You Are What You Act
Boredom
Documentary TV
Le chemin des étoiles (Chemin de Compostelle)
World Heritage
A season with: Stewart Marshall Painter
Gilles Julien, l'art de la pédiatrie
Mongolie
Ghislain Picard, innu
Louis Garneau en équilibre
Hugo Girard, homme fort du Québec
Alain Choquette
TV Series
Smoke Signal (Pilot)
Commercial
Cambodia Airways
Germain Larivière
Société Des Alcools,
Maison Aube Lumière
Hello Health
Exposition
Dubai Burj Khalifa to the Top
Video Games
Tee Pee Toc
Forestia (CREO)
Putois (CREO)
Ekomini (CREO)
Multi-sensory interactive attractions in China designed by Triotech
THE GREAT WALL
Albums
Lucie Vondrackova, Růže
Mario Pelchat - Noel avec Jireh Gospel Choir
OktoEcho (Eponymous album)
OktoEcho "At the top" - Burj Khalifa
OktoEcho La 5e route bleue
Stage Lacroix – Fêtes
Paul Baraka: Biofear
Paul Baraka: Elyxium
Paul Baraka: Le Chemin de Compostelle
Paul Baraka: Music for the Imaginary
Prix/Awards
2022
Platinum Award
LIT Film - Best Composer
Sedna, Empress of The Sea
LIT Film - Best Musical
Sedna, Empress of The SeaLIT Film - Best Original Music
Sedna, Empress of The SeaLIT Film - Best Original Song
Sedna, Empress of The Sea
Song: Where Are You Hiding?GOLD AWARD
LIT Film - Best Sound Design
Sedna, Empress of The SeaGlobal Music Awards
Silver Medal Outstanding Achievement
Sedna, Empress Of The Sea, Original Score
2010Prix Opus - OktoEcho – Nomination for Best Jazz/World Album
2009
Folk Music Awards - OktoEcho - Nomination for Best Instrumental Album
2000
Gemini Awards - Best Original Music For a Drama Series: Bob Morane
1999
Prix Gemeaux - Best Sound Track Bob Morane
1990
Premier prix d’interprétation Piano, Cégep St-Laurent
Roman Metal
Worlds collide in the past guiding us to the future. Another epic track composed and produced by Paul Baraka
Clients
Sample list of companies I have the privilege and pleasure to collaborate with.
and more than 250 productions
Please contact me for full list
Dreams For Robots
The sound of the Singularity. While the Robot is charging up something strange happens: consciousness, life, mystery. The Robot is having his first dream. Yeah, you guessed it: composed and produced by Paul Baraka.
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