---
name: "Clinton Shorter"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/clinton-shorter"
fi1m_id: "clinton-shorter"
imdb_id: "nm0795141"
tmdb_id: 62908
wikidata_id: "Q2979351"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "18 March 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-23T13:51:04.677856+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Clinton Shorter

## Identity

Clinton Shorter

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/clinton-shorter
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** clinton-shorter
- **IMDb ID:** nm0795141
- **TMDB ID:** 62908
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2979351
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_Shorter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2979351, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0795141/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62908

Composer. Born 18 March 1971 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 18 March 1971, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:**     Clint Shorter
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (1), 2010s 64 (1), 2020s 65 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 69 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $211m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_Shorter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2979351, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0795141/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62908

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*District 9*](https://film.one/film/district-9.md) (81), [*The Expanse*](https://film.one/tv/the-expanse.md) (64)
- **Netflix:** [*The Rip*](https://film.one/film/the-rip.md) (65)

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## Biography

Clinton Shorter (born 18 March 1971) is a Canadian film and television composer. He was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, and initially studied jazz in college before switching to music composition.

Shorter created the score for the independent film *Come Together* (2001) in Vancouver. He later composed music for several films in the area, including Neill Blomkamp's short *Alive in Joburg* (2005). He scored Blomkamp's feature *District 9* (2009), for which he received a BMI Film Music Award and a SOCAN Domestic Feature Film Award. His other film scores include *Contraband* (2012), *2 Guns* (2013), *Pompeii* (2014), *Copshop* (2021) and *Boss Level* (2021). He has composed for television series including *Quantico* (2015), *The Expanse* (2015–2022), *Colony* (2016–2018) and *The Rip* (2026).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Rip* (2026), Fi1m 65, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-rip.md)
- *The Expanse* (2015), Fi1m 64, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-expanse.md)
- *District 9* (2009), Fi1m 81, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/district-9.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Rip* (2026), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-rip.md)
- *Not Without Hope* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *The Rainmaker* (2025), series, Original Music Composer
- *Copshop* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Boss Level* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Colony* (2016), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Expanse* (2015), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-expanse.md)
- *Quantico* (2015), series, Original Music Composer
- *Pompeii* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *The Informant* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *2 Guns* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Jappeloup* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Contraband* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *District 9* (2009), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/district-9.md)
- *NYC: Tornado Terror* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *The Secret Lives of Second Wives* (2008), Music
- *Nightmare at the End of the Hall* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Terminus* (2007), Music
- *Normal* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *I Know What I Saw* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Judicial Indiscretion* (2007), Music
- *Secrets of an Undercover Wife* (2007), Music
- *A Decent Proposal* (2007), Music
- *Under the Mistletoe* (2006), Music
- *Her Fatal Flaw* (2006), Music
- *12 Hours to Live* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Presumed Dead* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Ties That Bind* (2006), Music
- *Severed* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Deck the Halls* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Secret Lives* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Alive in Joburg* (2005), Music

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