Eric Robertson (composer)

Eric Nathan Robertson (born 6 April 1948) is a Scottish composer, organist, pianist, and record producer who has been primarily active in Canada.

A two time Gemini Award winner, he has composed more than 60 film scores and written music for a number of television series in Canada and the United States.

He has also written a considerable amount of choral and organ music, sometimes with instrumental or symphonic accompaniment.

[1] Robertson began his professional music career as a teenager while a student at the RCM; serving as the music director at St. John's Lutheran Church in Toronto and playing the organ in the Toronto R&B band Majestics.

In 1966, he became the organist/choirmaster of Humbercrest United Church, leaving there in 1990 to assume a similar post at St. Paul's, Bloor Street where he remained until 2009.

He has composed music for television films like Shocktrauma (1982), A Muppet Family Christmas (1987), The Challengers (1990), Getting Married in Buffalo Jump (1990), and A Holiday to Remember (1995).