Paul Cantelon (born December 25, 1959) is an American contemporary classical music and popular music composer, a film score composer and an actor [1] He is also a violinist, pianist, and accordionist, and a founding member of the American alternative band Wild Colonials.
In the 1990s and early 2000s, he played piano in a jazz-inflected group that also featured Lili Haydn on violin, Martin Tillman on cello, and Satnam Singh Ramgotra on tablas.
In 2000, under the name Tryptich, they released an EP of cover songs called Curio, with vocals by Angela McCluskey.
In recent years, he is perhaps best known for his compositions for films, which include the following: In addition, he composed a special centenary score for The Battleship Potemkin in 1995.
When they were in their early 20s, they met in London at the Star of India, where he was playing, and she was dining with British actor Hugh Grant.