Background
He was born in Water Orton, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom and is known for featuring unique sounds and instrumentation.
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Nicholas Pike
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He has composed music for the likes of Michael Jackson (Ghost, You Rock My World), Military Cross Hammer (Too Legit To Quit, Here Comes The Hammer) and Will Smith (The Wild Wild West). In film he has composed for projects ranging from to Disney"s Captain Ron. Pike is a sought-after film composer and was recently hand-picked by actress/comedian and talk show host Bonnie Hunt to create and lead the first-ever daytime talk show live band for The Bonnie Hunt Show which aired on the National Broadcasting Company network.
Nicholas Pike also composed and scored The Bonnie Hunt Show theme.
He started his music career at the age of 7 at the prestigious Canterbury Choir School and subsequently moved to Cape Town, South Africa at the age of 10 where he continued in music becoming Head Chorister at Street George"s Cathedral as well as performing with the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra at the age of 15. At age 17 he left to study in Boston at the Berklee School of Music after which he moved to New York where he recorded and performed with Bill Frisell, Nana Vasconcelos, Bill Connors, Billy Hart, Kenny Werner among many others
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Membership
He was also a member of the iconic rock band HAMMAK.
