Background
Cantelon was born in Glendale, California.
Cantelon was born in Glendale, California.
He studied with Andre Gauthier at the Geneva Conservatory of in Switzerland, Jacob Lateiner at the Juilliard School of in New York City, and Vlado Perlemuter at the Conservatoire de Paris.
He was a music prodigy who made his violin debut at the age of 13 at University of California, Los Angeles"s Royce Hall. Inspired by the work of Donalee Reubenet, he started piano studies. for film In recent years, he is perhaps best known for his compositions for films, which include the following: The Visit (2015) Wish You Well (2013) Violet and Daisy (2013) The Never Stopped (2011) New York, I Love You (2010) Conviction (2010) West. (2008) The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) The Diving Bell & The Butterfly (2007) Superheroes (2007) Year of the Fish (2007) Everything is Illuminated (2005) The Swimmers (2005) Kill Your Darlings (2004) Issaquena (2002) In addition, he composed a special centenary score for The Battleship Potemkin in 1995. His mother was a trumpeter in the Philadelphia Symphony, and his father was an evangelist.
At age 17, he had a serious bicycle accident which left him in a coma.
When he emerged from the coma a month later, he had significant amnesia. As a result, he had to relearn music
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.
He is a founding member of the American alternative band Wild Colonials, in which he plays violin, piano, and accordion, and has featured on their albums.