What is Derek Charke?
[[Image:Derek-charke.jpg|thumb|Charke in 2009]] '''Derek Charke''' ({{IPAc-en|tʃ|ɑːr|k}}; born 1974) is a Canadian classical composer and flutist. ==Career== Derek Charke has been working as a composer for film and television since the early 1990s. In that time he has written more than 100 film and television scores which have been broadcast worldwide. When at home in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Derek was busy as a session player, arranger, producer and flutist which ultimately led to his work as a composer for film and television in 1994. The diversity of his craft offered him the opportunity to compose for a variety of programming including animation, documentaries, comedy and drama. In the animation world, he worked extensively with [[Danny Antonucci]] both while at [[20th Century Fox]] and later when Antonucci started his own studio - [[a.k.a. Cartoon]]. It was for the studio that he composed the score for the animated series ''[[The Brothers Grunt]]'' that aired on [[MTV]]. Later, he wrote all of the music for another a.k.a. Cartoon production, [[Cartoon Network]]’s ''[[Ed, Edd n Eddy]]''. Additionally, he has composed music for popular TV series including ''The Outer Limits'' ([[Showtime Networks|Showtime]]/[[Syfy|SyFy]]), ''The Dead Zone'' ([[USA Network]]), ''Wildfire'' ([[ABC Family]]), ''These Arms of Mine'' ([[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]) and ''Kink'' (Showcase), among several others. Patric Caird also has an extensive career in feature film composition. In 2000, his music for film garnered him a Genie Award (Canada's Oscar) for the Infinity Features film ''Here's to Life!'' with Kim Hunter, [[James Whitmore]] and [[Ossie Davis]]. His film credits also include the film ''Dead Heat'' with [[Kiefer Sutherland]], Ann Marie Fleming's ''The French Guy'' (Park City Film Music Festival Gold Medal) and National Lampoon's ''Going the Distance'' among others. In 2014, Patric Caird composed the score for the Fox series ''Rake'' starring [[Greg Kinnear]]. Patric Caird continues to compose for film, te