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/syfy), "the dead zone" (usa network), "wildfire" (abc family), "these arms of mine" (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, television, theater and new media.