Photek

Photek
Photek
Background information
Birth name	Rupert Parkes
Also known as	Photek; Studio Pressure; The Sentinel; Aquarius; Special Forces; Code of Practice; The Truper; System Ex;
Born	6 September 1971; Hatfield, Suffolk, England
Genres	Drum and bass; downtempo; deep house;
Occupation(s)	Record producer; DJ; film score composer;
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Virgin; Photek; Good Looking Records; Sanctuary; !K7; Metalheadz; Entity Records; Tectonic;

Rupert Parkes (born 6 September 1971), known as Photek, is a Los Angeles–based British electronic music DJ/record producer, and TV and film score composer. Photek was born and raised in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

Photek has contributed music to several film, TV and video game productions, such as Blade in 1998. He also scored Gang Related with director Allen Hughes.

He received three consecutive Grammy Award nominations in the category of Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical for Daft Punk's "End of Line" from the Tron: Legacy movie soundtrack in 2012, Moby's "Lie Down In Darkness" in 2013 and One Love (Bob Marley and the Wailers song)/People Get Ready" in 2014.

Photek composed the TV score for the show How to Get Away with Murder.

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