Stuart Chatwood

Stuart Chatwood
Background information
Born	October 22, 1969 Fleetwood, Lancashire, England
Origin	Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Rock, hard rock, world, blues, new wave, gothic, post-punk, industrial, pop, art rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, songwriter
Instruments	Bass, guitar, keyboards, harmonium, percussion, mandolin, tambura, cello, lap steel guitar, bass pedals
Years active	1993–present
Labels	EMI, Ubisoft
Associated acts	The Tea Party, The Art Decay, The Stickmen
Website	stuartchatwood.com
Notable instruments
1972 Fender Jazz Bass

Stuart Chatwood, (born 22 October 1969 in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England^[1]) is a Canadian musician, best known as the bass guitar and keyboard player for the rock band The Tea Party. The Tea Party are known for fusing together musical styles of both the Eastern and Western worlds, in what they call "Moroccan roll". In 2001, Chatwood won a Juno Award for the best artwork for a Tea Party album.

Stuart Chatwood is also a composer of video game soundtracks.^[2] He composed music that has appeared on the soundtracks for eight Prince of Persia games developed by Ubisoft Montreal: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2003), Warrior Within (2004), The Two Thrones (2005), Battles of Prince of Persia (2005), Revelations (2005), Rival Swords (2007), Prince of Persia (2008), The Fallen King (2008), and Darkest Dungeon (2016) The series have been very successful, selling in excess of ten million copies worldwide.^[3]

Biography

Chatwood grew up in Windsor, Ontario with other members of The Tea Party,^[4] although his first band was called The Stickmen.

Discography with The Tea Party

• The Tea Party (1991)
• Capitol Records demo (1992)
• Splendor Solis (1993)
• The Edges of Twilight (1995)
• Alhambra (1996) (Enhanced CD)
• Transmission (1997)
• Triptych (1999)
• Live at the Enmore Theatre (1999)
• Tangents: The Tea Party Collection (2000) (compilation)
• Illuminations (2001) (DVD compilation)
• The Interzone Mantras (2001)
• Seven Circles (2004)
• Live from Australia (2013)
• The Ocean at the End (2014)

Movie soundtracks with The Tea Party

• Lilly (1993)^[5]

Video directing

• "Writing's on the Wall" (2004) ^[6]
• "Oceans" (2005) ^[7]

Videogame soundtracks

• Road Rash 3D (1998, EA)
• NHL 2002 (2001, EA)
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2003, Ubisoft)
• Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (2004, Ubisoft)
• Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (2005, Ubisoft)
• Battles of Prince of Persia (2005, Ubisoft)
• Prince of Persia: Revelations (2005, Ubisoft)
• Prince of Persia: Rival Swords (2007, Ubisoft)
• Prince of Persia: The Fallen King (2008, Ubisoft)
• Prince of Persia (2008, Ubisoft)
• Darkest Dungeon (2015, Red Hook Studios)

Career awards

• 2001: Juno Award for "Best Album Design" of the Tangents: The Tea Party Collection.

References

1. "Composer Inon Zur and Stuart Chatwood - Interview at Tracksounds (2008)". Tracksounds.com. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
2. "Stuart Chatwood". MobyGames. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
3. "Ubisoft - Ubisoft Announces Prince Of Persia For Consoles, PC And Nintendo DS". Ubi.com. 2008-04-28. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
4. "Tea Party biography". Retrieved 2009-05-31.
5. Lilly (1993) - Full cast and crew
6. "Rock And Metal Music News: 08.16.04 - 08.22.04". RockAndMetal.com. 2004-06-02. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
7. Karen Bliss (2005-05-09). "CANOE - JAM! Music - Karen Bliss's Lowdown: Insider Canadian music news: Tea Party's life affirming video". Jam.canoe.ca. Retrieved 2011-07-05.

External links

• Stuart Chatwood official website
• The Tea Party official website
• Stuart Chatwood discography at MusicBrainz