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A notable early composition includes some of the music for the game Traffic Department 2192; he moved on to scoring films, to composing two operas while in university. Apart from the indie music scene, he has had commissions from the Barbican, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, National Ballet of Canada, Bang on a Can, Ecstatic Music Festival, the Vancouver CBC Orchestra, and Fine Young Classicals.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn his Final Fantasy releases, Pallett has collaborated with Leon Taheny, who is credited as drummer and engineer. Following the release of Heartland, Pallett has toured with guitarist/percussionist Thomas Gill[2] and more recently with his former collaborators in Les Mouches, Rob Gordon and Matt Smith.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Final+Fantasy","playStationPath":"/stations/113373591/play","stationId":113373591,"bioPath":"/music/Final+Fantasy/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Iron+Wine","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b4a/b4a832ddb5344cbc1599921b498d8458_md.jpg","artistName":"Iron \u0026 Wine","artistId":864,"station_id":113263665},{"musicPath":"/music/Parenthetical+Girls","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ac0/ac0ea8c990d1d3a4bc5a86fcaf242631_md.jpg","artistName":"Parenthetical Girls","artistId":12717,"station_id":114484722},{"musicPath":"/music/Sea+Wolf","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a02/a023c7e48a581576f57d7f067fbc8d04_md.jpg","artistName":"Sea Wolf","artistId":10579,"station_id":113458074},{"musicPath":"/music/Basia+Bulat","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/cc0/cc0316485bbcb6ec65bfd68b92096e50_md.jpg","artistName":"Basia Bulat","artistId":50992,"station_id":227444028},{"musicPath":"/music/Swan+Lake","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/306/3062dbd46f5637c7c527f3888eff89d1_md.jpg","artistName":"Swan Lake","artistId":9339,"station_id":113990094},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Dears","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ffd/ffddd3964f372c0365de9575a58e4c19_md.jpg","artistName":"The Dears","artistId":2302,"station_id":113329015},{"musicPath":"/music/Born+Ruffians","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f91/f9171495df4498e7a178434a71d53591_md.jpg","artistName":"Born Ruffians","artistId":12767,"station_id":114456422},{"musicPath":"/music/John+Vanderslice","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/30b/30b510a182adc0008f7406b5371d9381_md.jpg","artistName":"John Vanderslice","artistId":74933,"station_id":266088825},{"musicPath":"/music/Ben+Kweller","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/318/318f56d50110009c2202d33eb962f454_md.jpg","artistName":"Ben Kweller","artistId":152,"station_id":113263949},{"musicPath":"/music/Rilo+Kiley","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c33/c3338ba5c0173203a4394d99341ac280_md.jpg","artistName":"Rilo Kiley","artistId":1448,"station_id":113266502},{"musicPath":"/music/Laura+Veirs","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/dab/dabf87b3b789302aa30fbad7fc3bef98_md.jpg","artistName":"Laura Veirs","artistId":10443,"station_id":113461145},{"musicPath":"/music/Perfume+Genius","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d97/d97bde7308df7be2390d710492e1ce84_md.jpg","artistName":"Perfume Genius","artistId":71484,"station_id":264773914},{"musicPath":"/music/Camera+Obscura","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/343/3432647e1d5d2bb43d52b0f7b1f96227_md.jpg","artistName":"Camera Obscura","artistId":2807,"station_id":113281255},{"musicPath":"/music/Eleanor+Friedberger","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/1d2/1d2608b8f06aa0ee19766fc526c24a59_md.jpg","artistName":"Eleanor Friedberger","artistId":90613,"station_id":272623978},{"musicPath":"/music/Delays","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6fb/6fb5114793d776a75674f779e779d4f3_md.jpg","artistName":"Delays","artistId":2145,"station_id":113615169},{"musicPath":"/music/Kings+of+Convenience","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/23b/23ba4932b864a7b3aafb3de26fc85d06_md.jpg","artistName":"Kings of Convenience","artistId":1086,"station_id":113380501},{"musicPath":"/music/Timber+Timbre","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/cbf/cbfee0cdd2fd419474bf510acff5fc2b_md.jpg","artistName":"Timber Timbre","artistId":81158,"station_id":268119640},{"musicPath":"/music/chris+garneau","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b25/b25d8fce99363202c0626a453ed1970c_md.jpg","artistName":"chris garneau","artistId":119686,"station_id":283329242}]}