Core Music Agency founder and director Ari Wise is in a unique position for an agent — he has done the job that his clients do. Article content

For 18 years, the Victoria resident, who says a good score is “the backbone” to a movie , was a busy composer for film and TV before he opened Core in 2007. Article content Article content

Citing a need to spend more time with family and lower his stress level, Wise decided he needed to change his tune.

“Being a composer is unlike anything else. It’s not like a job. It’s a calling,” said Wise, who has over 200 film and TV credits to his name. “I realized I was missing out on my kids’ lives. I was getting up long before they got up and came home long after they went to bed. It was stressful on my family. It was stressful on me.”

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