Carly Paradis

• Name — Carly Paradis • Birthplace — Hamilton, Ontario, Canada • Died — YYYY MM DD • Origin — Stoney Creek Ontario, Canada • Genre — * Contemporary classical • indie • instrumental • electronic • Chamber Pop • alternative • Occupation — * Musician • composer • Instrument — Piano • Website — carlyparadis.com

Paradis was born in Hamilton, Ontario and raised in nearby Stoney Creek. She was formerly in a Canadian pop/rock duo called Oceanship. The group released one self-titled album.

Paradis has performed piano and keyboard alongside noted film composer Clint Mansell and Sonus Quartet showcasing his works at the Gent Film Festival in Belgium, Tenerife International Film Festival in the Canary Islands, Union Chapel, Islington, Le Trianon (theatre) Paris, Barbican Centre London, Royal Festival Hall London, Royal Northern College of Music Manchester, National Concert Hall Dublin and Melbourne Recital Centre as part of the Melbourne Festival. Paradis performed her Netflix original series suite and theme song to The Innocents at the BBC Proms 2019 Royal Albert Hall conducted by Robert Ames and performed by London Contemporary Orchestra. In 2022, Paradis became a touring member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, playing keyboards during their live performances. She contributed whistling to the song "O Wow O Wow (How Wonderful She Is)" on the band's 2024 studio album, Wild God, stating: "I can whistle pretty good and I do bird calls. I'm from Canada, when I'm up North at my cottage, there's a certain bird I can call, a warbler, and it'll fly to me." According to Cave, when his manager gave him a list of potential keyboardists, "[a]t the end of the list was a woman named Carly Paradis, but her résumé said she basically worked on TV scores. Not very promising, I thought, until I noticed she had written the theme music for the English cop show, Line of Duty, which is awesome. I rang her straight away and asked if she wanted to join The Bad Seeds. She did, and that was that."

In April 2011, the mini-album They Have Been Watching was released on iTunes. In November 2013, the debut album Hearts to Symphony was released on iTunes and green vinyl. In 2014, the official Line of Duty TV series soundtrack was released on iTunes. In November 2019, the album Nothing Is Something was released digitally and on cream-colored vinyl. In March 2022, the TV soundtrack album The Rising was released on Lakeshore Records. In November 2024, the TV soundtrack album Until I Kill You was released. In March 2025, the TV series theme song from Get Millie Black was released in collaboration with Jamaican collective Equiknoxx.