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.

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.

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.”

The decision paid off as Core now represents 61 film/TV/

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