An experimentalist and highly experienced composer, producer, collaborator and performer, Ed continues to push boundaries in the electronic and classical spheres, creating music that’s fresh, powerful and beautifully crafted.
Ed’s recent scores include the US horror/thriller feature Temple, a four-part drama for BBC One From Darkness (2016 Ivor Novello Nominated, 2016 RTS Award Nominated Best Original Score, 2016 RTS Award Nominated Title Music) and two ITV dramas: Bancroft and the psychological thriller Midwinter of the Spirit.
Landmark projects include:
A true collaborator, Ed has acted as Musical Director for the likes of Madonna, Sean ‘P Diddy’ Combs and Sir George Martin, and continues to work with young contemporary artists, creating experimental music for their installations. His recent collaborations with Sir Tim Rice have earned him an Ivor Novello and 2 RTS award nominations.
Ed was a chorister at both Hampton Court Palace and St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. He won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music, where he was honored to be awarded the Countess of Munster Scholarship to further his studies in composition & violin in New York & Japan.
Edmund has performed with many of the world’s finest orchestras, such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, LSO, BBC Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Philharmonia and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.
Awards
IVOR NOVELLO Awards
2016-Nominated Best Score – From Darkness
2015-Nominated Best Score – The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY Awards
2015-Nominated Best Score – From Darkness
2015-Nominated Best Title Music – From Darkness
2012-Nominated Best Score – Without You
2011-Nominated Best Score – Garrow’s Law
2009-Won Best Score – Yellowstone
INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS Awards
2009-Nominated Best Score – Yellowstone
BROADCAST Awards
2009-Won Best Score – Yellowstone
CULT TV Awards
2011-Won Best Score-Survivors
2011-Won Best Score-Ashes to Ashes
2007-Nominated Best Score-Life On Mars
PORTSMOUTH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2016-Nominated Best Score-The Prowler
Credits
| TEMPLE | Absurda Director: Michael Barrett Producer: Eric Bassett, Neal Edelstein, Shinya Egawa, Mike Macari |
| THE WAITING ROOM | Bright Pictures Director: Roger Goldby Producer: Sarah Sulick Starring: Anne Marie Duff, Rupert Graves, Ralph Little |
| TRUE NORTH | Ariel Films/BBC Films Director: Steve Hudson Producers: Sonja Ewers, David Thompson, David Collins |
| THE DARK | Impact Pictures/Miramax/Constantin Director: John Fawcett Producer: Jeremy Bolt, Paul W.S. Anderson |
| REVELATION | Romulus Films Director: Stuart Urban Producer: Jonathan Woolf |
| CLUB LAMONDE | Screen Production Associates Director: Simon Rumley Producer: Piers Jackson |
| DEAD BOLT DEAD | It's All Right Ma Productions Director: James Rogan Producer: Paul de Villiers |
| 24 HOURS IN LONDON | One World Films Director: Alexander Finbow Producer: Fergal McGrath |
| THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO | A.K.A. Pizazz Director/Co-Producer: Mario Cavalli |
| BANCROFT | ITV Studios Director: John Hayes Producer: Kate Brook Starring: Sarah Parish, Faye Marsay | |
| FROM DARKNESS | BBC Director: Dominic Leclerc Producer: Helen Ziegler Starring: Johnny Harris, Richard Rankin, Luke Newberry, Anne-Marie Duff | *Ivor Novello Award Nomination 2016: Best Television Soundtrack* *RTS Award Nomination 2016: Best Original Title* *RTS Award Nomination 2016: Best Original Score* |
| COLD FEET | (Series 6,7 & 8) ITV/Big Talk Productions Directors: Terry McDonough, Jamie Jay Johnson, Louise Hooper, Juliet May Producers; Rebecca Ferguson, Lis Steele | |
| MIDWINTER OF THE SPIRIT | ITV Director: Richard Clark Producer: Phil Collinson Starring: Anne-Maxwell Martin, David Threlfall | |
| LIFE IN SQUARES | Ecosse Films / Bloomsbury Films / BBC Directors: Simon Kaijser Producer: Rhonda Smith Starring: Jack Davenport, James Norton, Al Weaver, Lucy Boynton, Edmund Kingsley | |
| THE SUSPICIONS OF MR. WHICHER | (Series 2, 3 & 4) Hat Trick Productions Directors: David Blair, Geoffrey Sax Producer: Rob Bullock, David Boulter | *Ivor Novello Award Nomination 2015: Best Television Soundtrack* |
| THE SMOKE | Kudos / Sky Directors: Mike Barker, Samule Donovan, Julian Holmes Producer: Chris Fry Starring: Jamie Bamber | |
| AN ADVENTURE IN SPACE AND TIME | BBC Directors: Terry McDonough Producer: Matt Strevens Starring: Brian Cox, David Bradley, Leslie Manville, Reece Shearsmith | |
| IN THE FLESH | Series 1 & 2 BBC Directors: Johnny Campbell, Jim O’Hanlon, Damon Thomas, Alice Troughton Producer: Ann Harrison Baxter, John Rushton | |
| LEAVING | Red Productions Director: Gaby Dellal Producer: Juliet Charlesworth Starring: Helen McRory, Callum Turner | |
| COMBAT HOSPITAL | Sienna Films, Artists Studio, Lookout Point Directors: Chris Menaul, Ian B Macdonald, Stephen Reynolds, Helen Shaver, Paul Unwin Producer: Michael J Maschio Starring: Luke Mably, Elias Koteas | |
| WITHOUT YOU | Sally Head Productions / ITV Director: Tim Fywell Producer: Nigel Marchant Starring: Anna Friel | Nominated for RTS Craft Award for Best Original Title Theme 2012 |
| CASE SENSITIVE | Hat Trick / ITV Director: Charles Martin / John Strickland Producer: Chris Hall, Rob Bullock Starring: Olivia Williams, Darren Boyd, Rupert Graves | |
| COME RAIN COME SHINE | ITV Director: David Drury Producer: Jeff Pope Starring: Alison Steadman, Kelly Bright | |
| GARROW'S LAW | Twenty Twenty/Shed Media Scotland/BBC Director: Peter Lydon Producer: Dominic Barlow Starring: Andrew Buchan, Alun Armstrong, Lyndsey Marshal | Royal Television Society Craft & Design Award 2011: Best Original Score |
| YELLOWSTONE | BC2 Executive Producer: Mike Gunton Series Producer: Andrew Murray | *Royal Television Society Craft & Design Award 2009: Best Original Score* *IFMCA Nomination 2009: Best Original Score for Television* *Broadcast Nomination 2009: Best TV Score* |
| SURVIVORS (Series 1 & 2) | BBC Director: John Alexander Executive Producers: Susan Hogg, Adrian Hodges Producer: Hugh Warren Starring: Max Beesley, Julie Graham, Freema Agyeman | |
| ASHES TO ASHES Series 1, 2 & 3 | Kudos / BBC Directors: Johnny Campbell/Billie Eltringham/Catherine Morshead Porducer: Beth Willis | |
| MISTRESSES Series 1, 2 & 3 | BBC / Ecosse Director: S.J. Clarkson / Peter Hoar Producer: Lowri Glain | |
| DIARY OF A NOBODY | Clerkenwell Films Director: Susannah White Producers: Murray Ferguson Starring Hugh Bonneville. | |
| BON VOYAGE | Box TV/ITV Director: John Fawcett Producer: Jake Lushington | |
| LOSING IT | Clerkenwell Films/ITV Director: Ben Bolt Producer: Murray Ferguson | |
| LIFE ON MARS Series 1 & 2 | Kudos/BBC Directors: Bharat Nalluri, John McKay Producer: Claire Parker | |
| SECRET SMILE | Granada Director: Chris Menaul Producer: Jake Lushington | |
| AFTERLIFE Series 1 & 2 | Clerkenwell Films/ITV Directors: Maurice Phillips, Charles Beeson, Martyn Friend Producers: Murray Ferguson, John Hannah | |
| SEA OF SOULS Series 2 & 3 | BBC/Sony Television Director: Maurice Phillipps Producer: Stephen Garwood | |
| WHEN I'M SIXTY-FOUR | BBC Director: John Jones Producer: Pier Wilkie | |
| INDIAN DREAM | Red Productions/BBC Director: Roger Goldy Producer: Eleanor Green | |
| SILENT TREATMENT | H3O Productions/Channel 4 Director: Peter Lydon | |
| ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME | BBC1 Drama Director: Alrick Riley Producer: Ewan Marshall | |
| TRUST | Box TV/BBC Directors: John Strickland, Phillipa Langdale, Nick Laughland Producer: Jake Lushington | |
| MURPHY'S LAW Series 1, 2 & 3 | Tiger Aspect/BBC Directors: Peter Lydon, Menhaj Hudz, Maurice Phillips Producer: Sanne Wohlenberg | |
| JEFFREY ARCHER - THE TRUTH | Hat Trick/BBC Director: Guy Jenkin Producer: Chrissy Skins | |
| AMERICAN EMBASSY | Fox TV US Series Exec Producer: Danny DeVito | |
| STRETFORD WIVES | BBC Director: Peter Webber Producer: Kate Bartlett | |
| MEN ONLY | World Productions/Channel 4 Director: Peter Webber Producer: Jake Lushington | |
| DO OR DIE | Sky/Southern Star/Warner Sisters Director: Rowan Woods Producer: Lavinia Warner | |
| ANCIENT EGYPTIANS | Channel 4 Director: Tony Mitchell Producer: Ben Goold | |
| WITHOUT YOU | BBC Director: Julian Simpson Producer: Paul Rutman | |
| MENACE | Greenlit Productions/Channel 5 Director: Bill Eagles Producer: Gill Green | |
| TABLE 12 | World Productions Various Directors Producer: Jake Lushington | |
| HEADLESS | Sanctuary Films/Channel 5 Director: Tony McHale Producer: Matthew Kuipers | |
| RESIDENTS | BBC Director: Peter Lydon, Richard Heslop Producer: Pier Wilkie |
| Numerous commissions from BSkyB including Music for the Oscars (Sky Premiere) & Millennium Movies, a 15 part series for Richard Attenborough, as well as music for chatshows, idents, adverts (Sky Digital), and the Sky Pictures Film Logo. He also scored the symphonic ident for Walt Disney International. |
| MADONNA | Numerous tours, including MD for Brixton Academy Concert and MTV Awards in Milan. |
| PUFF DADDY | MTV & Brit Awards |
| THE CORRS | Brit Awards |
| SIR GEORGE MARTIN | Orchestral leader for 'In My Life' album. |
| MERLIN | Hallmark Entertainment |
| A SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER | Merchant Ivory |
| DESPERATE MEASURES | Tri Star Pictures |
| DARK CITY | New Line Films |
| THE COURTESAN | Warner/Regency |
Education:
Hampton Court Palace – Chorister
Windsor Castle – Chorister
Charterhouse School – Music scholar
Royal College of music – Violin scholar
Julliard School – Violin
Early Awards:
The Benjamin Britten Award
The International Yammaha music competition
The Martin trust Gold medal
The Countess of Munster Award [twice]
The Dorothy Coates Award
The Queen Elizabeth Bursary
The N.H.K Japanese Television Award