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Ilan Eshkeri
British composer
British composer
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ilan Eshkeri |
| image | Ilan Eshkeri at LA Times Festival of Books 2025 (cropped).jpg |
| caption | Eshkeri at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books in 2025 |
| origin | London, England |
| instrument | Violin, guitar, piano |
| genre | Contemporary Classical, rock, pop, electronic |
| occupation | Composer, |
| years_active | 2000–present |
| website |
Ilan Eshkeri is a British composer known for his concert music, films scores and artist collaborations.
Early life
Eshkeri was born in London. During his childhood, he learned to play the violin and guitar. Eshkeri attended Leeds University, where he studied music and English literature. During this time he also apprenticed with film composers Edward Shearmur, Michael Kamen and music producer Steve McLaughlin.
Career
His extensive catalogue of film and TV scores include Still Alice, Stardust, The Young Victoria, Layer Cake (film), Shaun The Sheep and David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive. Eshkeri has collaborated with artists David Gilmour, Annie Lennox, Take That, KT Tunstall, Tim Wheeler, Amon Tobin and Nick Hodgson (Kaiser Chiefs) among others. He recently worked with the European Space Agency on music for astronaut Tim Peake's Principia mission. In addition, he has conducted his own works at The Louvre in Paris, the Rudolfinum in Prague and conducted a specially commissioned work called Reliquary for the Burberry 2016 Autumn fashion show in London.
In 2012, Eshkeri was commissioned to write a composition for a photo exhibition at The Louvre in Paris, where he conducted a 90-piece orchestra in the Tuileries Garden. The twelve-part tone poem titled "Through My Window" was recorded in Abbey Road Studios by the London Metropolitan Orchestra, the 46 minutes composition played alongside the exhibition.
In 2014, Eshkeri composed music for the video game The Sims 4 as well as several of its expansion packs.
2017 saw Eshkeri compose a ballet with famed photographer and director David LaChapelle and ballet dancer Sergei Polunin titled Narcissus and Echo. The performance debuted March 14, 2017 at the Sadler's Wells Theatre in London.
His more recent show, ‘Space Station Earth’ depicts the emotional journey of astronauts traveling to the International Space Station. Crafted with support from the European Space Agency and NASA. This six-year project involved Eshkeri creating a Synth-Pop album and directing a film in triptych, which sets the backdrop for the live performance. The Show was performed at The Royal Albert Hall in 2022.
Discography
Theatrical films
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Notes | *The Quarry Men* | *Trinity* | *Layer Cake* | *Hannibal Rising* | *Straightheads* | *Strength and Honour* | *Stardust* | *Virgin Territory* | *The Disappeared* | *Telstar: The Joe Meek Story* | *The Young Victoria* | *Ninja Assassin* | *From Time to Time* | *Centurion* | *Kick-Ass* | *The Kid* | *Knuckle* | *Blooded* | *Coriolanus* | *Blitz* | *Retreat* | *Johnny English Reborn* | *Spike Island* | *Ashes* | *I Give It a Year* | *Austenland* | *Justin and the Knights of Valour* | *Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa* | *[47 Ronin](47-ronin-2013-film)* | *The Invisible Woman* | *Get Santa* | *Still Alice* | *Black Sea* | *Shaun the Sheep Movie* | *Don Verdean* | *Survivor* | *Collide* | *The Exception* | *Swallows and Amazons* | *Dancer* | *Measure of a Man* | *The White Crow* | *Farming* | *The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry* | *Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story* |
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| 2000 | Toby White | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Gary Boulton-Brown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Matthew Vaughn | Composed with Lisa Gerrard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Peter Webber | Composed with Shigeru Umebayashi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Dan Reed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Mark Mahon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Matthew Vaughn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | David Leland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Johnny Kevorkian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Nick Moran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Jean-Marc Vallée | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | James McTeigue | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Julian Fellowes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Neil Marshall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Matthew Vaughn | Composed with John Murphy, Henry Jackman, and Marius de Vries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Nick Moran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Ian Palmer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Edward Boase | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Ralph Fiennes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Elliott Lester | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Carl Tibbetts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Oliver Parker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Mat Whitecross | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Mat Whitecross | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Dan Mazer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Jerusha Hess | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Manuel Sicilia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Declan Lowney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Carl Rinsch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Ralph Fiennes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Christopher Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Kevin Macdonald | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Jared Hess | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | James McTeigue | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Eran Creevy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | David Leveaux | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Philippa Lowthorpe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Steven Cantor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Jim Loach | Composed with Tim Wheeler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Ralph Fiennes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Hettie Macdonald | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui |
Short films
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Notes | *The Banker* | *Cinco de Mayo* | *Attempt Seven* | *The Snowman and the Snowdog* | *Once Upon a Time in London* | *The Gift* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Hattie Dalton | ||||||||
| 2008 | Giles Greenwood | ||||||||
| 2009 | Gez Medinger and Robin Schmidt | ||||||||
| 2011 | Hilary Audus | Composed with Andy Burrows | |||||||
| 2014 | Joséphine de La Baume | ||||||||
| 2015 | Stu Weiner |
Television films
| Year | Title | Director | Notes | *Colosseum: Rome's Arena of Death* | *Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King* | *Ape to Man* | *The First Emperor* | *Micro Men* | *Eric and Ernie* | *Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers* | *David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive* | *Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Tilman Remme | |||||||||||
| 2004 | Uli Edel | |||||||||||
| 2005 | Nic Young | |||||||||||
| 2006 | Nic Young | |||||||||||
| 2009 | Saul Metzstein | |||||||||||
| 2011 | Jonny Campbell | |||||||||||
| 2012 | Nigel Paterson | |||||||||||
| 2014 | Daniel M. Smith | |||||||||||
| 2017 | Harvey Lilley |
Television series
| Year | Title | Notes | *Trial & Retribution* | *Waking the Dead* | *Strike Back* | *Richard Hammond's Journey to the Centre of the Planet* | *Planet Dinosaur* | *Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond* | *Great Barrier Reef* | *Doctor Thorne* | *Riviera* | *Informer* | *The Athena* | *A Perfect Planet* | *SAS: Rogue Heroes* | *MobLand* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 episodes | |||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 6 episodes | |||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Series 1–3, 26 episodes | |||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Two episodes | |||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Episode: "Lost World" | |||||||||||||||
| 2014 | 4 episodes | |||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | 3 episodes | |||||||||||||||
| 2016 | 3 episodes | |||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | 19 episodes | |||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 6 episodes | |||||||||||||||
| 2019 | 5 episodes | |||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 6 episodes | |||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | 12 episodes | |||||||||||||||
| 2025–present | 10 episodes | |||||||||||||||
| Composed with Matt Bellamy |
Video games
| Year | Title | Notes | *The Sims 4* | *Ghost of Tsushima* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | ||||||||||
| 2020 | title= Score of Tsushima: The Soundtrack of Ghost of Tsushima | url=https://blog.playstation.com/2020/07/02/score-of-tsushima-the-soundtrack-of-ghost-of-tsushima/ | first=Bradley D. | last=Meyer | website= PlayStation Blog | date=July 2, 2020 | access-date=July 2, 2020}} |
Audiobooks
| Year | Title | Director | Notes | George Orwell's *1984* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Composed with Matt Bellamy |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | World Soundtrack Awards | Discovery of the Year | *Layer Cake* | ||
| 2007 | International Film Music Critics Association | Breakthrough Composer of the Year | *Stardust* | ||
| Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film | |||||
| 2008 | Malibu Film Festival | Best Soundtrack | *Strength and Honour* | ||
| 2010 | Ivor Novello Awards | Best Original Film Score | *The Young Victoria* | ||
| 2020 | [British Academy Games Awards](17th-british-academy-games-awards) | Music | *Ghost of Tsushima* | ||
| [D.I.C.E. Awards](24th-annual-d-i-c-e-awards) | Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition | ||||
| Society of Composers & Lyricists | Outstanding Original Score for Interactive Media | ||||
| 2024 | [Critics' Choice Documentary Awards](9th-critics-choice-documentary-awards) | Best Score | *Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story* | ||
| [Hollywood Music in Media Awards](15th-hollywood-music-in-media-awards) | Score – Documentary | ||||
| International Film Music Critics Association | Best Original Score for a Documentary | ||||
| 2025 | [Primetime Emmy Awards](77th-primetime-creative-arts-emmy-awards) | Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score) |
References
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| access-date = 9 June 2014 | access-date = 15 August 2009
References
- (15 March 2017). "Project Polunin: Backstage with the blazing dancer – in pictures". The Guardian.
- "A Perfect Planet, Volcano Series 1".
- Meyer, Bradley D.. (July 2, 2020). "Score of Tsushima: The Soundtrack of Ghost of Tsushima".
- (November 10, 2024). "Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story and Will & Harper Tie for Best Documentary Feature at the Ninth Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards". Critics Choice Association.
- (November 21, 2024). "2024 HMMA Winners & Nominations".
- (February 13, 2025). "IFMCA Award Nominations 2024".
- (July 15, 2025). "Ilan Eshkeri". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
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