Chris Roe - Cool Music

Chris is an award-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist whose signature sound combines a fresh, experimental approach to acoustic instruments with a contemporary edge. As a pianist and string player, Chris draws on his background in contemporary classical music, mixing a string/piano-based palette with a web of electronic and instrumental textures, always working tirelessly to build a distinctive sound from scratch for each project.

Recent work includes scoring the upcoming film The Salt Path starring Gillian Anderson, both series of Jed Mercurio’s Trigger Point, starring Vicky McClure, BBC thriller series WOLF, starring Iwan Rheon, Sacha Dhawan and Juliet Stevenson, Arctic Ascent with Alex Honnold for National Geographic/Disney+, the Mammoth Screen produced Grime Kids, Netflix’s Robbie Williams documentary series, ITV’s Payback, starring Morven Christie and Peter Mullan and Georgia Oakley’s debut film Blue Jean.

Further credits include Whale with Steve Backshall, Stewart, the feature length documentary about Sir Jackie Stewart and Aleem Khan’s BAFTA-winning film After Love, for which Chris won Best Original Score (Les Arcs Film Festival), and was nominated for Best Original Score at the Ivor Novello Awards.

Chris has also worked on a number of natural history projects including Shark for Sky Nature, and has collaborated with director David Fairhead on several feature documentaries including Armstrong, Spitfire, Mission Control and the upcoming feature Lancaster. These have earnt Chris three Music and Sound Award nominations over three consecutive years.

Chris studied music at Manchester University after which he went on to the Royal College of Music in London on a scholarship, graduating top of his year with the Adrian Cruft Prize. He also spent time studying electronic music in Paris at the renowned IRCAM institute.

Credits

Film and Television

The Salt Path	BBC / Number 9 Films Director: Marianne Elliott Producer: Peter Hampden, Kirstin Irving, Elizabeth Karlsen, Beatriz Levin Starring: Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaacs, James Lance
TRIGGER POINT (Series 1 & 2)	HTM Productions/ ITV Studios Director: Daniel Brierley Executive Producer: Jed Mercurio Starring: Vicky McClure, Eric Shango, Cal MacAninc
ARCTIC ASCENT WITH ALEX HONNOLD	National Geographic/ Disney+ Director: Richard Ladkani Producer: Bruce Kennedy Starring: Alex Honnold, Hazel Findlay
PAYBACK	ITV Directors: Andrew Cumming, Jennie Darnell Producer: Debbie O’Malley Starring: Morven Christie, Peter Mullan, Prasann Puwanarajah, Steven Mackintosh
ROBBIE WILLAMS	Netflix/ RSA Films Director: Joe Pearlman Producer: Helena Korner Starring: Robbie Williams
GRIME KIDS	Mammoth Screen/ Warner Bros. TV Directors: Abdou Cisse, Ian Aryeh Producer: Irma Inniss Starring: Marcus Onilude, DeLove Akra, Jordie Leany
WOLF	BBC/ APC Studios Directors: Lee Haven Jones, Kristoffer Nyholm Producer: Nikki Wilson Starring: Iwan Rheon, Sacha Dhawan, Juliet Stevenson
WHALE WITH STEVE BACKSHALL	SKY / NBCU Producers: Ellen Husain, Tom Whitworth Starring: Steve Backshall
BLUE JEAN	Kleio Films Director: Georgia Oakley Producer: Hélène Sifre Starring: Rosy McEwen, Kerrie Hayes, Lucy Halliday
STEWART	SKY / Mark Stewart Productions Director: Patrick Mark Producers: Sarah Bayntun, Gareth Dodds, Patrick Mark
LANCASTER	SKY Directors: David Fairhead, Ant Palmer Producers: Trevor Beattie, Jeremy Chatterton, Keith Haviland, Steve Milne
TRIGGER POINT	HTM Productions/ ITV Studios Director: Daniel Brierley Executive Producer: Jed Mercurio Starring: Vicky McClure, Eric Shango, Cal MacAninch
STEWART	Mark Stewart Productions, Noah Media Group Director: Patrick Mark Producers: Sarah Bayntun, Gareth Dodds, Patrick Mark Starring: Jackie Stewart, Francois Cevert, Jochen Rindt
WILD BABIES (co-composed with James Dornan)	Netflix / Humble Bee Films Narrator: Helena Bonham Carter Executive Producers: Stephen Dunleavy, Charlotte Crosse
SHARK WITH STEVE BACKSHALL	SKY / NBCU/ True To Nature Director: Rowan Musgrave Producer: Louise Shutler Starring: Steve Backshall
AFTER LOVE	BFI/ BBC Films/ Vertigo Releasing Director: Aleem Khan Producer: Matthieu de Braconier Starring: Joanna Scanlan, Nathalie Richard, Talid Ariss	Nominated for Ivor Novello Awards for Best Original Film Score 2022 * WINNER Les Arcs European Film Festival – Best Original Score 2020* Nominated for Music + Sound Award for Best Original Score for Feature Film 2021
GITONGA	Ginger Lobster Productions Director: Joe Bunyan Producer: Joe Bunyan
BUSBY	Fulwell 73/ Altitude Film Entertainment Director: Joe Pearlman Producer: Leo Pearlman Starring: Matt Busby, Rob Cavanaugh, Eamon Dunphy	Nominated for Music + Sound Award for Best Original Score for Feature Film 2020
ARMSTRONG	Tin Goose Films/ Gravitas Ventures Director: David Fairhead Producers: Careth Dodds, Keith Haviland Starring: Harrison Ford, Mark Armstrong
REVOLUTION IN RUINS: THE HUGO CHAVEZ STORY	BBC Director: Jane McMullen, Robin Barnwell, Ewa Ewart, James Jones Producer: Jane Corbin, Jane McMullen, Robin Barnwell Starring: Simon Reeve, Olenka Frenkiel, Dan Snow
SPITFIRE	Haviland Digital/ Altitude Film Entertainment Directors: David Fairhead, Ant Palmer Producers: John Dibbs, Gareth Dodds, David Fairhead, Steve Milne, Ant Palmer Starring: John Ackroyed, Charles Dance, Mary Ellis	Nominated for Music + Sound Award for Best Original Score for Feature Film
PEOPLE VS THE NHS:WHO GETS THE DRUGS?	Pulse Films Director: Mark Henderson Starring: Casper J. Allen, Yusef Azad, Alex Baylis
CHILDREN OF THE SNOW LAND	Directors: Zara Balfour, Marcus Stephenson Producers: Zara Balfour, Marcus Stephenson Starring: Nima Gurung, Sangpo Lama, Tsering Deki Lama
CHARISMATA	Hydra Films RKM/ Raven Banner Entertainment Directors: Andy Collier, Tor Mian Producers: Andy Collier, Tor Mian, Sean Knopp, Ross Scaife Starring: Sarah Beck Mather, Jamie Satterthwaite, Adonis Anthony
IS IT SAFE TO BE GAY IN THE UK?	Century Films/ BBC 2 Director: Mark Henderson Producer: Joe Fowler
MISSION CONTROL: THE UNSUNG HEROS OF APOLLO	Haviland Digital/ Gravitas Ventures Director: David Fairhead Producers: Gareth Dodds, Keith Haviland Starring: John Aaron, Stephen Bales, Jerry Bostic	Nominated for Music + Sound Award for Best Original Score for Feature Film
UNKNOWN MALE NUMBER 1	Amber Entertainment/ BBC Director: Hugo Berkeley Producers: Alessandro De Rita, Lawrence Elman
DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN	Dartmouth Films Directors: Johnny Blank, Sam Collins, Jarrod Kimber Producer: Sam Collins Starring: Jonathan Agnew, David Becker, Ian Chappell
THE MILKY WAY	Hydra Films RKM Director: Tor Mian Starring: Dean Roberts, Sarah Armstrong, Samuel Clemens