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 has recently scored powerful documentary Apache Blues: Welcome Home, Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s feature film The Miracle Club, the Mary Harron directed Dalíland, starring Ben Kingsley and Ezra miller, for which Ed’s score was nominated for the HMMA Awards ‘Best Original Score – Independent Film’, Depp V Heard and Break Point for Netflix, Chapter Two (2022 Florence Film Award Winner for Best Original Score, 2022 Vancouver International Film Award Winner for Best Original Score) and ITV’s drama Finding Alice. Further credits include Anthony directed by Terry McDonough for LA Productions, ITV’s DI Ray, the Plimsoll Productions nature series Night on Earth for Netflix which received a Hollywood Music in Media Award nomination for ‘Best Original Documentary Score’ and YouTube Originals sci-fi thriller series Origin from Left Bank Pictures. Additionally, Ed has scored the psychological thriller series Cheat for ITV, 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), Bancroft and the psychological thriller Midwinter of the Spirit.
Previous landmark projects include the BBC’s wildly successful Life On Mars series 1 and 2, In The Flesh, Life in Squares, the dramatic retelling of the creation of the television series Dr Who in 1963 An Adventure In Space and Time, Afterlife, BBC’s Yellowstone, and the horror feature The Dark for Impact Pictures/Universal.
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.
Credits
APACHE BLUES: WELCOME HOME | Rainbows and Unicorns Entertainment Directors: Dave Merlino, Dustin Sweet Producers: Jack Faris, Dave Merlino, Dustin Sweet | |
THE MIRACLE CLUB | Zephyr Films Director: Thaddeus O’Sullivan Producer: Larry Bass, Chris Curling, Timothy Prager, Jimmy Smallhorne Starring: Maggie Smith, Laura Linney, Kathy Bates | |
DALíLAND | Zephyr Films Director: Mary Harron Producer: Chris Curling, David O. Sacks Starring: Ben Kingsley, Ezra Miller, Suki Waterhouse | *Hollywood Music in Media Awards Nomination – Best Original Score – Independent Film* |
CHAPTER TWO | DG Productions Director: Claudio Bento Producer: Daniella Gonella | *Florence Film Award Winner – Best Original Score* *Vancouver International Film Award Winner – Best Original Score* |
EULOGY | Annex Films Director: Mateo Willis Producer: Basil Stephens | *Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema Nomination – Best Original Score* |
THE PROWLER | DG Productions Director: Tim Kent | *Portsmouth International Film Festival Nomination – Best Original Score* |
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 |
DI RAY (Series 1 & 2) | Creative England Directors: Audrey Cooke, Alex Pillai Writer: Maya Sondhi Producer: Charlotte Surtees | |
DEEP V HEARD | Netflix Directors: Emma Cooper Producers: Carla Grande, Eloise Vanstone | |
BREAK POINT | Box to Box Films/ Netflix Director: Martin Webb Starring: Maria Sharapova, John McEnroe, Andy Roddick | |
THE TEACHER | Clapperboard Studios/ Entertainment One Director: Dominic Leclerc Writers: Mike Benson, Barunka O’Shaughnessy, Jon Gilbert Producer: Jyoti Fernandes | |
RULES OF THE GAME | BBC Director: Jennifer Sheridan Writer: Ruth Fowler Producer: Simon Meyers | |
INTERGALLACTIC | Babieka/ Peacock Directors: Kieron Hawkes, China Moo-Young Writers: Julie Gearey, Laura Grace, Archie Maddocks, Nick Vincent Murphy, Ben Schiffer Producer: Simon Maloney, Bryony Arnold | |
ANTHONY | LA Productions/ BBC Director: Terry McDonough Writer: Jimmy McGovern Producer: Donna Molloy, Colin Mckeown | |
FINDING ALICE | Bright Pictures TV/ ITV Studios Director: Roger Goldby Producer: Margot Gavan Duffy Starring: Keeley Hawes, Joanna Lumley, Nigel Havers | |
NIGHT ON EARTH | Netflix/ Plimsoll Productions Producer: Bill Markham Narrator: Samira Wiley | *Hollywood Music in Media Award Nomination – Best Original Score – Documentary TV Series* |
CHEAT | ITV / Two Brothers Pictures Director: Louise Hooper Producer: Lydia Hampson Starring: Katherine Kelly, Molly Windsor, Tom Goodman-Hill | |
ORIGIN | YouTube Originals / Left Bank Pictures Directors: Paul W.S. Anderson, Mark Brozel, Juan Carlos Medina, Ashley Way Producer: John Phillips Starring: Natalia Tena, Tom Felton | |
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* |
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. |
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 |
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‘DI Ray’ Season 2 scored by Edmund Butt premieres on ITV 20th October
The new season of the crime drama ‘DI Ray’ scored by Edmund Butt will premiere on ITV Sunday 20th October. The six-part series stars Parminder
‘Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar’ scored by Edmund Butt premieres 27th September
‘Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar’ scored by Edmund Butt begins airing on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer tonight at 9pm. The 3-part series follows the legacy
‘The Miracle Club’ scored by Edmund Butt now streaming on Netflix US
‘The Miracle Club’ scored by Edmund Butt is now available to stream in the US on Netflix and is currently number 2 in the Netflix
Congratulations to all 8 clients nominated for HMMA Awards – Daniel Pemberton, Edmund Butt, Paul Leonard-Morgan, Atli Örvarsson, Ian Arber, Lorne Balfe, David Schweitzer and Walter Mair!
Congratulations to all 8 clients nominated for Hollywood Music in Media Awards! Daniel Pemberton is nominated for his score to ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’. Edmund
‘The Miracle Club’ scored by Edmund Butt premieres in UK cinemas 13th October
‘The Miracle Club’ scored by Edmund Butt will premiere in UK and Irish cinemas Friday 13th October, following its US release earlier this year. The
‘Depp v. Heard’ scored by Edmund Butt currently number 1 TV show on Netflix US
‘Depp v. Heard’ scored by Edmund Butt is currently the number 1 TV show on Netflix US. The three-part documentary series looks at the high
Edmund Butt’s ‘The Miracle Club’ soundtrack OUT NOW!
Edmund Butt’s soundtrack to ‘The Miracle Club’ has just been released by Dubois Records. Stream and download the album here. The film is directed by
Soundtrack album just released for Edmund Butt’s ‘Dalíland’ score!
Edmund Butt’s soundtrack to ‘Dalíland’ has just been released by Dubois Records and is available to stream here on all digital music platforms. ‘Dalíland’ is
‘Dalíland’ scored by Edmund Butt premieres in US cinemas and on digital 9th June
‘Dalíland’ scored by Edmund Butt will premiere in US cinemas and worldwide on digital streaming platforms Friday 9th June. Directed by Mary Harron (I Shot
New documentary series ‘Depp V Heard’ scored by Edmund Butt to air Sunday 21st May on Channel 4
The new three-part documentary series ‘Depp V Heard’ featuring a score by Edmund Butt will begin airing Sunday 21st May, 9pm on Channel 4. Directed
Trailer released for ‘The Miracle Club’ scored by Edmund Butt
A trailer has just been released for ‘The Miracle Club’ which will feature an original score by Edmund Butt. The film is directed by Thaddeus O’Sullivan
Trailer released for ‘Dalíland’ scored by Edmund Butt
The official trailer has just been released for ‘Dalíland’ which will feature an original score by Edmund Butt. The biographical drama film is directed by