Harry Escott

Harry Escott
Born9 September 1976 Edit this on Wikidata
Greater London Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
OccupationComposer Edit this on Wikidata
Websitehttps://www.harryescott.co.uk/ Edit this on Wikidata

Harry Escott (born 9 September 1976) is a British composer living in London. He has composed the scores to several films, including Shame (2011), Hard Candy (2005), A Mighty Heart (2007),[1] and Ali & Ava (2021), for which he won a British Independent Film Award for best music.[2] He is a frequent collaborator with Michael Winterbottom, (The Face of an Angel, The Road To Guantanamo, The Wedding Guest, & Greed), Paddy Considine (Journeyman), Steve McQueen (director) (Shame & Uprising) and Clio Barnard (The Arbor, The Selfish Giant & Dark River). His score for Dark River included a song co-written with PJ Harvey, "An Acre of Land",[3] released on Cognitive Shift Recordings.

He scored Eran Creevy's action thriller Welcome to the Punch which was executive produced by Ridley Scott and had its cinematic release in 2013. This was the second time he had worked with Creevy, having scored the director's debut feature, Shifty, for which he received a BIFA nomination in 2008.

Escott's recent television credits include BBC One drama series Roadkill, for which he received a BAFTA award[4] and Steve McQueen (director)'s Uprising for which he won the Royal Television Society award in 2021.[5]

He studied music at the Royal College of Music and Somerville College, Oxford.[6][7]

His choral work, "O Viridissima Virga", was written for the choir of St Bride's Church, London.

  1. ^ "Harry Escott: About". Manners McDade. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Winners and Nominations · BIFA · British Independent Film Awards". 20 October 2021.
  3. ^ Rife, Katie (9 February 2018). "PJ Harvey goes back to the moors on her new song, 'An Acre Of Land'". AV Club. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  4. ^ "2021 Television Craft Original Music | BAFTA Awards".
  5. ^ "RTS Craft & Design Awards 2021". 18 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Harry Escott". Eaton Music. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Harry Escott (1976-)". Faber Music. Retrieved 7 September 2018.