| Ivor Novello nominated composer Ilan Eshkeri is best known for his scores to Stardust, The Young Victoria and Kick-Ass, as well as his collaborations with Annie Lennox and David Gilmour. Born in London into a musical family, Ilan grew up playing the violin and later played guitar in bands. He studied music and English literature at Leeds University. Ilan most recently completed the score to Ralph Fienne's directorial debut Coriolanus, as well as composing for world famous classical pianist Lang Lang, a piece which has been released as a Christmas Special. In 2011 Ilan is scoring Rowan Atkinson's Johnny English Reborn. Earlier this year Ilan co-composed Kick-Ass, the US No.1 box office hit. Other notable work includes scoring Warner's Bros' martial arts adventure Ninja Assassin, Dino DeLaurentiis' Hannibal Rising and producing the BAFTA-nominated score to Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. Early in his career Ilan composed the score to Matthew Vaughn's Layer Cake which earned him a nomination for 'Discovery of the Year' at the World Soundtrack Awards. His epic score to Stardust ensured a further nomination as 'Breakout Composer of the Year', and also won him the International Film Music Critics Association award for 'Best Original Score'. Ilan also collaborates with bands and solo artists. He arranged some of Annie Lennox's best known songs for a one-off Radio 2 concert with her and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He also worked with David Gilmour on his last album On An Island; co-wrote an upcoming release with the band The Cinematic Orchestra, and collaborated with electronic music legend Amon Tobin to transform his work into symphonic pieces, which were performed at The Royal Albert Hall. Eshkeri also wrote the song 'Only You' for Sinead O'Connor, and worked with Take That on the film Stardust. Ilan learned the art of film composition first-hand by working closely with Michael Kamen, Ed Shearmur and Steve McLaughlin. He has a passion for performed music, and enjoys living and working in London where his compositions are played by many of the world's best musicians. |
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