# Steven Price (composer)

Steven Price (born 22 April 1977) is a British film composer, best known for scoring Gravity, which won him the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Before making his debut as a composer with Attack the Block, he worked on the music department for various notable films, such as The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Batman Begins, and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

## Life and career

Price's passion for music began early: a guitarist from the age of five, he went on to achieve a First Class degree in Music from Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Following graduation, he went to work in the London studio of Gang of Four guitarist/producer Andy Gill, for whom he would program, contribute string arrangements, and play on albums alongside artists such as Michael Hutchence and Bono.
Price went on to work as a programmer, arranger, and performer with film music composer Trevor Jones. He provided additional music for projects such as Roger Donaldson's Thirteen Days; Stephen Norrington's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen; Frank Coraci's Around the World in 80 Days; the television series Dinotopia; and Tamra Davis' Crossroads, on which he was also the featured guitar soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra.
A recommendation from Abbey Road Studios brought him to the attention of Howard Shore, leading to Price's work with the composer as music editor on Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. His subsequent films as music editor included Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins, for which he shared with his fellow music editors a Golden Reel Award nomination; and, in his first project with The World's End director Edgar Wright, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, on which he also collaborated with the film's composer Nigel Godrich. Among the other composers that he has worked with and learned from are Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, Harry and Rupert Gregson-Williams, George Fenton, Dario Marianelli, and Anne Dudley.
He has composed music for advertising campaigns in both the U.K. and U.S. After contributing additional music to Richard Curtis' Pirate Radio, he composed the original score for Joe Cornish's sleeper success Attack the Block, winning awards from both the Austin Film Critics Association and the Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival.
In 2013, Price composed the score for Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Score.

## Discography
### Films

| Year | Title | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
| 2011 | Attack the Block | Joe Cornish | Optimum Releasing | with Basement Jaxx |
| 2013 | The World's End | Edgar Wright | Focus Features | — |
| 2013 | Gravity | Alfonso Cuarón | Warner Bros. | Academy Award for Best Original Score BAFTA Award for Best Original Music Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Score Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Nominated – Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media |
| 2013 | Aningaaq | Jonás Cuarón | Warner Bros. | Short film |
| 2014 | Fury | David Ayer | Columbia Pictures | — |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad | David Ayer | Warner Bros. DC Films | — |
| 2017 | Baby Driver | Edgar Wright | TriStar Pictures | — |
| 2017 | American Assassin | Michael Cuesta | Lionsgate Films | — |
| 2018 | Ophelia | Claire McCarthy | IFC Films | |
| 2019 | Wonder Park | Dylan Brown (uncredited) | Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies | Price's first score for an animated film. |
| 2019 | The Aeronauts | Tom Harper | Amazon Studios | — |
| 2020 | Dolphin Reef | Alastair Fothergill Keith Scholey | Disneynature | Documentary film |
| 2020 | Archive | Gavin Rothery | Vertical Entertainment | — |
| 2020 | Over the Moon | Glen Keane | Netflix | Original score only; Original songs composed by Christopher Curtis, Marjorie Duffield and Helen Park |
| 2020 | David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet | Alastair Fothergill Keith Scholey Jonathan Hughes | Netflix | Documentary film Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special |
| 2021 | Last Night in Soho | Edgar Wright | Focus Features | — |
| 2021 | Sweet Girl | Brian Andrew Mendoza | Netflix | — |
| 2022 | My Policeman | Michael Grandage | Amazon Studios | — |
| 2022 | Beast | Baltasar Kormákur | Universal Pictures | — |
| 2022 | The Swimmers | Sally El Hosaini | Netflix | — |
| 2023 | Heart of Stone | Tom Harper | Netflix | — |
| 2024 | Distant | Will Speck and Josh Gordon | TBA | — |
| 2024 | William Tell | Nick Hamm | Eagle Pictures (Italy) | — |
| 2024 | Joy | Ben Taylor | Netflix | — |
| 2025 | Oh, Hi! | Sophie Brooks | TBA | Independent film |
| — | Coyote vs. Acme | Dave Green | Warner Bros. | Unreleased |

### Television

| Year | Title | Network | Notes |
| 2004 | The Mysterious Death of Cleopatra | — | — |
| 2005 | Angel of Death: The Beverly Allitt Story | BBC One | — |
| 2014 | Believe | NBC | — |
| 2014 | Poppies | CBeebies | BBC children's remembrance film |
| 2015 | The Hunt | BBC One | — |
| 2019 | Our Planet | Netflix | — |

### Music department

* Trojan Eddie (1996)
* The Proposition (1998)
* Doomwatch: Winter Angel (1999)
* Crossroads (2002)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
* A Man Apart (2003)
* I'll Be There (2003)
* The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
* Belly of the Beast (2003)
* Gladiatress (2004)
* Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
* Batman Begins (2005)
* Stoned (2005)
* Opal Dream (2006)
* Driving Lessons (2006)
* Perfect Creature (2006)
* After Thomas (2006)
* Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)
* The Last Legion (2007)
* Earth (2007)
* I'm Not There (2007)
* Made of Honor (2008)
* Wild Child (2008)
* The Meerkats (2008)
* Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)
* Pirate Radio (2009)
* Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)
* Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
* Paul (2011)
* Johnny English Reborn (2011)
* Marley (2012)
* Baby Driver (2017)

## Awards and honours

In December 2013, the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association awarded him the Best Musical Score honor for his work on Gravity.

### Accolades

| Award | Year | Project | Category | Result |
| Academy Awards | 2014 | Gravity | Best Original Score | Won |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 2013 | Gravity | Best Music or Score | Nominated |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards | 2014 | Gravity | Best Original Score | Won |
| British Academy Film Awards | 2014 | Gravity | Best Original Music | Won |
| British Academy Television Craft Awards | 2016 | The Hunt | Original Music | Won |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association | 2014 | Gravity | Best Score | Won |
| Central Ohio Film Critics Association | 2014 | Gravity | Best Score | Runner-up |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2013 | Gravity | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2013 | Gravity | Best Musical Score | Won |
| Denver Film Critics Society | 2014 | Gravity | Best Original Score | Won |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2014 | Gravity | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | 2015 | Gravity | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2013 | Gravity | Best Original Score | Won |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 2013 | Gravity | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2014 | Gravity | Best Original Score | Won |
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | 2013 | Gravity | Best Musical Score | Nominated |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 2013 | Gravity | Best Score | Nominated |
| Emmy Award | 2019 | Our Planet: One Planet | Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score) | Nominated |
| Emmy Award | 2019 | Our Planet | Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music | Nominated |
| Emmy Award | 2021 | David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet | Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score) | Won |