Steven Price (composer)
{{short description|British film composer (born 1977)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Steven Price
| image = Steven Price in 2022.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Price in 2022
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|04|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
| genre = Film score
| occupation = Film composer
| instruments = Piano, keyboards, guitar
| alias = Steve Price, Steven B. Price
| years_active = 1996–present
}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1888527/ |title=Steven Price (II) |publisher=Internet Movie Database |access-date=2013-10-27}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/steven-price-mn0002759735/credits |title=Steven Price |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2013-10-27}} 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
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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.{{cite news |title = Oscars 2014: Steven Price wins original score for 'Gravity' |first = Todd |last = Martens |url = http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-oscars-2014-gravity-wins-original-score-20140228,0,6454442.story |newspaper = Los Angeles Times |date = March 2, 2014 |access-date = March 3, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140303203352/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-oscars-2014-gravity-wins-original-score-20140228,0,6454442.story |archive-date = March 3, 2014 |url-status = live }}
Discography
=Films=
=Television=
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| Year
! Title ! Network ! Notes |
|---|
| 2004
|The Mysterious Death of Cleopatra | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} |
| 2005
|Angel of Death: The Beverly Allitt Story | BBC One | {{N/A}} |
| rowspan=2| 2014
| NBC | {{N/A}} |
| Poppies
| CBeebies | BBC children's remembrance film |
| 2015
| BBC One | {{N/A}} |
| 2019
| Netflix | {{N/A}} |
=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.{{cite news |first=Peter |last=Simek |work=D Magazine |location=Dallas, TX |title=Dallas Fort Worth Film Critics Name 12 Years a Slave Best Picture of 2013 |url=http://frontrow.dmagazine.com/2013/12/dallas-fort-worth-film-critics-name-12-years-a-slave-best-picture-of-2013/ |date=December 16, 2013 |access-date=December 17, 2013}}
=Accolades=
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1888527}}
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{{Academy Award Best Original Score}}
{{BAFTA Award for Best Original Music}}
{{Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Composer}}
{{Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Musical Score}}
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{{Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Main Title Theme – TV Show/Limited Series}}
{{Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in a Documentary}}
{{Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score}}
{{International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Documentary}}
{{Satellite Award for Best Original Score}}
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Category:Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Category:Animated film score composers
Category:Best Original Music BAFTA Award winners
Category:Best Original Music Score Academy Award winners
Category:English film score composers
Category:English male film score composers
Category:English male television composers