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Harry Escott (born 9 September 1976) is a British composer living in
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. He has composed the scores to several films, including ''
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'' (2011), ''
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'' (2005), ''
A Mighty Heart ''A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Daniel Pearl'' (also subtitled ''A Mighty Heart: The Inside Story of the Al Qaeda Kidnapping of Danny Pearl'') (2003) is a memoir by Mariane Pearl, a freelance French journalist. She cover ...
'' (2007), and ''
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'' (2021), for which he won a
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for best music. He is a frequent collaborator with
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'', ''
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'', '' The Wedding Guest'', & ''
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''),
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&
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'') and
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'', '' The Selfish Giant'' & '' Dark River''). His score for '' Dark River'' included a song co-written with
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, "An Acre of Land", released on Cognitive Shift Recordings. He scored
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's action thriller ''
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'' 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
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drama series ''
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'', for which he received a BAFTA award and
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's ''
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'' for which he won the
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award in 2021. He studied music at the
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and
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. His choral work, "O Viridissima Virga", was written for the choir of
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, London.


Filmography

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'' (2005) (with Molly Nyman) *''What's Your Name 41?'' (2005) *''
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'' (2006) (with Molly Nyman) *'' Deep Water'' (2006) (with Molly Nyman) *''Die Österreichische Methode (The Austrian Method)'' (2006) (with Molly Nyman) *''
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'' (2006) (with Molly Nyman) *''
A Mighty Heart ''A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Daniel Pearl'' (also subtitled ''A Mighty Heart: The Inside Story of the Al Qaeda Kidnapping of Danny Pearl'') (2003) is a memoir by Mariane Pearl, a freelance French journalist. She cover ...
'' (2007) (with Molly Nyman) *''
Poppy Shakespeare ''Poppy Shakespeare'' is a 2006 novel about mental illness by Clare Allan. It tells the story of day patients at a mental health hospital. The central characters are Poppy Shakespeare, a new patient, and "N", a long-term patient. Poppy arrives at ...
'' (2008) (with Molly Nyman) *'' Shifty'' (2009) (with Molly Nyman) *''The Arbor'' (2009) (with Molly Nyman) *''
I Am Slave ''I Am Slave'' is a 2010 television film produced for Channel 4 on the story of one woman's fight for freedom from modern-day slavery. It premiered on Channel 4 on 30 August 2010. The movie is mostly based on the experiences of Mende Nazer, a Su ...
'' (2010) (with Molly Nyman) *''The Battle for Barking'' (2010) *''Axis of Light'' (2011) *''
Shame Shame is an unpleasant self-conscious emotion often associated with negative self-evaluation; motivation to quit; and feelings of pain, exposure, distrust, powerlessness, and worthlessness. Definition Shame is a discrete, basic emotion, d ...
'' (2011) *''
Welcome to the Punch ''Welcome to the Punch'' is a 2013 British action thriller film written and directed by Eran Creevy and starring James McAvoy, Mark Strong, and Andrea Riseborough. The script had been placed on the 2010 Brit List, a film-industry-compiled lis ...
'' (2012) *''
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'' (2013) *'' The Selfish Giant'' (2013) *''
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'' (2014) *''
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'' (2014) *''
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'' (2015) *'' Tout, tout de suite'' (2016) *''
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'' (2017) *'' Dark River'' (2017) *''
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'' (2017) *''
Damascus Cover ''Damascus Cover'' is a 2017 political thriller film, directed by Daniel Zelik Berk, from a screenplay by Berk and Samantha Newton. It is based upon the 1977 novel of the same name by Howard Kaplan. It stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Olivia Thirlby, J ...
'' (2018) *'' The Wedding Guest'' (2018) *'' Deep State'' *'' Wild Bill'' (2019) *''
Greed Greed (or avarice) is an uncontrolled longing for increase in the acquisition or use of material gain (be it food, money, land, or animate/inanimate possessions); or social value, such as Social status, status, or Power (social and politica ...
'' (2019) *''
The English Game ''The English Game'' is a British historical sports drama television miniseries developed by Julian Fellowes for Netflix about the origins of modern association football in England. The six-part series was released on 20 March 2020. Premise In ...
'' (2020) *''
Roadkill Roadkill is an animal or animals that have been struck and killed by drivers of motor vehicles on highways. Wildlife-vehicle collisions (WVC) have increasingly been the topic of academic research to understand the causes, and how it can be mi ...
'' (2020) *''
Uprising Rebellion, uprising, or insurrection is a refusal of obedience or order. It refers to the open resistance against the orders of an established authority. A rebellion originates from a sentiment of indignation and disapproval of a situation and ...
'' (2021) *''
Ali & Ava ''Ali & Ava'' is a 2021 British drama film written and directed by Clio Barnard. The film stars Adeel Akhtar and Claire Rushbrook in the lead roles. ''Ali & Ava'' had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the Directors Fortnight se ...
'' (2021) *''
The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe ''The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe'' is an ITV (TV network), ITV television drama series that was first broadcast on 17 April 2022. Written by Chris Lang and directed by Richard Laxton, the programme dramatizes the John Darwin disappearance case, ...
'' (2022)


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* * English film score composers English male film score composers Living people Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford Alumni of the Royal College of Music North Sea Radio Orchestra members 1976 births Composers from London {{UK-film-bio-stub