The London Contemporary Orchestra (LCO), founded in 2008 by

Hugh Brunt Hugh Brunt is a British conductor. He shares with Robert Ames the positions of artistic director and principal conductor of the London Contemporary Orchestra. Career Brunt was a chorister at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle and a music ...

and Robert Ames, is an ensemble of young musicians whose stated aim is "to explore and promote new music to an increasingly wide audience". LCO staged its inaugural season at LSO St Luke's and has since performed at venues and festivals both in the UK and internationally including the Roundhouse,

Latitude Festival The Latitude Festival is an annual music festival that takes place in Henham Park, near Southwold, Suffolk, England. It was first held in July 2006 and has been held every year since, apart from 2020, when it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 ...

The Old Vic Tunnels The Old Vic Tunnels was an underground arts venue and performance space beneath London Waterloo railway station. The space consisted of almost 30,000 square feet of unused railway tunnels. It officially opened its doors for the first time in 200 ...

, Snape Maltings,

Southbank Centre Southbank Centre is a complex of artistic venues in London, England, on the South Bank of the River Thames (between Hungerford Bridge and Waterloo Bridge). It comprises three main performance venues (the Royal Festival Hall including the Nat ...

Barbican A barbican (from fro, barbacane) is a fortified outpost or fortified gateway, such as at an outer fortifications, defense perimeter of a city or castle, or any tower situated over a gate or bridge which was used for defensive purposes. Europe ...

Spitalfields Music Spitalfields Music (previously known as Spitalfields Festival, officially registered as Spitalfields Festival Ltd) is a music charity based in the Bethnal Green area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Through musical events, the charity hop ...

and

Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. It is the home of The Royal Op ...

Yota Space Yota Space is a non-profit international digital art festival organized by Yota in St. Petersburg since 2010. The Concept Yota Space is an international festival in St. Petersburg, Russia. The festival is dedicated to contemporary digital and in ...

, Unsound Festival. LCO has since worked on films including ''

Theeb ''Theeb'' ( ar, ذيب ''dhīb'' , "wolf") is a 2014 internationally co-produced period drama thriller film written and directed by Naji Abu Nowar. It is a coming-of-age story about a Bedouin boy, Theeb, who must survive in the wide-open Wadi ...

'', ''

Moonlight Moonlight consists of mostly sunlight (with little earthlight) reflected from the parts of the Moon's surface where the Sun's light strikes. Illumination The intensity of moonlight varies greatly depending on the lunar phase, but even the ful ...

'', '' Macbeth (2015)'', '' Slow West,'' '' The Master,

The Two Popes ''The Two Popes'' is a 2019 biographical drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles and written by Anthony McCarten, adapted from McCarten's play ''The Pope'' which premiered at Royal & Derngate Theatre in 2019. Predominantly set in the Vati ...

and

American Animals ''American Animals'' is a 2018 heist film written and directed by Bart Layton. Starring Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abrahamson, and Ann Dowd, it follows four college friends who plan a heist of their library. It tells the story ...

(2018).'' In January 2022 performed 24, a continuous 24-hour long concert at the

Barbican Centre The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London and the largest of its kind in Europe. The centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhi ...

. In 2010 the LCO was shortlisted for the

Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards The Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards are given annually for live classical music-making in the United Kingdom. The awards were first held in 1989 and are independent of any commercial interest. Since 2003, BBC Radio 3 has been the media ...

(Audience Development category), and in 2015 LCO was the winner of the Ensemble category at the

.RPS Music Awards Royal Philharmonic Society
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Overview

LCO's inaugural 2008 season featured music by Mark-Anthony Turnage, Kaija Saariaho, Thomas Adès, Iannis Xenakis, Simon Holt,

Roberto Carnevale Roberto Carnevale (born 15 June 1966) is an Italian composer, pianist and conductor. Biography and career Born in Catania, he started studying piano at the age of seven. He took a degree in Arts at the University of Catania and he attended th ...

Olivier Messiaen Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist who was one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex; harmonically ...

Radiohead Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); brothers Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Greenwood (bass) ...

Jonny Greenwood Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood (born 5 November 1971) is an English musician and composer. He is the lead guitarist and keyboardist of the alternative rock band Radiohead, and has written numerous film scores. Along with his elder brother, th ...

, and new works by young composers

Emily Hall Emily Hall (born 1978) is a composer of classical music, electronica and songs. Her music has been performed by the Duke Quartet, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Brodsky Quartet, the London Sinfonietta, and the Philharmonia; it has been broa ...

, Colin Alexander and Jonathan Cole. In May 2009 the LCO collaborated with experimental electronic duo Matmos and composer

Anna Meredith Anna Howard Meredith (born 12 January 1978) is a Scottish composer and performer of electronic and acoustic music. She is a former composer-in-residence with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and former PRS/RPS Composer in the House with Si ...

for a series of performances at

Shoreditch Shoreditch is a district in the East End of London in England, and forms the southern part of the London Borough of Hackney. Neighbouring parts of Tower Hamlets are also perceived as part of the area. In the 16th century, Shoreditch was an impor ...

warehouse

Village Underground A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

. LCO appeared at the Roundhouse in January 2010 as part of contemporary music festival 'Reverb', performing works by

Steve Reich Stephen Michael Reich ( ; born October 3, 1936) is an American composer known for his contribution to the development of minimal music in the mid to late 1960s. Reich's work is marked by its use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm, a ...

John Cage John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading fi ...

, Biosphere and the world premiere of

Shiva Feshareki Shiva Feshareki is a British-Iranian experimental composer, Turntablism, turntable artist and radio presenter. As a turntablist, she plays her compositions solo or alongside classical orchestras. She was born in London in 1987. She obtained a Docto ...

's turntable concerto "TTKonzert". LCO made its debut at the Spitalfields Music Summer Festival in June 2010 and at Aldeburgh Music's 'Faster Than Sound' in May 2010. In October 2010, the Roundhouse staged three screenings of

Metropolis A metropolis () is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural center for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications. A big c ...

(restored version) with

Gottfried Huppertz Gottfried Huppertz (11 March 1887 – 7 February 1937) was a German composer who is perhaps most known for his scores to German expressionist silent films such as the science fiction epic ''Metropolis'' (1927). He collaborated with director Fritz ...

's original score performed live by the LCO. Later that year, the LCO gave a performance of

Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. His work is characterized by wikt:nonconformity, nonconformity, Free improvisation, free-form improvisation, sound experimen ...

's " The Yellow Shark" as part of the Roundhouse's 'Frank Zappa – 70th Birthday Celebration'.Past - London Contemporary Orchestra
/ref> LCO returned to the Roundhouse in August 2011 to collaborate with Ron Arad on 'Curtain Call'. LCO staged its first 'LCO Soloists' project at

in May 2011. In March 2012, the LCO performed works by Xenakis,

Gabriel Prokofiev Gabriel Prokofiev (born 6 January 1975) is a Russian-British composer, producer, DJ, and Artistic Director of the Nonclassical record label and nightclub. Early life Gabriel Prokofiev was born on 6 January 1975 to an English mother and a Russi ...

and

Vivier Claude Vivier ( ; baptised as Claude Roger; 14 April 19487 March 1983) was a Canadian contemporary composer, pianist, poet and ethnomusicologist of Québécois origin. After studying with Karlheinz Stockhausen in Cologne, Vivier became an i ...

to a capacity audience of 1,200 as part of 'Reverb 2012' at the Roundhouse. LCO made its

debut in 2012 closing

Meltdown Festival Meltdown is an annual festival held in London, featuring a mix of music, art, performance and film. Meltdown is held in June at Southbank Centre, the arts complex covering and including the Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and The ...

(curated by Antony Hegarty) with a performance of William Basinski's "

The Disintegration Loops ''The Disintegration Loops'' is a series of four albums by the American avant-garde composer William Basinski, released in 2002 and 2003. The albums comprise tape loop recordings played for extended time, with noise and cracks increasing as the ta ...

". In 2013 LCO performed in the abandoned Aldwych underground station, 350 ft underground, Claude Vivier's Glaubst du an die Unsterblichkeit der Seele ('Do You Believe in the Immortality of the Soul?'). LCO was the winner of the Ensemble category in 2015 at the

. In 2018 London Contemporary Orchestra featured in

Thom Yorke Thomas Edward Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician and the main vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Radiohead. A multi-instrumentalist, he mainly plays guitar and keyboards and is noted for his falsetto. He has been describe ...

's first feature film score,

Suspiria ''Suspiria'' () is a 1977 Italian supernatural horror film directed by Dario Argento, who co-wrote the screenplay with Daria Nicolodi, partially based on Thomas De Quincey's 1845 essay ''Suspiria de Profundis''. The film stars Jessica Harper as ...

was nominated for

Best Song Written for Visual Media The Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media (including its previous names) is the Grammy Awards awarded to songs written for films, television, video games or other visual media. Recipients * Each year is linked t ...

at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. In 2019 LCO collaborated with composer Jed Kuzel on a number of film projects including The Mustang,

Seberg ''Seberg'' is a 2019 political thriller film directed by Benedict Andrews, from a screenplay by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse based on the life of Jean Seberg. It stars Kristen Stewart, Jack O'Connell, Margaret Qualley, Zazie Beetz, Anthony M ...

and in 2020 on True History of The Kelly Gang. In January 2022 performed 24, a continuous 24-hour long concert at the

. This included performances from electronic musician
KMRU

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, an
Powell
plus works by

Éliane Radigue Éliane Radigue (born January 24, 1932) is a French electronic music composer. She began working in the 1950s and her first compositions were presented in the late 1960s. Until 2000 her work was almost exclusively created with the ARP 2500 modul ...

Mica Levi Mica Levi (; b. 28 February 1987), also known by their stage name Micachu, is an English singer, songwriter, composer and producer. Levi is classically trained and since 2008 has released experimental pop music with their band Good Sad Happy Bad ...

Alvin Lucier Alvin Augustus Lucier Jr. (May 14, 1931 – December 1, 2021) was an American composer of experimental music and sound installations that explore acoustic phenomena and auditory perception. A long-time music professor at Wesleyan University in Mi ...

, Michael Gordon and James Tenney. Morton Feldman’s String Quartet No 2 was also performed. Visuals were designed by

projection mapping Projection mapping, similar to video mapping and spatial augmented reality, is a projection technique used to turn objects, often irregularly shaped, into display surfaces for video projection. The objects may be complex industrial landscapes, s ...

artis
László Zsolt Bordos

Organisation

The Artistic Director role is shared between Robert Ames and

. They also share the role of

Principal Conductor Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or Choir, choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary ...

Collaborations

The LCO performed with headliners

Belle & Sebastian Belle and Sebastian are a Scottish indie pop band formed in Glasgow in 1996. Led by Stuart Murdoch, the band has released eleven albums. They are often compared with acts such as The Smiths and Nick Drake. The name "Belle and Sebastian" comes ...

in July 2010 and rejoined the band for their UK tour in December 2010. The concerts reprised many of the arrangements first performed by Belle & Sebastian and the

Los Angeles Philharmonic The Los Angeles Philharmonic, commonly referred to as the LA Phil, is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California. It has a regular season of concerts from October through June at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and a summer season at th ...

at the

Hollywood Bowl The Hollywood Bowl is an amphitheatre in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It was named one of the 10 best live music venues in America by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine in 2018. The Hollywood Bowl is known for its distin ...

in 2006. In June 2010 members from the LCO joined

Mercury Prize The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album released in the United Kingdom by a British or Irish act. It was created by Jon Webster and Robert Chandler in association with the B ...

-nominated band

Foals A foal is an equine up to one year old; this term is used mainly for horses, but can be used for donkeys. More specific terms are colt for a male foal and filly for a female foal, and are used until the horse is three or four. When the foal is ...

Glastonbury Festival Glastonbury Festival (formally Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and known colloquially as Glasto) is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place in Pilton, Somerset, England. In addition to contemp ...

for a

BBC 6 Music BBC Radio 6 Music is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC, specialising primarily in alternative music. BBC 6 Music was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years. It is available onl ...

live session. LCO appear on the band's single "

Spanish Sahara Spanish Sahara ( es, Sahara Español; ar, الصحراء الإسبانية, As-Sahrā'a Al-Isbānīyah), officially the Spanish Possessions in the Sahara from 1884 to 1958 then Province of the Sahara between 1958 and 1976, was the name used f ...

" (radio edit). LCO has worked with artists, composers and brands including

Secret Cinema Secret Cinema is a London-based entertainment company that specialises in immersive film and television events. Founded and created in 2007 by Fabien Riggall, it began with mystery screenings at initially undisclosed venues in London, inclu ...

Vivienne Westwood Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood (née Swire; born 8 April 1941) is an English fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream. Westwood came to public notice when she m ...

Arcade Fire Arcade Fire is a Canadian indie rock band, consisting of husband and wife Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, alongside Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gara. The band's current touring line-up also includes former core member S ...

, Goldfrapp, Nike, William Basinski, Biosphere, Mira Calix,

Mara Carlyle Mara Carlyle (born 1974 or 1975) is an English singer-songwriter, producer, and arranger who also plays the musical saw and the ukulele. She was raised in Shropshire, England and now lives in London. Career Carlyle's first recorded appearance w ...

, Mike Figgis,

Simon Fisher Turner Simon Fisher Turner (born 21 November 1954) is an English musician, songwriter, composer, producer and actor. After portraying Ned East in the 1971 BBC TV adaptation of ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'' and roles in films such as ''The Big Sleep'' (1 ...

, Matmos,

Jimmy Page James Patrick Page (born 9 January 1944) is an English musician who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin. Page is prolific in creating guitar riffs. His style involves various alternative ...

Jed Kurzel Jed Danyel Kurzel (born 1976) is an Australian singer-songwriter-guitarist and film composer. He is a founding member of The Mess Hall (from 2001), a blues rock duo. His older brother Justin Kurzel is a film director and screenwriter. Life an ...

Frank Ocean Christopher Francis "Frank" Ocean (born Christopher Edwin Breaux; October 28, 1987), is an American singer, songwriter, and rapper. His works are noted by music critics for featuring avant-garde styles and introspective, elliptical lyrics. Ocean ...

Taylor Swift Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Her discography spans multiple genres, and her vivid songwriting—often inspired by her personal life—has received critical praise and wide media coverage. Bor ...

and United Visual Artists. LCO strings and choir feature prominently on

's 2016

Mercury Mercury commonly refers to: * Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun * Mercury (element), a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg * Mercury (mythology), a Roman god Mercury or The Mercury may also refer to: Companies * Merc ...

-nominated album '' A Moon Shaped Pool''. In collaboration with Spitfire Audio, LCO developed a sample library of

strings String or strings may refer to: *String (structure), a long flexible structure made from threads twisted together, which is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Strings'' (1991 film), a Canadian anim ...

in 2017 and in 2019 they released a second collaboration sample, this time of textures. On November 19, 2019, LCO's collaboration with Bastille for the 2019 John Lewis Christmas advert was released.

LCO X Spitfire Audio

In 2017 LCO collaborated with Spitfire Audio to create London Contemporary Orchestra Strings
a string sample library made up of 42,094 samples.
The sample set was recorded in a tight room with sections of six

violins The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

, four

viola The viola ( , also , ) is a string instrument that is bow (music), bowed, plucked, or played with varying techniques. Slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of ...

s, three

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

s and two

basses Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass ...

. In 2019 for a second time LCO collaborated with Spitfire Audio to create London Contemporary Orchestra Textures. The

sample library In sound and music, sampling is the reuse of a portion (or sample) of a sound recording in another recording. Samples may comprise elements such as rhythm, melody, speech, sounds or entire bars of music, and may be layered, equalized, sped up or ...

recorded in an aircraft hangar features four grouped instrument ensembles, each comprising 12 individual textures.

Awards

In 2010 the LCO was shortlisted for the

(Audience Development category), and in 2015 LCO was the winner of the Ensemble category at the

Filmography

'' The Master'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra
Release Date: 21 September 2012
Director:

Paul Thomas Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970), also known by his initials PTA, is an American filmmaker. He made his feature-film debut with ''Hard Eight (film), Hard Eight'' (1996). He found critical and commercial success with ''Boogie Nights'' ( ...

Awards: Chicago Film Critics Association Awards – Best Original Score ''

'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra
Release Date: 19 March 2015
Director:

Naji Abu Nowar Naji Abu Nowar ( ar, ناجي أبو نوار; born 1981) is a British-Jordanian film director, writer and producer. Best known for his works ''Death of a Boxer'' (2009), ''Till Death'' (2012) and ''Theeb'' (2014) for which he received wide spre ...

Awards: BAFTA – Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer;

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

nominated – Best Foreign Language Film of the Year '' Slow West'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra
Release Date: 16 April 2015
Director: John Maclean Awards:

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...

– World Cinema (Dramatic); Screen Music Awards – Feature Film Score of the Year '' Rattle the Cage'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra
Release Date: 10 December 2015
Director
Majid Al Ansari
''Macbeth'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra
Release Date: 11 December 2015
Director: Justin Kurzel Awards:

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...

nominated – Palme d'Or

: " Daydreaming" (Video Short) score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra
Release Date: 6 May 2016
Director:

Awards: MTV Video Music Awards Japan nominated - Best Rock Video ''The White King'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra
Release Date: 18 June 2016
Directors: Alex Helfrecht, Jörg Tittel Awards: Michael Powell Award nominated - Best British Feature Film; Edinburgh International Film Festival nominated - Best Performance in a British Feature Film "The Dead Sea" (Short) score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra
Release Date: 3 December 2016
Director
Stuart Gatt
Awards
Triforce Short Film Festival
- The Audience Choice Award ''Assassin's Creed'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra
Release Date: 14 December 2016
Director: Justin Kurzel Awards: Golden Trailer Awards - Golden Fleece TV Spot; Golden Trailer Awards nominated - Best Original Score TV Spot '' Alien: Covenant'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra
Release Date: 4 May 2017
Director:

Ridley Scott Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is a British film director and producer. Directing, among others, science fiction films, his work is known for its atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. Scott has received many accolades thr ...

Awards: Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films nominated - Best Science Film Award; Fright Meter Awards nominated - Best Special Effects '' You Were Never Really Here'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra
Release Date: 27 May 2017
Director: Lynne Ramsay Awards:

– Best Actor; Best Screenplay ''The Ritual'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra
Release Date: 13 October 2017
Director: David Bruckner ''

Phantom Thread ''Phantom Thread'' is a 2017 American historical drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps and Lesley Manville. Set in 1950s London, it stars Day-Lewis as an haute couture dressmaker who ...

'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra
Release Date: 25 December 2017
Director:

Awards:

, BAFTA and

Golden Globe The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of t ...

nominated ''

'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 19 January 2018
Director: Bart Layton Awards: British Independent Film Awards - Debut Screenwriter and Best Editing '' What They Had'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 2 May 2018
Director:

Elizabeth Chomko Elizabeth Chomko (born 1981) is an American playwright, film director, screenwriter and actress best known for the film ''What They Had.'' Early life Chomko grew up in Chicago, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Her family moved to Belgium when she ...

''Calibre'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 22 June 2018
Director: Matt Palmer Awards: Bafta Scotland Awards winner and British Independent Film Award Nominee ''

Three Identical Strangers ''Three Identical Strangers'' is a 2018 documentary film directed by Tim Wardle, about the lives of Edward Galland, David Kellman, and Robert Shafran, a set of identical triplet brothers adopted as infants by separate families. Combining archival ...

'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 29 June 2018
Director: Tim Wardle Awards:

Primetime Emmy The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime E ...

and BAFTA award nominated - Best Documentary ''

'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 2 November 2018
Director: Luca Guadagnino ''Untouchable'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 25 January 2019
Director
Ursula Macfarlane
''

Captive State ''Captive State'' is a 2019 American science fiction thriller film directed by Rupert Wyatt and co-written by Wyatt and Erica Beeney. The film stars John Goodman, Ashton Sanders, Jonathan Majors, Colson Baker, and Vera Farmiga, and follows a y ...

'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 28 March 2019
Director:

Rupert Wyatt Rupert Wyatt (born 26 October 1972) is an English screenwriter, director and producer. He made his directorial debut with the 2008 film ''The Escapist (2008 film), The Escapist'', which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. His second film wa ...

''Tell It To The Bees'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 2 May 2019
Director:

Annabel Jankel Annabel Jankel (born 1 June 1955), also known as AJ Jankel, is a British film and TV director who first came to prominence as a music video director and the co-creator of the pioneering cyber-character Max Headroom and as co-director of the film ...

'' The Mustang'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 19 June 2019
Director: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre Awards:

- NHK award ''Dirt Music'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 11 September 2019
Director: Gregor Jordan Awards: Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards nominated - Best Original Score ''

Our Friend ''Our Friend'' is a 2019 American biographical drama film directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and written by Brad Ingelsby, based on Matthew Teague's 2015 ''Esquire'' article "The Friend: Love Is Not a Big Enough Word". It stars Jason Segel, Dakot ...

'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 7 October 2019
Director:

Gabriela Cowperthwaite Gabriela Cowperthwaite (born 1971) is an American/Brazilian filmmaker. She has directed documentaries and feature films, and she also produces, edits, writes, and directs for television and documentary films. Her films often deal with social, cultu ...

Overlord An overlord in the English feudal system was a lord of a manor who had subinfeudated a particular manor, estate or fee, to a tenant. The tenant thenceforth owed to the overlord one of a variety of services, usually military service or serje ...

'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 3 November 2019
Director:

Julius Avery Julius Avery is an Australian screenwriter and film director. Life and works After growing up in Pemberton, Western Australia, Avery attended The Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne. He has written and directed several award winning ...

Awards:

Saturn Award The Saturn Awards are American awards presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The awards were created to honor science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, but have since grown to reward other films be ...

nominee - Best Horror Film and Best Make-Up ''The Cave'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 18 October 2019
Director: Feras Fayyad Awards:

nominee - Best Documentary Feature ''

'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 13 December 2019
Director:

Benedict Andrews Benedict Andrews is an Australian theatre and film director, based in Reykjavík. Born in Adelaide in 1972, he was educated at Flinders University Drama Centre. His first feature film ''Una'' (an adaption of '' Blackbird'' by David Harrower) was ...

''The Cave'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 18 October 2019
Director: Feras Fayyad Awards:

nominee - Best Documentary Feature ''

'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 29 November 2019
Director: Fernando Meyrelles Awards:

Academy Awards The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

Golden Globe Awards The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of t ...

British Academy Film Awards The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Film Awards is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film. The cere ...

and Critics' Choice Movie Awards nominated ''

Dream Horse ''Dream Horse'' is a 2020 sports comedy-drama film directed by Euros Lyn from a screenplay by Neil McKay. The film stars Toni Collette, Damian Lewis, Owen Teale, Joanna Page, Karl Johnson, Steffan Rhodri, Anthony O'Donnell, Nicholas Farrell, a ...

'' orchestra by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 24 January 2020
Director:

Euros Lyn Euros Lyn (; born 1971) is a Welsh film and television director, best known for his work in ''Doctor Who'', '' Sherlock'', ''Black Mirror'', '' Daredevil'', ''His Dark Materials'' and '' Heartstopper''. Early life Lyn was born in Cardiff. His ...

''True History Of The Kelly Gang'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 28 February 2020
Director: Justin Kurzel Awards: Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards - Best Original Score ''Lost Girls'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 9 March 2020
Director: Liz Garbus
''Sulphur and White''
score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 27 February 2020 Director: Julian Jarrold ''

The Forgotten Battle ''The Forgotten Battle'' ( nl, De Slag om de Schelde) is a 2020 Dutch World War II film directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. that depicts the Battle of the Scheldt in 1944. The film follows a Dutch Axis soldier played by Gijs Blom, a British ...

'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 14 December 2020
Director:

Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. (, born 26 July 1965 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch filmmaker, writer and producer best known for directing ''The Thing'' (2011). Career Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. began directing at an early age with promotional trailer ...

''Cyrano'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 25 February 2021
Director: Joe Wright ''Encounter'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 10 December 2021
Director
Michael Pearce
Awards: British Independent Film Awards nominated '' The Matrix Resurrections'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 21 December 2021
Director:

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Awards: BAFTA nominated ''

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'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 28 December 2021
Director:

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score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 20 September 2022
Director
James Nunn
''Living'' score performed by London Contemporary Orchestra Release Date: 04 November 2022
Director:

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"Oliver Hermanus." IMDb: The Internet Movie Dat ...

Discography

: Miami (Foals song), "Miami" (Glastonbury Acoustic) feat. players from the LCO
Release Date: 2 July 2010
Label: Warner Music UK Limited

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" with London Contemporary Orchestra
Release Date: 12 September 2010
Label: Warner Music UK Limited

: ''The Master'' (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)The Master (Soundtrack) Nonesuch Records
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Release Date: 10 September 2012
Label: Nonesuch Records Inc. Foals: ''Holy Fire'' feat. London Contemporary Orchestra
Release Date: 11 February 2013
Label:

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: '' Slow West'' (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Release Date: 12 May 2015
Label: Sony Classical Records
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with London Contemporary Orchestra
Release Date: 7 August 2015
Label: Al Dakheel, Inc.

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''Macbeth'' (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Label:

Decca Records Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis (Decca), Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934 by Lewis, Jack Kapp, American Decca's first president, and Milton Rackmil, who later became American ...

: '' A Moon Shaped Pool''
Release Date: 8 May 2016
Label: XL Recordings
Most tracks on this album feature the orchestra and choir performing arrangements by

: ''Endless'' feat. London Contemporary Orchestra
Release Date: 19 August 2016
Label: Def Jam Recordings

: ''Blonde'' feat. London Contemporary Orchestra
Release Date: 20 August 2016
Label: Boys Don't Cry

Justice Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...

: ''Woman'' feat. London Contemporary Orchestra
Release Date: 18 November 2016
Label:

Ed Banger Records Ed Banger Records (sometimes referred to as Ed Rec) is a French electronic music record label founded by Pedro Winter in 2003 as a division of Headbangers Entertainment. It focuses on house music, particularly French house, as well as alternati ...

Alien: Covenant (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by

Release Date: 19 May 2017
Label: Milan Records Actress X LCO: Audio Track 5
Release Date: 1 September 2017
Label:

Ninja Tune Ninja Tune is an English independent record label based in London. It has a satellite office in Los Angeles. It was founded by Matt Black and Jonathan More (better known as Coldcut) and managed by Peter Quicke and others. Inspired by a visit ...

(Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by

Release Date: 12 January 2018
Label:

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Actress X LCO: Lageos
Release Date: 25 May 2018
Label:

(Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Anne Nikitin
Release Date: 22 June 2018
Label:

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'' (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by

Rob Simonsen Rob Simonsen is an American composer based in Los Angeles. Early life Simonsen began playing the piano by ear at an early age. His grandmother was a voice teacher and music was around him in his family home. He later studied music at Southern Or ...

Release Date: 15 March 2019
Label: Masterworks

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Release Date: 19 July 2019
Label:

XL Recordings XL Recordings is a British independent record label founded in 1989 by Tim Palmer and Nick Halkes. It has been ran and co-owned by Richard Russell since 1996. It forms part of the Beggars Group. Although only releasing an average of six album ...

: '' Suspiria (Music for the Luca Guadagnino Film)''
Release Date: 26 October 2019
Label:

Dying Light 2: Stay Human
Release Date: 4 February 2022
Composer:

Olivier Deriviere Olivier Deriviere (born 26 December 1978) is a French video game composer, best known for his work on the ''Alone in the Dark (2008 video game), Alone in the Dark'', ''Obscure (video game), Obscure'', ''Remember Me (video game), Remember Me'' and ...

The Smile: ''

A Light for Attracting Attention ''A Light for Attracting Attention'' is the debut studio album by the English rock band the Smile. It was digitally released through XL Recordings on 13 May, 2022, with a physical release on 17 June. The Smile comprises the Radiohead members T ...

'' feat. strings by the London Contemporary Orchestra
Release Date: 13 May 2022
Label XL Recordings

New Works

: "Put Flesh On!" (2008) * Colin Alexander: "Potential Fracture Lines" (2008) * Jonathan Cole: "Assassin Hair", revised version (2008) * Howard Quin: "Combination Curves" (2009) * Jonathan Cole: "burburbabbar za" (2009) * Shiva Feshareki: "TTKonzert" (2010) * Tristan Brookes: "Ur" (2010) * Emily Hall and

Toby Litt Toby Litt is an English writer and academic in the Department of English and Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London. Life Litt was born in Ampthill in 1968. He was educated at Bedford Modern School, read English at Worcester College, Oxfor ...

: "Songs" (2010) * Mira Calix and

Larry Goves Larry Goves (born 1980 in Cardiff, Wales) is a British composer. A PhD student at the University of Southampton, his tutor is Michael Finnissy. In addition to Undergraduate and Postgraduate studies at the Royal Northern College of Music, he has ...

: "pedotin"; "ipo" (2010) *

: "Attitude" (2010) * Jonathan Cole / Colin Alexander: "Forum" (2011) * Martin Suckling: "de sol y grana" (2011) *

: "Concerto for Bass Drum and Orchestra" (2012) * William Basinski (arr. Maxim Moston) "Disintegration Loop 2.1" (2012) *

: Audio Track 5 (2017)

References

External links

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Hugh Brunt at the NIFFF at Neuchatel in Switzerland by Gaël Dupret
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