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Steven Price (composer)

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Steven Price
Price in 2022
Price in 2022
Background information
Also known as
  • Steve Price
  • Steven B. Price
Born (1977-04-22) 22 April 1977 (age 49)
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
GenreFilm score
OccupationFilm composer
Instruments
Years active1996–present

Steven Price (born 22 April 1977) is an English film composer, best known for scoring Gravity (2013), which won him the Academy Award for Best Original Score.[1][2] Before making his debut as a composer with Attack the Block (2011), he worked on the music department for various notable films, such as The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Batman Begins (2005), and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010).

Early life and education

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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.

Career

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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.[3]

Discography

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Film

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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 N/a
Gravity Alfonso Cuarón Warner Bros. Pictures Academy Award for Best Original Score
BAFTA Award for Best Original Music
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
Nominated – Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Aningaaq Jonás Cuarón Short film
2014 Fury David Ayer Columbia Pictures N/a
2016 Suicide Squad Warner Bros. Pictures
DC Films		 N/a
2017 Baby Driver Edgar Wright TriStar Pictures N/a
American Assassin Michael Cuesta Lionsgate Films N/a
2018 Ophelia Claire McCarthy IFC Films [4]
2019 Wonder Park Dylan Brown (uncredited) Paramount Pictures
Nickelodeon Movies		 Price's first score for an animated film.
The Aeronauts Tom Harper Amazon Studios N/a
2020 Dolphin Reef Alastair Fothergill
Keith Scholey		 Disneynature Documentary film
Archive Gavin Rothery Vertical Entertainment N/a
Over the Moon Glen Keane Netflix Original score only; Original songs composed by Christopher Curtis, Marjorie Duffield and Helen Park
David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet Alastair Fothergill
Keith Scholey
Jonathan Hughes		 Documentary film
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
2021 Last Night in Soho Edgar Wright Focus Features N/a
Sweet Girl Brian Andrew Mendoza Netflix N/a
2022 My Policeman Michael Grandage Amazon Studios N/a
Beast Baltasar Kormákur Universal Pictures N/a
The Swimmers Sally El Hosaini Netflix N/a
2023 Heart of Stone Tom Harper N/a
2024 Long Distance Will Speck and Josh Gordon TBA N/a
William Tell Nick Hamm Eagle Pictures (Italy) N/a
Joy Ben Taylor Netflix N/a
Los Frikis Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz Wayward/Range N/a
2025 Heads of State Ilya Naishuller Amazon MGM Studios N/a
Oh, Hi! Sophie Brooks Sony Pictures Classics [5]
Ocean with David Attenborough Colin Butfield, Toby Nowlan, and Keith Scholey National Geographic Documentary film
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary/Nonfiction or Reality Program (Original Dramatic Score)
The Running Man Edgar Wright Paramount Pictures [6]
2026 Coyote vs. Acme[7] Dave Green Warner Bros. Pictures Also score producer.

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
2014 Believe NBC N/a
Poppies CBeebies BBC children's remembrance film
2015 The Hunt BBC One N/a
2019 Our Planet Netflix N/a

Music department

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Accolades

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Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Academy Awards 2013 Best Original Score Gravity Won [8]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2013 Best Music or Score Nominated [9]
British Academy Film Awards 2013 Best Original Music Won [10]
British Academy Television Craft Awards 2016 Best Original Television Music The Hunt Won
Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2013 Best Score Gravity Runner-up [11]
Chicago Film Critics Association 2013 Best Original Score Nominated [12]
Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2013 Best Score Won [13]
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 2013 Best Musical Score Won [14]
Denver Film Critics Society 2013 Best Original Score Won [15]
Golden Globe Awards 2013 Best Original Score Nominated [16]
Grammy Awards 2014 Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Gravity: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Nominated [17]
Houston Film Critics Society 2013 Best Original Score Gravity Won [18]
Primetime Emmy Awards 2019 Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music Our Planet Nominated [19]
Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score) Our Planet (Episode: "One Planet") Nominated
2021 David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet Won
2026 Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary/Nonfiction or Reality Program (Original Dramatic Score) Ocean with David Attenborough Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society 2013 Best Score Gravity Nominated [20]
Satellite Awards 2013 Best Original Score Won [21]
St. Louis Film Critics Association 2013 Best Original Score Nominated [22]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 2013 Best Score Nominated [23]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Steven Price (II)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Steven Price". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  3. ↑ Martens, Todd (2 March 2014). "Oscars 2014: Steven Price wins original score for 'Gravity'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Steven Price Scoring Claire McCarthy's 'Ophelia'". Film Music Reporter. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Steven Price Scoring Sophie Brooks' 'Oh, Hi!' | Film Music Reporter". 11 December 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Steven Price Scoring Edgar Wright's 'The Running Man'". Film Music Reporter. 29 September 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  7. ↑ Roundtree, Cheyenne (10 November 2023). "Coyote vs. Acme Crew Were Blindsided by Warner Bros. Killing Movie". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 11 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "The 86th Academy Awards (2014) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "2013 EDA Award Nominees". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Retrieved 21 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Steven Price". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "Awards 2013". Central Ohio Film Critics Association. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2026.
  12. ↑ "1988–2013 Award Winner Archives". Chicago Film Critics Association. 1 January 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2026.
  13. ↑ The Deadline Team (16 January 2014). "Critics' Choice Movie Awards: '12 Years a Slave' Named Best Picture; 'Gravity' Leads Field With 7 Wins". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  14. ↑ Simek, Peter (16 December 2013). "Dallas Fort Worth Film Critics Name 12 Years a Slave Best Picture of 2013". D Magazine. Dallas, TX. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  15. ↑ "2014 DFCS Awards". Denver Film Critics Society. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2026.
  16. ↑ "Steven Price". Golden Globes. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  17. ↑ "Steven Price". Grammy Awards. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  18. ↑ "The Houston Film Critics Society Award Winners for 2013". Houston Film Critics Society. 15 December 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2026.
  19. ↑ "Steven Price". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  20. ↑ "San Diego Film Critics Select Top Films for 2013". San Diego Film Critics Society. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2026.
  21. ↑ "18th Satellite Awards". International Press Academy. Retrieved 21 August 2026.
  22. ↑ "2013 St. Louis Film Critics Association Annual Award Winners". St. Louis Film Critics Association. Retrieved 21 August 2026.
  23. ↑ "2013 WAFCA Award Winners". Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2026.
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