Steven Price

Steven Price, yeah, the guy’s a total heavyweight in film music. He snagged the Oscar for Gravity back in 2014 and, honestly, just kept stacking awards after that—BAFTA, Critics’ Choice, the whole nine yards. His music for Gravity? Wildly original. After blowing up with that, he turned out scores for Fury (the WWII Brad Pitt flick), a TV series called Believe (Cuaron and JJ Abrams were behind that one), and BBC’s The Hunt, which—if you’re into nature docs—was narrated by David Attenborough. No big deal, right? But he didn’t just appear out of nowhere. Price kicked things off with Joe Cornish’s Attack The Block, which, let’s be real, is still a cult favorite, and he even grabbed some awards for the soundtrack. He also teamed up with Edgar Wright on The World’s End. Before all that, he was grinding behind the scenes—working in Andy Gill’s London studio, apprenticing under Trevor Jones (think The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Thirteen Days), and even laying down guitar solos for Dinotopia with the London Symphony Orchestra. He didn’t stop at composing, though. Abbey Road basically vouched for him to Howard Shore, which landed him the gig of music editor for The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He’s also worked on Batman Begins and Scott Pilgrim v. the World, so his fingerprints are all over some big stuff. Oh, and did I mention he’s been playing guitar since he was five and has a music degree from Cambridge? The guy’s resume is just stacked.