Leopold Ross

Leopold "Leo" Ross is an English musician, composer, record producer and recording engineer. He is a Grammy Award nominee and two-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee, receiving Grammy recognition for Shōgun in the category of Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, and Emmy nominations for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series and Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for the same series. . He is also the recipient of a Society of Composers & Lyricists Award and a Hollywood Music in Media Award for his work on ‘‘Shōgun’’.. His film and television credits include Apple’s Godzilla franchise ‘Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters', 'Black Mirror', and 'Dr Death'. His film scoring career began with The Hughes brothers 2010 film ‘The Book Of Eli’. He has gone on to create scores for acclaimed directors Michael Mann (Blackhat), Harmony Korine (Rebel), and John Hillcoat (Triple Nine).

Career Leopold was a founding member of eclectic rock band Nojahoda who released one album on Sony S2 Records in 1999.

In 2003 he joined his brother Atticus Ross, as well as Bad Religion member Brett Gurewitz in the punk/hardcore band Error. Along with temporary vocalist Greg Puciato, the band recorded and released a well received EP on Epitaph Records in 2004. Around this time Leopold also began his scoring career, composing the music for the USA Network show Touching Evil alongside Atticus Ross and Claudia Sarne.

Outside of his scoring work, Leopold has written, recorded, produced and performed with various noted acts including Bad Religion, Grace Jones, Korn, Dillinger Escape Plan, Rancid, The Transplants, Five Finger Death Punch, Brigitte Fontaine, The Big Pink, Io Echo and Brett Anderson.

Personal life Ross has five siblings, including model Liberty Ross and Atticus Ross, who is also a musician. His maternal grandfather was Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn. He is of part Italian descent through his great-grandfather, Aldo Castellani.

Selected credits

Band, artist, show or movie Song or album Year Credits Nojahoda Jahoda Witness 1999 Guitar, vocals Error Error EP 2004 Guitar, programming Bad Religion Beyond Electric Dreams Sonic Alienator Touching Evil Music to accompany series Co-writer, guitar, production Korn See You on the Other Side, Tearjerker 2005 Producer, production assistant, co-writer (Tearjerker) The Notorious B.I.G. Duets: The Final Chapter Production assistant Korn Untitled 2007 Grace Jones Devil In My Life 2008 Co-writer, guitar Five Finger Death Punch Never Enough Co-writer New York, I Love You Movie soundtrack ("Allen Hughes" segment) 2009 Co-composer The Book of Eli Movie score 2010 Co-composer, Performer Fear and the Nervous System Fear and the Nervous System 2011 Programming, guitar, co-producer, co-writer Io Echo Ministry of Love 2013 Producer, guitar, co-writer Broken City Movie score Composer, With Atticus Ross & Claudia Sarne Blackhat 2015 Composer, With Atticus Ross Love & Mercy 2014 Triple 9 2016 Composer, With Atticus Ross, Claudia Sarne & Bobby Krlic Almost Holy Composer, With Atticus Ross & Bobby Krlic The Defiant Ones Television score 2017 Composer, With Atticus Ross & Claudia Sarne Death Note Movie score Composer, With Atticus Ross Black Mirror "Crocodile" (season 4, episode 3) Corazón Movie score 2018 A Million Little Pieces Earthquake Bird 2019 Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Television score 2023–present Composer Shōgun 2024 Composer, With Atticus Ross and Nick Chuba Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever Movie score 2025 Composer, With Nick Chuba and Matt Cohen