Steven Price

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

Early life and education

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 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.

Discography Film 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 Gravity Alfonso Cuarón Warner Bros. 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 2016 Suicide Squad Warner Bros. DC Films 2017 Baby Driver Edgar Wright TriStar Pictures American Assassin Michael Cuesta Lionsgate Films 2018 Ophelia Claire McCarthy IFC Films 2019 Wonder Park Dylan Brown (uncredited) Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies Price's first score for an animated film. The Aeronauts Tom Harper Amazon Studios 2020 Dolphin Reef Alastair Fothergill Keith Scholey Disneynature Documentary film Archive Gavin Rothery Vertical Entertainment 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 Sweet Girl Brian Andrew Mendoza Netflix 2022 My Policeman Michael Grandage Amazon Studios Beast Baltasar Kormákur Universal Pictures The Swimmers Sally El Hosaini Netflix 2023 Heart of Stone Tom Harper 2024 Long Distance Will Speck and Josh Gordon William Tell Nick Hamm Eagle Pictures (Italy) Joy Ben Taylor Netflix Los Frikis Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz Wayward/Range 2025 Heads of State Ilya Naishuller Amazon MGM Studios Oh, Hi! Sophie Brooks Sony Pictures Classics Ocean with David Attenborough Colin Butfield, Toby Nowlan, and Keith Scholey National Geographic Documentary film Pending – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary/Nonfiction or Reality Program (Original Dramatic Score) The Running Man Edgar Wright Paramount Pictures 2026 Coyote vs. Acme Dave Green Warner Bros. Also score producer.

Television

Music department Trojan Eddie (1996) The Proposition (1998) Doomwatch: Winter Angel (1999) Crossroads (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) A Man Apart (2003) I'll Be There (2003) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Belly of the Beast (2003) Gladiatress (2004) Around the World in 80 Days (2004) Batman Begins (2005) Stoned (2005) Opal Dream (2006) Driving Lessons (2006) Perfect Creature (2006) After Thomas (2006) Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) The Last Legion (2007) Earth (2007) I'm Not There (2007) Made of Honor (2008) Wild Child (2008) The Meerkats (2008) Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009) Pirate Radio (2009) Nanny McPhee Returns (2010) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) Paul (2011) Johnny English Reborn (2011) Marley (2012) Baby Driver (2017) Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2013 Best Music or Score

British Academy Film Awards 2013 Best Original Music

British Academy Television Craft Awards 2016 Best Original Television Music The Hunt Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2013 Best Score

Chicago Film Critics Association 2013 Best Original Score

Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2013 Best Score

Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 2013 Best Musical Score

Denver Film Critics Society 2013 Best Original Score

Golden Globe Awards 2013 Best Original Score

Grammy Awards 2014 Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Gravity: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Houston Film Critics Society 2013 Best Original Score Gravity

Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music Our Planet

Our Planet 2021 David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 2026 Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary/Nonfiction or Reality Program (Original Dramatic Score) Ocean with David Attenborough San Diego Film Critics Society 2013 Best Score

Satellite Awards 2013 Best Original Score

St. Louis Film Critics Association 2013 Best Original Score

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 2013 Best Score