Leon Ross is an Australian multimedia composer based in Melbourne, specializing in film scoring and sound design. Ross earned a Bachelor of Applied Music in 2018, receiving awards for Outstanding Student and Best Film Score, along with the AVCAT Long Tan Bursary. He later pursued a master's degree remotely at the University of Chichester in the UK while working on professional projects. He has composed scores for films like Today (2020), Hatchback (2022), and Their American Dream (2023), and contributed sound mixing to various shorts. Mentored by composer George Papanicolaou, Ross has worked at Original Score and Audio Force, earning festival nominations worldwide. Leon Ross co-founded Ross Records with his wife, Elena Ross, forming an award-winning composer duo blending Australian and Eastern European influences with electronic production and orchestration. Their Melbourne studio serves as a creative hub for post-production music, mentorship, and projects including scores for Universal Pictures' The Lost Tiger (2024), What About Sal (Netflix) and The Girl In The Shadows (2026) . Leon also teaches film scoring at Box Hill Institute, guiding over 100 emerging composers and supervising 200+ student films in collaboration with Deakin and Swinburne Universities .

Leon Ross

Leon Ross is an Australian multimedia composer based in Melbourne, specializing in film scoring and sound design. Ross earned a Bachelor of Applied Music in 2018, receiving awards for Outstanding Student and Best Film Score, along with the AVCAT Long Tan Bursary. He later pursued a master's degree remotely at the University of Chichester in the UK while working on professional projects. He has composed scores for films like Today (2020), Hatchback (2022), and Their American Dream (2023), and contributed sound mixing to various shorts. Mentored by composer George Papanicolaou, Ross has worked at Original Score and Audio Force, earning festival nominations worldwide. Leon Ross co-founded Ross Records with his wife, Elena Ross, forming an award-winning composer duo blending Australian and Eastern European influences with electronic production and orchestration. Their Melbourne studio serves as a creative hub for post-production music, mentorship, and projects including scores for Universal Pictures' The Lost Tiger (2024), What About Sal (Netflix) and The Girl In The Shadows (2026) . Leon also teaches film scoring at Box Hill Institute, guiding over 100 emerging composers and supervising 200+ student films in collaboration with Deakin and Swinburne Universities .

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Leon Ross is an Australian multimedia composer based in Melbourne, specializing in film scoring and sound design.

Ross earned a Bachelor of Applied Music in 2018, receiving awards for Outstanding Student and Best Film Score, along with the AVCAT Long Tan Bursary. He later pursued a master’s degree remotely at the University of Chichester in the UK while working on professional projects.

He has composed scores for films like Today (2020), Hatchback (2022), and Their American Dream (2023), and contributed sound mixing to various shorts. Mentored by composer George Papanicolaou, Ross has worked at Original Score and Audio Force, earning festival nominations worldwide.

Leon Ross co-founded Ross Records with his wife, Elena Ross, forming an award-winning composer duo blending Australian and Eastern European influences with electronic production and orchestration. Their Melbourne studio serves as a creative hub for post-production music, mentorship, and projects including scores for Universal Pictures’ The Lost Tiger (2024), What About Sal (Netflix) and The Girl In The Shadows (2026) . Leon also teaches film scoring at Box Hill Institute, guiding over 100 emerging composers and supervising 200+ student films in collaboration with Deakin and Swinburne Universities .

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Composer at Ross Records
March 1, 2024 - Present
Film Scoring, Music & Sound Professor at Box Hill Institute
June 1, 2022 - Present
Composer at AudioForce
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2021
TVC and Trailer Composer
Composer & Sound Editor at Oracle Music
February 1, 2019 - January 1, 2023
Music Technician at Box Hill Institute
June 1, 2022 - December 1, 2025

Education

Masters of Fine Arts at University of Chichester
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2020
Media Composition TS
Bachelor of Applied Music (Composition) at Box Hill Institute
December 1, 2014 - January 1, 2019
Diploma of Sound Production at SAE Institute
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2014
Classical Composition Music at WAAPA ECU
January 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Computers & Electronics, Education, Professional Services, Software & Internet