Steve London is a Los Angeles-based multi award-winning film, television and video game composer, who is best known for his scores for the award-winning Chet Baker biopic “Born to Be Blue” (IFC/eOne), the fan-favorite animated Fox TV show, “The Ripping Friends” (from the creator of “Ren and Stimpy”), the ‘Top 20 of 2020 Indies’ video game, “Star Renegades” (Massive Damage/Raw Fury) and the 2016 Oscar nominated documentary short film, “Chau, Beyond the Lines” (Netflix). Whether it’s the slow corruption of the initially pristine hybrid film score of “The Immaculate Room” (Hulu), the quirky and dark orchestral score to the film, “Stockholm” (Blumhouse/eOne) or the award-winning chip-tune score to the video game score for “Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander” (Massive Damage), Steve's natural talent, and ‘concept-tied-to-story’ approach is readily apparent as he shifts from musical genre to musical genre with ease. As a multi-instrumentalist, he also regularly develops and finds new ways to twist traditional acoustic sounds, such as the electronically processed Vietnamese children’s orchestra that created the resonant emotional textures for “Chau, Beyond the Lines”, or the new horror instrument, the Hell Harp, which is currently in development.

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Steve London is a Los Angeles-based multi award-winning film, television and video game composer, who is best known for his scores for the award-winning Chet Baker biopic “Born to Be Blue” (IFC/eOne), the fan-favorite animated Fox TV show, “The Ripping Friends” (from the creator of “Ren and Stimpy”), the ‘Top 20 of 2020 Indies’ video game, “Star Renegades” (Massive Damage/Raw Fury) and the 2016 Oscar nominated documentary short film, “Chau, Beyond the Lines” (Netflix). Whether it’s the slow corruption of the initially pristine hybrid film score of “The Immaculate Room” (Hulu), the quirky and dark orchestral score to the film, “Stockholm” (Blumhouse/eOne) or the award-winning chip-tune score to the video game score for “Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander” (Massive Damage), Steve's natural talent, and ‘concept-tied-to-story’ approach is readily apparent as he shifts from musical genre to musical genre with ease. As a multi-instrumentalist, he also regularly develops and finds new ways to twist traditional acoustic sounds, such as the electronically processed Vietnamese children’s orchestra that created the resonant emotional textures for “Chau, Beyond the Lines”, or the new horror instrument, the Hell Harp, which is currently in development.

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Steve London is a Los Angeles-based multi award-winning film, television and video game composer, who is best known for his scores for the award-winning Chet Baker biopic “Born to Be Blue” (IFC/eOne), the fan-favorite animated Fox TV show, “The Ripping Friends” (from the creator of “Ren and Stimpy”), the ‘Top 20 of 2020 Indies’ video game, “Star Renegades” (Massive Damage/Raw Fury) and the 2016 Oscar nominated documentary short film, “Chau, Beyond the Lines” (Netflix).

Whether it’s the slow corruption of the initially pristine hybrid film score of “The Immaculate Room” (Hulu), the quirky and dark orchestral score to the film, “Stockholm” (Blumhouse/eOne) or the award-winning chip-tune score to the video game score for “Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander” (Massive Damage), Steve’s natural talent, and ‘concept-tied-to-story’ approach is readily apparent as he shifts from musical genre to musical genre with ease. As a multi-instrumentalist, he also regularly develops and finds new ways to twist traditional acoustic sounds, such as the electronically processed Vietnamese children’s orchestra that created the resonant emotional textures for “Chau, Beyond the Lines”, or the new horror instrument, the Hell Harp, which is currently in development.

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Language

English
Fluent
German
Advanced

Work Experience

Film, Television and Video Game Composer at self
May 1, 1995 - Present
I have worked on many notable projects such as the award-winning Chet Baker biopic “Born to Be Blue” (IFC/eOne), the fan-favorite animated Fox TV show, “The Ripping Friends” from the creator of “Ren and Stimpy”, the ‘Top 20 of 2020 Indies’ video game, “Star Renegades” (Massive Damage/Raw Fury) and the 2016 Oscar nominated documentary short film, “Chau, Beyond the Lines” (Netflix). All of these projects required me to have deep understanding and strong experience in scoring to picture, theory, orchestration, recording-mixing-editing techniques, music preparation as well as all the accompanying business and budgeting necessities to work with ensembles and individual musicians.

Education

Advanced Certificate in Scoring for Motion Pictures and TV at University of Southern California
August 29, 1994 - May 12, 1995
Bachelor of Arts (Music) at Queen's University
September 4, 1989 - May 13, 1994

Qualifications

Best Score for a Narrative Feature (nomination, Canadian Screen Music Awards - The Immaculate Room)
September 1, 2022 - September 30, 2022
Designate (Marché du Film, Festival de Cannes - Spot the Composer Program)
May 1, 2022 - May 31, 2022
Best Game Music, Firestarter Audience Favorite (Game Audio Awards - Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander)
April 1, 2018 - April 30, 2018
Best Original Music, Feature Film (winner, Canadian Screen Award - Born to Be Blue)
October 1, 2017 - October 31, 2017
Best Documentary Short (Oscar Nomination - Chau, Beyond the Lines)
February 1, 2016 - February 29, 2016

Industry Experience

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