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Michael Elderkin

  • Music Department
  • Composer
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With a portfolio including music for concert, film, television, and musical theatre, Michael Elderkin is a versatile composer with a style firmly rooted in strong thematic content with lush orchestrations and vivid colors.

Recently, he has orchestrated for 'Black Widow' (2020), 'Gemini Man' (2019), 'His Dark Materials' (2019), and 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout' (2018). He has written music for numerous films including Nightrounds and Pacalu.

In April of 2017, he produced a semi-staged workshop of his musical, Mascherato, in partnership with the Barbican Centre. In March 2020, he recorded a full cast album in Abbey Road Studios with a 22-piece orchestra which is now available on all streaming platforms. The recording has been praised as "a score that is of the highest quality" and having "the colour, warmth and escapism of the best of what we love in musicals and the familiar-yet-new resonance of what Ashman and Menken did for the Disney renaissance."

Michael has worked extensively as a conductor and arranger for the Empire Film Music Ensemble. He has also worked as a copyist for numerous film and television projects.

Additionally, Michael is an accomplished bassoonist, performing internationally as an orchestral, chamber, and session musician. Having performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony, London International Orchestra, Surrey Opera, among others, Michael is an active freelancer in London, where he resides.

A frequent session player in London, Michael also works out of his home studio to record remotely, having recorded for Apple TV+, Audio Network, and various other projects - both on bassoon and contrabassoon. He has been featured as a soloist on the video game soundtrack to "Age of Fear 3: The Legend" and can be heard on numerous film/television scores, most recently 'Tiny Worlds' by Benjamin Wallfisch/Chris Egan on Apple TV+.
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Liam Neeson in The Ice Road (2021)
The Ice Road
5.6
  • Music Department
  • 2021
Rachel Weisz, Scarlett Johansson, Ray Winstone, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Olga Kurylenko, and Florence Pugh in Black Widow (2021)
Black Widow
6.7
  • Music Department
  • 2021
Christian Bale in The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
The Pale Blue Eye
6.6
  • Music Department
  • 2022
Joseph Izzo and Chloe Bennet in Abominable (2019)
Abominable
7.0
  • Music Department
  • 2019

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Music Department

  • Christian Bale in The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
    The Pale Blue Eye
    • additional music preparation
    • 2022
  • Ralph Fiennes, Djimon Hounsou, Rhys Ifans, Gemma Arterton, and Harris Dickinson in The King's Man (2021)
    The King's Man
    • additional music preparation (uncredited)
    • 2021
  • Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Liev Schreiber, Bob Balaban, Benicio Del Toro, Edward Norton, Henry Winkler, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson, Mathieu Amalric, Steve Park, Lois Smith, Tilda Swinton, Christoph Waltz, Wallace Wolodarsky, Jeffrey Wright, Jarvis Cocker, Mohamed Belhadjine, Saoirse Ronan, Tony Revolori, Timothée Chalamet, Lyna Khoudri, and Krishna Bagadiya in The French Dispatch (2021)
    The French Dispatch
    • additional music preparation (uncredited)
    • 2021
  • Rachel Weisz, Scarlett Johansson, Ray Winstone, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Olga Kurylenko, and Florence Pugh in Black Widow (2021)
    Black Widow
    • orchestrator
    • 2021
  • Liam Neeson in The Ice Road (2021)
    The Ice Road
    • music preparation
    • 2021
  • Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, James Corden, Andrew Rannells, Kerry Washington, and Keegan-Michael Key in The Prom (2020)
    The Prom
    • additional music preparation (uncredited)
    • 2020
  • Tiny World (2020)
    Tiny World
    • bassoonist
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Olivia Munn, Eleanor Tomlinson, Joel Fry, Tim Key, Freida Pinto, Aisling Bea, Sam Claflin, Jack Farthing, and Allan Mustafa in Love Wedding Repeat (2020)
    Love Wedding Repeat
    • orchestrator
    • 2020
  • Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in Bad Boys for Life (2020)
    Bad Boys for Life
    • assistant orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 2020
  • Dafne Keen and Amir Wilson in His Dark Materials (2019)
    His Dark Materials
    • orchestrator
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Will Smith and Victor Hugo in Gemini Man (2019)
    Gemini Man
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 2019
  • Charlie Hunnam and Jack O'Connell in Jungleland (2019)
    Jungleland
    • assistant orchestrator
    • 2019
  • Joseph Izzo and Chloe Bennet in Abominable (2019)
    Abominable
    • music preparation
    • 2019
  • Kristin Scott Thomas, Gaby French, Emma Lowndes, Sharon Horgan, Laura Checkley, Laura Elphinstone, Lara Rossi, Amy James-Kelly, and India Amarteifio in Military Wives (2019)
    Military Wives
    • orchestrator
    • 2019
  • Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Henry Cavill, Rebecca Ferguson, and Simon Pegg in Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
    Mission: Impossible - Fallout
    • assistant orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 2018

Composer

  • Night Rounds (2018)
    Night Rounds
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Emma Naomi in Pacalu (2017)
    Pacalu
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2017

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