User:Chloe72/Oliver Kraus

= Oliver Kraus =

Oliver Kraus born 1970 in Shepherd's Bush, London, is an English musician best known for his work as a cellist and string arranger/ producer and composer for film and television.

= String Arrangements =

As an Arranger Oliver has written and arranged strings for:


 * Beth Orton's critically acclaimed, gold selling album, Trailer Park
 * Ash's Platinum selling Award winning album, Free all Angels
 * Mercury Award Nominated artist, Tom Mcrae
 * Duffy's debut, double platinum selling album, Rockferry
 * Sia's #26 U.S. Billboard Top 200 Chart album, Some People Have Real Problems
 * Other artists include Alexi Murdoch, BellX1, Cary Brothers, Christina Aguilera, Gomez, Joshua Radin, Lifehouse, Mandy Moore, Marc Almond, Meiko, My Life Story, The View, The Weepies, Thea Gilmore, Tracey Thorn, Priscilla Ahn, Rachael Yamagata, Tindersticks
 * Complete List

= Film and Television =

As a Composer Oliver has written music for film and television with frequent collaboration with Cure drummer, Jason [|Jason Cooper].

Film

 * Twilight Eclipse dir. David Slade, song My Love co-written with Sia Furler, produced by Oliver Kraus, 2010
 * From Within, dir. Phedon Papamichael, 2008 winner of Grand Jury Award for Best Music Score at the Solstice Film Festival
 * Joybells, dir. Mike Hawley, 2007 (to view a portion of this documentary, http://www.joybells.co.uk/2009/11/joybells-dvd/)
 * The Power of the Game, dir. Michael Apted, 2007
 * Spiderhole, dir. Daniel Simpson, 2009
 * The Uninvited, dir. Daniel Simpson, 1999
 * h dir, Daniel Simpson 1995
 * Handle With Care, dir, Alexis Bowler & Sandy Hunt, WWF 1992, Awards: Winner Best Children’s Program at Chicago International Children's Film Festival; New England Children's Film festival; British Animation Week, National Film Theatre, London; Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Television

 * Meercats			Natural World	BBC 2		2003
 * What's the Big Idea		Series			Discovery Ch	2004
 * Cheetahs    			Natural World   	BBC 2		2005
 * The Battle with my Brain	Despatches		C4		2005
 * Toki's Tale 			Natural World   	BBC 2		2007
 * Macintyre Investigates 	Series			BBC 1		2002-3
 * Whistleblowers  		Series			BBC 1		2004-6
 * Dogfighting 			Panorama		BBC 1		2007

= References =
 * IMDB
 * Twilight Eclipse, My Love Interview
 * From Within Composers Award, June 19th-21st 2008 in St. Paul, Minneapolis". solsticefilmfest.org. Solstice Film Festival
 * String Arrangement and Performance Credits on Artist Direct