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=Chris Elliott (composer) = Chris Elliott (born Christopher Andrew Patrick Elliott, 5 August 1966) is an English composer, arranger and music producer, most notable for his work with Adele, Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson.

Early Life
Growing up in Whitstable, Kent, the son of an amateur pianist and surrounded by a rich musical energy, Elliott was given classical training from the age of four in piano and violin, and later guitar. Joining forces with neighbour and musical mentor Gary Levermore (founder of Third Mind Records) he contributed to a number of releases with experimental recording project Bushido.

Elliott went on to study composition and piano at Dartington College of Arts gaining an honours degree in music in 1992. Whilst at Dartington he was awarded the Vivian Ellis Scholarship to study film music composition at the Dartington International Summer School as well as the Music Department Prize on graduation. Whilst in his final year at Dartington, he also attended London Film School studying film scoring with Rodney Newton.

He was a member of the Dartington Contemporary Music Ensemble directed by Frank Denyer.

Composing for television
In 1998 Elliott scored the documentary series The Second World War In Colour (AKA Colour Of War) for TWI, Carlton / ITV. The series was well received and went on to win numerous awards including a Peabody Award. Following the success of The Second World War In Colour a number of other In-Colour series' were made, all of which were scored by Elliott, notably:

Britain At War in Colour 2000 (BAFTA Best Factual Series) (Grierson Award) (Peabody Award)

The British Empire in Colour 2003 (RTS Best Music)

The Perilous Fight : America's World War ll in Color (2003) (Emmy Nomination)

Japan's War In Colour (2005)

Hitler in Colour (2005)

Moulin Rouge!
In 1999 Elliott began work on Baz Lurhmann's Moulin Rouge! writing first draft arrangements of all the songs with musical director Marius de Vries. Together they pioneered a 'musical-shorthand' which Baz and his team could follow, to quickly illustrate the shape of the arrangements, and other musical ideas as they developed the material. The songs were to be re-invented, heavily orchestrated and woven into the early draft of the script. In addition to his role in scoring the songs, Baz demanded that Elliott devote a significant amount of time to a thorough exploration of every 'musical-atom' of the songs used in Moulin Rouge! and the results were to be road-tested as potential score.

Composing for Advertising
Elliott has scored commercials for Standard Life, Dior and Yorkshire Tea among others.

Discography
One Direction / album Take Me Home - song Summer Love (string arr)

Mark Ronson & Katie B / single Anywhere In The World (string arr)

Amy Winehouse / album Lioness: Hidden Treasures / song Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow / label Island (arr)

Josh Osho / album L.I.F.E. / songs Redemption Days, SOS, Imperfection, Home For Your Birthday, Giants (string arr)

Josh Osho / single Redemption Days (string arr)

Adele / album 21 / song Turning Tables / label XL (string arr)

Jamie T / album Kings and Queens / song Emily's Heart (string arr)

Jamie T / single Emily's Heart (string arr)

Laurence Revey / album 22 Bullets (soundtrack) song L'Immortel (dir. Luc Besson) (arr)

Conjure One / album Exilarch / songs I Dream In Colour, Oligarch (arr)

Stephen Dale Petit / album The Crave (arr)

Stephen Dale Petit / single California (arr)

Delerium / single Dust In Gravity / label Nettwerk (arr)

Shakira / album She Wolf / song Gypsy (string arr, programming)

Shakira / single Gypsy (string arr, programming)

Kid Harpoon / album Once / songs Running Through Tunnels, Death Of A Rose, Once, Buried Alive & Colours (string arr)

David Gray / album Draw The Line / song Full Seam Ahead (orchestral arr)

David Gray feat. Annie Lennox / single Full Seam Ahead (orchestral arr)

Leon Jackson / album Right Now songs Don’t Call This Love, Ordinary Days, Stargazing & Misty Blue. All In Good Time, Could Do Better, Right Now & Creative (arr)

Escala / album Escala / songs Palladio, Kashmir, Finding Beauty, Clubbed To Death, Children, Chi Mai, Adagio For Strings (orchestral arr)

Wale / album The Mixtape About Nothing / song The Remake of a remake (All I Need) / (arr) [no PPL listing]

Wale / album Attention Deficit / song The Letter feat. John Mayer / / (arr) [no PPL listing]

Rhymefest / album Mark Ronson Presents: RHYMEFEST Man In The Mirror / song No Sunshine / arr. [no PPL listing]

Tom Jones / album 24 Hours / songs Never, 24 Hours / (orch arr)

James Morrison / album Songs For You, Truths For Me / songs Save Yourself, If You Don't Wanna Love Me (string arrangement)

The Hours / single Merry Christmas / Is Good Ltd / arr. prod Ant Genn

Brian McFadden / album Set In Stone / songs Like Only A Woman Can, Zooma, Room To Breath / BMF Records / (arr) MD

Elliot Minor / album Elliot Minor / Warner Bros / songs Time After Time, Silently, The Broken Minor, The White One Is Evil (orch arr)

Elliot Minor / single The White One Is Evil / Warner Bros / (orch arr)

Adele / album 19 / song Cold Shoulder / XL Recordings / prod. M Ronson / (arr)

Delta Goodrem / album Delta / songs Angels In The Room / Believe Again prod. S Crichton / Sony BMG / (arr) MD

Delta Goodrem / single Believe Again prod. S Crichton / Sony BMG / (arr) MD

Taio Cruz / album Rokstarr / songs I Can Be, Never Gonna Get Us / Island / prod. Taio Cruz / (arr)

Taio Cruz / album Departure / songs I Can Be, Never Gonna Get Us / Island / prod. Taio Cruz / (arr)

Taio Cruz / single I Can Be (arr)

Kreesha / album Passion / EMI Canada / (arr)

Kreesha / single Don't Call Me Baby / EMI Canada / (arr)

Leon Jean-Marie / album Bent Out Of Shape / song Beg / Island / prod. M Ronson / (arr)

Alfie Boe / album A Living Prayer / EMI / (orch. arr)

Paradise Lost / album In Requiem prod. R Fulber/ Northern Music / (arr) piano

Mutya / album Real Girl / song Strung Out / Island Records / (arr) prod. Jony Rockstar

Mark Ronson / single Valerie / (arr) Metropolis prod. M Ronson

Candie Payne / single One More Chance / Columbia Records / Arr. / Metropolis prod. M Ronson

Candie Payne / album I Wish I Could Have Loved You More / song One More Chance / Columbia Records / (arr) / Metropolis prod. M Ronson

Mark Ronson / album Version / songs Stop Me, Apply Some Pressure, Valerie / Metropolis prod. M Ronson (arr)

Mark Ronson / single Stop Me / prod. M Ronson (arr)

Chrissie Hynde / album Born To The Breed: A Tribute To Judy Collins Tribute / song My Father / (piano)

Simon Webbe / album Grace / EMI / songs Don't Wanna Be That Man, Grace, Whatever Gets You Through The Night, Sunshine (A Love like That) / Angel prod. Matt Prime (arr)

Simon Webbe / single Grace / EMI / Angel prod. Matt Prime (arr)

Amy Winehouse / album Back To Black / Island / songs Back To Black, Rehab, Love Is A Losing Game / Metropolis Studios prod. M Ronson (arr)

Amy Winehouse / single Back To Black / Island / Metropolis Studios prod. M Ronson (arr)

Amy Winehouse / single Rehab / Island / Metropolis Studios prod. M Ronson (arr)

Amy Winehouse / single Love Is A Losing Game / Island / Metropolis Studios prod. M Ronson (arr)

Delerium / album Nauges Du Monde / song Tectonic Shift, Lumenis, Apparition / Nettwek / (arr) Perf. prod Rhys Fulber

Phil Collins / album Tarzan Original Soundtrack / Orch. prod. MDV [no PPL listing]

Josh Groban / album Awake / Reprise prod. MDV / songs Solo Por Ti, Mai, So She Dances, Let You Down (orch. arr)

Paul Hartnoll / album The Ideal Condition / Arr. Orch. prod Paul Hartnoll

Laura Michelle Kelly / album The Storm Inside / EMI Angel / (arr) / Angel Studios prod. MDV

Sugababes / album Taller In More Ways / Universal / Follow Me Home / 2 Hearts / Angel Studios prod. Jony Rockstar (arr)

Sugababes / single Follow Me Home / Angel Studios prod. Jony Rockstar (arr)

Sugababes / album Three / prod. Jony Rockstar (arr) pf

Sugababes / single Caught In A Moment / prod. Jony Rockstar (arr) pf

David Gray / album Life In Slow Motion / Atlantic Records / song Alibi / Orch. arr. / The Church Studios, Angel Studios / prod. MDV

David Gray / single Alibi / Atlantic Records / Orch. arr. / The Church Studios, Angel Studios / prod. MDV

Paradise Lost / album Paradise Lost / Northern Music / Arr. Perf. prod R Fulber

Conjure One / album Extraordinary Ways / songs Face The Music, Pilgrimage, Extraordinary Way / (arr) piano

Bebel Gilberto / album Bebel Gilberto / songs Simplesmente, All Around, River Song, Next To You / Crammed Discs / Angel MDV (arr)

Bebel Gilberto / single All Around / Crammed Discs / (arr)

Bebel Gilberto / single River Song / Crammed Discs / (arr)

Rufus Wainwright / album Want One / songs Oh What A World, I Don't Know What It Is, Vibrate, Dinner At Eight / Dreamworks / Angel Studios. prod. MDV (arr)

Rufus Wainwright / album Want / songs Oh What A World, I Don't Know What It Is, Vibrate, Dinner At Eight / Dreamworks / Angel Studios. prod. MDV (arr)

Rufus Wainwright / single I Don't Know What It Is / Dreamworks / Arr / Angel Studios. prod. MDV

AR Rahman / album Bombay Dreams / RUG / songs Loves Never Easy / (orch arr)

Delerium / album Chimera / song Serenity / Nettwek / (arr) Perf. prod Rhys Fulber

U.N.K.L.E. / album Never Never Land / songs Unkle Floyd, In A State, Eye For an Eye / Sphere Studios / prod. James Lavelle Ant Genn / (arr)

U.N.K.L.E. / single In A State / Arr / Sphere Studios / prod. James Lavelle Ant Genn

U.N.K.L.E. / single An Eye For An Eye / Arr / Sphere Studios / prod. James Lavelle Ant Genn

Paradise Lost / album Symbol Of Life / Nothern Music / Arr. Perf. prod R Fulber

Various Artists / Moulin Rouge! / songs Sparkling Diamonds, Rhythm Of The Night, Your Song, One Day I'll Fly Away, Elephent Love Medley, El Tango De Roxanne / 20th Century Fox / orch. arr / conducting, piano

Various Artists / Moulin Rouge! 2 / songs Sparling Diamonds, The Pitch(Spectacular Spectacular), Like A Virgin, Meet Me In The Red Room, Your Song (From The After The Storm Scene), The SHow Must Go On, Ascension/Nature Boy (From The Death And Ascension Scene) / 20th Century Fox / orch. arr / conducting / piano / composer

Various Artists / Moulin Rouge! Collectors Edition / songs Sparkling Diamonds, Rhythm Of The Night, Your Song, One Day I'll Fly Away, Elephent Love Medley, El Tango De Roxanne, The Pitch(Spectacular Spectacular), Like A Virgin, Meet Me In The Red Room, Your Song (From The After The Storm Scene), The SHow Must Go On, Ascension/Nature Boy (From The Death And Ascension Scene) 20th Century Fox / orch. arr / conducting / keys / composer

Melanie C / album Reason / Virgin Records / Arr x3 / Angel St prod. MDV

Melanie C / single Here It Comes Again / Virgin Records / Arr x3 / Angel St prod. MDV

Appleton Sisters / album Everything's Eventual / Arr x 2 / Angel St prod. MDV

Sugababes / album Angels With Dirty Faces / songs Stronger, Just Don't Need This / Angel Studios prod. Jony Rockstar / Arr x2 / Piano

Sugababes / single Stronger / Angel Studios prod. J Rockstar / Arr / Piano

Kinobe / album Verse Bridge Chorus / songs Butterfly, The G# Spot / Zomba Records / Arr x2

Kinobe / single Butterfly / Slip Into Something / Zomba Records / Arr

Conjure One / album Conjure One / songs Centre Of The Sun, Manic Star, Years, Sleep, Premonition Reprise / prod. Rhys Fulber / Nettwek Records / arr. x 6

Dum Dums / album It Goes Without Saying / prod. Steve Power / Wildstar Records / Arr x3 / Perf. Pf/keys

Dum Dums / single Army Of Two / prod. Steve Power / Wildstar Records / Arr / Perf. Pf/keys

Joe Cocker / album The Ultimate Collection 1968-2003 / song First We Take Manhatten, Different Roads, / piano (not on website)

Joe Cocker / album No Ordinary World / song First We Take Manhatten / piano (not on website)

L'ame Immortelle / album Gezeiten / prod. Rhys Fulber / song Stumme Schreie / string arr. / piano

L'ame Immortelle / single / prod. Rhys Fulber / song Stumme Schreie / string arr. / piano

Filmography
Eastside / Casey Productions / comp. perf.

Volvo Ocean Race / Music ID / Comp. Perf.

River Flows West / Lion TV / comp. perf.

Korea At War / Big Ape Media

Immortal / 22 Bullets dir. Luc Besson

Jack The Ripper In America / Fulcrum

Baboon Woman / Firecracker Films

Oil Spill - The Exxon Valdez Disaster

Indochine / Big Ape Media

Escala / Sky Sports ID

Stealing Klimt / Poppy Pictures / Comp. Perf

Chasing Churchill / Octagon / Com. Perf.

How England Won The World Cup / TWI / CH5 / Comp.Perf.

World's Smartest Kid / Firecracker Films / Comp. Perf.

VE Day In Colour / TWI / ITV / Comp. Perf.

Hope In Motion, Christopher Reeve / TWI / Comp. Perf.

Hitler In Colour / TWI / CH4 / Comp. Perf.

Tiger Woods DVD Collection / TWI / Disney / Comp. Perf.

D Day In Colour / TWI / ITV / Comp. Perf.

I Like… Standard Life TV ad / Leith Agency / Comp. Perf. Arr.

School Of Life / dir. Jake Polonsky / award winning short film / Comp. Perf.

Yorkshire Tea TV ad / Comp. Arr. Perf. / BW studio

Japan's War / TWI / NHK / PBS / Comp. Perf.

Suzie Gold / Green Wolf Films / Pathe / Film Score / Comp. Perf. Angel Studios

Churchill / TWI / ITV / Comp. Perf.

Valley Of The Kings / Lion TV / Comp. Perf.

The Perilous Fight / America's WW2 In Color / KCTS / TWI / Comp. Perf.

British Empire In Colour / TWI / ITV / Comp. Perf.

Queen Mother In Colour / TWI / ITV / Comp. Perf.

Wimbledon History Of The Championships / 4x1hr / TWI / BBC / Comp. Perf

Persil TV Ad / Larger Than Life / Arr. Perf. Vocals

Britain At War In Colour / TWI / Carlton TV / Comp. Perf

Churchill's Secret Army / Carlton TV / Comp. Perf

Second World War In Colour / TWI / Comp.

Moulin Rouge / Bazmark/Fox / Arr. Orch. Comp. Perf.

Century / TWI / Comp.

Anne Clark
Elliott's first professional performing gig was playing piano and keyboards with poet and songwriter Anne Clark for her 1994 tour which saw her depart from her usual electronic, dance sound to work with an acoustic band. This eventually culminated in the release of Psychometry (1994), which featured a concert recorded live on stage in the Passionskirche in Berlin.

Radio Science Orchestra
Elliott along with themenist Bruce Woolley and sax player Andy Visser was a founding member of the experimental electronic ensemble Radio Science Orchestra.

The Pretenders
Following on from working with Chrissie Hynde on the soundtrack for Eye Of The Beholder (1998) Elliott was invited to perform with The Pretenders at a star studded concert dedicated to the memory of Paul McCartney's late wife Linda, who was a photographer, musician and animal rights advocate. The concert, Here, There and Everywhere - A Concert For Linda (1999) was organised by Chrissie Hynde and Carla Lane as a fund raiser for animal charities. Following the concert Elliott spent the summer on keyboards with The Pretenders promoting their album Viva L'Amore around Europe.

Mark Ronson
Elliott conducted the BBC Concert Orchestra on Mark Ronson's opening night of the BBC Electric Proms at The Roundhouse on the 25th October 2007. The gig included many of the collaborators Mark Ronson had worked with on his hit album Version. Elliott wrote the arrangements for the orchestra during the three week build up period to the gig followed by two days of rehearsals with the 60 piece BBC Concert Orchestra and Ronson's band at Abbey Road Studio 1.

Elliott joined Mark Ronson and his band playing vibraphone and glockenspiel on Apply Some Pressure live on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross 21st December 2007.

Honours
IF Award Moulin Rouge! 2001

RTS Best Original Theme Tune 2003

RTS Best Original Theme Tune 2002 (Nomination)

RTS Best Original Television Score 2002 (Nomination)