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Steve Isles, a classically trained pianist and violinist, writes, arranges, orchestrates and produces music for film, TV and performing artists. He played for several years in various bands playing different styles of music from jazz to rock which has made him extremely versatile and able to write distinctive music for any genre: from action to comedy, thrillers to romance. He's equally at home writing for orchestra or creating studio based scores, and he has a great sense of drama and ability to write to picture.

Steve has just finished scoring Guy Ritchie’s Rock’N’Rolla (starring Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton and Tom Wilkinson) for Warner Brothers due out for release in 2008. He has also recently composed for several award-winning productions including Sundance, ‘Grand Jury Prize Nominee’ and winner of ‘Best Documentary’ at the British Independent Film Awards, Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten directed by Julien Temple; along with a short film called The Stronger starring Claire Higgins (The Golden Compass) which was an adaptation of the Auguste Strindberg play, which won ‘Best Short Film’ at Raindance 2007 and was nominated for a BAFTA and the Cutting Edge C4 documentary The Dangerous School For Boys which won a Royal Television Society Award for ‘Best Documentary’.

Aside from Steve’s composing work he also writes songs under the production name Elcho, with commercial releases on Nettwerk Records, EMI, Café Del Mar, BMG and Universal.

“Steve's talent and commitment to his work make a formidable combination” - Colin Leventhal (Exec. Producer) Nina’s Heavenly Delights

“The soundtrack is haunting” - Steven Berkoff (writer/actor/director) Cargo

"Cargo - The score and atmospheric music made it" - Maggie Taylor (Double Scorpio Films)

“Probably the most talented composer I’ve worked with” - Mike Smith, (award-winning documentary-maker) Panorama

“The music you have written is absolutely beautiful. I think you’re a great talent” - Eileen Quinn (Producer) IWC Media on Heavenly Father

“The music you composed had the vibrancy, energy, and style I wanted and has helped the programme immensely, and I feel you completely fitted the brief I gave you but gave me something even better than I expected which I am delighted with. I wouldn’t hesitate to work with you again”
- Shelley Lawrence (Director)

"Very atmospheric- actually quite terrifying. The music really lifted the intensity"- Patricia Greenland (Producer)

Film Credits include:

Rock'n'Rolla (dir: Guy Ritchie. Dark Castle Ents / Warner Bros)
The Stronger (Tightrope Pics) Raindance Winner & BAFTA nominee
I Want Candy (select cues for Fragile Films)
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (select cues for Nitrate Films)
Nina's Heavenly Delights (Kali Films / Priority Pictures)
Backwaters (Mars Entertainment Group)
Cargo (Yellow Productions)
Viva Liberty (dir: Dishad Husain. IWC Media / C4)
Karma Cowboys (dir: Steve Barker. IWC Media / C4)
Pillow Talk (dir: Adam Ganz . IWC Media / C4)
Rockabye (dir: Tim Supple. IWC Media / C4)
Randomer (dir: Jules Williamson. IWC Media / C4)
Bird’s Eye View (dir: David O’Neill IWC Media / C4)
Heavenly Father (dir: Ursula MacFarlane / C4)
Thursday Already (dir: Dan Hine. / C4)
Window (dir: Paloma Baeza / C4)
Stir It Up (dir: Colin Hutton / C4)
You’re In There Ltd (starring Nick Moran)
Heyday (British Film Council Award and Cannes 2005)
The Visit (dir: Patrick Malone)
Steve Isles The Inheritance (Avignon Productions)
Sleeper (Yellow Productions) – Raindance Festival
The Boyfriend – Rushes Short Film Festival
The Split (Mezzanine Films) – Raindance / BBC Festivals
Sand (Pridepath Productions) – Cannes entry 2003
POV (Pridepath Productions)

Television Credits include:

Echo Beach – (Kudos Film & Television / ITV1)
The Dangerous School For Boys – (C4) RTS Award
The Storm and The Crash – (Wellpark Productions / C4)
The Spy Who Stole My Life – (Creative Touch / C5)
Coming Up (III & IV) – (11 x films for IWC Media )
Peep Show – (Objective Productions/ C4) - Songs
The Chase – (Rollem Productions / BBC1) - Theme
101 Things – (Mentorn / C4)
Steve Isles Born Too Soon – (Maverick Productions / C4)
The Extremists (III) – (Diverse Productions / C4)
Altered Statesman – (5X1hour Outline Prods / Discovery)
Outlaws & Angels – (September Films / Discovery)
Monkey Dust – (Talkback Productions / BBC2) - Songs
Liar – (Talkback Productions / BBC2)

In addition to Steve Isles work as a composer, Steve has worked with several successful producers whose credits include Massive Attack, Peter Gabriel, William Orbit and Goldie.

Writing under the pseudonym of Elcho with his partner Jamie Cullum, their songs can be heard on the award-winning cult animation Monkey Dust and the Café Del Mar albums to name but a few. They also achieved chart success with Reach For Me (performed by Kirsty Hawkshaw) which secured fourth position in the Music Week Dance Chart. The song features as a key track in the feature film Nina’s Heavenly Delights which Steve scored.

His song Space Between was released via Karma Records features in Spelling/Paramount series Summerland.

“Space Between...this is clearly a track with class written all over it!” - Judge Jules (Radio 1 DJ)

“Probably the best chill out record of 2005" - Eddie Gordon (DJ In The Mix)

“Space Between is a great track that is ....to my mind mining the same musical scene as Massive Attack!” - selected as London Calling Artist of the Week - Gary Crowley (BBC Radio London)

Reach For Me – ‘Nina’s Heavenly Delights’ for Priority Pictures
Space Between – ‘Summerland’ for Spelling / Paramount
Lazy Summer Days – Café del Mar 12
Monkey Dust – Talkback / BBC2
Stop The World - Café del Mar 25th Anniversary Album