THEO ELWELL

Theo is an award-winning composer working between London, LA and NYC. His work for screen has earned international recognition with awards from MUSIC+SOUND Awards, International Sound and Music Festival, and Shots Awards.

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Recent credits include the double BAFTA-winning series Who Do You Think You Are?, BBC's critically acclaimed The Holy Land & Us, and collaborations with BIFA-nominated director Daisy-May Hudson. He has also contributed as orchestrator and music editor to a number of projects for Nainita Desai and David Schweitzer including the Ivor Novello-nominated Three Little Birds (recorded at RAK and Abbey Road Studios) and Netflix's The Spider-Man of Paris. He is currently scoring upcoming productions for BBC Studios and Amazon Prime.

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In addition to his work for screen, he works as an arranger and orchestrator for top 10-charting artists and producers. 

Theo studied violin and composition with a double scholarship at London's Trinity Laban Conservatoire. In 2025, he was offered a place to study conducting under Mark Shapiro as part of the Juilliard School Extension programme, and was invited to participate in the 10th anniversary Los Angeles Film Conducting Intensive - whose alumni include Ludwig Göransson (Oppenheimer, Sinners) and Tom Howe (Ted Lasso, Shrinking).