Michael Price's soundtrack composition for TV shows such as Sherlock, Dracula, six seasons of the hugely successful Unforgotten, and films such as Eternal Beauty, Cheerful Weather and Wild Child, has seen him win an Emmy, as well as receive countless award nominations, including both BAFTA and two more EMMY noms for Sherlock, and an Ivor Novello nomination in 2021 for his work on Dracula, with David Arnold.
His work as a solo artist takes the form of beautiful improvised piano works, as heard on albums like Diary (2017) and Diary 2 (2024), or via lush, grand, hyper-detailed orchestral work, as heard on critically acclaimed releases via Erased Tapes Records such as Entanglement (2015) and Tender Symmetry (2018).
His first experience working in the world of film was as musical assistant, co-producer and arranger to the late Michael Kamen. During this time Price worked on hugely eclectic – and revered – projects including X-Men, Band of Brothers, The Iron Giant, as well as working with Metallica on their live S&M album. He also arranged, or wrote additional music, for films such as Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Casino Royale and Hot Fuzz.
This led to five years of music editing on some of the biggest films of the era – the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Love Actually, Bridget Jones 2 and finally Alfonso Cuaron’s masterpiece Children of Men, during which Price collaborated with the late Sir John Tavener to weave his Fragments of a Prayer masterfully into the film.