Chris Roe is an Ivor Novello nominated composer, combining an acoustic palette with a contemporary edge. A classically trained pianist and string player and graduate of the Royal College of Music, Chris is equally at home working with a full orchestra as with a broken tape machine or vintage synth, and is meticulous is building a distinctive palette for each project. 

He has just finished scoring dark comedy/thriller Bad Apples starring Saoirse Ronan. Chris’ previous film work has included The Salt Path starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs, Blue Jean (winning the audience award at the Venice Film Festival) as well as scoring BAFTA-winning film After Love.

In the world of TV, Chris has recently finished scoring the new Anthony Horowitz thriller series Nine Bodies In A Mexican Morgue for MGM+/BBC, as well as true crime thriller The Lady for The Crown producers Left Bank Pictures. He has previously scored 6 part thriller Wolf for Hartswood Films/BBC as well as multiple series for Jed Mercurio’s HTM Television including Trigger Point and Payback.

For documentary, Chris has worked with Ridley Scott Associates/Netflix twice, most recently on their series Surviving Black Hawk Down, and previously on their International Emmy nominated series, Robbie Williams, for which Chris was nominated for an MAS Award for Best Original Score.