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Leopold Ross | |
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| Also known as | Leo Ross |
| Born | 23 October 1980 London, England [1] |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, record producer, recording engineer |
| Labels | Epithaph, S2, Reprise, Iamsound, Sargent House, Sacred Bones |
Leopold "Leo" Ross is an English musician, record producer, recording engineer and music programmer. Leopold is a guitarist for LA-based band Io Echo. [2] He is best known for his collaborations with his brother Atticus Ross on various film and television scores.
Leopold was a founding member of eclectic rock band Nojahoda who released one album on Sony S2 Records in 1999.
In 2003 he joined his brother Atticus Ross, as well as Bad Religion member Brett Gurewitz in the punk/hardcore band Error. Along with temporary vocalist Greg Puciato, the band recorded and released a well received EP on Epitaph Records in 2004. Around this time Leopold also began his scoring career, composing the music for the USA Network show Touching Evil alongside Atticus Ross and Claudia Sarne.
Leopold has since gone on to score numerous motion pictures and television shows, beginning in 2009 with the Hughes brothers' movie The Book of Eli . In May 2010 this score won a BMI film music award.
Outside of his scoring work, Leopold has written, recorded, produced and performed with various noted acts including Bad Religion, Grace Jones, Korn, Dillinger Escape Plan, Rancid, The Transplants, Five Finger Death Punch, Brigitte Fontaine, The Big Pink, Io Echo and Brett Anderson.
Ross has five siblings, including model Liberty Ross and Atticus Ross, who is also a musician. His maternal grandfather was Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn. He is of Italian descent through his great-grandfather, Aldo Castellani. [3]
| Band, artist, show or movie | Song or album | Year | Credits |
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| Nojahoda | Jahoda Witness | 1999 | Guitar, vocals |
| Error | Error EP | 2004 | Guitar, programming |
| Bad Religion | Beyond Electric Dreams | 2004 | Sonic Alienator |
| Touching Evil | Music to accompany series | 2004 | Co-writer, guitar, production |
| Korn | See You on the Other Side, Tearjerker | 2005 | Producer, production assistant, co-writer (Tearjerker) |
| The Notorious B.I.G. | Duets: The Final Chapter | 2005 | Production assistant |
| Korn | Untitled | 2007 | Production assistant |
| Grace Jones | Devil In My Life | 2008 | Co-writer, guitar |
| Five Finger Death Punch | Never Enough | 2008 | Co-writer |
| New York, I Love You | Movie soundtrack ("Allen Hughes" segment) | 2009 | Co-composer |
| The Book of Eli | Movie score | 2010 | Co-composer, Performer |
| Fear and the Nervous System | Fear and the Nervous System | 2011 | Programming, guitar, co-producer, co-writer |
| Io Echo | Ministry of Love | 2013 | Producer, guitar, co-writer |
| Broken City | Movie score | 2013 | Composer, With Atticus Ross & Claudia Sarne |
| Blackhat | Movie score | 2015 | Composer, With Atticus Ross |
| Love & Mercy | Movie score | 2014 | Composer, With Atticus Ross |
| Triple 9 | Movie score | 2016 | Composer, With Atticus Ross, Claudia Sarne & Bobby Krlic |
| Almost Holy | Movie score | 2016 | Composer, With Atticus Ross & Bobby Krlic |
| The Defiant Ones | Television score | 2017 | Composer, With Atticus Ross & Claudia Sarne |
| Death Note | Movie score | 2017 | Composer, With Atticus Ross |
| Black Mirror | "Crocodile" (season 4, episode 3) | 2017 | Composer, With Atticus Ross |
| Corazón | Movie score | 2018 | Composer, With Atticus Ross |
| A Million Little Pieces | Movie score | 2018 | Composer, With Atticus Ross |
| Earthquake Bird | Movie score | 2019 | Composer, With Atticus Ross |
| Monarch: Legacy of Monsters | Television score | 2023 | Composer |
| Shōgun | Television score | 2024 | Composer, With Atticus Ross and Nick Chuba |
Michael Trent Reznor is an American musician. He came to prominence as the founder, lead vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and primary songwriter of the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. The band's line-up has constantly changed, with Reznor being its only official member from its creation in 1988 until 2016, when he added English musician and frequent collaborator Atticus Ross as its second permanent member.
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Liberty Lettice Lark Ross is an English model. She has appeared in publications such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, i-D, and Dazed & Confused. She is the sister of composers Atticus and Leopold Ross.
Io Echo was an American indie rock band formed in Los Angeles by Ioanna Gika and Leopold Ross. Their debut album, Ministry of Love, was released in 2013 on Iamsound in the US. Previously, the band released "While You Were Sleeping" single in 2010 and a self-titled EP in 2012 on the same label. Io Echo's style combines rock music compositions with instruments such as a Japanese koto harp and Chinese violins. Io Echo were hand-picked by Trent Reznor to open for Nine Inch Nails at the last show of their Wave Goodbye Tour. Io Echo have also recently composed the score to the Harmony Korine and James Franco film project Rebel. In 2013, the band played Coachella, Lollapalooza, South by South West and toured with Bloc Party and Garbage. As well as recording and touring, after seeing them perform live Jeffrey Deitch asked the band to curate an audio visual festival at the Museum of Modern Art Los Angeles. Io Echo named it PLAY MOCA and played alongside Salem, Cults, Zola Jesus, Active Child, and more.
Bobby Krlic, known by his stage name The Haxan Cloak, is a British composer, artist, music producer and musician.
Before the Flood is a collaboration soundtrack album by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Mogwai and Gustavo Santaolalla for Fisher Stevens's film of the same name. It was originally made available as an Apple Music exclusive on October 21, 2016 and received a wide digital release on October 28. A CD release is scheduled for December 16, 2016 with a vinyl release to follow. The song "A Minute to Breathe" was first made available as a digital single on October 7, 2016. The album was released on Lakeshore Records.
Watchmen (Music from the HBO Series) is the original score for the HBO superhero drama limited series Watchmen, composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. The score was released in three volumes on vinyl and digital services over the course of the series' broadcast in 2019, with Volume 1 on November 6, Volume 2 on November 27, and Volume 3 on December 18.
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