Oliver Weeks Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

To date, I have scored two full-length feature film soundtracks: Cat Sticks (Ronny Sen, India 2019), dealing with drug addicts in Kolkata and which premiered at Slamdance 2019 and Rising Silence (Leesa Gazi, Bangladesh / Uk / India 2018), based around the stories of the Birangona, survivors of the mass rape by the Pakistani Army in the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh and which won the ‘Best Documentary’ award at Dhaka International Film Festival 2019.

London, England, United Kingdom

I have had concert pieces commissioned and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonia, the Royal Academy Soloists, the BBC Singers and the Endymion Ensemble and others. In 2012, I was also Cambridge University Music Society’s inaugural composer-in-residence.

London, England, United Kingdom

Arranger and transcriber for several top UK ensembles, educational institutions, publishing houses and private clients, including Faber Music, Ltd., Chas & Dave (as their in-house arranger), Elton John (transcriptions of new material for the The Million Dollar Piano Vegas residency), Andy Burrows (for David Brent: Life On The Road), the The Royal Academy of Music’s Manson Ensemble, transcribing Frank Zappa album tracks for use in the RAM’s 2010 festival of Zappa’s music, and the The London Sinfonietta, collaborating with Philip Cashian to produce performable orchestral scores of Jonny Greenwood’s music.Clients include: The Aurora Orchestra Birdy (Piano Songbook transcription) Andy Burrows Chas & Dave (Horn, String arrangements & Songbook updated 2008 edition) Josh Cohen The City of London Sinfonia Faber Music, Ltd. Howard Goodall Keaton Henson Elton John The London Chamber Orchestra The London Sinfonietta / Johnny Greenwood LUX:NM Contemporary Music Ensmble, Berlin Norfolk Music Hub The PAIX Project The Royal Academy of Music / Manson Ensemble Alan Rusbridger Sing Up! Trinity College London (Rock & Pop Exam Syllabus) The Turntable Symphonograph Orchestra Witch 'N' Monk

London, England, United Kingdom

Freelance arranger for Faber Music. During this time I was involved in creating the artist-endorsed sheet music produced for numerous major artists, such as Radiohead, Muse, Stormzy, Birdy, David Guetta, The Arctic Monkeys, Adele, Coldplay, Regina Spektor, Mumford & Sons, Ben Howard, Chas’n'Dave, Keane, Take That, Courtney Pine, Tom O'Dell, The Gossip, One Direction, Bullet for my Valentine, Florence and the Machine, Paolo Nutini, Sigur Ros, Alicia Keyes, Elbow and Kasabian. Arrangements of music by older artists include Queen, Nat King Cole, Metallica, Jerry Lee Lewis, Motorhead, Stevie Wonder, Judy Garland, and Nina Simone. Through Faber, I also worked on projects for Sing Up! and Trinity College London’s Rock & Pop Exam Syllabus.

London, England, United Kingdom

During this time I oversaw the publication of music by Pink Floyd, Green Day, Muse, Rufus Wainwright, The Arctic Monkeys, Snow Patrol, The Automatic & many others. This was primarily an editorial role but involved some arranging, composition and studio work.

Ph.D, Compostion

Mphil, Musical Composition

Ba, Music