Jonathan Elias

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Jonathan Elias

Jonathan Elias (* 1956 in New York City ) is an American film composer .

Life

Elias, who took piano lessons from the age of six, studied at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester and Bennington College in Vermont. In 1979 he made his debut as a film composer with the music of Ridley Scott's Alien . Since 1986 he has also composed for pop music groups such as John Taylor's Duran Duran (1988 album Big Thing ), BB King , Alanis Morissette , James Taylor and Yes .

In 1990, inspired by photos by Edward S. Curtis , he released his first album, Requiem for the Americas: Songs from the Lost World , on which u. a. Toni Childs , Michael Bolton , Patti Scialfa and Jon Anderson participated.

In 1992 Elias went to California, where u. a. the music for Chaplin and The Singing Detective emerged. In 1999, his nine-part choral symphony The Prayer Cycle was premiered. Alanis Morissette , Linda Ronstadt , James Taylor , Ofra Haza from Israel, the Pakistani Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan , Salif Keita from Mali and the Tibetan Yungchen Lhamo participated in the performance . As a continuation of the work, Prayers in Silence was created , which was premiered by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir and the soloists Sting , Salif Keita, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Jonathan Davis .

Discography

Solo albums:

  • Requiem for the Americas: Songs from the Lost World (1990)
  • The Prayer Cycle (1999, Sony Classical)
  • American River (2004, Decca Records)
  • The Prayer Cycle II (2008, Universal Classics Group)

As a producer (selection):

Filmography (selection)

Movies

Series

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Elias, Jonathan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City