Michael Price

Most musicians, if they are lucky, will master one craft or field within their career. For Michael Price, he’s managed three, with his music spanning across piano, orchestral and soundtrack work. The soundtrack work – for TV shows such as Sherlock, Dracula, and Unforgotten, and films such as Eternal Beauty, Cheerful Weather and Just Jim – has seen Price win an Emmy, as well as receive countless nominations (including a BAFTA nomination and an Ivor Novello nomination for his work on Dracula, with David Arnold). Price has also 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 & Hot Fuzz. His work as a solo artist takes the form of beautiful improvised piano works, as heard on albums like Diary (2017), or via lush, grand, hyper-detailed orchestral work, as heard on critically acclaimed releases via Erased Tapes such as Entanglement (2015) and Tender Symmetry (2018). 2024 sees the release of Diary 2, following the international success of the personal, heart-felt album, Whitsun. Both reflect the authentic, intimate side of a musician at the height of his powers. Photo: Phil Sharp