ALEX BARANOWSKI
Alex Baranowski is a multi award-winning and nominated composer and graduate of Paul McCartney’s LIPA based in London. Scores for film include the twice BAFTA nominated feature McCullin (Curzon), Nureyev (Universal Film), A Christmas Carol (staring Carrey Mulligan and Andy Serkis) and Warner Bros’ The Windermere Children that premiered early 2020. Alex also notably scored Gillian Anderson’s directorial debut, The Departure. 

Nominated for a Tony Award for The Cripple of Inishmaan on Broadway, Alex has composed music for several theatre productions around the world, many of which broadcast to cinemas; working with directors including Danny Boyle, Sir Nicholas Hytner and Rupert Goold. His ballet adaption of 1984 for Northern Ballet won the prestigious South Bank Award for Dance after a sold out run at Sadler’s Wells. Alex’s work for the BBC has included collaborating with legendary singer Sir John Tomlinson and London Metropolitan Orchestra for the BBC’s Theme for the 2018 World Cup; as well as composing music and sound design for BBC Two’s multi award winning new channel idents. In 2016 Alex composed the score to multi-Oscar nominated director Wes Anderson’s quirky ‘Come Together’ film for H&M. 

​Alex has also collaborated with Mercury Prize winning band The xx alongside the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra as well as Jungle, Clean Bandit, Underworld and virtuoso violinist Daniel Hope for the Spheres record which reached number 1 in the UK and number 3 in the US Classical Billboard charts. Alex is currently completing his debut album set for release late 2020.