John Patrick Elliott
Composer
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
John is an award-winning composer, music producer, songwriter and performer from West Yorkshire.
Since moving into composing for theatre, TV and film, in 2022 he won the Stage Debut Award for Best Composer for his score for Olivier-nominated West End hit Cruise. He has also composed for feature films and television, as well as commercial work for clients including Google and Samsung.
John has worked with world-class producers including Graeme Stewart (Radiohead), Brett Shaw (Florence and the Machine) and Sonny Johns (Buena Vista Social Club, Tony Allen).
Previously he spent years on the road as a touring and recording artist in the UK and Europe, garnering a cult following for his genre-hopping project The Little Unsaid, now a regular staple at Glastonbury Festival and receiving radio support from the likes of Iggy Pop and Guy Garvey.
He was also recipient of the Steve Reid InNOVAtion Award for boundary-pushing music creators, judged by a panel including Gilles Peterson, Four Tet and Floating Points.
In 2024 KENREX was nominated for Best Off-West End Production at the WhatsOnStage Awards.
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE ISLE | Aria | New play in development with collaborator Jack Holden |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
KENREX 2024 | Sheffield Crucible | Directed by Ed Stambollouian |
ADA 2023 | National Youth Theatre | Written by Rebecca Manley |
CRUISE 2023 | HOME Manchester / Aria Entertainment | Composer & Performer By Jack Holden Dir. Bronagh Lagan *Winner Stage Debut Award for Best Composer, Lyricist or Book Writer *Nominated Olivier Awards - Best New Play 2022 *Nominated for Best Composer, Lyricist or Book Writer at the Stage Debut Awards 2022 *Winner Best Recorded Show (Edited - Significant Edits) - Offies 2022 |
WEEVER FISH 2023 | Central School of Speech & Drama | Original show commissioned and performed by final year students |
RING RING 2023 | Rose Bruford | By Gary Owen |
THE ALBUM 2022 | SAY / THE PLACE | Choreographed by Sarah Golding and Yukiko Masui |
CRUISE 2022 | Aria Entertainment / Lambert Jackson Productions / Apollo Theatre | Composer & Performer |
MAPDANCE 22 2022 | Mapdance 22 | Contemporary dance piece touring the UK throughout 2022 |
CRUISE 2021 | Aria Entertainment / Lambert Jackson / The Duchess Theatre | Composer & Performer |
ANIMAL FARM 2021 | National Youth Theatre 2021 / Royal & Derngate | Composer |
KENREX (rehearsed reading) 2018 | Stockroom / Shoreditch Town Hall | Composer and Performer |
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
INTO THE CONGO 2024 | Channel 5 |
Film
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THREE MOONS OF BIYANGDO 2022 | Newyonder | Composer |
WILD ISLES 2022 | Newyonder | Composer |
Short Films
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE ART OF HYBRID INTELLIGENCE 2022 | Brunswick Group | Composer |
SOMETIME ELSE 2020 | James Cleave Films | Composer |
IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU 2020 | Composer |
Press for CRUISE:
“The Little Unsaid’s John Elliott plays an electronic score that pulses softly throughout, beautifully building each scene with angelic, breathy synths as we go from phone line to nightclub to funeral and back.” - ★ ★ ★ ★ The Guardian
“John Elliott's music is nothing short of extraordinary and does so much to set atmosphere and add high impact.” - ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Broadway World
“Elliott underscores scenes with his brilliantly composed live synth and guitar score... Holden and Elliott are working in a transcendent tandem. It is a heart-stopping moment of modern musical theatre.” - Musical Theatre Review
“Entrancing…deeply atmospheric…songwriting of a real rich quality” - Clash
Press for KENREX:
“Holden is helped in this ambitious endeavour by an audacious and atmospheric live soundtrack that is composed and performed by John Patrick Elliott. Imagine, if you will, a musical score created by the ghost of Johnny Cash in collaboration with the celebrated duo of Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, and you will have something approximating Elliott’s remarkable combination of country and western with dystopian post-punk rock music.” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (Mark Brown, Telegraph)
“Holden’s performance is only one of the highlights of Stambollouian’s excellent production. Most apparent is John Patrick Elliott’s live score, its loops and echoes bubbling up into acoustic alt-country songs, more hard-edged than romantic.” ★ ★ ★ ★ (Mark Fisher, The Guardian)
“This is Holden’s second such show; London audiences may have caught his multi-roling turn in Cruise, which played in the West End in 2021. Like that production, this one benefits from live onstage music by John Patrick Elliott, who here amplifies our sense of time – 1981 – and place – a sleepy backwater of Missouri – with toe-tapping country tunes, wistful folk rock and a pulse-raising soundtrack.” ★ ★ ★ ★ (Holly Williams, The Stage)
"Spell-binding" ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (Ron Simpson, WhatsOnStage)
"An unforgettable theatrical experience" ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (All Things Theatre)
"Oozing with creativity, ambition and undeniable talent"★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (West End Best Friend)
"A thoroughly engaging and energetic play"★ ★ ★ ★ (Northern Arts Review)
"Incredibly impressive... A gripping piece of theatre" ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (The Reviews Hub)
"Absolutely phenomenal theatre" ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (Musical Theatre Review)
"Masterful"★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (Theatre-News)