Alex Heffes originally rose to international prominence with his scores to Kevin Macdonald's Academy Award-winning films ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND and BAFTA-winning TOUCHING THE VOID. More recent scores include THE RITE starring Anthony Hopkins, Charles Ferguson's Academy Award-winning feature documentary INSIDE JOB, Catherine Hardwicke's fantasy thriller RED RIDING HOOD (with Brian Reitzell) and the upcoming feature from Justin Chadwick THE FIRST GRADER.
After graduating from Oxford with a first-class degree, Alex first worked as writer and arranger on projects covering the musical spectrum from steel band to symphony orchestra with artists such as Elton John and members of Blur. His versatility as a composer has led to a busy and varied movie-scoring career spanning musical boundaries. His score to STATE OF PLAY starring Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck and Helen Mirren featured a collaboration with classic British rock producer Flood. During the scoring of THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND Alex traveled to Uganda to record and produce many of the bands featured on the soundtrack. Other scores include the HBO drama "Tsunami" (for which Alex was nominated for a BAFTA), DEAR FRANKIE (Miramax Films), the psychological thriller TRAUMA (Warner Bros.), starring Colin Firth and Mena Suvari, IMAGINE ME AND YOU (Fox Searchlight) and Steve Coogan's hi-jinx comedy THE PAROLE OFFICER. He collaborated with director Tim Burton on his screen adaptation of SWEENEY TODD starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter and has an ongoing collaboration with director Peter Webber on a series of multimedia and film projects in Qatar.
Alex's scores have been nominated for BAFTA, Ivor Novello, European Film Academy and ASCAP awards. In concert Alex's music has been featured at venues as diverse as Symphony Hall Birmingham, the London Jazz Festival, the Edinburgh Festival and the Sangat Music Festival in Mumbai, India. In 2003 he was invited to the Sultanate of Oman to attend the premiere of his overture commissioned by the Oman Royal Symphony Orchestra. His Band, the Alex Heffes Trio, was featured on the sountracks to WOMEN TALKING DIRTY (Rocket Pictures) and CIRCUS (Columbia Pictures).
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