Oliver Kraus (born 1970 in Shepherd's Bush, London) is an English musician best known for his work as a cellist and string arranger/ producer and composer for film and television.
String arrangements and performance
Kraus has performed with numerous international artists, both on tour and in studio. As an
arranger, he has written, arranged and performed strings for many artists including:[1]
Without Gorky[7] dir. Cosima Spender, Score[8] Co-Written with Jason Cooper and Matteo Cipollina 2012
Twilight Eclipse dir. David Slade, song ‘My Love’ co-written and Produced with Sia Furler, 2010
From Within, dir. Phedon Papamichael, 2008 Music Score co-written and Produced with Jason Cooper, winner of Grand Jury Award for Best Music Score at the Solstice Film Festival
Joybells, dir. Mike Hawley, Music score written and produced. 2007
Stanley, dir. Mike Hawley, Music score written and produced 2007
Spiderhole, dir. Daniel Simpson, Music score co-written and Produced with Jason Cooper, 2009
The Uninvited,[9] dir. Daniel Simpson, Music score co-written and Produced with Jason Cooper, 1999
‘h’[10] dir, Daniel Simpson, Music score co-written and Produced with Jason Cooper, 1995
Handle with Care, dir, Alexis Bowler & Sandy Hunt, WWF, Co-written with Antony Wilkins & Miriam Kaufman. Awards: Winner Best Children's Program at Chicago International Children's Film Festival; New England Children's Film festival; British Animation Week, National Film Theatre, London; Edinburgh International Film Festival
Television
Kraus has worked with the BBC's Documentary department scoring music for a number of series including 7 episodes of BBC1's ‘Macintyre Investigates’ featuring
BAFTA-nominated investigative reporter Donal Macintyre, 12 episodes of BBC1's ‘Whistleblowers’ series, and BBC1's flagship documentary series ‘Panorama’. He teamed up again with writing partner Jason Cooper to score music for the BBC Wildlife Documentary series ‘Natural World," working with Simon King on several documentary films.[11]
Selected credits
Meerkats, Natural World, BBC 2, 2003
What's the Big Idea, Series, Discovery Channel, 2004