Leopold Ross


Leopold "Leo" Ross is an English musician, record producer, recording engineer and music programmer.
Leopold is a guitarist in LA based band Io Echo.

Career

Leopold was a founding member of eclectic rock band Nojahoda who released one album on Sony S2 Records in 1999.
In 2003 he joined his brother Atticus Ross, as well as Bad Religion member Brett Gurewitz in the punk/hardcore band Error. Along with temporary vocalist Greg Puciato, the band recorded and released a well received EP on Epitaph Records in 2004. Around this time Leopold also began his scoring career, composing the music for the USA Network show Touching Evil alongside Atticus Ross and Claudia Sarne.
Leopold has since gone on to score numerous motion pictures and television shows, beginning in 2009 with the Hughes brothers' movie The Book of Eli. In May 2010 this score won a BMI film music award.
Outside of his scoring work, Leopold has written, recorded, produced and performed with various noted acts including Bad Religion, Grace Jones, Korn, Dillinger Escape Plan, Rancid, The Transplants, Five Finger Death Punch, Brigitte Fontaine, The Big Pink, Io Echo and Brett Anderson.

Personal life

Ross has five siblings, including model Liberty Ross and Atticus Ross, who is also a musician. His maternal grandfather was Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn. He is of Italian descent through his great-grandfather, Aldo Castellani.

Selected credits

Band, artist, show or movieSong or albumYearCredits
NojahodaJahoda Witness1999Guitar, vocals
ErrorError EP2004Guitar, programming
Bad ReligionBeyond Electric Dreams2004Sonic Alienator
Touching EvilMusic to accompany series2004Co-writer, guitar, production
KornSee You on the Other Side, Tearjerker2005Producer, production assistant, co-writer
The Notorious B.I.G.2005Production assistant
KornUntitled2007Production assistant
Grace JonesDevil In My Life2008Co-writer, guitar
Five Finger Death PunchNever Enough2008Co-writer
New York, I Love YouMovie soundtrack 2009Co-composer
The Book of EliMovie score2010Co-composer, Performer
Fear and the Nervous SystemFear and the Nervous System2011Programming, guitar, co-producer, co-writer
Io EchoMinistry of Love2013Producer, guitar, co-writer
Broken CityMovie score2013Composer, With Atticus Ross & Claudia Sarne
BlackhatMovie score2015Composer, With Atticus Ross
Love & MercyMovie score2014Composer, With Atticus Ross
Triple 9Movie score2016Composer, With Atticus Ross, Claudia Sarne & Bobby Krlic
Almost HolyMovie score2016Composer, With Atticus Ross & Bobby Krlic
The Defiant OnesMovie score, Documental2017Composer, With Atticus Ross & Claudia Sarne
Death NoteMovie score2017Composer, With Atticus Ross
Black Mirror'Crocodile' score2017Composer, With Atticus Ross
Corazónscore2018Composer, With Atticus Ross
A Million Little Piecesscore2018Composer, With Atticus Ross
Earthquake Birdscore2019Composer, With Atticus Ross