Oliver Kraus 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:
Christina Aguilera's No.1 Album, Bionic and Golden Globe nominated song from the film Burlesque 'Bound To You'"Bound to You" from the Burlesque soundtrack
As a composer, Kraus has written music for film and television with frequent collaboration with Sia Furler and The Cure drummer Jason Cooper.
Film and Soundtrack
Fifty Shades Freed, dir. James Foley, Song "Helium" Produced and Arranged for Sia Furler 2018
You, Me and Gasoline dir. Jenna A Rice, Co-written with Joel Shearer 2017
Fifty Shades Darker, dir. James Foley, Song "Deer in Headlights" Produced and Arranged for Sia Furler 2017
Finding Dory dir. Andrew Stanton, Song "Unforgettable' Arranged, Produced and Conducted for Sia Furler 2016
Bad Santa 2 dir. Mark Waters, Song " Home for the Holidays" Co-Produced with John Alagia, singer Joy Williams 2016
San Andreas dir. Brad Peyton, Song 'California Dreaming' Produced for Sia Furler 2015
Fifty Shades Of Grey dir. Sam Taylor-Johnson, Song 'Salted Wound' Co-Written and Produced for Sia Furler 2015
, dir. Baz Luhrmann, song Kill and Run Produced and Arranged for Sia Furler, 2013
Without Gorky dir. Cosima Spender, Score Co-Written with Jason Cooper and Matteo Cipollina 2012
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
The Power of the Game, dir. Michael Apted, 2007 cues written for score.
Spiderhole, dir. Daniel Simpson, Music score co-written and Produced with Jason Cooper, 2009
The Uninvited, dir. Daniel Simpson, Music score co-written and Produced with Jason Cooper, 1999
‘h’ dir, Daniel Simpson, Music score co-written and Produced with Jason Cooper, 1995
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.
