---
name: "Harry Escott"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harry-escott"
fi1m_id: "harry-escott"
imdb_id: "nm1879532"
tmdb_id: 20459
wikidata_id: "Q179108"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "9 September 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-24T04:13:58.519303+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Harry Escott

## Identity

Harry Escott

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/harry-escott
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** harry-escott
- **IMDb ID:** nm1879532
- **TMDB ID:** 20459
- **Wikidata ID:** Q179108
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Escott, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179108, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1879532/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20459

Composer. Born 9 September 1976 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 9 September 1976, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Clio Barnard](https://film.one/person/clio-barnard.md), [Tracy O'Riordan](https://film.one/person/tracy-oriordan.md), [Monica Dolan](https://film.one/person/monica-dolan.md), [Natalie Gavin](https://film.one/person/natalie-gavin.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 77 (1), 2010s 76 (4), 2020s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 76 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Thriller 2, Crime 1, Documentary 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Escott, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179108, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1879532/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20459

## Coming up

- *I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning* (2026-12-04), Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/i-see-buildings-fall-like-lightning.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Selfish Giant*](https://film.one/film/the-selfish-giant.md) (88)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Arbor*](https://film.one/film/the-arbor.md) (83)
- **MUBI:** [*Ali & Ava*](https://film.one/film/ali-and-ava.md) (82)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Shifty*](https://film.one/film/shifty.md) (77)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe*](https://film.one/tv/the-thief-his-wife-and-the-canoe.md) (75)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Harry Escott is a British composer born in London in 1976. He studied at the Royal College of Music and Somerville College, Oxford, and began as a chorister at Westminster Cathedral.

He has composed scores for films including *Hard Candy* (2005), *Shame* (2011), *Welcome to the Punch* (2013), *The Selfish Giant* (2013) and *Ali & Ava* (2021). He frequently collaborates with directors Steve McQueen, Michael Winterbottom and Clio Barnard. His television credits include *River* (2015) and *Roadkill* (2020).

Escott has received a BAFTA award for *Roadkill*, a BIFA for *Ali & Ava* and an RTS award for *Uprising* (2021).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, harryescott.co.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Ali & Ava* (2022), Fi1m 82, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/ali-and-ava.md)
- *The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe* (2022), Fi1m 75, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-thief-his-wife-and-the-canoe.md)
- *The Selfish Giant* (2013), Fi1m 88, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-selfish-giant.md)
- *Shame* (2011), Fi1m 74, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/shame.md)
- *I Am Slave* (2010), Fi1m 61, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-slave.md)
- *The Arbor* (2010), Fi1m 83, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-arbor.md)
- *Shifty* (2008), Fi1m 77, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/shifty.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning* (2026), Original Music Composer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/i-see-buildings-fall-like-lightning.md)
- *Joan* (2024), series, Music
- *The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe* (2022), series, Music, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-thief-his-wife-and-the-canoe.md)
- *Why Didn't They Ask Evans?* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *Ali & Ava* (2022), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/ali-and-ava.md)
- *Uprising* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *Roadkill* (2020), series, Music
- *Greed* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Wild Bill* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Wedding Guest* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Retablo* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Deep State* (2018), series, Original Music Composer
- *Journeyman* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Damascus Cover* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Dark River* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Everything Now* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *River* (2015), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Face of an Angel* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *New Worlds* (2014), series, Music
- *The Selfish Giant* (2013), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-selfish-giant.md)
- *Out of Darkness* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Run* (2013), series, Original Music Composer
- *Welcome to the Punch* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Shame* (2011), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/shame.md)
- *The Arbor* (2010), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-arbor.md)
- *I Am Slave* (2010), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-slave.md)
- *Father & Son* (2009), series, Original Music Composer
- *Shifty* (2008), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/shifty.md)
- *Poppy Shakespeare* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *A Mighty Heart* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Deep Water* (2006), Music
- *Ghosts* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Hard Candy* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *The Road to Guantanamo* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *A View from a Hill* (2005), Original Music Composer

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