---
name: "Oli Julian"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/oli-julian"
fi1m_id: "oli-julian"
imdb_id: "nm4731995"
tmdb_id: 1812913
wikidata_id: "Q61780237"
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-27T09:04:49.554570+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."
---

# Oli Julian

## Identity

Oli Julian

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/oli-julian
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** oli-julian
- **IMDb ID:** nm4731995
- **TMDB ID:** 1812913
- **Wikidata ID:** Q61780237
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61780237, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4731995/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1812913

Composer. Born in Sheffield, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Active:** 2015–present
- **Also known as:** Oliver Julian
- **Frequently works with:** [Ben Taylor](https://film.one/person/ben-taylor.md), [Jim O'Hanlon](https://film.one/person/jim-ohanlon.md), [Sharon Horgan](https://film.one/person/sharon-horgan.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (2), 2020s 62 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 74 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Animation 1, Drama 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61780237, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4731995/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1812913

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Catastrophe*](https://film.one/tv/catastrophe-2015.md) (86), [*Amandaland*](https://film.one/tv/amandaland.md) (80)
- **Netflix:** [*Sex Education*](https://film.one/tv/sex-education.md) (78), [*The Twits*](https://film.one/film/the-twits.md) (45)

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

## Biography

Oli Julian is a British composer for television and film. He is credited as Oliver Julian on some earlier projects. Based in Sheffield, he studied languages before completing a master's in music production at the University of Westminster and began his career in advertising music.

Julian is known for his scores for *Sex Education* (2019–2023), *Catastrophe* (2015–2019), *Motherland* (2016–2022), *Us* (2020), *Renegade Nell* (2024), *The Full Monty* (2023), *Crashing* (2016) and *How to Build a Girl* (2020). Recent credits include *Amandaland* (2025), *Alma's Not Normal* (2024), *The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin* (2024), *Fackham Hall* (2025) and *The Twits* (2025). He has collaborated with songwriters including David Byrne, Nick Cave and Ezra Furman.

He is an RTS award winner, for the original title music of *Motherland*, and an Ivor Novello nominee.

*Sources: olijulian.co.uk, imdb.com, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Amandaland* (2025), Fi1m 80, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/amandaland.md)
- *The Twits* (2025), Fi1m 45, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-twits.md)
- *Sex Education* (2019), Fi1m 78, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/sex-education.md)
- *Catastrophe* (2015), Fi1m 86, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/catastrophe-2015.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Fackham Hall* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *The Twits* (2025), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/the-twits.md)
- *Amandaland* (2025), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/amandaland.md)
- *Renegade Nell* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *Greatest Days* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *The Full Monty* (2023), series, Original Music Composer
- *How to Build a Girl* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year* (2020), series, Original Music Composer
- *Us* (2020), series, Original Music Composer
- *Sex Education* (2019), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/sex-education.md)
- *Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *The Circuit* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Here Boy* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Crashing* (2016), series, Original Music Composer
- *Catastrophe* (2015), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/catastrophe-2015.md)
- *Pat & Cabbage* (2013), series, Original Music Composer

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