Elizabeth Purnell works in sound and music in many genres, from audiobooks to radio, theatre, installations and events including the fanfare for the Commonwealth Games. She is also an Emmy nominated orchestral arranger and conductor for films and TV, including Black Mirror, Annihilation, Steve, HANNA, Any Human Heart, numerous BAFTA awarded natural history documentaries including Life of Mammals, Life in Cold Blood, Life in the Undergrowth, Africa, Meercats, 60 Years of Attenborough, recording with BBC orchestras and European ensembles.
Awards and Nominations
List of Productions
AS ORCHESTRATOR/ARRANGER:
FEATURE FILMS
STEVE | Music: Ben Salisbury
ANNIHILATION | Director: Alex Garland
CIVIL WAR | Director: Alex Garland
BEYONCE LIFE IS BUT A DREAM | Composer: Ben Salisbury
MAX | Composer: Dan Jones
SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE | Composer: Dan Jones
TV SERIES
CONSTELLATION | Composers: Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow | Apple TV
DEVS | Composers: Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow | BBC
BRITANNIA | Composer: Neil Davidge | Sky
HANNA | Series 2 & 3 | Composers: Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow | Netflix
AFRICA | Composer: Sarah Class | BBC
LIFE IN COLOUR | Composer: James Dorman | BBC
MADAGASCAR | Composer: Sarah Class | BBC
BLACK MIRROR | Composers: Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow | Netflix
THE LOST HONOUR OF CHRISTOPHER JEFFERIES | Composer: Dan Jones | BBC
DARK HEART | Composer: Dan Jones | ITV
WORLD ON FIRE | Composer: Dan Jones | BBC
WILD CANADA | Composer: Barnaby Taylor | BBC
ATTENBOROUGH 60 YEARS IN THE WILD | Composer: Ben Salisbury | BBC
DYNASTY | Composer: Will Slater | BBC
THE LIFE OF MAMMALS | Composer: Ben Salisbury | BBC
LIFE IN THE UNDERGROWTH | Composer: Ben Salisbury | BBC
LIFE IN COLD BLOOD | Composer: Ben Salisbury | BBC
THE HOLLOW CROWN | Composer: Dan Jones | BBC
SSGB | Composer: Dan Jones | BBC
THE FEAR | Composer: Dan Jones | C4
THE PERFECT PREDATOR | Composer: Ben Salisbury | BBC
NATURE OF BRITAIN | Composer: Ben Salisbury | BBC
WILD CARIBBEAN | Composer: David Lowe | BBC
OTHER
BBC EARTH PROM | 2022
COMMONWEALTH GAMES OPENING CEREMONY | 2022
PARALYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY | 2016
TREASURE ISLAND | National Theatre | 2015
THE KITCHEN | National Theatre | 2011
PETER GABRIEL | OVO Album
JETHRO TULL | European Tour
HARRY POTTER | Computer Game
FABLE II | Computer Game
CATWOMAN | Computer Game
