Anthony Weeden
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Anthony has established an outstanding career as an orchestral conductor and orchestrator with a keen desire to step beyond traditional musical boundaries. His vast repertoire, ability to work in diverse musical styles and genres, and friendly character make him frequently in demand with orchestras and ensembles around the world. Anthony's award-winning work for the film and TV industry, which includes Golden Globe, Academy Award, and BAFTA wins and nominations, demonstrates why leading composers and orchestras, both in the film and classical music industries, consistently choose to work with him.
Anthony has collaborated with numerous innovative artists such as composers Jóhann Jóhannsson, Michael Giacchino, Christophe Beck, David Buckley, Peter Gregson, Bear McCreary, Tarik O'Regan, Junkie XL, David Arnold, Michael Price, Mica Levi, Stuart MacRae, Django Bates, Stephen Emmer, and Gabriel Prokofiev; singer-songwriters David Byrne, Anna Calvi and Antony & The Johnsons; pianists Joanna MacGregor and Ben Schoeman; bassist-vocalist Richard Bona; guitarist Gary Lucas; vocalists Oleta Adams and Nona Hendryx; saxophonist Jean-Yves Fourmeau; Norwegian experimental jazz band Jaga Jazzist; mezzo soprano Clare Presland; jazz trumpeter Matthias Schriefl; artist/writer Tamarin Norwood; and poet/rapper Kate Tempest.
Anthony has worked with international orchestras such as Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Metropole Orkest, South Denmark Philharmonic, Duisburger Philharmoniker, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Heritage Orchestra, Greek National Opera, Orchestre National d'Île-de-France, Orchestre de L'Opera de Lyon, RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Novaya Opera Orchestra, Philharmonia Istanbul, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Joensuu City Orchestra, Trondheim Soloists, Twentieth Century Orchestra, Sinfonietta de Lisboa, London Metropolitan Orchestra and Budapest Art Orchestra. He also regularly works with all the main UK orchestras including the Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Some of his recent film credits include conducting for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), as well as orchestrating and conducting for The Sandman (Netflix, 2022) and orchestrating for Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022).
Growing up on the North East coast of England, Anthony was immersed in the brass band traditions of the region as a cornet player, before studying trumpet and composition at the Royal Academy of Music, Junior Academy until he was 18. He graduated from the University of Durham with a BA Hons degree in Music, specialising in composition, and continued his studies in orchestral conducting at the Royal College of Music, and worked as assistant conductor to renowned conductors Lorin Maazel and Daniele Gatti. He won the August Manns prize for conducting two years consecutively at the Royal College of Music and was the first-ever winner of the Norman Del Mar Conducting Prize in 1999. In 2014, Anthony was awarded an Honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, London.
Anthony has collaborated with numerous innovative artists such as composers Jóhann Jóhannsson, Michael Giacchino, Christophe Beck, David Buckley, Peter Gregson, Bear McCreary, Tarik O'Regan, Junkie XL, David Arnold, Michael Price, Mica Levi, Stuart MacRae, Django Bates, Stephen Emmer, and Gabriel Prokofiev; singer-songwriters David Byrne, Anna Calvi and Antony & The Johnsons; pianists Joanna MacGregor and Ben Schoeman; bassist-vocalist Richard Bona; guitarist Gary Lucas; vocalists Oleta Adams and Nona Hendryx; saxophonist Jean-Yves Fourmeau; Norwegian experimental jazz band Jaga Jazzist; mezzo soprano Clare Presland; jazz trumpeter Matthias Schriefl; artist/writer Tamarin Norwood; and poet/rapper Kate Tempest.
Anthony has worked with international orchestras such as Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Metropole Orkest, South Denmark Philharmonic, Duisburger Philharmoniker, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Heritage Orchestra, Greek National Opera, Orchestre National d'Île-de-France, Orchestre de L'Opera de Lyon, RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Novaya Opera Orchestra, Philharmonia Istanbul, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Joensuu City Orchestra, Trondheim Soloists, Twentieth Century Orchestra, Sinfonietta de Lisboa, London Metropolitan Orchestra and Budapest Art Orchestra. He also regularly works with all the main UK orchestras including the Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Some of his recent film credits include conducting for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), as well as orchestrating and conducting for The Sandman (Netflix, 2022) and orchestrating for Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022).
Growing up on the North East coast of England, Anthony was immersed in the brass band traditions of the region as a cornet player, before studying trumpet and composition at the Royal Academy of Music, Junior Academy until he was 18. He graduated from the University of Durham with a BA Hons degree in Music, specialising in composition, and continued his studies in orchestral conducting at the Royal College of Music, and worked as assistant conductor to renowned conductors Lorin Maazel and Daniele Gatti. He won the August Manns prize for conducting two years consecutively at the Royal College of Music and was the first-ever winner of the Norman Del Mar Conducting Prize in 1999. In 2014, Anthony was awarded an Honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, London.