Composer Profile

Ellie Cumming

(1990–)

Hometown: Umina Beach, New South Wales

Living in: New South Wales

Ellie Cumming is a composer specialising in film and television. Ellie pursued her musical studies in composition at the West Australian Academy of the Performing Arts. She completed her Bachelor of Music in Composition, and her Honours degree in 2011 where she was awarded the inaugural Dr Harold Schenberg Music Prize, receiving a scholarship to study in the United States of America. Ellie then completed her postgraduate studies at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, writing music for several short films and documentaries. Ellie’s award-winning short films have been exhibited at the Cinequest Film Festival, Berlin; Down Under Berlin; Toronto International Film Festival; the 51st Chicago International Film Festival; the London Sci-Fi Film Festival; and the Fourth Edition of Filmstrip International Film Festival, among several others. Ellie attained a position at Jigsaw Music where she has continued to orchestra, copy, and undertake studio assistant work on various local and international films, including Peter Rabbit, Lego Batman, Open Season 4, The Director and the Jedi, and Lego Ninjago, as well as numerous stage productions including Conchita, SYO IGNITE Symphonic Dance for VIVID Sydney and Muriel's Wedding: The Musical. Ellie journeyed to Los Angeles, where she interned at Michael Levine's Studio and has now become a part of their Mpath Composing Team. Furthermore, she has collaborated with Pete Seibert on the "Deloitte Music Video" as well as working on Andrew Lippa's musical, Unbreakable. Ellie joined Joy Music House team, where she has copied and studio-assisted on the Miriam Cutler documentary, Love Gilda that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, among others. Ellie has written additional music on Benjamin Speed's team for the Australian-Chinese film At Last, and was the Head Orchestrator. She is currently working on Amie Doherty's orchestration team for projects such as Star Trek: Discovery. Ellie orchestrated the Jurassic Park short, Battle at Big Rock, which premiered in 2019, and The High Note, which premiered in 2020. She has written additional music for Happiest Season (2020) and assisted on Amie Doherty's score of the Dreamworks Animation feature, Spirit: Untamed (2021).

Horn Ensemble Works

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