Biography
Alex Heffes scored Kevin Macdonald's Oscar®-winning films "One Day in September" and "The Last King of Scotland," and, more recently, "State of Play." His other recent films include Mikael Håfström's "The Rite"; the Oscar®-nominated documentary "Inside Job," and Justin Chadwick's "The First Grader." Heffes was also a music arranger on Tim Burton's screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street."
Among his other films are "Touching the Void"; HBO's "Tsunami: The Aftermath," for which he received a BAFTA Award nomination; "Dear Frankie"; "Trauma"; "Imagine Me and You"; and "The Parole Officer." He is currently collaborating with director Peter Webber on a series of multimedia productions for the Emirate of Qatar.
After graduating from Oxford, Heffes first worked as writer and arranger on projects covering the musical spectrum from steel band to symphony orchestra, with artists such as Elton John and members of Blur, before segueing to film scoring.
On the concert platform, Heffes' music has been featured at venues as diverse as Symphony Hall Birmingham, the London Jazz Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He was composer in residence at the Sangat Music Festival in Mumbai, India and, in 2003, was invited to the Sultanate of Oman to attend the premiere of his overture commissioned by the Oman Royal Symphony Orchestra. His band, the Alex Heffes Trio, was featured on the soundtracks to "Women Talking Dirty" and "Circus." He is presently working on a record project that includes collaborations with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Regina Spektor, Yasmin Levy, Mathew Barley and others.
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Composer
Movies | |
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2023 |
Knox Goes Away |
Mafia Mamma |
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2021 |
Intrusion |
2020 |
The 24th |
The Big Ugly |
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2019 |
Hope Gap |
Miss Bala |
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2018 |
Cagney and Lacey (TV movie) |
Pickpockets: Maestros del robo |
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2016 |
Bastille Day |
Queen of Katwe |
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2015 |
The Program |
2014 |
What We Did on Our Holiday |
2013 |
Escape Plan |
Love and Honor |
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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom |
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2012 |
Emperor |
2011 |
Red Riding Hood |
Stolen (TV movie) |
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The Engagement |
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The Rite |
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2010 |
The First Grader |
2009 |
State of Play |
2006 |
Last King of Scotland |
Tsunami: The Aftermath (TV movie) |
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2005 |
Imagine Me & You |
Too Fat Too Furious |
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2004 |
Dear Frankie |
Out of Reach |
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Trauma |
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2003 |
Crust |
2001 |
Late Night Shopping |
The Parole Officer |
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2000 |
Circus |
Humphrey Jennings (TV movie) |
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Running Time |
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1998 |
Big Cat (TV movie) |
Little White Lies (TV movie) |
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2024 |
Shardlake |
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Episode 4 (E04) |
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Episode 3 (E03) |
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Episode 2 (E02) |
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Episode 1 (E01) |
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The Regime |
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Don't Yet Rejoice (E06) |
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All Ye Faithful (E05) |
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Midnight Feast (E04) |
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2020 |
A Suitable Boy |
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Episode 6 (E06) |
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Episode 5 (E05) |
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Episode 4 (E04) |
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2018 |
Next of Kin |
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Episode 3 (E03) |
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Episode 2 (E02) |
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Episode 1 (E01) |
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2016 |
11.22.63 |
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The Day in Question (E08) |
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Soldier Boy (E07) |
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Happy Birthday, Lee Harvey Oswald (E06) |
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more episodes (5) | ||
Black Mirror |
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Shut Up and Dance (S03E03) |
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Roots |
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Part 4 (E04) |
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Part 3 (E03) |
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Part 2 (E02) |
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Part 1 (E01) |
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2012 |
Secret State |
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2002 |
Stan the Man |
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1998 |
Killer Net |
Documentaries | |
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2020 |
The Arctic: Our Last Great Wilderness (TV movie) |
2018 |
The Elephant Queen |
2017 |
Earth: One Amazing Day |
2016 |
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang |
2015 |
10 Billion |
Palio |
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2010 |
Inside Job |
2007 |
My Enemy's Enemy |
2006 |
The Bridge |
2003 |
Touching the Void |
2000 |
A Brief History of Errol Morris |
1999 |
One Day in September |
Short | |
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2009 |
Jasim |
1999 |
Desserts |
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