Michael Llewelyn Barker is an award-winning film composer known for his evocative and immersive scores. His music blends a rich palette of analogue synths, sampling techniques, and tape textures with acoustic and amplified instrumentation, ranging from intimate solo performances and chamber groups to full orchestral forces.

A lifelong cinephile, Michael has an innate sense for the pace, rhythm, and emotional depth of a scene. He has led the music department on over thirty projects, including short films, feature films, and documentaries such as The Mourning Bird, What We Wished We Could Be, and Alasdair Mackay’s debut feature Anonymous. He has a long-running collaboration with the Academy Award-winning production company Slick Films, working closely with director Chris Overton on multiple projects.

Michael possesses a keen ear for touching, lyrical melodies, sophisticated yet accessible harmonies, and absorbing, evolving soundscapes. He regularly collaborates with world-class session musicians and leading orchestras across the UK and Europe.

In 2020, Michael’s compelling score for Those Last Moments (Dir. Matt Alexander) won ‘Best Original Score’ at the Paris Film Festival and the Imagine Rain Independent Film Awards, along with nominations at the International Sound and Film Music Festival and Paris Arts and Music Awards 2021.

In 2022, his work on The Mourning Bird (Dir. George Somner) won ‘Best Score’ at the British Short Film Awards.

In 2024, Michael won ‘Best Original Song’ (Aidan’s Song, performed by West End star Jamie Muscato) and was nominated for ‘Best Original Score’ at the International Sound and Film Music Festival for his work on What We Wished We Could Be (Dir. Luke Shelley), a short film which premiered at the Rhode Island Film Festival, was selected for Aesthetica, Norwich Film Festival, Hollyshorts, amongst many others, and was longlisted for the British Independent Film Awards."

Michael works from his South East London studio.

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