London Metropolitan Orchestra

London Metropolitan Orchestra (LMO), founded in 1994, is a London-based studio orchestra whose primary function is to record music for film, television, and other multimedia projects. The ensemble has contributed to soundtracks for major Hollywood films including:

  • About a Boy
  • The Beautician and the Beast
  • Beavis and Butt-head Do America
  • Bless the Child
  • Don Juan DeMarco
  • Count of Monte Cristo
  • Event Horizon
  • The Saint
  • Gangs of New York
  • The Good Thief
  • Hannibal Rising
  • Hard Rain
  • In Dreams
  • The Invisible Circus
  • Johnny English
  • Laws of Attraction
  • Layer Cake
  • Mr. Holland's Opus
  • Reign of Fire
  • Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
  • The Rugrats Movie
  • Rules of Engagement
  • Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
  • Stardust
  • Titus
  • Truly, Madly, Deeply
  • What Dreams May Come
  • Wimbledon

LMO has worked with many of film music’s best known composers including:

  • Danny Elfman
  • Elliot Goldenthal
  • Mark Isham
  • Michael Kamen
  • David Newman
  • Basil Poledouris
  • Klaus Badelt
  • Ed Shearmur
  • Howard Shore
  • Christopher Young

Besides this film work, London Metropolitan Orchestra has gained recognition for television soundtracks including:

  • Band of Brothers
  • From the Earth to the Moon
  • Inspector Morse
  • Lorna Doone
  • Victoria & Albert

Finally, London Metropolitan Orchestra has collaborated in recordings and live performances with a number of well-known musicians including:

  • Amon Tobin
  • Annie Lennox
  • Badly Drawn Boy
  • bond
  • Brian May
  • Bryan Ferry
  • Bryan Adams
  • Charlie Watts
  • Cinematic Orchestra
  • Des'ree
  • Echo & the Bunnymen
  • Eric Clapton
  • Finlay Quaye
  • Gene
  • Indigo Girls
  • Jimmy Page
  • Jon Bon Jovi
  • Julia Migenes
  • Kate Bush
  • Luciano Pavarotti
  • Mica Paris
  • Natalie Imbruglia
  • Nigel Kennedy
  • Page and Plant
  • Paul McCartney
  • Pet Shop Boys
  • Peter Gabriel
  • Pink Floyd
  • Quincy Jones
  • Ricardo Montaner
  • Richard Ashcroft
  • Ringo Starr
  • Robert Plant
  • Ronnie Wood
  • Simply Red
  • Sinéad O'Connor
  • Sting
  • Texas
  • The Last Shadow Puppets
  • The Levellers
  • Vangelis
  • Victoria Beckham

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