Oliver Kraus


Oliver Kraus is an English musician best known for his work as a cellist and string arranger/ producer and composer for film and television.

String arrangements and performance

Kraus has performed with numerous international artists, both on tour and in studio. As an arranger, he has written, arranged and performed strings for many artists including:

Film and television

As a composer, Kraus has written music for film and television with frequent collaboration with Sia and The Cure drummer Jason Cooper.

Film and soundtrack

Television

Kraus has worked with the BBC's Documentary department scoring music for a number of series including 7 episodes of BBC1's ‘Macintyre Investigates’ featuring BAFTA-nominated investigative reporter Donal Macintyre, 12 episodes of BBC1's ‘Whistleblowers’ series, and BBC1's flagship documentary series ‘Panorama’. He teamed up again with writing partner Jason Cooper to score music for the BBC Wildlife Documentary series ‘Natural World," working with Simon King on several documentary films.'' ''

Selected credits

  • Meerkats, Natural World, BBC 2, 2003
  • What's the Big Idea, Series, Discovery Channel, 2004
  • Cheetahs, Natural World, BBC 2, 2005
  • The Battle with my Brain, Dispatches, C4,2005
  • Toki's Tale, Natural World, BBC 2, 2007
  • Macintyre Investigates, Series, BBC 1, 2002-3
  • Whistleblowers, Series, BBC 1, 2004-6
  • Dogfighting, Panorama, BBC 1, 2007

Original composition

  • Oliver Kraus, Sound Bites