about

Ethan James Harper is an award-winning London-based composer with a passion for creating immersive and unique pieces for film, TV and video games. Ethan’s musical endeavours started at a young age when he was, foolishly on his parents’ part, gifted a drum kit at the age of 3, having shown signs of rhythm. This obsession with drums allowed him to begin to learn how to improvise and craft unique grooves. He later picked up the piano which became his predominant instrument of choice. Since then Ethan has graduated from dBs Music in Bristol with First Class Honours after studying Music Composition for Film and TV.

Ethan’s scores range from whimsical and storybook-esque piano pieces to textural and otherworldly synth soundscapes. His most notable work is a multi-award-winning short documentary by 2b13 Productions called Eden which he won a craft award for best score at the RTS West of England Student Awards 2022.

Ethan is a keen user of beautiful acoustic instrumentation as well as electronic instruments such as his love for modular synthesis, which he uses often in combination to create ambient and transporting soundscapes that feel both otherworldly and also deeply personal. His passion lies in creating soundtrack music that puts the story and the atmosphere of the project first, before any individual desires and tastes.

Aside from his soundtrack work Ethan releases small amounts of solo work, which is a mixture of improvised piano pieces and music for use within fantasy tabletop roleplaying games.