Filip Mitrovic a.k.a. The Elkcloner is a Serbian-American composer and producer from

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. In 2012, he was nominated for

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in the category ''Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series'', and in 2015, Mitrovic was nominated for

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. Mitrovic's music was premiered at

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in 2010.

Early life

Mitrovic was born in Belgrade, Serbia. Since his father was a musician and producer as well, Mitrovic grew up surrounded by music. He began playing guitar at age 8 and was soon immersed in the musical world. In 2000, Mitrovic took advantage of a full scholarship at

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, Illinois, to study Music Composition & Orchestration. After graduating, Mitrovic moved to

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to work for the film music collective

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, where he contributed his original music to many Hollywood blockbusters and TV commercials. He later worked as an assistant to

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Film & TV Scoring career

After venturing out on his own, Mitrovic collaborated with

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and

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to create the opening credits theme music for

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's blockbuster '' Spare Parts'' (

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), starring

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and

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. He then created the main titles theme music for

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original series ''

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''. These two engagements led Mitrovic to scoring numerous films and TV shows, including the Hollywood feature ''Manhattan Undying'' (

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's ''

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'' documentary series about Cuban prodigy musicians, and Marija Stojnic's ''Speak So I Can See You'' (''Doc Fortnight'',

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, NYC).

Tuney

In 2019, Mitrovic co-founded ''Tuney'', an AI-assisted, auto-score-to-picture music platform for content creators. In 2020, the company joined ''MuckerLab'', a startup accelerator in

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Ear Candy Shop

In 2015, Filip Mitrovic and Antony Demekhin founded ''Ear Candy Shop'', a boutique music production house for advertising, providing music for TV campaigns. Clients include

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, American Eagle and others.

Dark Bardo

In 2021, Mitrovic partnered up with producer Andy Baldwin to create ''Dark Bardo'', a music production duo inspired by a mysterious package from an anonymous sender that contained a plastic sherrif's badge, a Cuban cigar, and a copy of ''Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah'', a novel by

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. The debut came out in 2023, featuring the artists

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and Nini Fabi ''( Haerts)'' and it was featured on

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's homepage as "Best New Release".

Films

References

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