Leopold "Leo" Ross is an English

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, recording engineer and music programmer. Leopold is a guitarist for LA-based band Io Echo. He is best known for his collaborations with his brother Atticus Ross on various film and television scores.

Career

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in the punk/hardcore band

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. Along with temporary vocalist Greg Puciato, the band recorded and released a well received EP on Epitaph Records in 2004. Around this time Leopold also began his scoring career, composing the music for the USA Network show '' Touching Evil'' alongside Atticus Ross and Claudia Sarne. Leopold has since gone on to score numerous motion pictures and television shows, beginning in 2009 with the Hughes brothers' movie '' The Book of Eli''. In May 2010 this score won a BMI film music award. Outside of his scoring work, Leopold has written, recorded, produced and performed with various noted acts including

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, Brigitte Fontaine, The Big Pink, Io Echo and Brett Anderson.

Personal life

Ross has five siblings, including model Liberty Ross and Atticus Ross, who is also a musician. His maternal grandfather was Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn. He is of Italian descent through his great-grandfather, Aldo Castellani.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ross, Leopold English record producers English audio engineers English composers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) English rock guitarists Fear and the Nervous System members English people of Italian descent British people of Italian descent 1980 births