Biography
Laurence grew up in Suffolk, UK, in a music-filled household and began composing after hearing the film scores of Jerry Goldsmith. A lover of ensemble and orchestral music, his first pieces were not short piano tunes but for his school orchestra and various jazz bands.
Laurence working on Pendragon
After studying composition under Matthew Scott, Andrew Fisher and Michael Zev Gordon at Southampton University he scored plays at the Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich. He also played piano for Ed Sheeran on some of his first EPs.
He has assisted industry veteran Andy Price on numerous TV shows ranging from children’s entertainment to big budget historical dramas.
He regularly composes music for video games describing it as a real privilege to be involved in an art form which has a huge capacity for artistic endeavour and creativity.
When not scoring his own projects he frequently works as an orchestrator - the hours he spent as a boy pouring over orchestral scores having proved useful as well as fascinating.
He lives in East Sussex and lists his musical influences as Bach, Beethoven, Jerry Goldsmith, Joni Mitchell and Oliver Knussen.
Credits
| Parenthood | TV Documentary | Tom Howe/David Butterworth | Orchestrator & Copyist | 2024 |
| A Thousand Doors | Musical Theatre | Andy Price | Arranger | 2023 |
| A Highland Song | Video Game | Inkle Studios | Composer | 2023 |
| My Husband is a Dog! | Comedy Short | Flinstpark Productions | Composer | 2023 |
| Satu | Feature Film | Geronimo Boy Films | String Arranger | 2023 |
| Because I Love You | Feature Film | Dave Fox | Orchestrator | 2023 |
| Mask of The Rose | Video Game | Failbetter Studios | Composer | 2022 | Total War Series (4 Games) | Video Game | Creative Assembly | Orchestrator | 2017-22 | Pendragon | Video Game | Inkle Studios | Composer/Pianist | 2020 | Heaven's Vault | Video Game | Inkle Studios | Composer/Pianist | 2019 | Labour: The Summer that Changed Everything |
TV Documentary | Andy Price/David Modell | Assistant/Additional Music | 2017 | The Search for a Miracle Cure |
TV Documentary | Andy Price/David Modell | Assistant/Additional Music | 2017 | Knightfall | TV Drama (A+E Studios) |
Andy Price | Assistant/Orchestrator | 2017 | Professor Marston & The Wonder Women |
Feature Film | Tom Howe/David Butterworth | Orchestrator | 2017 | Ski Three | Video Game | Cape Guy Games | Composer | 2016 | Captain Travel | TV Pilot | Transcendent Films | Composer | 2016 | Sorcery! (Parts 1-4) | Video Game | Inkle Studios | Composer | 2015 | Hetty Feather (Series 1-3) | TV Drama (CBBC) |
Andy Price | Assistant/Additional Music | 2015 | Smog | Short | Tribe Films | Composer | 2014 | Law & Order UK | TV Drama | Andy Price | Assistant/Additional Music | 2013 | Human Appeal | Ad/Charity Doc | Flashlight TV | Composer | 2013 | You Need Me | EP | Ed Sheeran | Pianist | 2009 | Want Some? | EP | Ed Sheeran | Pianist | 2009 |
Concert Works
Mountain for Wind - for narrator and wind quintet (2023)
'Cello Sextet (In progress)
String Quartet No. 2 (In progress)
Three New York Sketches - for String Quartet (In progress)
String Quartet No. 1 (2016)
Three Suffolk Sketches - for String Quartet (2016)
Five Nocturnes - Solo' Cello (2016)
Three Wedding Trios - for Violin Trio (2015)
St. Thomas Fantasia - for solo Piano (2015)
Blue Nocturne - for Piano Quintet (2015)
5 Piano Improvisations (2014)
The Pals’ Battalions – for Orchestra (2014)
Ode to Annie – For String Quartet (2014)
Fanfare for 2012 – For Orchestra (2012)
3 Christmas Improvisations – for Orchestra (2012)