Biography

Rael Jones is an Emmy and Ivor Novello nominated composer and multi-instrumentalist. His writing often stems from improvisation and live performance, and he is a highly accomplished player of many instruments, from piano, guitars and drums, to more esoteric items like nyckelharpa, hurdy gurdy and hand pans.

Rael’s most recent work has included scoring BBC’s flagship series This City is Ours, Amazon’s My Lady Jane, period drama Mrs Harris Goes To Paris, Ten Percent for Bron Studios and the BBC factual dramas The Sixth Commandment and The Salisbury Poisonings.

He created the soundtrack for Fox Searchlight romantic thriller My Cousin Rachel, starring Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin, directed by Roger Michell, earning him a Discovery of The Year nomination at the World Soundtrack Awards. Rael’s score for Suite Française (Michelle Williams, Kristen Scott Thomas, Matthias Schoenaerts) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2017. The film is based on the Irène Némirovsky novels about the German occupation in France.

Rael also wrote the music for Hulu & ITV’s series Harlots, set in the 18th Century brothels of London. The show is written, directed and produced entirely by women. The boldly anachronistic soundtrack mixes heavy electronica and rock genres, reflecting the present-tense experiences and rebellious nature of the women depicted in the programme.

His other scores include Supersonic, the Oasis documentary from the producers of the Oscar winning “Amy”, The TV adaptation of Zadie Smith’s NW directed by Saul Dibb; the black comedy Ill Behaviour from writer Sam Bain, the coming-of-age drama Kids In Love, starring Cara Delevingne and Will Poulter, and the feature documentary Still The Enemy Within about the British Mining strikes of the 1980s.

Rael has also contributed additional music for the four series of the BBC’s hit drama Sherlock, working with composers David Arnold and Michael Price. He was nominated for Emmys for his work on the series in both 2016 and 2017. Other Additional Composition credits include Everest, Horrid Henry: The Movie and Island.

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TV

This City is Ours
(2025 - )
Studio: BBC Studios
Creator: Stephen Butchard

My Lady Jane
(2024)
Studio: Garden Studios/ Amazon Prime 
Creator: Gemma Burgess

The Sixth Commandment
(2023)
Studio: True Vision Productions
Producer: Fran du Pille
Director: Saul Dibb

Ten Percent
(2022)
Studio: BRON Studios 
Producer: Sarah Curtis 
Directors: Sam Leifer, John Morton 

The Salisbury Poisonings
(2020)
Studio: BBC One 
Producer: Karen Lewis 
Director: Saul Dibb 

Harlots
(2017-2019)
Studio: Hulu 
Producer: Debra Hayward 
Director: Coky Giedroyc 

Hang Ups
(2018)
Studio: Slam TV Limited 
Producer: Louise Delamere 
Director: Robert Delamere 

All You Need Is Me
(2018)
Studio: Studio + 
Producers: Noel Gallagher / Pitof 
Director: Simon Aboud 

Ill Behaviour
(2017)
Studio: BBC Three 
Producer: Gille Isles 
Director: Steve Bendelack 

Sherlock (Additional music)
(2010-2016)
Studio: BBC 
Producers: Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat 
Director: Paul McGuigan 

Best House in the Street
(2012)
Studio: Channel 5 
Producers: Kyle Prince 
Director: Kyle Prince 

Picture This
(2008)
Studio: Channel 4 
Producers: Patrick Hughes and Brian Reilly 
Director: Stephen Herek 

FILM

Seize Them!
(2024)
Studio: Entertainment Film Distributors
Producers: Damien Jones, Matthew James Wilkinson
Director:  Curtis Vowell

Mad About the Boy - The Noel Coward Story
(2023)
Studio: Fragile Films
Producer: Barnaby Thompson
Director:  Gregor Cameron

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
(2022)
Studio: Focus Features 
Producers: Guillaume Benski, Anthony Fabian, Xavier Marchand Director: Anthony Fabian 

Shoplifters of the World
(2021)
Studio: West End Films 
Producers: Joe Manganiello, Laura Rister 
Director: Stephen Kijak 

Tolbooth
(2021)
Studio: British Film Institute 
Producers: Mark Hopkins, Vaughan Sivell 
Director: Ryan Andrew Hooper 

Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams
(2018)
Studio: Mint Pictures 
Producers: Hannah Clark, Stefan Demetriou 
Director: Mat Whitecross 

My Cousin Rachel
(2017)
Studio: Fox Searchlight 
Producer: Kevin Loader 
Director: Roger Michell 

The Festival
(2018)
Studio: Fudge Park Productions 
Producer: Claire Jones 
Director: Iain Morris 

Oasis: Supersonic
(2016)
Studio: Mint Pictures 
Producer: James Gay-Rees 
Director: Mat Whitecross 

Kids in Love
(2016)
Studio: Ealing Studios Entertainment 
Producer: Barnaby Thompson 
Director: Chris Foggin 

Suite Française
(2014)
Studio: The Weinstein Company 
Producer: Xavier Marchand 
Director: Saul Dibb 

Still The Enemy Within
(2014)
Studio: Bad Bonobo 
Producer: Mark Lacey 
Director: Owen Gower

White Lie
(2013)
Studio: Heska Productions 
Producer: Etzael Garcia 
Director: Nyima Cartier