Leopold "Leo" Ross is an English musician, composer, record producer and recording engineer. He is a Grammy Award nominee and two-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee, receiving Grammy recognition for Shōgun in the category of Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, and Emmy nominations for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series and Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for the same series.. He is also the recipient of a Society of Composers & Lyricists Award and a Hollywood Music in Media Award for his work on ‘‘Shōgun’’."Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross, and Nick Chuba's Shōgun Score Wins SCL Award for Outstanding Original Score for a Television Production". Society of Composers & Lyricists. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2026."HMMA Winners". Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Retrieved 25 June 2026.. His film and television credits include Apple’s Godzilla franchise ‘Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters', 'Black Mirror', and 'Dr Death'. His film scoring career began with The Hughes brothers 2010 film ‘The Book Of Eli’. He has gone on to create scores for acclaimed directors Michael Mann (Blackhat), Harmony Korine (Rebel), and John Hillcoat (Triple Nine).
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Career
Leopold was a founding member of eclectic rock band Nojahoda who released one album on Sony S2 Records in 1999.
In 2003 he joined his brother Atticus Ross, as well as Bad Religion member Brett Gurewitz in the punk/hardcore band Error. 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.
Outside of his scoring work, Leopold has written, recorded, produced and performed with various noted acts including Bad Religion, Grace Jones, Korn, Dillinger Escape Plan, Rancid, The Transplants, Five Finger Death Punch, 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 part Italian descent through his great-grandfather, Aldo Castellani.