Ruth Barrett(II)
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Emmy Award-nominated composer Ruth Barrett is one of UK's most sought-after film and television composers. Her music is unmistakably original and eclectic, spanning feature films and high-end TV drama.
Barrett's newest projects include Prime Video's The Terminal List: Dark Wolf and The Girlfriend, directed by/starring Robin Wright.
Film credits include Victoria Mahoney's The Old Guard 2, which she co-scored with Steffen Thum; Pete Travis' feature films City of Tiny Lights and Legacy; Daniel Barber's Harry Brown, which she co-scored with Martin Phipps; S.J Clarkson's Toast; Paul Abbott's Twenty8k; and more.
Television credits include PBS's Victoria, for which she received an Emmy nomination in 2017 in the "Outstanding Music Composition for a Series" category; Netflix's Golden Globe-nominated drama series Bodyguard; Netflix's The Decameron; NBC's Law & Order: Organized Crime; Apple TV+'s documentary series Big Beasts; Prime Video's The Terminal List; PBS's mini-series Sanditon; The Durrells; and Wuthering Heights; Hulu's The Sister; Acorn TV's Bloodlands; BBC's Wallander, Collateral, and Love Nina; ITV's Whitechapel; British Sky Broadcasting's Critical; and more.
Barrett studied composition at The Royal Academy of Music and read music at Cambridge University. She started her career composing for theatre and commercials before setting up a music production company, Rubykon, with composer and engineer Ruskin Williamson. Between them, they have worked on numerous documentaries, ad campaigns and short films.
Barrett's newest projects include Prime Video's The Terminal List: Dark Wolf and The Girlfriend, directed by/starring Robin Wright.
Film credits include Victoria Mahoney's The Old Guard 2, which she co-scored with Steffen Thum; Pete Travis' feature films City of Tiny Lights and Legacy; Daniel Barber's Harry Brown, which she co-scored with Martin Phipps; S.J Clarkson's Toast; Paul Abbott's Twenty8k; and more.
Television credits include PBS's Victoria, for which she received an Emmy nomination in 2017 in the "Outstanding Music Composition for a Series" category; Netflix's Golden Globe-nominated drama series Bodyguard; Netflix's The Decameron; NBC's Law & Order: Organized Crime; Apple TV+'s documentary series Big Beasts; Prime Video's The Terminal List; PBS's mini-series Sanditon; The Durrells; and Wuthering Heights; Hulu's The Sister; Acorn TV's Bloodlands; BBC's Wallander, Collateral, and Love Nina; ITV's Whitechapel; British Sky Broadcasting's Critical; and more.
Barrett studied composition at The Royal Academy of Music and read music at Cambridge University. She started her career composing for theatre and commercials before setting up a music production company, Rubykon, with composer and engineer Ruskin Williamson. Between them, they have worked on numerous documentaries, ad campaigns and short films.
