About
Alex Weston is a composer of music for concert works and film scores. His music encapsulates his wide-ranging influences, combining classical structures and orchestration along with more modern harmonic language, electronics, and textures. Notable recent film scores include The Farewell (dir: Lulu Wang, A24), which was included on the shortlist for “Best Original Score” for the 2020 Academy Awards, Wander Darkly (dir: Tara Miela, Lionsgate), The Novice (dir: Lauren Hadaway, IFC), Goodnight Mommy (dir: Matt Sobel, Amazon). Weston's music has also been featured on The Affair (Showtime), Jane Fonda in Five Acts (HBO), the Ken Burns-produced documentary The Emperor of All Maladies (PBS), and various projects for NBC, Netflix, Apple, and other studios. Alex’s concert works include commissions from groups such as the Lyrica Chamber Music Ensemble, ABCIrque, MADArt Creative, the Kennedy Center, and the Venice Biennale. Alex’s next forthcoming releases include a series for Amazon entitled Expats (dir: Lulu Wang) and a film called The Adults (dir: Dustin Defa) due to premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.
