Leopold Ross
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Leopold Ross is an English musician
, record producer
, recording engineer, music programmer and part-time model.
Leopold is a guitarist in LA based band Io Echo, and an occasional contributor to the band 12 Rounds
.
in 1999.
In 2003 he joined his brother Atticus Ross
and 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. The group eventually disbanded due to a lack of fulltime vocalist. Around this time Leopold also helped to compose the music for the USA Network show Touching Evil
.
Leopold has since worked with artists including Bad Religion
, Grace Jones
, Korn
, Dillinger Escape Plan, Rancid
, The Transplants, Sage Francis
, Brigitte Fontaine
and Five Finger Death Punch
, working in various capacities including helping to produce and engineer records as well as being involved in songwriting and contributing some guitar parts.
In 2008 Korn
guitarist Munky announced that he had started a side project called Fear and the Nervous System
along with several other musicians including Leopold, who is contributing with programming, mixing, guitars and is co-producing the album. The album is on track for a 2011 release. Tracks up for inclusion include "Dissolve", "Choking Victim", "Majesty of War", "No Secrets", "Beautiful Side", "The Last Dive", "Slow Motion", "China Town", and "Jaguar". "Dissolve" is based on a 15 beat guitar pattern by Leopold, with a variety of changes and melodies.
In 2009 Leopold co-composed the score for the Hughes brothers' movie The Book of Eli
. In May 2010 this score won a BMI film music award.
In 2009/2010 Leopold joined up with The Big Pink
as a touring bassist on their world tour.
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, recording engineer, music programmer and part-time model.
Leopold is a guitarist in LA based band Io Echo, and an occasional contributor to the band 12 Rounds
12 Rounds
12 Rounds is a British rock band formed by Atticus Ross and singer Claudia Sarne, who are married. After the release of their first album, Jitter Juice, they toured with the Sneaker Pimps. 12 Rounds played the Reading Festival in 1996...
.
Career
Leopold was a founder member of eclectic rock band Nojahoda who released one album on Sony S2 RecordsS2 Records
S2 Records, formerly named Sony Soho Square after its location at London's Soho Square, is a record label subsidiary of Sony Music.Lincoln Elias, currently Managing Director of Virgin Records, was the founder of the label. It is now headed by Muff Winwood, brother of Steve Winwood.S2 features...
in 1999.
In 2003 he joined his brother Atticus Ross
Atticus Ross
Atticus Ross is an English musician, composer and producer. Ross, along with Trent Reznor, won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Social Network in 2011.-Early career:...
and Bad Religion
Bad Religion
Bad Religion is a punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1979. Their current line-up consists of Greg Graffin , Brett Gurewitz , Jay Bentley , Greg Hetson , Brian Baker and Brooks Wackerman . Gurewitz is also the founder of the label Epitaph Records, which has released almost all of the...
member Brett Gurewitz
Brett Gurewitz
Brett W. Gurewitz , nicknamed Mr. Brett, is the guitarist and a songwriter of Bad Religion. He is also the owner of the music label Epitaph Records and sister-labels ANTI-, Burning Heart Records, Fat Possum Records, and Hellcat Records...
in the punk/hardcore band Error
Error (band)
Error is an electro-hardcore band founded in 2003 by 12 Rounds member and Nine Inch Nails collaborator Atticus Ross, and Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz...
. Along with temporary vocalist Greg Puciato
Greg Puciato
Greg Puciato is the lead singer of the band The Dillinger Escape Plan. He is known for his reckless live performances, wide vocal range, and outspoken views, having caused controversy due to both performances and interviews...
, the band recorded and released a well received EP on Epitaph Records
Epitaph Records
Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. The label was originally "just a logo and a P.O. box" created in the 1980s for the purpose of selling Bad Religion records, but has evolved into a large independent record...
in 2004. The group eventually disbanded due to a lack of fulltime vocalist. Around this time Leopold also helped to compose the music for the USA Network show Touching Evil
Touching Evil
Touching Evil is a British television drama serial, which began airing in 1997. It was produced by United Productions for Anglia Television, and screened on the ITV network. The first series consisted of six fifty-minute episodes. It was created by Paul Abbott, and written by Abbott with Russell T...
.
Leopold has since worked with artists including Bad Religion
Bad Religion
Bad Religion is a punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1979. Their current line-up consists of Greg Graffin , Brett Gurewitz , Jay Bentley , Greg Hetson , Brian Baker and Brooks Wackerman . Gurewitz is also the founder of the label Epitaph Records, which has released almost all of the...
, Grace Jones
Grace Jones
Grace Jones is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress.Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and...
, Korn
Korn
Korn is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The current band line up includes four members: Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and Ray Luzier. The band was formed as an expansion of L.A.P.D.The band released their first demo album,...
, Dillinger Escape Plan, Rancid
Rancid (band)
Rancid is an American punk rock band formed in Berkeley, California in 1991. Founded by Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, both of whom previously played in the ska punk band Operation Ivy, Rancid is credited—along with Green Day and The Offspring—for reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the...
, The Transplants, Sage Francis
Sage Francis
Paul "Sage" Francis is a hip-hop artist from Providence, Rhode Island.-Biography:Born Paul Francis in Miami, Florida, Sage Francis is a rapper/writer/performer from Providence, Rhode Island. He is the founder and CEO of the independent hip-hop record label Strange Famous Records...
, Brigitte Fontaine
Brigitte Fontaine
Brigitte Fontaine, born in 1939 in Morlaix in the Brittany region of France, is a singer of avant-garde music. During the course of her career she has employed numerous unusual musical styles, melding rock and roll, folk, jazz, electronica, spoken word poetry and world rhythms...
and Five Finger Death Punch
Five Finger Death Punch
Five Finger Death Punch is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 2005, the group's name is derived from classic oriental martial arts cinema. The band originally consisted of vocalist Ivan Moody, guitarist Zoltan Bathory, guitarist Caleb Bingham, bassist Matt Snell,...
, working in various capacities including helping to produce and engineer records as well as being involved in songwriting and contributing some guitar parts.
In 2008 Korn
Korn
Korn is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The current band line up includes four members: Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and Ray Luzier. The band was formed as an expansion of L.A.P.D.The band released their first demo album,...
guitarist Munky announced that he had started a side project called Fear and the Nervous System
Fear and the Nervous System
Fear and the Nervous System is an experimental/industrial rock band formed by Korn guitarist James Shaffer.-History:In early 2008, Korn guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer announced plans to release a new project entitled Fear and the Nervous System. The record was said to be released in late 2008,...
along with several other musicians including Leopold, who is contributing with programming, mixing, guitars and is co-producing the album. The album is on track for a 2011 release. Tracks up for inclusion include "Dissolve", "Choking Victim", "Majesty of War", "No Secrets", "Beautiful Side", "The Last Dive", "Slow Motion", "China Town", and "Jaguar". "Dissolve" is based on a 15 beat guitar pattern by Leopold, with a variety of changes and melodies.
In 2009 Leopold co-composed the score for the Hughes brothers' movie The Book of Eli
The Book of Eli
The Book of Eli is a 2010 American post-apocalyptic action film directed by the Hughes brothers, written by Gary Whitta, and starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson and Jennifer Beals....
. In May 2010 this score won a BMI film music award.
In 2009/2010 Leopold joined up with The Big Pink
The Big Pink
The Big Pink is an English electro-rock duo comprising multi-instrumentalists Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell. The duo signed to the 4AD label in 2009, and won the prestigious NME Philip Hall Radar Award for best new act...
as a touring bassist on their world tour.
Selected credits
| Band, artist, show or movie | Song or album | Year | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nojahoda | Jahoda Witness | 1999 | Guitar, vocals |
| Error Error (band) Error is an electro-hardcore band founded in 2003 by 12 Rounds member and Nine Inch Nails collaborator Atticus Ross, and Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz... |
Error EP Error (EP) Error is the self-titled debut EP by Error, released by Epitaph Records in 2004. Although not an official member, Greg Puciato of the Dillinger Escape Plan was asked to record vocals for the EP, as the band was without a vocalist at the time.... |
2004 | Guitar, programming |
| Bad Religion Bad Religion Bad Religion is a punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1979. Their current line-up consists of Greg Graffin , Brett Gurewitz , Jay Bentley , Greg Hetson , Brian Baker and Brooks Wackerman . Gurewitz is also the founder of the label Epitaph Records, which has released almost all of the... |
Beyond Electric Dreams The Empire Strikes First The Empire Strikes First is the thirteenth studio album by Bad Religion released on June 8, 2004.-Title inspiration:The title is a reference to the new Bush Doctrine of preventive war, and a play on the name of the popular Star Wars movie The Empire Strikes Back.-Lyrics:Although some of the album... |
2004 | Sonic Alienator |
| Touching Evil Touching Evil Touching Evil is a British television drama serial, which began airing in 1997. It was produced by United Productions for Anglia Television, and screened on the ITV network. The first series consisted of six fifty-minute episodes. It was created by Paul Abbott, and written by Abbott with Russell T... |
Music to accompany series | 2004 | Co-writer, guitar, production |
| Korn Korn Korn is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The current band line up includes four members: Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and Ray Luzier. The band was formed as an expansion of L.A.P.D.The band released their first demo album,... |
See You on the Other Side, Tearjerker | 2005 | Producer, production assistant, co-writer(Tearjerker) |
| The Notorious B.I.G. The Notorious B.I.G. Christopher George Latore Wallace , best known as The Notorious B.I.G., was an American rapper. He was also known as Biggie Smalls , Big Poppa, and The Black Frank White .Wallace was raised in the Brooklyn borough... |
Duets: The Final Chapter Duets: The Final Chapter Duets: The Final Chapter is a remix posthumous album featuring hip hop icon The Notorious B.I.G.. The album was released by Bad Boy Records on December 20, 2005 and charted at #3 selling 438,000 copies, beaten by the extremely high sales of Jamie Foxx's Unpredictable and Mary J Blige's The... |
2005 | Production assistant |
| Korn Korn Korn is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The current band line up includes four members: Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and Ray Luzier. The band was formed as an expansion of L.A.P.D.The band released their first demo album,... |
Untitled Untitled Korn album The untitled eighth studio album by American nu metal band Korn was released on July 31, 2007, through Virgin Records. The standard edition holds thirteen tracks, whereas the deluxe edition holds fourteen... |
2007 | Production assistant |
| Grace Jones Grace Jones Grace Jones is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress.Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and... |
Devil In My Life | 2008 | Co-writer, guitar |
| Five Finger Death Punch Five Finger Death Punch Five Finger Death Punch is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 2005, the group's name is derived from classic oriental martial arts cinema. The band originally consisted of vocalist Ivan Moody, guitarist Zoltan Bathory, guitarist Caleb Bingham, bassist Matt Snell,... |
Never Enough | 2008 | Co-writer |
| Io Echo | Addicted, Enter to Exit, I'm on Fire, Beware, Stalemate, Pixels, Doorway, While you are Sleeping, Severance, Scare Tactics, When the Lillies Die, Blackout, Monsters, Shanghai Girls, Outsiders, Paper Tigers | 2008–Present | Producer, guitar, co-writer |
| Twilight | Movie soundtrack | 2008 | Bass, guitar, engineer |
| Fear and the Nervous System Fear and the Nervous System Fear and the Nervous System is an experimental/industrial rock band formed by Korn guitarist James Shaffer.-History:In early 2008, Korn guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer announced plans to release a new project entitled Fear and the Nervous System. The record was said to be released in late 2008,... |
Upcoming debut album | TBA | Programming, guitar, co-producer, co-writer |
| New York, I Love You | Movie soundtrack("Allen Hughes" segment) | 2009 | Co-composer |
| The Book of Eli The Book of Eli The Book of Eli is a 2010 American post-apocalyptic action film directed by the Hughes brothers, written by Gary Whitta, and starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson and Jennifer Beals.... |
Movie score | 2010 | Co-composer |