Filip Mitrovic a.k.a. The Elkcloner is a Serbian-American composer and producer from Los Angeles, California. In 2012, he was nominated for Daytime Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series, [1] and in 2015, Mitrovic was nominated for Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year. [2] Mitrovic's music was premiered at Carnegie Hall in 2010.[3]

Filip Mitrovic
Born (1979-04-01) 1 April 1979 (age 45)
Genres
OccupationMusic Composer
LabelsEMI Music

Early life

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Mitrovic was born in Belgrade, Serbia. Since his father was a musician and producer as well, Mitrovic grew up surrounded by music. He began playing guitar at age 8 and was soon immersed in the musical world. In 2000, Mitrovic took advantage of a full scholarship at Chicago College of Performing Arts in Chicago, Illinois, to study Music Composition & Orchestration. After graduating, Mitrovic moved to New York City to work for the film music collective tomandandy, where he contributed his original music to many Hollywood blockbusters and TV commercials. He later worked as an assistant to Angelo Badalamenti.

Film & TV Scoring career

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After venturing out on his own, Mitrovic collaborated with Jon Batiste and The Blue Man Group to create the opening credits theme music for George Lopez's blockbuster Spare Parts (Lionsgate), starring Marisa Tomei and Jamie Lee Curtis.[4] He then created the main titles theme music for Netflix original series Four Seasons in Havana. These two engagements led Mitrovic to scoring numerous films and TV shows, including the Hollywood feature Manhattan Undying (Paramount Pictures), Donald Glover's Guava Island documentary series about Cuban prodigy musicians, and Marija Stojnic's Speak So I Can See You (Doc Fortnight, Museum of Modern Art, NYC).

Tuney

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In 2019, Mitrovic co-founded Tuney, an AI-assisted, auto-score-to-picture music platform for content creators. In 2020, the company joined MuckerLab, a startup accelerator in Santa Monica.

Ear Candy Shop

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In 2015, Filip Mitrovic and Antony Demekhin founded Ear Candy Shop, a boutique music production house for advertising, providing music for TV campaigns. Clients include TED (conference), Maker's Mark, Facebook, Hennessy, American Eagle and others.

Dark Bardo

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In 2021, Mitrovic partnered up with producer Andy Baldwin to create Dark Bardo, a music production duo inspired by a mysterious package from an anonymous sender that contained a plastic sherrif's badge, a Cuban cigar, and a copy of Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, a novel by Richard Bach. The debut came out in 2023, featuring the artists Shungudzo and Nini Fabi (Haerts) and it was featured on Apple Music's homepage as "Best New Release".

Films

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Year Title Role Notes
2023 Sweet Sorrow / Zal Music Composer
2022 An Intense Flare Of Light Music Composer Rhode Island International Film Festival
2022 Trail of the Beast / Trag Divljaci Music Composer
2022 De viaje con los Derbez (Amazon Prime) Main Titles Theme Music Producer
2020 Nun of Your Business Music Composer ZagrebDox Audience Award Winner
2019 Speak So I Can See You Original Music "Arhiva" Composer Museum of Modern Art, IDFA
2019 Guava Island (Amazon Prime) Music Composer, Kids Segment
2019 Love Cuts / Rezi Music Composer Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival Best Feature Film Winner
2017 Four Seasons in Havana (NETFLIX) Main Titles Theme Music Composer, Producer Platino Awards Best TV Miniseries Winner
2017 Emerald City (NBC) Trailer Music Composer
2016 Manhattan Undying (Paramount Pictures) Music Composer
2016 Wonderwell Assistant to Angelo Badalamenti
2015 Spare Parts (Lionsgate) Main Titles Theme Music Composer, Producer
2014 Moonshiners (National Geographic) Music Composer
2013 America's Book of Secrets (History Channel) Music Composer
2012 Moonshiners (Discovery Channel) Music Composer
2011 Ancient Aliens (History Channel) Music Composer
2011 One Life To Live (ABC USA) Music Composer Daytime Emmy Award Nominee, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series
2008 The Echo (Image Entertainment) Additional Music Composer
2008 Sleep Dealer Additional Music Composer

References

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  1. ^ "Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards – Nominations Announced for the 39th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards". National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on 2014-01-10.
  2. ^ "Nominados al Latin Grammy ® 2015". 24 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Bassiona Amorosa, Double Bass Ensemble Jasna Popovic, Piano". Carnegie Hall.
  4. ^ "Spare Parts". IMDb.