About
Edmund’s music draws on a huge range of styles and influences and he is equally at home writing for film/tv and the concert hall. Whether it’s the main focus or accompanying pictures, his music has the capacity to connect with and move the listener.
Recent commissions include pieces for the ABRSM, the ORA Singers, the Pink Singers and Oxford University Press Collections. His music has been performed by many prestigious performers, including David Butt Philip, the ORA Singers, Magdalen College Choir Oxford, Nicolas Collon (conductor of the Aurora Orchestra), The Choir of Brick Church New York, The Nonsuch Singers, The Choir of the Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace and the Amadeus Choir Toronto. His debut choral album ‘Choral Reflections’ was released in June 2026. BBC Music Magazine gave it 4 stars: ‘…this is certainly work calculated to transport…sung beautifully here by the Nonsuch Singers under Tom Bullard.’ Fanfare magazine also wrote ‘it captures joy and wonder in equal measure brilliantly and Jolliffe’s music has real substance.’ . He has won ten composition competitions to date and been placed in many others. Most recently he was awarded first prize in the Our Song Atlanta Composition Competition. See ‘Awards‘ for a full list.
He has been writing music to picture for over twenty-five years, both in the UK and internationally. Many of his projects have been nominated for or won numerous awards, including BAFTAs. He wrote the score to the ITV series ‘The Great War: The People’s Story’ (BAFTA nominated) and was nominated for an RTS Craft and Design Award for his score for the BBC film ‘Elizabeth at 90’. He often writes with composer Julian Hamlin (HamlinandJolliffe). Major series they have composed music for include ‘Celebrity Traitors/The Traitors’ (BBC1/US – additional music), ‘Who do you think you are?’ (BBC1), ‘Homestead Rescue’ (Discovery), ‘Sort your life out’ (BBC1), ‘Grand Designs’ (C4), ‘Crazy Delicious’ (C4/Netflix), ‘Long Lost Family’ (ITV1) and ‘Unreported World’ (C4).
Edmund studied music at Oxford University and completed a Masters in Film Composition at the Royal College of Music under Joseph Horovitz and Academy Award winner Dario Marianelli. He also studied on the Advanced Composition Course at Dartington International Summer School (supported by the Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust) and has attended composer residencies at the Banff Centre, Canada (Gladys and Merrill Muttart foundation scholarship for artistic residency), the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, New Mexico and the Anderson Center at Tower View, Minnesota. He is a fellow of the ISM and full member of the PRS and MCPS.
His music is published by: Oxford University Press (choral), Hal Leonard (choral) Stainer & Bell (various), ABRSM (piano), Banks Music (choral), Tetractys (flute), Edition Svitzer (percussion, chamber), Clifton Edition and Cimarron (brass) and Recital Music (double bass). He has written 20 production/library music albums and his music is regularly heard on shows such as ‘The Traitors/Celebrity Traitors’ (UK/US/NZ/Irish versions), ‘Saturday Night Live’ (NBC) and has appeared on every major British soap opera.