Rael Jones
English composer and multi-instrumentalist

Rael Jones is an English composer and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known for scoring Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, My Cousin Rachel, Suite Française and Harlots.
Career
Jones graduated in Music and Sound Recording from the Tonmeister course at the University of Surrey in 2004. He collaborated with director Mat Whitecross in Oasis: Supersonic and Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams.
Selected filmography
As composer
Film
2024 : Seize Them!
2024 : Role Play
2024 : Mad About the Boy: The Noel Coward Story
2022 : Mrs.
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