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Kristian Willis is a British composer, producer, orchestrator, arranger and conductor working across television, film and media based in London. Recent projects include the 2025 SOVAS award winning audiobook The Legend of Valentine and the upcoming Bollywood feature film Lost & Found in Kumbh.
Originally from Scunthorpe in the North of England, Kristian developed his musical voice through a background spanning orchestral music, jazz and contemporary production, having performed in such venues as the Royal Albert Hall and Birmingham Symphony Hall. He is particularly interested in combining intricate orchestral writing with electronics, processed textures and unconventional sound design to create distinctive musical sound worlds that support and enhance the story on screen and allow him to move between intimate, character-focused writing and large-scale orchestral and electronic scores.
Kristian is currently working towards a degree in Film Music at the prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Kristian has studied and worked with a number of professional film and TV composers, including Emmy nominated composer David Buckley (Fool Me Once, The Sandman, Jason Bourne), Oscar winning composer Rachel Portman (Chocolat, One Day, A Dog's Purpose), BAFTA winning composer Rob Lane (Merlin, A Discovery of Witches, John Adams) and Grammy nominated composer Stephen Endelman (Rob The Mob, Greater, De-Lovely).
In March 2025, under the mentorship of Rachel Portman, Kristian had the opportunity to record his music with the world-renowned London Symphony Orchestra.
Kristian has also worked as an additional composer, arranger and orchestrator with composer Stephen Endelman across a range of projects, including the SOVAS award-winning audiobook The Legend of Valentine and the upcoming Bollywood feature film Lost & Found in Kumbh.
"His writing, his understanding of drama, and his ability to score and orchestrate has quite literally amazed me. Kristian has worked alongside me as a musical assistant, orchestrating and arranging. I have come to trust his musical instincts, his attention to detail and, importantly, his understanding of what I am trying to achieve. I am always happy with his work." - Stephen Endelman
Alongside his work as a composer, Kristian works as an orchestrator and arranger, collaborating with artists and ensembles across contemporary and orchestral music.
His credits include work with artists such as Becky Hill and Corinne Bailey Rae, as well as regular collaborations with the Guildhall Session Orchestra on his original scores, orchestral arrangements and live performances.
In April 2025, Kristian wrote the overture for Corinne Bailey Rae's exclusive orchestral concert at the Roundhouse. Later that year, he orchestrated and arranged the headline song 'Bohemian Rhapsody' for Guildhall School of Music and Drama's '50 Years of Bohemian Rhapsody' concert at Milton Court Concert Hall, of which he also conducted the performance.
Alongside his work in television and film, he is currently working on his debut EP Nothing Stays Buried that is due to be released this year.
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