Brian Eno
Biography
Brian Eno is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer, and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.
Eno was a student of Roy Ascott on his Groundcourse at Ipswich Civic College. Then he studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex, England, taking inspiration from minimalist painting. He joined the band Roxy Music as synthesiser player in the early 1970s. Roxy Music's success in the glam rock scene came quickly, but Eno soon tired of touring and of conflicts with lead singer Bryan Ferry. Eno's solo music has explored more experimental musical styles and ambient music. It has also been extremely influential, pioneering ambient and generative music, innovating production techniques, and emphasising "theory over practice".
Eno pursues multimedia ventures in parallel to his music career, including art installations, a newspaper column in The Observer, a regular column on society and innovation in Prospect magazine, and "Oblique Strategies" (written with Peter Schmidt), a deck of cards in which cryptic remarks or random insights are intended to resolve dilemmas.
Acting (35 movies)
Brian Eno & Roger Eno: Live at the Acropolis, Athens
2023
Roxette
1978
Brian Eno: Imaginary Landscapes
1989
Ride, Rise, Roar
2011
Anton Corbijn: Geen Stil Leven
2000
What Difference Does It Make?
2014
Oblique Strategist Too
1984
Eno
1973
U2: From the Sky Down
2011
CAN and Me
2022
Roxy Music: Inside 1972-1974
2004
The British Guide to Showing Off
2011
We Are Many
2014
Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry at the BBC
2022
Classic Albums: U2 - The Joshua Tree
1999
David Bowie: Five Years
2013
One Eno
1993
Daedalus
2024
Brian Eno 1971–1977: The Man Who Fell To Earth
2011
Roxy Music: More Than This - The Story of Roxy Music
2009
Words for the Dying
1993
U2360° Tour: Squaring The Circle
2010
Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams
2018
In the Ocean
2001
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
2007
Roxy Music Musikladen 1973
2001
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
2003
Pavarotti & Friends 3 - Together for the Children of Bosnia
1995
2025: The Long Hot Winter
2019
We Are As Gods
2022
1 Giant Leap
2002
The Making of the 'Outside' Album
1995
Roxy Music - The Thrill of It All: A Visual History 1972-1982
2008
Slowdive: Souvlaki
2015
DEVO
2024
Directing (3 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Devil's Men | 1976 | Original Music Composer |
| Sebastiane | 1976 | Original Music Composer |
| Alternative 3 | 1977 | Original Music Composer |
| Jubilee | 1978 | Original Music Composer |
| Remembrance | 1982 | Original Music Composer |
| Frevel | 1984 | Original Music Composer |
| Dune | 1984 | Original Music Composer |
| Opera | 1987 | Original Music Composer |
| The Pillow Book | 1995 | Original Music Composer |
| Simon, the Magician | 1999 | Original Music Composer |
| Buddy Boy | 2000 | Original Music Composer |
| Fear X | 2003 | Original Music Composer |
| Clean | 2004 | Original Music Composer |
| The Jacket | 2005 | Original Music Composer |
| The Pervert's Guide to Cinema | 2006 | Original Music Composer |
| Linear | 2009 | Original Music Composer |
| The Lovely Bones | 2009 | Original Music Composer |
| Me and Earl and the Dying Girl | 2015 | Original Music Composer |
| The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! | 2019 | Original Music Composer |
| The Year of the Everlasting Storm | 2021 | Original Music Composer |
| We Are As Gods | 2022 | Original Music Composer |