Ilan Eshkeri is a British film music composer. He lives and works in London.

Ilan has just finished composing the score for Stardust, Matthew Vaughn’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel, starring Claire Danes, Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer. His relationship with Vaughn began when he composed the score for box office hit Layer Cake, starring Daniel Craig. For this score, he was nominated in the category of “Discovery of the Year” at the World Soundtrack Awards.

Other recent feature film scores include Hannibal Rising, the Hannibal Lecter prequel; Strength & Honour, directed by award‑winning screenwriter Mark Mahan and starring Michael Madsen and Vinnie Jones; Straightheads, starring Gillian Anderson; and Virgin Territory, a romantic comedy starring Hayden Christensen, Mischa Barton and Tim Roth.

Ilan has also worked with various songwriters. He is currently working on string arrangements with Annie Lennox for her broadcast special and forthcoming tour. He has also written string arrangements for Badly Drawn Boy’s songs in Nancy Meyer’s Something’s Gotta Give and has recently co‑written a song with Take That for Stardust. Ilan has been on tour supporting David Gilmour and more recently programmed and arranged strings on Gilmour’s hit solo album On An Island.