Jonathan Elias (12/01/1956), an American composer. Award-winning composer Jonathan Elias has made his mark in the film and television industry, especially commercials, to which he introduced film scoring and sound design techniques, thus transforming the genre. Elias joined Sony Classical with the label’s release of his symphonic and choral prayer, Prayer Cycle (SK 60569), in March 1999.
Elias launched his compositional career with music for movie trailers, most notably Alien, Blade Runner, Gandhi, and Back to the Future. He soon began scoring television commercials and went on to score such films as Chaplin, Jagged Edge, and Parents. Among his other projects were the title song for 9 1/2 Weeks, the music for the Columbia Pictures logo and the original MTV logo. He regularly scores commercials for Coca Cola, Nike, Taco Bell and Levi’s.
In the mid 1980s, Elias produced his first solo album, Requiem for the Americas.