12 Facts About Jonathan Elias

Jonathan Elias was born on 1956 and is an American composer best known for his film soundtracks.

Jonathan Elias liked rock music, but admired Bela Bartok, Igor Stravinsky, and Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Jonathan Elias attended the Eastman School of Music with aspirations of becoming a classical composer and conductor, and then Bennington College in Vermont in 1976.

Jonathan Elias went on to work on numerous movie soundtracks, starting with Children of the Corn and including Tuff Turf, Parents, Chaplin, and more.

Jonathan Elias met John Barry in the early 1980s, and began working with him on several movie soundtracks, including Jagged Edge and A View to a Kill.

Jonathan Elias produced an album for Grace Jones and co-produced Duran Duran's 1988 album Big Thing.

Jonathan Elias returned to play Moog synthesizer on Duran Duran's 1995 album Thank You.

In 1989, Jonathan Elias recruited the entire Duran Duran lineup for his first solo album, called Requiem for the Americas.

Jonathan Elias then worked with the band Yes on their 1991 album Union.

In 1992, Jonathan Elias moved to California, and shifted his focus from movies and rock music to advertising.

Jonathan Elias released another solo project, The Prayer Cycle, in 1999.

Jonathan Elias married Patty Kelly, a model from Deer Park, Long Island who was working in London at age 20 when she became the lead in the iconic MTV music video "Addicted to Love" by Robert Palmer.