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Juliet Merchant is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning composer and pianist, best known for her scores for Soviet silent films commissioned by Klassiki and the National Cinema Centre of Armenia. Her debut came with Gerry Fox’s documentary Force of Nature: Natalia, which premiered at Curzon Cinemas. She has since written for classics such as The Girl with the Hatbox (Boris Barnet), Love’s Berries (Oleksandr Dovzhenko), and Aelita (Yakov Protozanov), with performances at the Institut Français. Her music was described as “dazzling” by Russian Arts and Culture.

 

She was commissioned by The Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Armenia to write the score for “The House on the Volcano” by Amo Bek-Nazaryan for the centenary of Armenian cinema, where she directed the Conservatory Orchestra of Armenia. This received an "outstanding" review by Peter Bradshaw from The Guardian and “an absolute triumph” by Fin Logie from Lossi 36 and has been premiered internationally, including at MoMA, La Cinematheque Francaise, Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival, Institut Français, National Centre of Cinema of Armenia, The Arnolfini, and MAO (Modern Art Oxford).

 

Her recent collaboration with Eunjo Lee’s film trilogy has been exhibited at Frieze London, CCA Goldsmiths, and NeMAF Seoul International ALT Cinema & Media Festival, receiving the Mansfield-Ruddock Art Prize. In 2024, she unveiled a series of collaborative audio-visual works at Somerset House with live musicians.

 

Juliet completed her Master’s in Composition at the University of Oxford, collaborating with the Castalian Quartet, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, and BBC choirs, with performances at Christ Church, Jacqueline du Pré, and Holywell Music Hall.

 

She has received awards from the International Music Festival in Blackheath, Ealing Music Festival, and Vigevano Soundscape Competition. Signed with EMI and Motus Music, she has composed for the BBC, ITV, and Paramount Pictures. Juliet has also been featured by IFMCA and Cinematic Sound Radio alongside Debbie Wiseman and Rachel Portman in discussions on gender inequality and representation in film music.

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All films are available to stream on Klassiki and MUBI.