“It’s among the best crime dramas of my viewing lifetime” – Daily Telegraph
“One of the most addictive crime dramas on TV” – The Sun
“I love Unforgotten wholeheartedly” – Guardian
“One of the finest crime dramas of recent years” – Daily Mail
“So good” – The Times

Unforgotten Season 6

Season 6 of Unforgotten was broadcast in the UK in February 2025, with the largest drama ratings of the year for ITV – more than 8 million people watched the first episode. The greenlight for Season 7 was announced at the same time, and Michael will again be scoring this wonderful crime drama. 

Piano Diary is back

Diary 2, the second of Michael’s ongoing series of piano improvisations is now available. The 12 tracks were recorded often late at night, or early in the morning before the rest of his family were awake, capturing some of that liminal, meditative quality of the outer edges of the day. Diary 2 is on all the major streaming services, and bandcamp.

Whitsun

Whitsun, Michael’s most personal record to date, is out now. Featuring the singles ‘She Was Cherished’ & ‘The Stopped Horse’ along with eight new tracks.

It’s available to stream or order now on cassette, CD, download, and bundled up with a limited edition newspaper print.

“As a visual and audio experience, Eternal Beauty is simply stunning. The locations morph and shift through the lens, while Michael Price’s score provides swells of orchestral majesty.”

◦ The Arts Desk

Free sheet music to download

We have a collection of sheet music PDFs which are free to download, including arrangements from Sherlock, Unforgotten and blank manuscript templates to compose your own work.

If you enjoy playing something, why not send us a video of your performance.

The new album takes his 2012 EP, The Hope of Better Weather, originally recorded by Price alone in a room with a piano improvising, and brings it fully to life with the addition of a series of reworkings by Yann Tiersen, Bill Ryder-Jones, Peter Gregson, Malibu and Eluvium. Part reissue, part reworks.

◦ Rough Trade

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