Sacha Skarbek

Sacha Skarbek is an English two time Ivor Novello Award winner and Grammy nominated songwriter, producer, film scorer and multi-instrumentalist. Sacha is best known for writing James Blunt’s hit singles "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover" as well as Miley Cyrus’ hit song "Wrecking Ball". Sacha has worked with artists such as Adele, Lana Del Rey, Jason Mraz, Tears for Fears, Duffy and many more.

Early career

Sacha Skarbek is a classically trained musician, taught by distinguished pianist Ronald Smith. He received music scholarships to Northbourne Park and The King's School, Canterbury. After graduating from University of Oxford with a degree in music, Sacha was musical director and keyboard player for Neneh Cherry, Beverly Knight, Alisha’s Attic and Jon Bon Jovi.

Songwriting and production

Sacha played a key role in the development of James Blunt with whom he wrote the worldwide No. 1 hit "You're Beautiful". Sacha co-wrote 6 songs on the multi-platinum selling debut album "Back to Bedlam", including follow up singles "Goodbye My Lover" and "Wisemen". In 2008, Sacha wrote "Cold Shoulder" with Adele. The song was released as a single from Adele’s multi-platinum selling debut album "19". Over the years Sacha wrote several songs on globally chart topping albums, including Jason Mraz’s multi-platinum selling album "We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things" as well as Lana del Rey’s bestselling album "Born to Die". Sacha co-wrote Miley Cyrus’ "Wrecking Ball" with Mozella and Stephan Moccio which was later produced by Dr. Luke and Cirkut. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 and was awarded multi-platinum around the world.

Recently, Sacha set up his own production company "White Rope Music" which focuses on artist development.

Film music

Sacha scored and supervised the music for the award winning documentary film For No Good Reason, starring Johnny Depp. He also scored and collaborated with James Walsh on the soundtrack music for a film of Chuck Palahniuk's Lullaby.

Skarbek was raised in the Camden Town area of London. He is the son of psychotherapist Andrzej Skarbek and journalist and writer Marjorie Wallace, who was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire for founding the mental health charity SANE. His brother, Stefan Skarbek, is also a songwriter and music producer.