Vikram Gudi

Vikram Gudi is a music business executive with a 17-year career who combines industry expertise with social purpose.

He founded Elephant Music in 2012 and has since established it as a global entity, with an extensive library of music for movie and TV trailers and a roster of 50 composers it represents worldwide. Music produced by Elephant Music has won 26 Clio Entertainment Awards, 6 Golden Trailer Awards, 6 music & sound awards, 7 PMA awards and a Sports Emmy for Fury vs Usyk. Its work features in major productions, including Monkey Man, Baby Reindeer, and House Of The Dragon. He also co-founded Split Music Publishing, an experimental commercial music publisher and sync specialist representing artists such as Sote, Sega Bodega, TSVI, and Tommy Four Seven, and has earned a Clio Grand Award for Everything Everywhere All At Once.

A thought leader in various fields, Vikram has spoken at The Great Escape, Reeperbahn, MIDEM, BIME, Liverpool Sound City and Canadian Music Week.

In early 2024, Vikram founded Lila, a groundbreaking charity committed to empowering South Asians in the UK music industry, and as an advisor at the Center for Music Ecosystems, Vikram leverages his expertise to help shape a more inclusive global music ecosystem.

Vikram is the co-founder of record label Subtle Energy and a sound design producer at Mammoth Audio. In the film industry, Vikram is also an award-winning executive producer. His latest documentary, Mother Vera, won the Grierson Award at LFF 2024 and was nominated for 4 categories at the BIFAs 2025. His upcoming films include Black Church Bay, Red Flags, Lemonade and Born Guilty.