Scores · Themes · Songs
Composer for television, film & animation
I write scores, themes and songs for television, film, animation and theatre. Live acoustic instruments, sampling and electronics all find their way in; the sound grows out of the story.
Talk to me about a score, theme or songMy Friend Maisy
We Can Do Anything · song and title theme
I wrote We Can Do Anything and the title theme for My Friend Maisy. The full song grew from the five-note theme, using sounds from children’s playground instruments and toy boxes.
Song and title theme by Steve Pretty. Other series music by Tom Haines.
Hear the story behind the five notes on the podcast ↗︎
The title theme and how the song began
The starting point was the major pentatonic scale: five notes familiar from playground chimes and children’s instruments. Here’s the idea in action.
Cold Call
Original score · Channel 5 drama
Live acoustic instruments meet sampling and electronics: a different side of my writing from the bright, compact world of Maisy.
Extended score selection · 14:42. Hear individual cues ↗︎
Autistic Joy
Composition & sound design · short poetry film
Music and sound design for Maddi Crease’s film, built around the poem and picture.
Advertising
Music for the small screen
Previous clients include
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Music for licensing
Production music
I also write production music for licensing. These tracks for Felt draw on soul, jazz and afrobeat, with plenty of room for the trumpet. Try Turn It Up, or explore the tracks and licensing details below.
Playing on production music
Layering trumpet parts for Future Pop’s Brass-Infused Pop, working with Ed Haydon. Different horns, mouthpieces, microphone models and room sounds help each part find its own place in the section.
Open the session on Instagram ↗︎
Hear the production-music album ↗︎
Turn It Up ↗︎
Nu-jazz and soul, with vocals and a trumpet solo.
Call to the Source ↗︎
An afrobeat-inspired instrumental, opening with trumpet and Rhodes.
Double Down ↗︎
An afrobeat-inspired instrumental with a laid-back groove.
Live scores, theatre & other experiments
More musical worlds
Podcast theme · Born Yesterday
I wrote the theme music for Born Yesterday, Alexander Bennett and Andy Barr’s comedy podcast. Two comedians clone themselves, then invite guests to explain the world to the results.
Nosferatu · a score made live
An entirely live, improvised score for Murnau’s silent film, recorded at ALSO Festival in 2025. Every sound was made there and then: no loops or prerecorded samples. Trumpet, wind, percussion and live processing, shaped in the moment as the film unfolded.
Theatre, children’s songs & comedy
For First Impressions at Theatre Royal Margate, I sampled local sounds and worked them into the score. Other projects include Annabelle’s Skirtingboard Adventure with Howard Read, The Santa Claus Science Experiment, and songs for Wilton’s Music Hall.
What Happens When the Universe Dies?
A collaboration with astronomer Chris Lintott for Gresham College, with my live soundtrack accompanying his account of the universe’s future.
Watch the Gresham College performance on YouTube ↗︎
Improvising with a planetary system 600 light years away ↗︎
One Lesson and Carol was made during Robin Ince’s 24-hour live show, from samples of the show and contributions from its audience.
Listen to One Lesson and Carol ↗︎Explore the full composition catalogue →
More cues, production-music reels, theatre scores, arrangements and collaborations.
Selected theatre & television credits
Additional music for Danny Boyle’s Pistol; an original score for First Impressions at Theatre Royal Margate; brass and drum arrangement, recording and production for the National Lottery’s 25th anniversary advert.
Musical direction, orchestration and trumpet for A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare’s Globe, with music by Jim Fortune. Music consultancy and mixing for For the Record: An Incomplete History of Music.
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