Stephen Hilton

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Stephen Hilton
Birth name Stephen Hilton
Occupations Composer, music producer, musician

Stephen Hilton is a composer, record producer, musician and programmer. He currently has a publishing deal with Universal Music and resides in Los Angeles & sometimes splits his time between the US and UK [1]

Film

Hilton wrote the original score for The Children (Vertigo Films), New York Town Killers (Independent), Salvage (Hoax Films) and Vida Ballet (Tigerlily Films), to name a few. He collaborated with renowned composer David Holmes on Cherrybomb and Hunger, which received critical acclaim worldwide.[2]

His electronic work on movie scores comprises some 20 Hollywood features including two James Bond movies; The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day. Other credits include Oceans 11, 12 & 13, Moulin Rouge!, Shaft, Zoolander, The Bone Collector, Plunkett and MacClean, Analyse That, Buffalo Soldiers and Luc Besson's Kiss Of The Dragon.[3]

Hilton recently produced the score for the new Caroline Aherne film, in collaboration with Badly Drawn Boy.

Music

Stephen produced acts such as Badly Drawn Boy, David Holmes and the John Spenser Blues Explosion, co-wrote and produced the track "Drone Zone" with Siouxsie Sioux, for her solo album MantaRay. Stephen has worked with many artists, and has contributed to the works of Gwen Stefani, Hans Zimmer, No Doubt, U2 Pharrell Williams, Lady Gaga , Wale, Crystal Castles, Moby, Dave Stewart, Depeche Mode, Massive Attack, Mikky Ekko, Miguel, Shirley Bassey, Sky Ferrera, Rihanna Alanis Morissette, Chris Lake Moloko, Isaac Hayes, The Pet Shop Boys, Scott Walker, Pulp, David Holmes, Bomb the Bass, Mel C, The Divine Comedy, Dirty Vegas, Martina Topley-Bird, Natasha Bedingfield, Joy Zipper, The John Spencer Blues Explosion, David Arnold, Trevor Horn and Rick Nowels..[3] He has also remixed songs by No Doubt, Sky Ferrera Orbital, Craig Armstrong and Primal Scream. and provided many compositions for Apple Commercials Stephen composed, produced and mixed the music for the National Movie Awards.[4]

The Free Association

Stephen formed The Free Association with David Holmes. Together as a band of composers and producers they scored the futuristic love story, Code 46, directed by Michael Winterbottom.[5] This resulted in a nomination for European Composer of the Year at the European Movie Awards. The Free Association also scored Bronwen Hughes' film Stander, based on a true story about South African chief of police in 1979. The Free Association’s album received critical acclaim and the band embarked on an extensive European tour, performing at Glastonbury, V2003, Kristiansand and Roskilde and on BBC's Later with Jools Holland. The band’s music features on a variety of car adverts, including a Renault Clio Campaign (UK) and a VW Campaign (Germany & Turkey). Other repertoire has been licensed to CSI - the American Crime drama series amongst other TV series.[4]

Flykkllr

Stephen is one half of electronic rock band FlyKKiller (now called FLYKKLLR), his debut artist project with vocalist Pati Yang.[6] They were reviewed by The Sunday Times as the “best psyched up twisted soul record of the year”. The LP was released in October and the band were lauded by the British music press as one of the most important breakthrough acts of the year.[7] His work is notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements. and includes a remix of the single by David Holmes.

Credits

Scores (as composer / additional music by)

2013

  • "Fast And Furious 6" additional music/arranger

2012

  • "Madagascar 3 Europes Most Wanted" additional music / arranger
  • "The 84th Annual Academy Awards " additional music /arranger

2011

  • "Transformers 3 Dar Of The Moon" - additional music
  • "Man On A Ledge" - additional music
  • Harry's Arctic Heroes" additional music

2010

  • "Third Star"
  • "The Journey"

2009

  • Salvage
  • Only When I Dance (a.k.a. Vida Ballet)
  • Cherrybomb

2008

2006

  • The 18th Electricity Plan

2005

2003

Scores (As Arranger/Music Programmer/Beats/Electronics/Remixes)

2013

  • "Kick Ass 2" (rmx)
  • "47 Ronin "
  • "The Great Gatsby"
  • GI Joe 2 : Retaliation"

2012

  • "The 84th Annual Academy Awards"
  • "Wrath Of The Titans"
  • "Madagascar 3 Europes Most Wanted"
  • "Savages"

2011

  • "The Dilema"
  • "Kung Fu Panda 2"
  • "Haywire"
  • "Assasins Creed REvelations"

2010'

  • "Megamind"
  • "How Do You Know"

2008

2007

  • Ocean's Thirteen
  • Hot Fuzz
  • A Mighty Heart

2005

  • Four Brothers

2004

  • Ocean’s Twelve

2002

2001

  • Buffalo Soldier
  • Ocean’s Eleven
  • Kiss of the Dragon
  • Moulin Rouge!

2000

1999

Music Programming Credits

2005

2004

  • The John Spencer Blues Explosion – Damage (“Spoiled”, “You Been My Baby”)

2003

  • Mel C – Reason (“Home”)
  • Martina Topley-Bird – Quixotic (“Steve’s (Day’s Of A Gun)”)
  • Moloko – Things To Make And Do (“The Time Is Now”)

2002

  • Pulp – We Love Life (5 tracks)

1999

1998

1992

  • The John Spencer Blues Explosion – Blues Explosion[8]

Composer/Songwriter

Remix

Notes

  1. ↑ "Rupert Grint Official Website - Cherrybomb Soundtrack". Retrieved 2010-02-12. 
  2. ↑ "Irish Examiner - "Maze hunger strike film opens to critical acclaim in Cannes". Irish Examiner. 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2010-02-12. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Only When I Dance - Cast & Crew". Retrieved 2010-02-12. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "HotHouse Music". HotHouse Music. Retrieved 2009-11-03. 
  5. ↑ "The Independent - David Holmes - The Soundtrack of our Lives". The Independent. 2003-08-29. Retrieved 2010-02-03. 
  6. ↑ "Flykkiller - Official Website". Retrieved 2009-11-26. 
  7. ↑ "Flykkiller on Wikipedia". Retrieved 2009-11-03. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Stephen Hilton on IMDb". Retrieved 2009-11-03. 

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