Stephen Hilton
Stephen Hilton is an English composer, record producer and digital influencer.
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Birth name | Stephen Hilton |
Born | England | 7 February 1974
Occupation(s) | Composer, music producer, musician |
Film
Hilton's work on movie scores comprises some 20 Hollywood features including The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Megamind, and four James Bond movies including The World Is Not Enough and Quantum of Solace. Other credits include Ocean's 11, 12 and 13, Moulin Rouge!, Shaft, Zoolander, The Bone Collector, Plunkett and MacClean, Analyse That, Buffalo Soldiers and Luc Besson's Kiss of the Dragon.[1]
More recently, Hilton joined his wife, digital star Laura Clery to form "Idiots Inc" - a digital media company, creating viral entertainment content and producing shows for TV / Digital and Commercials
Hilton wrote the original scores for New Town Killers (2008, Independent), The Children (2008, Vertigo Films), Cherrybomb (2009, Universal), Salvage (2009, Hoax Films), Third Star (2010, Independent), Sword of Vengeance (2015, Vertigo Films) and Kill Command (2016, Vertigo Films) among others. He collaborated with composer David Holmes on Code 46, Haywire and Hunger, which received critical acclaim worldwide.[2]
Music
Stephen produced acts such as Badly Drawn Boy, Miguel feat Wale – with Peter Asher, David Holmes and the Jon Spencer 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, Jack White, Alicia Keys, Wale, Crystal Castles, Madonna, Moby, Dave Stewart, Depeche Mode, Ke$ha, Massive Attack, Mikky Ekko, Miguel, Shirley Bassey, Sky Ferreira, Purity Ring, FKA Twigs, Alanis Morissette, Chris Lake, Oleta Adams, 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.[1] He has also remixed songs by No Doubt, Sky Ferreira Orbital, Craig Armstrong and Primal Scream and provided many compositions for commercials for companies such as Apple (multiple spots), Ferrari / Shell, Mercedes, Audi, Guinness, VW, Levi's, Comme De Garcon, Sony, Renault Clio, Amex and Jean Paul Gaultier Stephen composed, produced and mixed the music for the National Movie Awards.[3]
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.[4] 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.[3]
Flykkllr
Stephen sometimes uses the moniker FlyKKiller (now called FLYKKLLR), his debut artist project .[5] The album was 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. His work is notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements. He is about to release the second "Zeitgeist"
Personal life
Hilton has been married since 2012 to internet celebrity Laura Clery.[6] He often appears in her comic videos called "Help Helen Smash." On 15 November 2018, Hilton and Clery announced via Facebook they were expecting their first child.[7] They live in Los Angeles, California. On 20 April 2019 their son was born, named Alfred Sound Hilton.
Credits
Scores (as composer)
2003
- Stander Composer
- Code 46 Composer
2005
- The War Within Composer
2006
- The 18th Electricity Plan Composer
2008
- The Children Composer
- New Town Killers Composer
2009
- Salvage Composer
- Only When I Dance (a.k.a. Vida Ballet) Composer
- Cherrybomb Composer
2010
- "Third Star" Composer
- "The Journey" Composer
2011
- "Transformers 3 Dark of the Moon" – additional music
- "Man on a Ledge" – additional music
- Harry's Arctic Heroes" additional music
2012
- "Madagascar 3 Europes Most Wanted" additional music / arranger
- "The 84th Annual Academy Awards " additional music /arranger
2013
- "Fast And Furious 6" additional music/arranger
2014
- "The Pyramid Texts" Composer
- "Kill Command" Composer
- Sword of Vengeance Composer
- "The Big Leaf " (Def Jam films) Composer
- "Hungry Season 2 " (Def Jam films) Composer
- "The Amazing Spiderman 2" Composer additional music /arranger
- "Counting Backwrds" Composer
- "Drugs INC" Composer
2016
- "Kong Skull Island" -composer additional music
- "Jack Reacher Never Go Back" - composer additional music
2017
- "The Predator" -composer additional music
- "Romans" -composer
Scores (As Arranger/Music Programmer/Beats/Electronics/Remixes)
1999
- The World Is Not Enough
- The Bone Collector
- Plunkett & Macleane
- Best Laid Plans[8]
2000
2001
- Buffalo Soldier
- Ocean's Eleven
- Kiss of the Dragon
- Moulin Rouge!
2002
- Enough
- Analyze That
- Die Another Day
2004
2005
- Four Brothers
2007
- Ocean's Thirteen
- Hot Fuzz
- A Mighty Heart
2008
- Quantum of Solace
- How To Lose Friends and Alienate People
2010
- "Megamind"
- "How Do You Know"
2011
- "The Dilema"
- "Kung Fu Panda 2"
- "Haywire"
- "Assassin's Creed: Revelations"
2012
- "The 84th Annual Academy Awards"
- "Wrath of the Titans"
- "Madagascar 3 Europes Most Wanted"
- "Savages"
2013
- "Kick Ass 2" (rmx)
- "47 Ronin "
- "The Great Gatsby"
- GI Joe 2 : Retaliation"
2015
- "Kung Fu Panda 3" - additional music
Music Programming credits
1992
- The John Spencer Blues Explosion – Blues Explosion[8]
1998
- Depeche Mode – Only When I Lose Myself
1999
- Pet Shop Boys – Nightlife ("In Denial")
2002
- Pulp – We Love Life (5 tracks)
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")
2004
- The John Spencer Blues Explosion – Damage ("Spoiled", "You Been My Baby")
2005
- Natasha Bedingfield – I Bruise Easily (4 track single)
- Doves – Black and White Town
Composer/Songwriter
- National Movie Awards Theme
- Flykkllr – Album
- Siouxsie Sioux – Drone Zone
- David Holmes – Forthcoming Album
- Pati Yang – Silent Treatment
- Pati Yang – All That Is Thirst
- Free Association – David Holmes Presents The Free Association
- Free Association – Come Get It, Got It
- Craig Armstrong – Amber
- Craig Armstrong – Starless
- Craig Armstrong – Ruthless Gravity
- Children – Sell My Pulse
Remix
- No Doubt – Settle Down
- No Doubt – Lookin Hot
- Siouxsie Sioux – Here Comes That Day
- Primal Scream – Uptown
- Craig Armstrong – Glasgow
- Orbital – Gobsmack
- Kharma 45's – Political Soul
- Jacob Fletcher – Don't Go Down
- Answering Machine – Silent Hotels
- The 45 King – The 900 Number
References
- "Only When I Dance – Cast & Crew". Retrieved 12 February 2010.
- "Irish Examiner – "Maze hunger strike film opens to critical acclaim in Cannes". Irish Examiner. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
- "HotHouse Music". HotHouse Music. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
- "David Holmes – The Soundtrack of our Lives". The Independent. 29 August 2003. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- "Flykkiller – Official Website". Retrieved 26 November 2009.
- "Laura Clery". YouTube. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- Clery, Laura. "I'm PREGNANT". Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- "Stephen Hilton on IMDb". Retrieved 3 November 2009.