Stephen Hilton

Stephen Hilton is an English composer, record producer and digital influencer.

Stephen Hilton
Born (1974-02-07) 7 February 1974
England
Occupation(s)Composer, record producer

Filmography

Hilton's work on movie scores consists of about 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, Internet celebrity 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, The Children, Cherrybomb, Salvage, Third Star, Sword of Vengeance and Kill Command among others. He also collaborated with composer David Holmes on Code 46, Haywire and Hunger, which received critical acclaim worldwide.[2]

Musical career

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]

FlyKKller

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.

Personal life

Hilton has been married to Internet celebrity and comedian Laura Clery since 2012[6] and frequently appears in her videos. On 15 November 2018, Hilton and Clery announced via Facebook they were expecting their first child.[7] On 20 April 2019, their son Alfie Sound Hilton was born. On 31 August 2020, they announced that they were expecting their second child.[8] They currently reside in Los Angeles, California. Hilton was an alcoholic who became sober by following the 12 step program which he has said keeps him sober today.

Credits

Scores (as composer)

2003

2005

2006

  • The 18th Electricity Plan Composer

2008

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

2000

2001

2002

2004

2005

  • Four Brothers

2007

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

2008

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[9]

1998

1999

2002

  • Pulp – We Love Life (5 tracks)

2003

2004

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

2005

Work as Composer/Songwriter

Remixes

References
  1. "Only When I Dance – Cast & Crew". Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  2. "Irish Examiner – "Maze hunger strike film opens to critical acclaim in Cannes". Irish Examiner. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  3. "HotHouse Music". HotHouse Music. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
  4. "David Holmes – The Soundtrack of our Lives". The Independent. 29 August 2003. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  5. "Flykkiller – Official Website". Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  6. "Laura Clery". YouTube. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  7. Clery, Laura. "I'm PREGNANT". Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  8. Clery, Laura. "I'm PREGNANT".
  9. "Stephen Hilton on IMDb". Retrieved 3 November 2009.
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