Biography


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Tom Hodge was born in London in 1975. His compositional style draws on elements of classical minimalism, groove-based jazz and electronica.

He has been scoring music-to-picture now for ten years, and has written music for approximately two hundred commercials, films, television & theatre pieces including the BAFTA-nominated (2006) short animation “Kamiya’s Correspondence” directed by Sumito Sakakibara.

Tom has a Masters in Composition for the Screen from the Royal College of Music, and a Diploma in Sound Engineering and Production from Alchemea College in London. He also has a degree in Social & Political Science from St John's College, Cambridge.

Recent credits include the classical remix of Daft Punk's Aerodynamic on Ministry of Sound's compilation 'Uncovered,' additional music for Vito Rocco's romantic-comedy feature 'Faintheart' (Vertigo Films) and adverts for the Independet,  Boots, Ikea, Pantene, Twinings & Max Factor..

Tom has just finished the score to his second feature film, Robert Cavanah's Pimp (Triple S productions) and his debut classical EP Super Collider.

Credits include:

Film:
Pimp (composer & music supervisor) - Triple S Productions
Faintheart (additional music) – Vertigo Films

Commercials:
Ariel, American Airlines, Amnesty, Audi, Barclaycard, Bank of Moscow, Bid TV, BB Soda, BBC, Boots, British Gas, Cadburys, Camel, Cayman Islands, Centrum, Childline, Children in Need, Clarins, Cluedo, Coca-Cola, Compare.com, Deutsche Bank, Direct Line, Disney Channel, Ebookers, FlyBe, Financial Times, First Choice, Festival Place, Gameplay, GDA, Guinness, Guardian, Hasbro, Head & Shoulders, JEA, John Lewis, Kellogs, Ikea, Independent, Line One, Lipovitan, Lloyds, LV, McDonalds, Max Factor, Mini, Mitsubishi, McCain, Morrisons, MTV, National Blood Service, Nike, NPower, Oasis, Overlord, Pantene, Pizza Hut, Pretty Polly, Pricedrop TV, Radox, Renault, Sharwoods, Smirnoff, Strepsils, Teletext, Thomson Local, Tiscali, Tom Tom, T-Mobile, Tote Sport, Twinings, UkTv Style, United Airlines, Vauxhall, Vicks, V, Vodafone, Volvo, WSPA, Xbox

Television:
Campaign Show - BBC
Seven Days - LWT
Oblivious Popstars - Tiger Aspect
Fashion House - Lion TV

Animation:
Kamiya’s Correspondence – RCA
To Have & To Hold – RCA/London Film Festival

Theatre:
Mules – Young Vic
Pages- Southwark Playhouse
What I Heard About Iraq – Arts
Kick For Touch – Orange Tree
Gone – New Ambassador
Confessions of a Jingle Writer- Pleasance, Edinburgh

Recordings:
Super Collider (composer)
Piano Interrupted- Lobe (writer/performer)
Aerodynamic- Uncovered- Mininstry of Sound (arranger/piano/producer)
Faintheart Soundtrack- EMI (composer)
Mmm- The Love Band- Pale Blue (writer/arranger/piano/producer)
Tito Rides In- Tito Lopez Combo- Acid Jazz (writer/keyboards)