Tom Hodge

Professional

Composer/Lyricist:	Both
Genre:	Media
Website:	www.tomhodge.com

Biography

Tom was born in London in 1975. He has a Masters in Composition for the Screen from the Royal College of Music.

As resident composer for the London-based music production company Grand Central Music, Tom has over 150 TV, cinema and radio advertising credits for brands such as Renault, Smirnoff, Guinness & Nike.

He has written music for a number of TV, film and theatre productions including the BAFTA-nominated (2006) short animation Kamiya’s Correspondence directed by Sumito Sakakibara.

Tom is an accomplished audio engineer and producer whose credits include remixes of Talking Heads’ Once in a Lifetime for the BBC and Roxy Music’s The Main Thing for Vauxhall and producing The Neptunes' music for Nike’s Stickman campaign.

Tom regularly plays jazz piano at gigs and sessions in and around London.

2005 saw Tom pen a one-man comedy show, Confessions Of A Jingle Writer, and perform it at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival throughout August. “With his tidal wave haircut and polite demeanour, the jinglesmith is affable company.” (The List) “The whole thing is actually rather hilarious.” (Three Weeks)

With his diverse musical training, Tom enjoys composing and producing music in almost any genre or style. He is currently writing his first opera.

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