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Thomas Hewitt Jones

Thomas Hewitt Jones

British composer

Thomas Hewitt Jones (born 24 October 1984) is a British composer and music producer, working predominantly in the fields of contemporary classical and commercial music.

Thomas Hewitt Jones at the piano, 2020

Thomas scored the music for the London 2012 Olympics Mascots animated films.[1]

On 11 July 2016, outgoing Prime Minister David Cameron was recorded humming four notes of an unidentified tune, which created an internet furore; on the following day, Thomas Hewitt Jones released the sheet music for a Fantasy on David Cameron: arranged for high/low solo instrument(s) and piano, which he made available for download from the Classic FM website.[2][3]

On 26 July 2017, his Worcester Service (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 from Worcester Cathedral.

Thomas's commercial track Funny Song [4] went viral on the Tiktok platform in 2022, with over 8 billion streams worldwide as of July 2022. The track is composed & performed (voice & piano) by Thomas, and published by Cavendish Music. [5]

Early life

Thomas Hewitt Jones was born in 1984[6] in Dulwich, South London, into a musical family; his parents are both musicians and his paternal grandparents were both composers.

Educated at Dulwich College, he went on to be the organ scholar at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.[7] He was the winner of the 2003 BBC Young Composer of the Year competition, and in 2009 received a BBC Music Magazine "Premiere Album" award for producing an album of the music of Imogen Holst.[8]

Composer

On 18 May 2020, during the COVID-19 lockdown, The Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London and soprano Laura Wright released a new single 'Can You Hear Me?', composed by Thomas with words by long-time collaborator Matt Harvey to raise awareness of mental health, encouraging those in need to seek support.[9]

His Christmas carol Lullay, my Liking was recorded by British choir ORA Singers in 2017. [10]

Key works

  • 2006 - The Facebook song (composed together with Peter Foggitt[11])[12]
  • 2008 - The Forbidden Kingdom soundtrack (assistant to composer David Buckley)[13]
  • 2008 - Under Milk Wood (for Ballet Cymru)
  • 2008 - What Child is This?
  • 2009 - How Green was my Valley (for Ballet Cymru)
  • 2009 - Child of the Stable’s Secret Birth
  • 2009 - Romance for viola and piano
  • 2010 - Lady of the Lake (for Ballet Cymru)
  • 2012 - London 2012 / LOCOG Mascot Animated Films (soundtracks)[8]
  • 2013 - Incarnation: A Suite of Songs for Christmas
  • 2014 - Wildflower Meadows (for Arts for Rutland)
  • 2015 - Panathenaia (for the British Museum)[14]
  • 2016 - Christmas Party (Christmas Violin Concerto)[15]
  • 2017 - Worcester Service (Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis)[16]
  • 2017 - Lullay, my Liking for ORA Singers, conducted by Suzi Digby
  • 2018 - Electro Cello [17]
  • 2019 - Neoclassical [18]
  • 2021 - Cinematic Advertising [19]
  • 2022 - In Our Service[20]

Music producer

He produced This is the Day (2012) for the English composer John Rutter and his choir the Cambridge Singers and Aurora Orchestra.[21]

Personal life

Thomas scores production music from his own studio facility and lives in London with Annalisa, his wife, whom he married in 2020.[22]

References

  1. [1]
    "Mascots Wenlock and Mandeville return to the big screen for the final time". 12 May 2012.
  2. [2]
    Ross, Daniel (13 July 2016). "Now you can play David Cameron's humming tune yourself". Classic FM. This is Global Ltd. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  3. [3]
    Perlman, Elizabeth (12 July 2016). "DAVID CAMERON'S DOWNING STREET HUM PROVES ONLINE HIT WITH MUSICIANS". Newsweek. Newsweek Ltd. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Funny Song". YouTube.
  5. [5]
    "The Inside Story of Funny Song". 24 June 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Thomas Hewitt Jones". editionpeters.com. Peters Edition Ltd. 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  7. [7]
    Coffey, David (8 April 2011). "Life of a Dulwich Composer". Dulwich OnView. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  8. [8]
    "About Thomas Hewitt Jones". MTV. Viacom Media Networks. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  9. [9]
    "Can You Hear Me?".
  10. [10]
    "ORA Singers — Thomas Hewitt Jones".
  11. [11]
    "Peter Foggitt official website".
  12. [12]
    "The Facebook song - Youtube". YouTube.
  13. [13]
    "The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) - Full Cast & Crew". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  14. [14]
    "Thomas Hewitt Jones - Biography". Thomas Hewitt Jones / Metronome Music Ltd. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  15. [15]
    "Christmas Party". Signum Records. Thomas Hewitt Jones / Signum Records Ltd. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  16. [16]
    "Choral Evensong from the Three Choirs Festival".
  17. [17]
    "Electro Cello (EMI Juice)". Spotify.
  18. [18]
    "Neoclassical (EMI Juice)". Spotify.
  19. [19]
    "Cinematic Advertising (EMI Juice)". Spotify.
  20. [20]
    "In Our Service: a commission from the Royal School of Church Music for the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II".
  21. [21]
    "This is the day".
  22. [22]
    "Thomas Hewitt Jones - Biography".


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