# Neil Ormandy

Neil Ormandy is a British musician, songwriter and producer based in Los Angeles. He co-wrote James Arthur's worldwide hit single "Say You Won't Let Go" and is the co-owner of SILO: Music.

## Early life

Ormandy was born and raised in Manchester, England.

## Career
### Rushmore

When he was 18 years old, Ormandy formed Rushmore, an indie country/pop band, with his older brother Ed Ormandy. They were signed to a publishing deal with EMI in 2000, and a record deal with Kinetic Records in 2001. In 2005, Paul Adam at Island Records signed Rushmore to a development deal, which led to Rushmore signing a record deal with Mercury Records the following year. The band toured with artists including Keith Urban, Simply Red, James Morrison and Paolo Nutini.

### Songwriting

Ormandy moved to Los Angeles in 2009, signing writer-producer deals with Pusher, District Music, Archangel and HTGR, where he began writing music for television, film and advertising campaigns.
In 2014, Ormandy signed a publishing deal with Ultra Music, and launched SILO: Music, which he runs with his brother Jack Ormandy. The company specializes in creating music for television shows, films, film trailers and commercials and managing a collection of top notch pop songwriters and producers. SILO: Music has had songs on television shows including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; CSI: NY; Arrow; Gotham; Silicon Valley; Nikita; Teen Wolf; and motion picture trailer cues for Clash of the Titans; Green Lantern; Knight and Day; Dead Man Down; The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo; Selma; The Avengers; and the official trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Ormandy co-wrote James Arthur's 2016 single "Say You Won't Let Go", which was a number 1 single in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and the Netherlands. In the US, it reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on the Adult Top 40 chart. Currently "Say You Won't Let Go" is the number 11 most streamed songs on Spotify with over 1 billion streams to date.
In 2017 he wrote the single "Breathe" by Eric Prydz featuring Rob Swire, which reached number 27 on the Billboard Dance chart.
In 2018 he co-wrote on three tracks of the Welshly Arms sophomore album No Place Is Home and collaborated with beloved winner of the 2016 America's Got Talent, Grace VanderWaal, on her single “Clearly.” Thus far 2019 has seen the release of Ormandy's co-write on “Girl in the Mirror” by Bebe Rexha from the feature film UglyDolls and the third single of the Dean Lewis debut album, “Stay Awake” which peaked at number 20 on Billboard US Adult Top 40.
Other collaborations include Nick Jonas, Kelly Clarkson, Zara Larsson, Dermot Kennedy, Calum Scott, Alesso, Trippie Redd, Aloe Blacc, Jamie Cullum, Hey Violet, Barns Courtney, Sasha Sloan, Cheat Codes, and Tom Grennan.

## Discography
### Writing and producing credits

| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Credit |
| 2010 | Miss Montreal | So… Anything Else? | "Here Without You" | Writer |
| 2010 | Miss Montreal | So… Anything Else? | "Say What You See" | Writer |
| 2010 | Sander Kleinenberg feat. Jamie Cullum | 5K | "Remember When" | Writer |
| 2011 | Sander Kleinenberg feat. Neil Ormandy | | "Closer" | Vocals, writer |
| 2013 | Gabriel & Dresden feat. Neil Ormandy | | "Tomorrow Comes" | Vocals, writer |
| 2013 | MYNC, Neil Ormandy | | "Searching" | Vocals, writer |
| 2015 | Hey Violet | I Can Feel It | "I Can Feel It" | Writer |
| 2015 | Ben Haenow feat. Kelly Clarkson | Ben Haenow | "Second Hand Heart" | Writer |
| 2016 | Julian Perretta | Karma | "Rich Kid" | Writer, producer |
| 2016 | James Arthur | Back from the Edge | "Say You Won't Let Go" | Writer |
| 2016 | Leroy Styles feat. Neil Ormandy | | "Can't Let Go" | Vocals, writer, producer |
| 2016 | Eric Prydz | Opus | "Moody Mondays" | Writer |
| 2016 | Eric Prydz | Opus | "Breathe" | Writer |
| 2016 | Barns Courtney | The Dull Drums | "Hands" | Writer |
| 2016 | MOUNT | | "Bend Before We Break" | Writer |
| 2016 | Broken Back | Broken Back | "Lady Bitterness" | Writer |
| 2017 | Emmit Fenn | | "Lost in Space" | Writer |
| 2017 | Ricki-Lee Coulter | | "Not Too Late" | Writer |
| 2017 | MYBADD & Olivia Holt | | "Party on a Weekday" | Writer |
| 2017 | Barns Courtney | The Attractions of Youth | "Hands" | Writer |
| 2017 | Barns Courtney | The Attractions of Youth | "Champion" | Writer |
| 2017 | Barns Courtney | The Attractions of Youth | "Rather Die" | Writer |
| 2017 | Fancy Cars feat. Neil Ormandy | | "Stay the Same" | Vocals, writer |
| 2017 | Leo Stannard feat. Frances | In My Blood | "Gravity" | Writer |
| 2017 | DVBBS | Blood of My Blood | "Catch" | Writer |
| 2017 | SNBRN & BLU J feat. Cara Frew | | "You Got Me" | Writer |
| 2017 | Deorro | Good Evening | "Guide Me" | Writer |
| 2017 | Bunt feat. Neil Ormandy | | "Gypsy Heart" | Vocals, writer |
| 2017 | Mr Hudson feat. Vic Mensa | | "Coldplay" | Writer |
| 2018 | Welshly Arms | No Place Is Home | "Sanctuary" | Writer |
| 2018 | Welshly Arms | No Place Is Home | "Indestructible" | Writer |
| 2018 | Welshly Arms | No Place Is Home | "Unspoken" | Writer |
| 2018 | Grace VanderWaal | | "Clearly" | Writer |
| 2018 | Tyler Shaw | Intuition | "With You" | Writer |
| 2018 | Kodaline | | "Shed A Tear" | Writer |
| 2018 | Alex Aiono | | "No Drama" | Writer |
| 2018 | Albin Lee Meldau | About You | "I Beg" | Writer |
| 2018 | Boyzone | Thank You & Goodnight | "You're Criminal" | Writer |
| 2019 | Dean Lewis | A Place We Knew | "Stay Awake" | Writer |
| 2019 | Dean Lewis | | "Stay Awake (Acoustic)" | Writer |
| 2019 | Bebe Rexha | UglyDolls (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | "Girl in the Mirror" | Writer |
| 2019 | The Score | Pressure | "The Fear" | Writer |
| 2019 | Barns Courtney | 404 | "London Girls" | Writer |
| 2019 | Dotan | | "Numb" | Writer |
| 2019 | Dotan | | "Letting Go" | Writer |
| 2019 | Fitz and the Tantrums | All the Feels | "Livin' for the Weekend" | Writer |
| 2019 | Delaney Jane | | "Safe with You" | Writer |
| 2019 | TVXQ | XV | "Six in the Morning" | Writer |
| 2019 | Audien | Escapism | "Heaven feat. Maty Noyes" | Writer |
| 2019 | Ella Henderson | Glorius | "Hold On Me" | Writer |
| 2019 | Emerson Hart | | "Lucky One" | Writer |
| 2020 | Christopher | | "Ghost" | Writer |
| 2020 | Cheat Codes | | "No Service In The Hills feat. Trippie Redd, Blackbear, PRINCE$$ ROSIE" | Writer |
| 2020 | Gundelach feat. Aurora | | "Cynical Mind" | Writer |
| 2020 | Galantis | Church | "Never Felt a Love Like This (with Hook N Sling) [feat. Dotan]" | Writer |
| 2020 | Maximillian | Still Alive | "Crossroads" | Writer |
| 2020 | Alesso | | "Midnight (feat. Liam Payne)" | Writer |
| 2020 | Balcony | | "He Don't Trust Me" | Writer, producer |
| 2020 | Betta Lemme | | "I'm Bored" | Writer |
| 2020 | Nikhil D'Souza | | "People Song" | Writer |
| 2020 | Fanny Anderson | | "Wake Up" | Writer |
| 2020 | Digital Farm Animals, Gaullin feat. Tim North | | "Ballin'" | Writer |
| 2020 | Jez Dior | | "Wasted Youth" | Writer |
| 2020 | Tiësto feat. Galxara | | "Round & Round" | Writer |
| 2020 | Dotan | Numb | "No Words" | Writer |
| 2020 | Langston Francis | | "Waste My Time" | Writer |
| 2020 | Aloe Blacc | All Love Everything | "My Way" | Writer |
| 2020 | Paul Kalkbrenner | | "Parachute" | Writer |
| 2020 | Nicklas Sahl | Unsolvable | "A Friend Like You" | Writer |
| 2020 | Wonho | Love Synonym Pt. 1: Right for Me | "Losing You" | Writer |
| 2020 | Lukas Graham feat. G-Eazy | | "Share That Love" | Writer |
| 2020 | NEEDTOBREATHE | Out of Body | "Bottom of a Heartbreak" | Writer |
| 2020 | Aloe Blacc | All Love Everything | "Hold On Tight" | Writer |
| 2020 | Disciples | | "I Got You" | Writer |
| 2020 | Aloe Blacc | All Love Everything | "All Love Everything" | Writer |
| 2020 | Aloe Blacc | All Love Everything | "Family" | Writer |
| 2020 | Aloe Blacc | All Love Everything | "Glory Days" | Writer |
| 2020 | Justin Caruso | | "Highs & Lows" | Writer |
| 2020 | Dotan | | "There Will Be a Way" | Writer |
| 2020 | Matoma, Michael Bolton | | "It's Christmas Time (with Michael Bolton)" | Writer |
| 2020 | Lukas Graham | | "Share That Love (Acoustic)" | Writer |
| 2020 | Aloe Blacc, Steve Aoki | | "My Way" | Writer |
| 2021 | Lo Vallens | | "Rose Tinted Glasses" | Writer |
| 2021 | ELI | | "Gone" | Writer |
| 2021 | Emmit Fenn | | "Until We Leave the Ground" | Writer |
| 2021 | Julian Perretta | | "If I'm Being Honest" | Writer |
| 2021 | Emmit Fenn | | "Colors" | Writer |
| 2021 | Sultan & Shepard, The Cut | | "White Lies" | Writer, Artist |
| 2021 | Kastra | | "Fool For You" | Writer |
| 2021 | Klingande | | "Better Man" | Writer |
| 2021 | James Barre | | "Blame It On Us" | Writer |
| 2021 | Dotan | | "Mercy" | Writer |
| 2021 | Birdy | Young Heart | "Deepest Lonely" | Writer |
| 2021 | Dotan | Satellites | "With You" | Writer |
| 2021 | Dotan | Satellites | "I Will Follow" | Writer |
| 2021 | Birdy | Fire: Leo's Songs | "Deepest Lonely" | Writer |
| 2021 | Tyler Shaw | | "I See You" | Writer |
| 2021 | Emmit Fenn | All This To Live For | "Into the Deep" | Writer |
| 2021 | Emmit Fenn | All This To Live For | "Do You Feel the Same" | Writer |
| 2021 | TELYKast, Sam Gray | | "Unbreakable" | Writer |
| 2021 | Karen Harding | | "You & I (All I Need)" | Writer |
| 2021 | Steve Aoki, End of the World | | "End of the World" | Writer |
| 2021 | Meduza, Hozier | | "Tell It To My Heart" | Writer |
| 2021 | Aidan Martin | | "Easy" | Writer |
| 2021 | Oliver Heldens, Anabel Englund | | "Deja Vu" | Writer |
| 2022 | Aidan Martin, Ofenbach | | "Easy (Ofenbach Remix)" | Writer |
| 2022 | Aidan Martin, TELYkast | | "Easy (TELYKast Remix)" | Writer |
| 2022 | Emmit Fenn | | "Dumb" | Writer |
| 2022 | TELYkast, Teddy Swims | | "Loveless (with Teddy Swims)" | Writer |
| 2022 | Aidan Martin | | "Tears" | Writer |
| 2022 | Two Friends feat.John K | | "Wish You Were Here (feat. John K)" | Writer |
| 2022 | DLMT, TELYKast, Arlissa | | "MELODY" | Writer |
| 2022 | Oliver Heldens, Tchami, Anabel Englund | | "LOW" | Writer |
| 2022 | Owenn | | "Rest Of My Life" | Writer |
| 2022 | CanovA, Giorgia, Ormai | | "Nirvana (feat. Giorgia & Ormai)" | Writer |
| 2022 | Jake Scott | | "She's Not You" | Writer |
| 2022 | ILLENIUM, Teddy Swims | | "All That Really Matters" | Writer |
| 2022 | Benson Boone | | "Empty Heart Shaped Box" | Writer |
| 2022 | Jolyon Petch, Starley | | "I Just Want Your Touch" | Writer |
| 2022 | Sam Feldt, David Solomon, Aloe Blacc | | "Future In Your Hands (feat. Aloe Blacc)" | Writer |
| 2022 | Bas | | "Run It Up" | Writer |
| 2022 | Aidan Martin | | "BOYS" | Producer |
| 2022 | TELYKAST, Francis Karel | | "Better Now" | Writer |
| 2022 | Camylio | | "amnesia" | Writer |
| 2023 | Drew Love | | "Karma Chameleon (The Voyage Edition)" | Producer |
| 2023 | Lukas Graham, G-Eazy | | "Share That Love (feat. G-Eazy)" | Writer |
| 2023 | Surf Mesa, Selah Sol | | "City of Love (feat. Selah Sol)" | Writer |
| 2023 | Riton, Soaky Siren | | "Sugar (feat. Soaky Siren)" | Writer |
| 2023 | Felly, Arden Jones | | "Crying In Sunshine (feat. Arden Jones)" | Writer |
| 2023 | BoyWithUke | | "Antisocial" | Writer |
| 2023 | Steve Aoki, Jimmie Allen, Dixie D'Amelio | | "Older ft Jimmie Allen & Dixie D'Amelio" | Writer |
| 2023 | Emmit Fenn | | "Friends" | Writer |
| 2023 | Bernhoft | | "Carry You" | Writer |
| 2023 | Hogland | | "After Life" | Writer |
| 2023 | Nicky Romero, Nico Santos, Jonas Blue | | "All You Need Is Love" | Writer |
| 2023 | Riton, Belters Only, Enisa | | "Never Love Again (feat. Enisa)" | Writer |
| 2023 | San Holo, Whethan, Selah Sol | | "NO PLACE IS TOO FAR (feat. Whethan & Selah Sol)" | Writer |
| 2023 | Dotan | | "Diamonds in My Chest" | Writer |
| 2023 | Bernhoft | Avenue of Loveless Hearts | "No Place Like Home" | Writer |
| 2023 | Bernhoft | Avenue of Loveless Hearts | "I Feel A Change Coming" | Writer |
| 2023 | Bernhoft | Avenue of Loveless Hearts | "Feel It the Same" | Writer |
| 2023 | Bernhoft | Avenue of Loveless Hearts | "Sleep Safe Tonight" | Writer |
| 2023 | Bernhoft | Avenue of Loveless Hearts | "I Got A Feeling" | Writer |
| 2023 | Bernhoft | Avenue of Loveless Hearts | "Let It Go" | Writer |
| 2023 | Bernhoft | Avenue of Loveless Hearts | "Love Not War" | Writer |
| 2023 | Venbee | zero experience | "mona lisa" | Writer |
| 2023 | INJI | | "BELLYDANCING" | Writer |
| 2023 | Brooke Combe | | "Praise" | Writer |
| 2023 | UPSAHL | Snowglobe | "Pick Up Where We Left Off" | Writer |
| 2023 | Felly | | "Beautiful Day" | Writer |
| 2024 | Aidan Martin | | "Lonely People" | Writer |
| Frank Walker, Nate Smith | | "Missing You" | Writer |
| Paloma Faith | The Glorification of Sadness | "God in a Dress" | Writer |
| Paloma Faith | The Glorification of Sadness | "Let it Ride" | Writer |
| Paloma Faith | The Glorification of Sadness | "Eat Sh*t And Die" | Writer |
| Sheppard | | "Edge of the Earth" | Writer |
| Lyn Lapid, Whethan | | "Cruise Control" | Writer |
| Vienna Vienna | | "Beauty Queen" | Writer |
| Angrybaby, Alida | | "I FOUND LOVE" | Writer |
| Eric Nam | House on a Hill | "Strawberries" | Writer |
| Emmit Fenn | | "Count On Me" | Writer |
| Sophie and the Giants | | "Shut Up And Dance" | Writer |
| Christian French | | "Someone To Love" | Writer |
| Vienna Vienna | | "F**k Me" | Writer |
| Vienna Vienna | | "Love Me" | Writer |
| Daktyl, San Holo, Lizzy Land | | "Black Water" | Writer |
| Vienna Vienna | | "Best of Me" | Writer |
| Wakyin, Bantu | | "Closer" | Writer |
| Goodboys, Julia Church | | "Fractures" | Writer |
| TELYKAST, Sam Gray | | "Surrender Your Love" | Writer |
| MEDUZA, HAYLA | | "Another World" | Writer |
| Dotan | | "Drown Me in Your River" | Writer |
| gavn! | | "Love Me 'Til You Leave Me" | Writer |
| Syn Cole, Alida | | "Waterfall" | Writer |
| Nate Smith | California Gold | "Hurtless" | Writer |
| Wafia | | "Say It To The Moon" | Writer |
| Vienna Vienna | Wonderland | "Sex Drugs Whatever" | Writer |
| Vienna Vienna | Wonderland | "Wonderland" | Writer |
| Vienna Vienna | Wonderland | "Make a Man Out of You" | Writer |
| Vienna Vienna | Wonderland | "One More Last Time" | Writer |
| Matteo Bocelli, Sofia Carson | | "If I Knew" | Writer |
| Bishop Briggs | Tell My Therapist I'm Fine | "I'm Not A Machine" | Writer |
| aespa | | "Whiplash" | Writer |
| Tiësto ft. Soaky Siren | | "Tantalizing" | Writer |
| The Score | | "Better Days" | Writer |
| MEDUZA, HAYLA | | "Another World (Kevin de Vries & SLVR Remix)" | Writer |
| Anabel Englund | | "Zen Cowboy" | Writer |
| Letdown. | | "decades" | Writer |
| 2025 | Zerb, Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign | | "Location" | Writer |
| John Summit feat. CLOVES | | "Focus" | Writer |
| Vienna Vienna | | "God Save The Queens" | Writer |
| Jonas Blue, Izzy Bizu | | "Lifeline" | Writer |
| D3lta | | "Lonely Together" | Writer |
| Frankie Grande | | "Rhythm of Love" | Writer |