He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1962 and grew up in London. He studied at Cambridge University, The Guildhall School of Music and Drama and City University, London. He worked as a freelance composer for many years, specializing in chamber music, electro-acoustic music, opera, music theatre and music for theatre. In 2009, Lovett moved to the U.S. and joined the Department of Music at Princeton as a Professional Specialist and Lecturer. Lovett’s works include Voyage (1997) for ensemble and electro-acoustic music; Abraham on Trial (2005), an opera for five singers; and Lonely Sits the City (2009) for solo voice and surround sound electronics. Lovett also recently scored a feature-film, Wreckers, which was premiered at the London Film Festival in October 2011.