Stephen Hilton
Stephen Hilton is an English composer, record producer and digital influencer. Filmography. Hilton's work on movie scores consists of about 20 Hollywood features including "The Amazing Spider-Man 2", "Megamind", and four James Bond movies including "The World Is Not Enough" and "Quantum of Solace". Other credits include "Ocean's 11", "12" and "13", "Moulin Rouge!", "Shaft", "Zoolander", "The Bone Collector", "Plunkett and MacClean", "Analyze That", "Buffalo Soldiers" and Luc Besson's "Kiss of the Dragon". More recently, Hilton joined his wife, Internet celebrity Laura Clery, to form "Idiots Inc" – a digital media company, creating viral entertainment  content and producing shows for TV / Digital and Commercials Hilton wrote the original scores for "New Town Killers", "The Children", "Cherrybomb", "Salvage", "Third Star", "Sword of Vengeance" and "Kill Command" among others. He also collaborated with composer David Holmes on "Code 46", "Haywire" and "Hunger", which received critical acclaim worldwide. Musical career. Stephen produced acts such as Badly Drawn Boy, Miguel feat Wale – with Peter Asher, David Holmes and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, co-wrote and produced the track "Drone Zone" with Siouxsie Sioux, for her solo album "Mantaray". Stephen has worked with many artists and has contributed to  the works of Gwen Stefani, Hans Zimmer, No Doubt, U2, Pharrell Williams, Jack White, Alicia Keys, Wale, Crystal Castles, Madonna, Moby, Dave Stewart, Depeche Mode, Ke$ha, Massive Attack, Mikky Ekko, Miguel, Shirley Bassey, Sky Ferreira, Purity Ring, FKA Twigs, Alanis Morissette, Chris Lake, Oleta Adams, Moloko, Isaac Hayes, The Pet Shop Boys, Scott Walker, Pulp, David Holmes, Bomb the Bass, Mel C, The Divine Comedy, Dirty Vegas, Martina Topley-Bird, Natasha Bedingfield, Joy Zipper, The John Spencer Blues Explosion, David Arnold, Trevor Horn and Rick Nowels. He has also remixed songs by No Doubt, Sky Ferreira Orbital, Craig Armstrong and  Primal Scream and provided many compositions for commercials for companies such as Apple (multiple spots), Ferrari / Shell, Mercedes, Audi, Guinness, VW, Levi's, Comme De Garcon, Sony, Renault Clio, Amex and Jean Paul Gaultier Stephen composed, produced and mixed the music for the National Movie Awards. The Free Association. Stephen and a band of Dobermans formed The Free Association with David Holmes. Together as a band of composers and producers they scored the futuristic love story, Code 46, directed by Michael Winterbottom. This resulted in a nomination for European Composer of the Year at the European Movie Awards. The Free  Association also scored Bronwen Hughes' film "Stander", based on a true story about South African chief of police in 1979. The Free Association's album received critical acclaim and the band embarked on an extensive European tour, performing at Glastonbury, V2003, Kristiansand and Roskilde and on BBC's "Later with Jools Holland". The band's music features on a variety of car adverts, including a Renault Clio Campaign (UK) and a VW Campaign (Germany & Turkey). Other repertoire has been licensed to "CSI" (the American crime drama series) amongst other TV series. FlyKKller. Stephen sometimes uses the moniker FlyKKiller (now called  FLYKKLLR), his debut artist project . The album was reviewed by The Sunday Times as the "best psyched up twisted soul record of the year". The LP was released in October and the band were lauded by the British music press as one of the most important breakthrough acts of the year. His work is notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements. Personal life. Hilton's first wife was artist Pati Yang. Hilton married second wife Internet celebrity and comedian Laura Clery in 2012 and frequently appears in her videos. On 15 November 2018, Hilton and Clery announced  via Facebook they were expecting their first child. They have two children, Alfie and Penelope. They currently reside in Los Angeles, California. In November 2021, Hilton revealed that he is autistic. Credits. Scores (as composer). 2003 2005 2006 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016 2017 Scores (As Arranger/Music Programmer/Beats/Electronics/Remixes). 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2015 Music Programming credits. 1992 1998 1999 2002 2003 2004 2005