About
We create award-winning music and sound for world class film & television, large scale events, theatre, artworks and multichannel surround sound installations
Dan Jones
Dan Jones is a multi award-winning composer and sound designer working in film, television, theatre and the arts. His scores include On Chesil Beach, The Miniaturist, Any Human Heart and The Outlaws. He has won three Ivor Novello Awards and a BAFTA for his film work, and an Ivors Classical Award for Sound Art, along with with numerous other nominations. Dan's particular interest in spatial audio is notable in his many large scale multichannel sound and music artworks such as the award-winning Each Tiny Drop, The Conversation and Sky Orchestra, as well as theatre works including the NT's Treasure Island, Kursk, Going Dark and Charlie Ward. He was Head of Music and Sound at Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and has delivered music and sound for other large scale events including two Paralympic Flame ceremonies, Hull 2017 and Coventry 2021 City of Culture opening events. He read music at the University of Oxford, studied contemporary music theatre at the Banff Centre for the Arts, and electro-acoustic composition and programming at the Centro Ricerche Musicali in Rome. Having explored various means of generating music algorithmically, he is the author of one of the earliest pieces of software for generating fractal or self-similar music.
Awards
The Ivors Classical Awards 2024 winner - Best Sound Art - Each Tiny Drop Ivor Novello Awards 2021 nominee Best Television Soundtrack - The Outlaws Music+Sound Awards 2020 nominee Best Original Composition - Title Sequence - World On Fire Ivor Novello Awards 2018 winner Best Television Soundtrack - The Miniaturist Ivor Novello Award 2018 nominee Best Television Soundtrack - SS-GB Music+Sound Awards 2018 nominee Best Original Score - Television - The Miniaturist RTS Craft & Design Awards 2017 nominee Best Original Title Music - SS-GB Ivor Novello Award 2017 nominee Best Original Film Score - My Scientology Movie World Soundtrack Awards 2017 nominee Discovery Film Score - Lady Macbeth Music + Sound Awards 2018 nominee Best Sound Design in a Feature Film - Lady Macbeth BAFTA 2011 winner Best Original Television Music - Any Human Heart Primetime Emmy 2011 nominee Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music - Any Human Heart Primetime Emmy 2011 nominee Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score) - Any Human Heart Ivor Novello Award 2011 winner Best Original Television Music - Any Human Heart Prague Quadrennial 2011 Special Jury Prize for Excellence in Sound Design - Kursk Ivor Novello Award 2004 winner Best Original Film Score - Max
Collaborators
Dan works with an expert team of collaborators to deliver a wide on a wide range of projects.