Stephen Hilton
Stephen Hilton | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Stephen Dean Hilton |
| Born | February 7, 1974 England |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, record producer |
| Spouse(s) | Pati Yang (m.?; div.?) Laura Clery (m. 2012; sep. 2022) |
Stephen Dean Hilton (February 7, 1974)[1] is an English composer and record producer.
Musical career
The Free Association
Hilton was a member of The Free Association with David Holmes.[2] Together as a band of composers and producers they scored the futuristic love story, Code 46, directed by Michael Winterbottom.[3] 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 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.[4]
FlyKKller
With singer Pati Yang he did a project called FlyKKiller.
Personal life
Hilton's first wife was musician Pati Yang.
Hilton married his second wife, internet celebrity and comedian Laura Clery in 2012 and appeared frequently in her videos. The couple had two children together.[5] Hilton and Clery divorced in 2023.[6]
Credits
Scores (as composer)
2003
- Stander - Composer
- Code 46 - Composer
2011
- Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon – additional music
2012
- Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted - Producer of songs / Additional music / Arranger
- "The 84th Annual Academy Awards" - Additional music / Arranger
2013
- Fast And Furious 6 - Additional music / Arranger
2014
- The Pyramid Texts - Composer
- Kill Command - Composer
- Sword of Vengeance - Composer
- The Big Leaf - Composer
- Hungry (Season 2) -Composer
- The Amazing Spiderman 2 - Composer / Additional music / Arranger
- Counting Backwrds - Composer
- Drugs INC - Composer
2016
- Kong Skull Island - Composer / Additional music
- Jack Reacher Never Go Back – composer additional music
2017
- The Predator - Composer additional music
- Romans - Composer
Scores (as composer)
1999
- The World Is Not Enough
- The Bone Collector
- Plunkett & Macleane
- Best Laid Plans[7]
2000
2001
- Buffalo Soldiers as musician: keyboards (as Steve Hilton)
- Ocean's Eleven as music programmer
- Kiss of the Dragon as music programmer - musician: keyboards
- Moulin Rouge! as music programmer
2002
- Enough Uncredited - as musician: programming and keyboards
- Analyze That as music programmer
- Die Another Day as music programmer
2004
- Ocean's Twelve as music programmer - musician: keyboards
2005
- Four Brothers as music programmer
2007
- Ocean's Thirteen as music programmer - musician: keyboards
- Hot Fuzz as music programmer - musician: keyboards
- A Mighty Heart as music programmer - musician: keyboards
2008
- Quantum of Solace as music programmer - musician: keyboards and programming (As Steve Hilton)
- How To Lose Friends and Alienate People as musician: programming and keyboards
2010
- Megamind as additional music arranger - music arranger
- How Do You Know as music arranger
2011
- "The Dilemma" as music arranger
- "Kung Fu Panda 2" as additional music arranger
- "Haywire" as music arranger (uncredited)
- "Assassin's Creed: Revelations" as additional music arranger
2012
- "The 84th Annual Academy Awards" as music arranger
- "Wrath of the Titans" keyboards, programming and remix
- "Madagascar 3 Europes Most Wanted" as additional music arranger - composer: additional music
- "Savages" as musician: programming and keyboards
2013
- "Kick Ass 2" (rmx)
- "47 Ronin" as keyboards: beats and programming
- "The Great Gatsby"
- GI Joe 2: Retaliation
2015
- Kung Fu Panda 3 – additional music
Music producer credits
1992
- The John Spencer Blues Explosion – Blues Explosion[7]
1998
- Depeche Mode – Only When I Lose Myself
1999
- Pet Shop Boys – Nightlife ("In Denial")
2002
- Pulp – We Love Life (5 tracks)
2003
- Melanie C – Reason ("Home")
- Martina Topley-Bird – Quixotic ("Steve's (Day's of a Gun)")
- Moloko – Things To Make And Do ("The Time Is Now")
2004
- The John Spencer Blues Explosion – Damage ("Spoiled", "You Been My Baby")
2005
- Natasha Bedingfield – “I Bruise Easily” (4 track single)
- Doves – Black and White Town
Work as composer/songwriter
- National Movie Awards Theme
- Flykkllr – Album
- Siouxsie Sioux – Drone Zone
- David Holmes – Forthcoming Album
- Pati Yang – Silent Treatment
- Pati Yang – All That Is Thirst
- Free Association – David Holmes Presents The Free Association
- Free Association – Come Get It, Got It
- Craig Armstrong – Amber
- Craig Armstrong – Starless
- Craig Armstrong – Ruthless Gravity
- Children – Sell My Pulse
Remixes
- No Doubt – Settle Down
- No Doubt – Lookin Hot
- Siouxsie Sioux – Here Comes That Day
- Primal Scream – Uptown
- Craig Armstrong – Glasgow
- Orbital – Gobsmack
- Kharma 45's – Political Soul
- Jacob Fletcher – Don't Go Down
- Answering Machine – Silent Hotels
- The 45 King – The 900 Number
References
- ^ "It's My Birthday". Instagram. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ Andy Gill (18 October 2002). "Album: The Free Association". The Independent. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ^ Andy Gill (29 August 2003). "David Holmes – The Soundtrack of our Lives". The Independent. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ^ "HotHouse Music". HotHouse Music. Archived from the original on 5 December 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
- ^ "Laura Clery gets candid about coparenting with an addict - Upworthy". www.upworthy.com. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ^ Allen, Joseph (23 June 2023). "Laura Clery Recently Announced That She Was Getting a Divorce From Stephen Hilton". Distractify. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Stephen Hilton on IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 3 November 2009.