Stephen Hilton


Stephen Dean Hilton is an English composer and record producer.

Musical career

The Free Association

Hilton was a member of 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 band's music features on a variety of car adverts, including a Renault Clio Campaign and a VW Campaign. Other repertoire has been licensed to CSI amongst other TV series.

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. Hilton and Clery divorced in 2023.

Credits

Scores (as composer)

2003
2011
2012
  • Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted - Producer of songs / Additional music / Arranger
  • "The 84th Annual Academy Awards" - Additional music / Arranger
2013
2014
  • The Pyramid Texts - Composer
  • Kill Command - Composer
  • Sword of Vengeance - Composer
  • The Big Leaf - Composer
  • Hungry -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
2000
2001
  • Buffalo Soldiers as musician: keyboards
  • Ocean's Eleven as music programmer
  • Kiss of the Dragon as music programmer - musician: keyboards
  • Moulin Rouge! as music programmer
2002
2004
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
  • How To Lose Friends and Alienate People as musician: programming and keyboards
2010
2011
  • "The Dilemma" as music arranger
  • "Kung Fu Panda 2" as additional music arranger
  • "Haywire" as music arranger
  • "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"
  • "47 Ronin" as keyboards: beats and programming
  • "The Great Gatsby"
  • GI Joe 2: Retaliation
2015
1992
1998
1999
2002
  • Pulp – We Love Life
2003
2004
  • The John Spencer Blues Explosion – Damage
2005