Andrew Hewitt

Andrew Hewitt (born 28 March 1976) is a film composer based in Los Angeles.

Hewitt was classically trained from childhood as a pianist and tenor singer. He won music scholarships to Westminster Abbey Choir, Uppingham School, the National Youth Music Theatre, St Johns College, Cambridge and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Before university he had already toured chorally worldwide, and on graduation in 2000 continued on to perform regularly in concerts, global tours and CD recordings for such classical groups as John Eliot Gardiner's Monteverdi Choir, Robert King's The King's Consort, The John Rutter Singers, Synergy, Opera Rara, the London Voices and Metro Voices. These performances covered every style, from contemporary premieres, to session choirs, and baroqoue, classical and avant-garde works.

At Abbey Road and Air Studios he performed on many film scores, for such conductors as John Williams and Howard Shore – including The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Harry Potter, Star Wars, and Pirates of the Caribbean.

Hewitt is Associate Member of PRS For Music, and recently accepted invitations to become a member of both the World Soundtrack Academy and BAFTA.

Hewitt combines a lifelong passion for film with extensive classical training, recording and worldwide concert experience. He orchestrates and conducts all his scores, fusing them with electronic textures at his studio.

Awards and nominations

• BAFTA Nomination as Best New Composer for Film and TV

Motion pictures

• The Waiting – dir Kasra Farahani, starring James Caan, Logan Miller, Keir Gilchrist
• The Divide - dir Katharine Round, featuring Kwame Anthony Appiah, Noam Chomsky, Kate Pickett, Richard Wilkinson
• Mojave – dir Bill Monahan, starring Garrett Hedlund, Oscar Isaac, Mark Whalberg
• The Stanford Prison Experiment – dir Kyle Alvarez, starring Michael Angarano, Ezra Miller
• Bill – dir Richard Bracewell, starring Ben Willbond, Laurence Rickard
• The Double – dir Richard Ayoade, starring Jesse Eisenberg & Mia Wasikowska
• The Sea – dir Stephen Brown, starring Ciaran Hinds, violin soloist Hilary Hahn
• The Brass Teapot – dir Ramaa Mosley, starring Juno Temple & Michael Angarano
• Four Horsemen – dir Ross Ashcroft, Motherlode, with Noam Chomsky
• Submarine – dir Richard Ayoade, Warp Films, starring Sally Hawkins, prod Ben Stiller
• Cuckoo – dir Richard Bracewell, Punk Cinema, starring Richard E Grant

Television series

• Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies – dir Sean Grundy, TV movie, Pioneer
• Garth Marenghi's Darkplace – dir Richard Ayoade, Avalon
• Man to Man with Dean Learner – dir Richard Ayoade, Avalon
• Catastrophe – Discovery US, Pioneer, C4
• Extreme Hotels – Pioneer, Travel
• National Geographic – three documentaries
• The Stuarts – BBC
• Harry Hill The Reunion
• Globetrekker
• Parking Tribunal – BBC
• Parasomnia – BBC