Thomas Hewitt Jones Explained

Thomas Hewitt Jones (born 24 October 1984) is a British composer and music producer, working predominantly in the fields of contemporary classical and commercial music.

Thomas scored the music for the London 2012 Olympics Mascots animated films.^[1]

On 11 July 2016, outgoing Prime Minister David Cameron was recorded humming four notes of an unidentified tune, which created an internet furore; on the following day, Thomas Hewitt Jones released the sheet music for a Fantasy on David Cameron: arranged for high/low solo instrument(s) and piano, which he made available for download from the Classic FM website.^{[2] [3]}

On 26 July 2017, his Worcester Service (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 from Worcester Cathedral.

Thomas's commercial track Funny Song ^[4] went viral on the Tiktok platform in 2022, with over 8 billion streams worldwide as of July 2022. The track is composed & performed (voice & piano) by Thomas, and published by Cavendish Music.^[5]

Early life

Thomas Hewitt Jones was born in 1984^[6] in Dulwich, South London, into a musical family; his parents are both musicians and his paternal grandparents were both composers.

Educated at Dulwich College, he went on to be the organ scholar at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.^[7] He was the winner of the 2003 BBC Young Composer of the Year competition, and in 2009 received a BBC Music Magazine "Premiere Album" award for producing an album of the music of Imogen Holst.^[8]

Composer

On 18 May 2020, during the COVID-19 lockdown, The Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London and soprano Laura Wright released a new single 'Can You Hear Me?', composed by Thomas with words by long-time collaborator Matt Harvey to raise awareness of mental health, encouraging those in need to seek support.^[9]

His Christmas carol Lullay, my Liking was recorded by British choir ORA Singers in 2017.^[10]

Key works

• 2006 - The Facebook song (composed together with Peter Foggitt^[11])^[12]
• 2008 - The Forbidden Kingdom soundtrack (assistant to composer David Buckley)^[13]
• 2008 - Under Milk Wood (for Ballet Cymru)
• 2008 - What Child is This?
• 2009 - How Green was my Valley (for Ballet Cymru)
• 2009 - Child of the Stable’s Secret Birth
• 2009 - Romance for viola and piano
• 2010 - Lady of the Lake (for Ballet Cymru)
• 2012 - London 2012 / LOCOG Mascot Animated Films (soundtracks)^[8]
• 2013 - Incarnation: A Suite of Songs for Christmas
• 2014 - Wildflower Meadows (for Arts for Rutland)
• 2015 - Panathenaia (for the British Museum)^[14]
• 2016 - Christmas Party (Christmas Violin Concerto)^[15]
• 2017 - Worcester Service (Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis)^[16]
• 2017 - Lullay, my Liking for ORA Singers, conducted by Suzi Digby
• 2018 - Electro Cello ^[17]
• 2019 - Neoclassical ^[18]
• 2021 - Cinematic Advertising ^[19]
• 2022 - In Our Service^[20]

Music producer

He produced This is the Day (2012) for the English composer John Rutter and his choir the Cambridge Singers and Aurora Orchestra.^[21]

Personal life

Thomas scores production music from his own studio facility and lives in London with Annalisa, his wife, whom he married in 2020.^[22]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mascots Wenlock and Mandeville return to the big screen for the final time. 12 May 2012 .
2. Web site: Now you can play David Cameron's humming tune yourself. 13 July 2016. Classic FM. This is Global Ltd. 13 July 2016. Ross. Daniel.
3. Web site: DAVID CAMERON'S DOWNING STREET HUM PROVES ONLINE HIT WITH MUSICIANS. 12 July 2016. Newsweek. Newsweek Ltd. 13 July 2016. Perlman. Elizabeth.
4. Web site: Funny Song. .
5. Web site: The Inside Story of Funny Song. 24 June 2022 .
6. Web site: Thomas Hewitt Jones . 2014 . editionpeters.com . Peters Edition Ltd . 14 July 2016 .
7. Web site: Life of a Dulwich Composer. 8 April 2011. Dulwich OnView. 13 July 2016. Coffey. David.
8. Web site: About Thomas Hewitt Jones. https://web.archive.org/web/20160606074820/http://www.mtv.com/artists/thomas-hewitt-jones/biography/. dead. 6 June 2016. MTV. Viacom Media Networks. 13 July 2016.
9. Web site: Can You Hear Me?.
10. Web site: ORA Singers — Thomas Hewitt Jones.
11. Web site: Peter Foggitt official website.
12. Web site: The Facebook song - Youtube. .
13. Web site: The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) - Full Cast & Crew. Internet Movie Database. 13 July 2016.
14. Web site: Thomas Hewitt Jones - Biography. Thomas Hewitt Jones / Metronome Music Ltd. 13 July 2016.
15. Web site: Christmas Party. Signum Records. Thomas Hewitt Jones / Signum Records Ltd. 15 November 2016.
16. Web site: Choral Evensong from the Three Choirs Festival.
17. Web site: Electro Cello (EMI Juice). .
18. Web site: Neoclassical (EMI Juice). .
19. Web site: Cinematic Advertising (EMI Juice). .
20. Web site: In Our Service: a commission from the Royal School of Church Music for the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
21. Web site: This is the day.
22. Web site: Thomas Hewitt Jones - Biography.