Mark Hinton Stewart - Composer Profile

Mark Hinton Stewart is a cutting edge, contemporary British film composer. He moves seamlessly from a refined classical knowledge to a complete understanding of the most modern sounds around today.

Mark composed the title music for Waterloo Road with Shed Productions for the BBC, and created a compelling score for Magnolia for Red Productions. He scored the USA film feature The Man From Earth with Richard Schenkman, as well as a special two parter of the BBC's Casualty. He scored Holby Blue Series II, the latest creation from Tony Jordan for BBC1 made by Red Planet / Kudos, having also scored series 1, and then went onto score The Chase series 2, for Rollem Productions. He scored the 6-part comedy series for the BBC, Parents Of The Band, created by Jimmy Nail and Tarquin Gotch. Mark most recently scored Crash, for Red Planet Pictures.

Originally a classically trained pianist and organist, he has worked with some of the biggest names in the film/pop scene, from Sir George Martin to Jools Holland and Adam F. Mark assisted on the Music Supervision of both, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and The Real Howard Spitz. Mark has scored five films including Tube Tales (the Sky Pictures movie with Ewan McGregor, Denise van Outen, Rachel Weisz, Jason Flemyng and Bob Hoskins), The Truth Game for Screen Production Associates, the feature Dog Eat Dog for Film Four/Tiger Aspect Pictures and Baby Juice Express for The Spice Factory starring Nick Moran. Mark scored the incredibly successful series Cutting It, and the 8 part series 55 Degrees North for Zenith Entertainment/BBC.

FILM & TV

PARENTS OF THE BAND	BBC Director: Dominic Brigstocke Producer: Charlie Hanson Executive Producer: Kenton Allen Starring: Jimmy Nail
OUTLAWS	Syndicate Films Director: Adrian Vitoria Producers: Ian Brady, Stephen Salter
THE CHASE	Series 2 Directors: Clara Glynn, Ian Bevitt Producer: Jacinta Peel
HOLBY BLUE	Series 1 & 2 Directors: Martin Hutchings, Bryn Higgins, Barnaby Southcombe Producer: Claire Phillips
THE MAN FROM EARTH	Director/Producer - Richard Schenkman Writer - Jerome Bixby
CASUALTY	Director - Diarmuid Lawrence Producer - Jane Steventon
MAGNOLIA	Red Productions Director - Jim Doyle Producer - Tom Sherry
WATERLOO ROAD	BBC1/Shed Productions - 8 Part Drama Producer - Claire Phillips Starring - Jason Merrels, Angela Griffin
55 DEGREES NORTH	BBC Scotland/Zenith North - 8 Part Drama Producer - Jacinta Peel Starring - Don Gilet & Dervla Kirwen
CUTTING IT (Series 1-4)	BBC1 - 6/7 Part Drama Producers - Diederick Santer & Kate Crowe Starring - Amanda Holden, Sarah Parish, Jason Merrells, Ben Daniels & Angela Griffin
SWEET MEDICINE	Carlton Television - 10 Part Drama Producer - Claire Phillips Starring - Patricia Hodge, Jason Merrells, Gillian Kearney & Oliver Milburn
FINAL DEMAND	BBC1 - 2 Part Drama Producer - Joy Spink Starring - Tamzin Outhwaite
DOG EAT DOG	Film Four/Tiger Aspect - Feature Film Director - Moody Shoaibi Producer - Amanda Davis Starring - Alan Davies, Gary Kemp, Melanie Blatt
THE TRUTH GAME	Screen Production Associates - Feature Film Director - Simon Rumley
TUBE TALES	Sky Pictures - Feature Film Director - Menhaj Huda Producer - Richard Jobson
KEN AND ROSA	Feasible Films - Documentary about Ken Loach's Film 'Bread and Roses'
CORONATION STREET	Granada/ITV1 - Christmas Pantomime Director - Tony Prescot
STRONG LANGUAGE	Documentary about Director Simon Rumley's Feature'Strong Language'
PASSENGERS	Passengers Films Director - Matthew Kok
DIPPER	Pocket Productions Director - PJ Harling Producer - Amber Templemore - Finlayson
PRINCESA	Parallax Production Arranged & recorded 'Estate' for end credits Director - Henrique Goldman
JANICE BEARD	Song Arranger & Keyboards - Dakota Films Director - Claire Kilner Producer - Judy Counihan
LOCK, STOCK & TWO SMOKING BARRELS	Co-Music Supervisor - SKA Films Director - Guy Ritchie Producer - Matthew Vaughn
THE REAL HOWARD SPITZ	Music Supervisor Director - Vadim Jean Starring Kelsey Grammer & Amanda Donohoe
LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET	Solo pianist & keyboard player Warner Sisters Production
BEING CONSIDERED	Solo pianist & keyboard player Spice Factory Production
WILD ABOUT HARRY	Pianist & Hammond organ player Scala Films
BEAUTIFUL CREATURES	Pianist DNA Films

Studio & Live

BETTE MIDLER	Piano for TV
PLACIDO DOMINGO	Keyboards for TV
BARRY MANILOW	Keyboards for TV
VANESSA MAE	Keyboards & programming for album, single and Mercedes launch Produced by Youth
KIRSTY MACCOLL	Keyboards for album 'Tropical Brainstorm'
JOOLS HOLLAND	String arrangements for album
MICHAEL CRAWFORD	Keyboards for TV
MARK MORRISON	Strings contractor for video shoot
JOANNA LUMLEY & PATRICIA HODGE	Musical Director, arranger and pianist for the opening of Eltham Palace (English Heritage)
ADAM F	Choir arranger & conductor for album
ARIELLE	Orchestral arranger & keyboard player for album Universal Music (France)
ELECTRIC BLUE LEMON	Songwriter/Producer/keyboard player
SARABANDA	Brazilian Band Keyboard player Performances include - Brazilian Contemporary Arts, HRH Queen Elizabeth, President of Brazil, Amnesty International, BBC Radio 3, Soho Jazz Festival
AUWE	Brazilian Band Keyboard player & songwriter Produced by Will Mowat (Soul 11 Soul, Daniela Mercury, Chico Cesar, Daude)
THIS SIDE UP	Songwriter/keyboard player Producer: Steve Howe (Yes, Asia) Performances include Jazz FM, Soho Jazz Festival, Amnesty International

Theatre

TONIGHT LOLA BLAU	Musical Director, pianist & actor
THE LADY OR THE TIGER	Critically acclaimed Orange Tree Theatre production Musical Director and on-stage keyboard player
FROM HERE TO MATERNITY	Musical by award winning playwright Richard Harris and Keith Strachan, directed by Millicent Martin Assistant MD and pianist
MOLL FLANDERS	Watermill Theatre production directed by Wendy Toye Assistant MD and keyboard player
Miscellaneous	Miscellaneous Musical work for producers Cameron Macintosh and Bill Kenwright.

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