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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed] 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.
- ^ Wabwile, Alice (10 September 2025). “The truth about Laura Clery’s ex-husband and how it ended their marriage – Briefly.co.za”. briefly.co.za. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
- ^ a b “Stephen Hilton on IMDb”. IMDb. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
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