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Stephen Hilton | |
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| Birth name | Stephen Dean Hilton |
| Born | February 7, 1974 England |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, record producer |
| Spouse(s) | Pati Yang (m.?; div.?) Laura Clery (m. 2012; sep. 2022) |
Stephen Dean Hilton (February 7, 1974) [1] is an English composer, record producer, YouTuber & influencer.
Hilton's work on movie scores consists of about 50 Hollywood features including franchises like Pirates of the Caribbean , Madagascar , The Fast and Furious , Kung Fu Panda , The Amazing Spider-Man 2 , Megamind , and four James Bond movies including The World Is Not Enough and Quantum of Solace . Other credits include Ocean's 11 , 12 and 13 , Moulin Rouge! , Shaft , Zoolander , The Bone Collector , Plunkett & Macleane , Analyze That , Buffalo Soldiers and Luc Besson's Kiss of the Dragon. More recently, Hilton joined his wife, Internet celebrity Laura Clery, to form "Idiots Inc" – a digital media company, creating viral entertainment content and producing shows for TV / Digital and Commercials
Hilton wrote the original scores for New Town Killers , The Children , Cherrybomb , Salvage , Third Star , Sword of Vengeance and Kill Command among others. He also collaborated with composer David Holmes on Code 46 , Haywire and Hunger , which received critical acclaim worldwide. [2]
Stephen produced acts such as Gwen Stefani, Hans Zimmer, FKA Twigs, No Doubt, U2, Pharrell Williams, Jack White, Alicia Keys, Siouxsie Sioux, Wale, Crystal Castles, Madonna, Moby, Dave Stewart, Depeche Mode, Ke$ha, Massive Attack, Mikky Ekko, Miguel, Shirley Bassey, Sky Ferreira, Purity Ring, Alanis Morissette, Chris Lake, Moloko, Isaac Hayes, The Pet Shop Boys, Scott Walker, Pulp, David Holmes, Bomb the Bass, Melanie C, The Divine Comedy, Dirty Vegas, Martina Topley-Bird, Natasha Bedingfield, Joy Zipper, The John Spencer Blues Explosion, David Arnold, Trevor Horn and Rick Nowels. [3] He has also remixed songs by No Doubt, Sky Ferreira Orbital, Craig Armstrong and Primal Scream and provided many compositions for commercials for companies such as Apple (multiple spots), Ferrari / Shell, Mercedes, Audi, Guinness, VW, Levi's, Comme De Garcon, Sony, Renault Clio, Amex and Jean Paul Gaultier Stephen composed, produced and mixed the music for the 83rd Academy Awards cermenomy & National Movie Awards. [4] [ failed verification ]
Stephen and a band of Dobermans formed 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. [5] 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 Free Association's album received critical acclaim and the band embarked on an extensive European tour, performing at Glastonbury, V2003, Kristiansand and Roskilde and on BBC's Later with Jools Holland . 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]
Stephen uses the moniker FlyKKiller (now called FLYKKLLR), his debut artist project. [6] The album was reviewed by The Sunday Times & New York Times as the "best psyched up twisted soul record of the year".[ citation needed ]
Hilton's first wife was artist Pati Yang. Hilton married second wife, internet celebrity and comedian Laura Clery in 2012 [7] and frequently appears in her videos. On 15 November 2018, Hilton and Clery announced via Facebook they were expecting their first child. [8] The couple shares two children together, Alfred Sound Hilton (b. 2019) [9] and Penelope “Poppy” Marilyn Hilton (b. 2021). [10] They currently reside in Los Angeles, California. In November 2021, Hilton revealed that he is autistic. [11]
As of August 2022, Hilton and his wife separated. [12]
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