[1] As a session musician, writer and arranger, McEvoy worked on various projects with the producer Adam Kidron, including albums by Delta 5, Orange Juice, Scritti Politti and Ian Dury.

Many of McEvoy's long form documentary work has been with the director Gary Johnstone, including ITN Factual's Battle of Hood and Bismarck[2] and "Einstein's Big Idea" for the PBS Nova series.

[3] In 2003, McEvoy attended The Royal College of Music, where he was the PRS Sir Arthur Bliss Memorial Scholar[4] and gained a MMus in composition for screen.

McEvoy then took on the role of area leader for the screen composition at The Royal College of Music, a post he held from September 2005 until August 2008.

In 2016, McEvoy composed the music on the 2-part ITV/PBS/Masterpiece Theatre drama Dark Angel, about the life of Victorian serial killer Mary Ann Cotton.