[citation needed] His book, Dramatic Notes, focuses on the art of composing narrative music for the cinema, theatre, radio and television.

[citation needed] On television, Brand has appeared in Switch, a BBC drama for the hearing impaired, as Ted, a bullying businessman.

It documents Stan Laurel's last moments with best friend and comedy partner Oliver Hardy, who lies bedridden after a stroke.

[citation needed] In September 2013, Neil Brand presented the BBC Four programme Sound of Cinema: The Music that Made the Movies.

One critic said: "Brand was an enthusiastic compère throughout, combining formidable knowledge and terrific piano playing on his Steinway".

[11] He followed this up in 2011 with a score for another recently restored film, Anthony Asquith's 1928 drama Underground: the new composition was premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Centre in London.

[12] Brand regularly accompanies silent films with the skiffle band The Dodge Brothers[13] (which includes Mark Kermode on double bass).