Paul Thomson (composer)

Paul Ross Thomson (born 18 February 1972 in Walsall, Staffordshire) is an English composer for film, television, and video games and music technologist who lives in the Cotswolds.

[1] He founded the British music technology company Spitfire Audio with fellow composer Christian Henson in 2007.

The company has collaborated with Hans Zimmer,[2] Olafur Arnalds,[3] Eric Whitacre[4] and BT.

[6] Recent work also includes the multiple award winning movie Missed Connections,[7] the film adaptation of Half of a Yellow Sun,[8] the BAFTA Best Drama winning and BANFF Best Youth Fiction award winning The Fades (2011),[9] Discovery: Project Earth (2008)[10] and The Genius of Charles Darwin (2008).

[12][13] He also worked with the company on the first game's downloadable content, scoring the Pirates of the Caribbean premium level pack[14] and the "Marvel" premium level pack.