[7] He scored James Napier Robertson's 2009 feature film, I'm Not Harry Jenson and has written music for a number of long-running television series, most notably the hit Australian show[8] Highway Patrol, now in its eighth season.
Hobbs is a frequent collaborator on artistic projects, creating soundscapes for virtual reality and other visual mediums, such as with photographer Chris Sisarich.
He created music alongside and visual effects artist Jon Baxter, the video experience for the New Zealand pavilion at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2012[9] for Inside Out Productions a collaboration with Patterson Architects.
[10][11] He regularly works with the leading Māori dance company[12] Atamira for which his soundtracks have been described as "quietly rhythmic, smoky"[13] and "dramatic".
[14] In 2016 he collaborated with famed NZ musician Shayne Carter and master Taonga pūoro player James Webster on the soundtrack for Pango, a new contemporary dance piece for Atamira that toured China.