In 1999, after a chance meeting with
Kevin Macdonald he wrote the score to the Oscar winning documentary
One Day in September. This led to a long collaboration with Macdonald, on films such as
Touching the Void,
State of Play and
The Last King of Scotland. During the production of
Last King of Scotland he travelled to Uganda to produce the songs and score in the movie. and won an Ivor Novello Award in 2012 for
The First Grader. He composed the score for the TV series
11.22.63, which he later performed in-person for the 2017
ASCAP Screen Music Awards. He always conducts his own orchestral scores and frequently plays piano on his scores. ==Works==