About

Tommy Evans is a BASCA award winning composer and musical director.

After graduating from Leeds College of Music in 2008, Tommy was commissioned to write a large scale work for his own orchestra which culminated in the 90 minute jazz suite The Green Seagull for which he was awarded the 2011 British Academy of Songwriters and Composers Award, and several other nationally recognised awards.

In 2009 Tommy set up and became the musical director, songwriter and drummer for Submotion Orchestra. The band toured extensively in the UK, Europe and Asia and released 5 studio albums and 3 EP's with Ninja Tune.

Tommy is a founding member and drummer of UK dub band Gentlemans Dub Club, who have released 8 studio albums and toured internationally for 20 years.

In 2017 Tommy was invited by the Southbank Centre and Outlook Festival to become the musical director and conductor of the Outlook Orchestra; an orchestra based at The Royal Festival Hall specialising in the orchestral recreation of electronic and bass music. The orchestra has since collaborated with Honey Dijon, David Rodigan, Nightmares On Wax, Mala, Dizzee Rascal, Fabio & Grooverider, HVYWGHT and many more.

An in demand composer for TV and Film, Tommy has worked extensively for Netlfix, Disney and Channel 4, scoring feature documentaries, high profile series and short films. He also composes bespoke music for adverts with clients including Puma, Kia, BT Sports, Nike, Apple, John Lewis, Ford, Adidas, Audi, Ralph Lauren and many more.

Tommy is under the guidance and mentoring of renowned UK composer Martin Phipps (The Crown, Peaky Blinders, Napoleon, Black Mirror).