From an early age Tom was taught various musical instruments by his musician father. He took particular interest in the French Horn, on which he excelled and gained a music scholarship at age 11 to Monmouth School. Throughout his teens, Tom pursued many musical activities both in and out of school. In his late teens he developed a keen interest in electronic based music and began to explore compositional methods and studio techniques. This interest in using technology for music composition would lead Tom to study music technology at the University of Hertfordshire where he gained a degree with Honours.

Whilst at University, Tom excelled at writing music and composing sound design to picture. This seemed like a natural career choice for him and it wasn't long before he received an offer to work for Aardvark Sound. Since then, Tom has composed music and sound design to many world class advertising campaigns including Dyson, Volvo and Cif amongst many others.

Tom also composes music in his own time, which has gained a considerable amount of success over the last few years, with forthcoming releases on well established Berlin, New York and Argentinean based record labels.

 

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