Thomas Hewitt Jones (born 24 October 1984) is a British composer and music producer, working predominantly in the fields of contemporary classical and commercial music.
Thomas scored the music for the London 2012 Olympics Mascots animated films.[1]
On 11 July 2016, outgoing Prime MinisterDavid Cameron was recorded humming four notes of an unidentified tune, which created an internet furore; on the following day, Thomas Hewitt Jones released the sheet music for a Fantasy on David Cameron: arranged for high/low solo instrument(s) and piano, which he made available for download from the Classic FM website.[2][3]
Thomas's commercial track Funny Song[4] went viral on the Tiktok platform in 2022, with over 8 billion streams worldwide as of July 2022. The track is composed & performed (voice & piano) by Thomas, and published by Cavendish Music.
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Early life
Thomas Hewitt Jones was born in 1984[6] in Dulwich, South London, into a musical family; his parents are both musicians and his paternal grandparents were both composers.
On 18 May 2020, during the COVID-19 lockdown, The Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London and soprano Laura Wright released a new single 'Can You Hear Me?', composed by Thomas with words by long-time collaborator Matt Harvey to raise awareness of mental health, encouraging those in need to seek support.[9]
His Christmas carol Lullay, my Liking was recorded by British choir ORA Singers in 2017.
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Key works
2006 - The Facebook song (composed together with Peter Foggitt[11])[12]
