Hello, I’m Hamish Brown. I’m a music producer, media composer and educator. I work with directors, musicians and agencies to help them get the best results from their projects. I’ve had work placed everywhere from Hollywood films, adverts and installations to dance, theatre and radio. I also engineer, record, mix and master records with artists and provide location sound and sound design for film, radio and podcasts. I work with clients including NPR, BBC and National Galleries. Get in touch.
Photography: Daniel Dabrowski
I teach courses on audio and WordPress for the National Union of Journalists, EIS, Equity (#JoinAUnion) and provide training for private clients. Next dates: June 2026 (WordPress and Podcasting)
Production Reel 2026
I can help you finish your music. Get in touch and send me your recordings/stems. Recent highlights below. More on the Production page.
Recent Work
Andrew Eaton Lewis – AIRD (2026)
Out now on Biphonic. Listen via Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp etc.
Written and recorded by Andrew at home. Drums: Stu Brown. Mixing, mastering and additional production by me. Thanks to Guy Garvey and Gideon Coe for the BBC 6 Music radioplay.
UCL Illuminated (2026)
I contributed original music and sound design to a spectacular immersive 3D projection mapping show in the heart of London, celebrating 200 years of University College London, and exploring its history and stories in a work experienced by a large and varied audience both in person and worldwide. In collaboration with Double Take Projections. Stream at UCL200.com
Colour and Light (2026)
I contributed original music and sound design to a 3D projection mapping film installation using two iconic York buildings – York Castle and Museum alongside Clifford’s Tower – as the canvas. In collaboration with Double Take Projections.
Hamish Brown – Two Drifters (2025)
New music from me. My second album Two Drifters is out everywhere now on Biphonic. Guitar+synth workouts, electronica, disco, strings melancholy – I had a great time making these tracks and am lucky to have worked with some fantastic collaborators on them. I hope you enjoy it.
John Robertson – Our Room is a Big World (2025)
Out now on Biphonic. Stream via Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music and Bandcamp.
Written and recorded by John Robertson. Drums: Stu Brown. Art: Daniel Warren. Mixing, mastering, additional production and engineering by me.
Music & sound design: Colour and Light (2025)
Original music and sound design for a 3D projection mapping film installation using the iconic York Minster as a canvas and experienced by an audience of 100,000+. Thanks to the ace visual team at Double Take Projections and the many session musicians who feature on the soundtrack.
Hamish Brown – Barsini Red (2024)
New music from me. Featuring Stu Brown (drums), Norman Willmore (sax), Caroline Clarke (vocals) and tracks recorded with string ensemble, led by Pete Harvey. Art: Daniel Warren. Out now on Biphonic. “Absolutely wonderful music” – Rebecca Vasmant, BBC Radio 3.
Castle of Light (2019-2025)
2025 marked the fifth year of this unique and extraordinary event which transforms the iconic Edinburgh Castle by night into a world of colour via powerful 3D projection mapping, experienced by an audience of 100,000+. As part of a great team of animators and visual artists, I contributed original music, sound design and mastering to the 15+ films. Full details and performer credits here.
Let’s Go to Bed (2023)
New track with Andrew Eaton-Lewis – a cover of Let’s Go To Bed for Pictures of You: A compilation of covers of songs by The Cure. All funds raised go to mental health charity MIND. £5000+ raised to date.
Listen via Bandcamp
Production, Mixing, Mastering
A Portrait of Sir Geoff Palmer (2023)
Delighted to have contributed location recording and sound mix to A Portrait of Sir Geoff Palmer, a 20-minute film by Graham Fagen. On display at the National Portrait Gallery.
Swimmer One – Outliers (2023)
I was in the band Swimmer One (2003-2013). We made two albums, several singles and remixes, seven films and two theatre shows. We marked 20 years since we started (and 10 since we stopped) by remastering our catalogue of 29 songs and making a new one to round it up to 30. (Keep those hard drives backed up.)
Listen via Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube
Production, Mixing, Mastering
Imperial (2022)
Original music/location recording/sound mix for a 12-minute film by artist Jacqueline Donachie, commissioned by Art in Manufacturing for the National Festival of Making. The film explores the history of the mill buildings in the north of England, from their previous and present day industrial use to their role as venues for parties during the early 90s house music and rave scene. Screened at Festival opening event and Prism Contemporary.
Beautiful Sunday (2021)
Orginal music for the film Beautiful Sunday, a film and sculptural installation by artist Jacqueline Donachie, commissioned for the Folkestone Triennial and that celebrates the dancefloors of the town by marking out their size on a huge stage set in the middle of a derelict gasworks site. Also screened at SWG3, Glasgow at the launch of a new energy capture technology that converts body heat from dancers into electricity (!) used to cool and heat the building.
Sir Walter Scott 250 (2021)
Sound design for a 3D projection mapping film at Smailholm Tower to mark Sir Walter Scott’s 250th anniversary. Fiddle tune by Morag Currie. Commissioned by The Abbotsford Trust.
The Demented Poets (2021)
A unique project consisting of songs co-written by three writers describing their experiences of dementia, set to music inspired by David Bowie, Iggy Pop, The Fall, Depeche Mode, The Who, The Beatles, and Gaelic keening.
Listen via Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube
Production, Mixing, Mastering
For older work, see Projects.
Client list
BBC, NPR, PRX, Acast, NHS, National Galleries, National Theatre, Double Take Projections