Nick Norton-Smith

"the music was f*cking brilliant " - Hugh Grant
"wonderfully amicable and creative"

Music that’s “truly remarkable”, “perfect” and “impeccable and completely original”
“spot on first time" "highly creative, passionate, consistent, reliable and extremely easy to work with"

Nick Norton-Smith is an established multi instrumentalist, composer, arranger and producer working primarily in television, branding, documentaries and commercials both in the UK and internationally.

He has created music for a wide range of commissions including factual, travel and entertainment, long and short form film with extensive production music placements worldwide.

Clients include:

BBC 1
BBC 2
ITV
Channel 4
Channel 5
SKY 1
Sky Sports
RTE
GMTV
BBC 3
BBC 4
BBC Scotland
All 4
BAFTA
The Guardian
Lloyds Bank
UBS/ Locarno Film Festival
Google Channel
National Geographic
Discovery
Al-Jazeera TV
Sky Africa
The Poetry Society
The Heritage Lottery Fund
British Film Institute
London Screenwriters Festival
Friendship Works Childrens Mentoring Charity
Copenhagen Climate Summit
Artist in residence: Dartington Hall
Write This Down Productions
Loopmasters/Rankin Audio
Soul Rebel Films

Drawing experience from a successful performing career spanning 16 West End shows, international tours in 22 countries with numerous artists including Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, Brian May, Cynthia Erivo, Sheridan Smith, The Brand New Heavies, Hackney Colliery Band, The Proclaimers and many more.
Winner “Best Musician” Edinburgh International Jazz Festival.

Nick is a voting member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) The Ivors Academy of Music Creators and a member of the Music Creators Mentoring Programme. He also curates and performs with his band at the Groucho Club Soho jazz events and was a member of The Blue Ox Babes signed to Go! Disc records formed by Dexys Midnight Runner founder member and songwriter Kevin Archer, their debut album produced by the legendary Pete Wingfield at Chipping Norton studios.