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.

Around this time, 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.

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, Nightmares On Wax, Dizzee Rascal, Fabio & Grooverider, Congo Natty, LTJ Bukem and many more, and has toured the UK extensively with music featured on BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra, Radio 2, Radio 3 and 6 Music.

Tommy composes bespoke music for adverts with clients including Puma, Kia, BT Sports, Nike, Apple, John Lewis, Ford, Adidas, Audi, Ralph Lauren and many more.

In 2024 Tommy scored five documentaries for the 'We Go Again' production company, two of which were released on Netflix.

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