About

Johnny Yates

Film Composer

Hi, I'm Johnny, a multi-instrumentalist composer for film, television, commercials, multimedia and production music.

I’ve been lucky enough to compose custom music with some of the biggest networks for BBC, ITV, C4, Disney+, Netflix, Discovery+ and many more. My obsession is to compose innovative, imaginative storytelling music to picture, ranging from a variety of broadcasted genres drama, crime, factual, natural history, psychological thrillers, comedy, reality and specialising within film, television series, documentaries and trailers.

Recently my work on BBC ‘Silverback’ has been nominated a Grierson Award for Best Natural History Documentary and numerous film awards, especially a Grand Teton Award for Best Film at the Jackson Wild Film Festival.

The ITV drama docuseries ‘The Playboy Bunny Murder’ was nominated for Outstanding Two-Part Docuseries.

I also compose music for advertising campaigns, commercials, promos or branded content for a wide range of prestigious clients from HSBC, Confused.com, Toyota, McLaren, Infiniti, Sky, American Express, Amazon and many more.

I’m also an senior lecturer at ThinkSpace Education Film Scoring School where I support a collective group of upcoming talented composers around the world, helping them develop their skills in scoring to picture.

Clients include

BBC
Disney+
Netflix
ITV

Channel 4
Sky
Discovery+
HSBC

McLaren
Confused.com
Canal+
SEGA

Bentley Motors
Disneynature
Rapha
Toyota

Awards

Nominee

Music & Sound Awards

Best Original Composition In Television Programme Titles
Movistar ‘Hope - Medical Progress To Change Our Lives’ - 2017

Silver Winner

Brand Film Festival Sponsored By Campaign

Best Branded Documentary Programme
Movistar ‘Hope - Medical Progress To Change Our Lives’ 2017

Testimonials

“He has produced outstanding compositions for commercials and documentary films. With no doubt, Johnny will join the group of the best film composers in this country and abroad.”
Jose Gomez, Film Director

“Johnny was a great collaborator. He managed to craft music that answered my brief for mood, tone and pace perfectly while at the same time incorporating a client mandate for lyrics in the music. I think he brilliantly balanced subtly with more emotional feelings to create a song that built to a crescendo with the film but didn’t overwhelm or dominate the picture.
Mark Jenkinson, Commercial Director

“I’ve found Johnny’s approach and execution to projects to be fantastic. The depth, thought and quality is among the best I’ve worked with. He always adds an extra layer of creativity and is a joy to work with, a true rising star.”
Tom Williams, Creative Director