Interview Blair Mowat

Blair Mowat is a composer from Scotland, Edinburgh who writes music for television and film. He studied at Durham university and Bristol University. He is a BAFTA nominated, award-winning composer with over 15-years’ experience,His work includes Class, an acclaimed 8-part Doctor Who spin-off series on BBC One, ITV’s international hit show McDonald & Dodds and SKY’s The Amazing Mr. Blunden. He composed the score to Russell T Davies’s latest drama Nolly, starring Helena Bonham Carter, with the collaboration then leading on to Men Up, a film Russell exec-produced, airing on BBC1 in late 2023. He also worked on the Hammer Studios film Doctor Jekyll starring Eddie Izzard which came out end of 2023. In this Composer Talk Blair gives us an insight view on how he wrote the scores for Nolly and Doctor Jekyll. He also shares his plans of what soundtrack releases we can expect in the nearby future. Photo Credit: Lorimer Macandrew