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Gareth Cousins Music
Biography
Gareth Cousins is a highly experienced score mixer, music editor, composer and producer trusted by Hollywood directors and studios for over three decades. From mixing the Oscar-winning score for Gravity to delivering the sonic impact of Fury, Suicide Squad, Dark City and Notting Hill, Gareth has shaped soundtracks that have generated over $4 billion at the global box office. Starting at EMI’s legendary Abbey Road Studios, he now offers elite music services for film, TV, games and theatre worldwide.
Gareth began his career in the music industry at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios, where he worked as a recording engineer and producer. During his tenure at Abbey Road, he kindled his deep passion of sound mixing and production, developing skills that would later define his career. Transitioning to freelance work in 1993, he focused mostly towards score mixing, composing, music editing and music production for film, television, theatre and video games.
His work on Gravity (2013) marked a significant milestone, as the film's score, composed by Steven Price, won both BAFTA and Academy Awards. Gareth’s passion to craft immersive auditory experiences has also been showcased in films like Baby Driver (2017) and Last Night In Soho (2021), where his love of balancing dynamic soundtracks with narrative pacing was evident. Throughout his career he has also composed music for all media.
Beyond film, Gareth has collaborated with prominent musicians across various genres, including rock, pop, electronica, and classical, and has been involved in projects with iconic artists such as Phil Collins, Elvis Costello, Vanessa-Mae, Bond and Sting. In 2004, he formed Gareth Cousins Music, through which he continues to produce music for diverse media.
Gareth strives not only to master his craft but also to innovate, constantly pushing the boundaries of sound mixing and production with passion and creativity, at all times striving to enhance the emotional impact of visual media through sound.
Filmography
Title | Year | Credit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Coyote v Acme | 2026 | Score Mixer | After decades of torment, Wile E. Coyote finally sues the Acme Corporation in a courtroom battle for billions in damages over defective products that never quite worked. |
Way Of The Warrior Kid | 2026 | Music Editor | A bullied schoolboy transforms to warrior, guided by his injured Navy SEAL uncle who teaches him true courage through discipline and grit in this inspiring coming-of-age tale |
The Duchess and I | 2026 | Music Editor | In her lonely final years in Paris, the abdicated King Edward VIII's widow Wallis Simpson endures terrifying manipulation and isolation at the hands of her controlling lawyer Suzanne Blum in this chilling biographical drama. |
The Running Man | 2025 | Score Mixer | A dystopian action film where a man must survive a deadly game show to win his freedom. |
Watch Dogs | 2026 | Music Editor | Mathieu Turi directs this pulse-pounding big-screen launch of Ubisoft's revolutionary Watch Dogs video game franchise |
Heads of State | 2025 | Score Mixer | A political action comedy about a U.S. President and a British Prime Minister teaming up. |
Ocean with David Attenborough | 2025 | Music Editor, Score Mixer | A documentary exploring the health of the world's oceans and ways to restore them, narrated by David Attenborough. |
Dream of the Black Whales | 2025 | Score Mixer | A short documentary about black whales. |
William Tell | 2024 | Music Editor, Score Mixer, Recording Engineer | The story of the legendary Swiss hero who shoots an apple off his son's head. |
Long Distance | 2024 | Score Mixer | A drama about a long-distance relationship tested by circumstances. |
A Mistake | 2024 | Score Mixer: Score Recording Engineer | A thriller about a surgeon's mistake leading to a cover-up. |
Soda | 2024 | Score Recording Engineer | A short film about a young boy's adventure. |
Heart of Stone | 2023 | Score Mixer | A spy thriller about an intelligence operative preventing a hacker from stealing a dangerous weapon. |
Blue Whales: Return of the Giants | 2023 | Music Editor, Score Mixer | A documentary about the return of blue whales to their migration routes. |
Beast | 2022 | Score Mixer | A survival thriller about a father and daughters hunted by a rogue lion in South Africa. |
My Policeman | 2022 | Score Mixer | A drama about a policeman's secret relationship with a man in 1950s Britain. |
Blasted | 2022 | Score Mixer | A sci-fi comedy about childhood friends fighting aliens during a bachelor party. |
The Swimmers | 2022 | Score Mixer, Music Editor | The true story of two Syrian sisters who swim to safety as refugees and compete in the Olympics. |
The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet | 2021 | Music Editor, Score Mixer | A TV special awarding prizes for environmental solutions. |
Your Room Will Be Ready | 2021 | Score Mixer | A short film about hospitality in a post-pandemic world. |
Last Night in Soho | 2021 | Score Mixer | A psychological horror about a fashion student who mysteriously enters the 1960s. |
Sweet Girl | 2021 | Score Mixer | A man seeks revenge against those responsible for his wife's death. |
Gunpowder Milkshake | 2021 | Music Editor | An action thriller about assassins protecting a child from a crime syndicate. |
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet | 2020 | Music Editor, Score Mixer | Attenborough reflects on his career and the environmental changes he's witnessed. |
Archive | 2020 | Score Mixer | A sci-fi about a scientist creating an android with his deceased wife's consciousness. |
Over the Moon | 2020 | Score Mixer, Song Mixer | An animated adventure about a girl building a rocket to meet the moon goddess. |
Our Planet: Behind the Scenes | 2019 | Music Editor, Score Mixer | A look behind the scenes of the Our Planet documentary series. |
The Aeronauts | 2019 | Score Mixer, Score Recording Engineer | A balloon pilot and scientist attempt to discover the secrets of the heavens. |
Wonder Park | 2019 | Score Mixer | An animated film about a girl who brings her dream amusement park to life. |
Our Planet | 2019 | Music Editor, Score Mixer | A documentary series exploring the world's natural wonders. |
Reflection | 2018 | Score Mixer | A short film about self-reflection. |
Ophelia | 2018 | Score Mixer, Score Recording Engineer | A reimagining of Hamlet from Ophelia's perspective. |
Blue | 2018 | Music Editor, Score Mixer | A documentary about ocean conservation. |
Dolphin Reef | 2018 | Music Editor, Score Mixer | A documentary about a young dolphin learning to survive in the ocean. |
Baby Driver | 2017 | Score Mixer | A young getaway driver is coerced into one last heist. |
American Assassin | 2017 | Score Mixer | A young man is recruited into the CIA to stop a terrorist plot. |
Suicide Squad | 2016 | Score Mixed By | A team of supervillains is assembled to save the world. |
The Hunt | 2015 | Music Editor, Score Mixer | A documentary series about predator-prey relationships. |
Believe | 2014 | Music Editor, Score Mixer | A TV series about a girl with supernatural powers protected by a death row inmate. |
Fury | 2014 | Score Mixer | A U.S. tank crew fights behind enemy lines in Nazi Germany. |
The World's End | 2013 | Score Mixer | Five friends reunite for a pub crawl that turns into an alien invasion. |
Gravity | 2013 | Score Mixer, Score Recording Engineer | Two astronauts struggle to survive after their shuttle is destroyed. |
The Diamond Queen | 2012 | Music Composer: Original Music | A documentary about Queen Elizabeth II's life and reign. |
Attack the Block | 2011 | Score Mixer | A gang of teens defends their block from alien invaders. |
Alaska Oilmen: Gamble on the Ice | 2008 | Engineer | A documentary about oil workers in Alaska. |
Wildcatters | 2007 | Composer: Additional Music | A reality series about oil drillers. |
Batman Begins | 2005 | Music Editor | Bruce Wayne becomes Batman to fight crime in Gotham. |
I'll Be There | 2003 | Music Mixer, Music Programmer, Music Recordist | A rock star discovers he has a teenage daughter. |
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | 2003 | Score Programmer | A team of literary heroes fights a villain threatening world war. |
Dinotopia | 2002 | Score Mixer, Score Mixer and Programmer, Music Mixer | Brothers discover a world where humans and dinosaurs coexist. |
Crossroads | 2002 | Score Mixer, Programmer, Recording Engineer | Three friends road trip to pursue their dreams. |
Second Star to the Left | 2001 | Score Mixer / Score Engineer | A Christmas animated short about a hamster's adventure. |
From Hell | 2001 | Score Mixer, engineer, Music Programmer | Inspector Abline hunts Jack the Ripper in Victorian London. |
The Long Run | 2001 | Composer: Additional Music, Music Recording Engineer | A coach trains a young South African runner for the Comrades Marathon. |
Thirteen Days | 2000 | Musician: Synthesizer, Engineer, Programmer | The Kennedy administration navigates the Cuban Missile Crisis. |
Cleopatra | 1999 | Music Mixer, Music Recordist, Synthesizer Programmer | The life of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra. |
Notting Hill | 1999 | Music Mixer, Music Re-Mixer: Songs, Music Recordist | A famous actress falls in love with a bookstore owner. |
Molly | 1999 | Score Mixer: Score Engineer, Soundtrack Programmer | A woman with autism undergoes experimental surgery to live independently. |
The Mighty | 1998 | Score/song Recordist and Mixer | Two misfit boys form a friendship and embark on a quest. |
Merlin | 1998 | Music Realization, Score Recordist | The legendary wizard Merlin's life story. |
Titanic Town | 1998 | Music Mixer, Music Recordist | A woman fights for peace in 1970s Belfast. |
Dark City | 1998 | Score Mixer: Engineer and Programmer | A man awakens in a strange city with no memory, pursued by mysterious beings. |
The First Snow of Winter | 1998 | Score Mixer and Recording Engineer | A young duck learns to survive winter after missing migration. |
Desperate Measures | 1998 | Score Mixer: Engineer and Programmer | A father goes to extreme lengths to save his son's life. |
Lawn Dogs | 1997 | Music Recordist | A 10-year-old girl befriends a landscaper in suburbia. |
G.I. Jane | 1997 | Synthesizer Programmer | A woman trains to become the first female Navy SEAL. |
Buddy's Song | 1991 | Music Engineer and Mixer | A teenager pursues a music career with his father's help. |
Romeo.Juliet | 1990 | Music Score Mixer | A modern adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. |
Discography
Title | Artist | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Cinematic Soundscapes | Gareth Cousins | Composer | Library music album featuring ambient and cinematic soundscapes for film and media. |
Cinematic Voices | Gareth Cousins | Composer | Library music album with vocal and orchestral cinematic tracks. |
Epic Cinematic | Gareth Cousins | Composer | Library music album of epic orchestral and hybrid cinematic scores. |
Cinematic Momentum | Gareth Cousins | Composer | Library music album with dynamic, action-infused cinematic music. |
Cinematic Ambience | Gareth Cousins | Composer | Library music album creating atmospheric cinematic environments. |
Heart of Stone (Original Soundtrack) | Steven Price | Score Mixer | Soundtrack for the Netflix spy thriller film starring Gal Gadot. |
My Policeman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Steven Price | Score Mixer | Soundtrack for the romantic drama film based on the novel. |
The Swimmers (Original Soundtrack) | Steven Price | Score Mixer | Soundtrack for the biographical drama about Syrian refugee swimmers. |
Beast (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Steven Price | Score Mixer | Soundtrack for the survival thriller film about a lion attack. |
Last Night in Soho (Original Motion Picture Score) | Steven Price | Score Mixer | Soundtrack for Edgar Wright's psychological horror film. |
Sweet Girl (Original Motion Picture Score) | Steven Price | Score Mixer | Soundtrack for the action thriller about revenge for a wife's death. |
Gunpowder Milkshake (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Frank Ilfman | Music Editor | Soundtrack for the action thriller about female assassins. |
Over the Moon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Steven Price | Score Mixer, Song Mixer | Soundtrack for the Netflix animated film about a girl and the moon goddess. |
Archive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Steven Price | Score Mixer | Soundtrack for the sci-fi film about AI and consciousness. |
The Aeronauts (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Steven Price | Score Mixer, Score Recording Engineer | Soundtrack for the adventure film about balloonists. |
Our Planet (Music from the Netflix Original Series) | Steven Price | Music Editor, Score Mixer | Soundtrack for the Netflix documentary series on natural wonders. |
Wonder Park (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Steven Price | Score Mixer | Soundtrack for the animated film about an amusement park. |
Ophelia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Steven Price | Score Mixer, Score Recording Engineer | Soundtrack for the reimagining of Hamlet from Ophelia's perspective. |
American Assassin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Steven Price | Score Mixer, Recording Engineer, Music Programmer | Soundtrack for the action thriller based on the novel. |
Baby Driver Volume 2: The Score For a Score | Steven Price | Score Mixer | Additional score soundtrack for the action film Baby Driver. |
Suicide Squad (Original Motion Picture Score) | Steven Price | Score Mixed By | Soundtrack for the DC Comics superhero film. |
The Hunt (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Steven Price | Music Editor, Score Mixer | Soundtrack for the BBC documentary series on predators. |
The Joy Of Waiting | Sara Lowes | Mixer | Indie pop album by singer-songwriter Sara Lowes. |
Fury (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Steven Price | Score Mixer | Soundtrack for the World War II film starring Brad Pitt. |
Henry IV (Music & Speeches) | Royal Shakespeare Company | Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixer | Soundtrack album featuring music and speeches from the RSC production of Henry IV Parts I and II. |
Gravity (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Steven Price | Score Mixer, Score Recording Engineer | Soundtrack for the sci-fi thriller directed by Alfonso Cuarón. |
The World's End (Original Motion Picture Score) | Steven Price | Score Mixer | Soundtrack for the sci-fi comedy film. |
Richard II (Music & Speeches) | Royal Shakespeare Company | Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixer | Soundtrack album featuring music and speeches from the RSC production of Richard II. |
As You Like It (The Songs of Laura Marling) | Royal Shakespeare Company | Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixer | Soundtrack album with songs by Laura Marling for the RSC production. |
Attack the Block (Original Music from the Motion Picture) | Basement Jaxx & Steven Price | Score Mixer | Soundtrack for the sci-fi comedy about aliens in London. |
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Original Motion Picture Score) | Trevor Jones | Music Programmer | Soundtrack for the adventure film based on the comic. |
Crossroads (Music from the Major Motion Picture) | Various Artists | Music Mixing Engineer, Music Programmer, Music Recording Engineer | Soundtrack for the Britney Spears road trip film. |
From Hell (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Trevor Jones | Music Mixer, Music Recordist, Music Programmer | Soundtrack for the horror film about Jack the Ripper. |
Born | Bond | Producer, Mixed By, Recorded By | Debut album of the classical crossover string quartet Bond. |
Thirteen Days (Original Motion Picture Score) | Trevor Jones | Musician: Synthesizer, Score Recording Engineer, Synthesizer Programmer | Soundtrack for the political thriller about the Cuban Missile Crisis. |
The War of the Worlds: ULLAdubULLA The Remix Album | Jeff Wayne | Engineer | Remix album of the musical version of H.G. Wells' novel. |
Notting Hill (Music from the Motion Picture) | Various Artists | Music Mixer, Music Re-Mixer: Songs, Music Recordist | Soundtrack for the romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant. |
The Mighty (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Trevor Jones | Score Recordist and Mixer | Soundtrack for the drama about two misfit boys. |
Dark City (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Trevor Jones | Score Mixer: Engineer and Programmer | Soundtrack for the neo-noir sci-fi film. |
Desperate Measures (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Trevor Jones | Score Mixer: Engineer and Programmer | Soundtrack for the thriller about a father's desperate actions. |
Lawn Dogs (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Trevor Jones | Music Recordist | Soundtrack for the drama about a girl and a landscaper. |
G.I. Jane (Original Soundtrack) | Various Artists | Synthesizer Programmer | Soundtrack for the film about the first female Navy SEAL trainee. |
The Violin Player | Vanessa-Mae | Engineer, Programmed By | Classical fusion album by violinist Vanessa-Mae. |
I Need You More | Ouch | Producer, Engineer | Single by the band Ouch. |
Down Fall the Good Guys | Wolfsbane | Engineer, Producer, Programmer/Keyboards | Hard rock album by Wolfsbane. |
Buddy's Song | Chesney Hawkes | Engineer, Programmer/Keyboards | Soundtrack album for the film Buddy's Song. |
Every Dog Has His Day | Let's Active | Engineer | Alternative rock album by Let's Active. |
Opel | Syd Barrett | Mix Engineer | Compilation of unreleased material by Syd Barrett. |
Under A Raging Moon | Roger Daltrey | Engineer, Programmer/Keyboards | Solo album by The Who's Roger Daltrey. |
Hamlet (Music & Speeches) | Royal Shakespeare Company | Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixer | Soundtrack album featuring music and speeches from the RSC production of Hamlet. |
King Lear (Music & Speeches) | Royal Shakespeare Company | Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixer | Soundtrack album featuring music and speeches from the RSC production of King Lear. |
The Tempest (Music & Speeches) | Royal Shakespeare Company | Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixer | Soundtrack album featuring music and speeches from the RSC production of The Tempest. |
Julius Caesar (Music & Speeches) | Royal Shakespeare Company | Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixer | Soundtrack album featuring music and speeches from the RSC production of Julius Caesar. |
Titus Andronicus (Music & Speeches) | Royal Shakespeare Company | Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixer | Soundtrack album featuring music and speeches from the RSC production of Titus Andronicus. |
Antony and Cleopatra (Music & Speeches) | Royal Shakespeare Company (feat. Laura Mvula) | Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixer | Soundtrack album with music by Laura Mvula for the RSC production. |
Coriolanus (Music & Speeches) | Royal Shakespeare Company | Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixer | Soundtrack album featuring music and speeches from the RSC production of Coriolanus. |
Twelfth Night (Music & Speeches) | Royal Shakespeare Company | Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixer | Soundtrack album featuring music and speeches from the RSC production of Twelfth Night. |
Othello (Music & Speeches) | Royal Shakespeare Company | Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixer | Soundtrack album featuring music and speeches from the RSC production of Othello. |
The Merchant of Venice (Music & Speeches) | Royal Shakespeare Company | Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixer | Soundtrack album featuring music and speeches from the RSC production of The Merchant of Venice. |
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Music & Speeches) | Royal Shakespeare Company | Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixer | Soundtrack album featuring music and speeches from the RSC production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. |
Love's Labour's Won (Music & Speeches) | Royal Shakespeare Company | Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixer | Soundtrack album featuring music and speeches from the RSC production of Love's Labour's Won (Much Ado About Nothing). |
Love's Labour's Lost (Music & Speeches) | Royal Shakespeare Company | Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixer | Soundtrack album featuring music and speeches from the RSC production of Love's Labour's Lost. |
Henry V (Music & Speeches) | Royal Shakespeare Company | Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixer | Soundtrack album featuring music and speeches from the RSC production of Henry V. |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Music & Speeches) | Royal Shakespeare Company | Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixer | Soundtrack album featuring music and speeches from the RSC production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona. |
Composition
Title | Year | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Cinematic Soundscapes | 2025 | Composer | Library music album featuring ambient and cinematic soundscapes for film and media. |
Cinematic Voices | 2025 | Composer | Library music album with vocal and orchestral cinematic tracks. |
Epic Cinematic | 2024 | Composer | Library music album of epic orchestral and hybrid cinematic scores. |
Cinematic Momentum | 2024 | Composer | Library music album with dynamic, action-infused cinematic music. |
Cinematic Ambience | 2024 | Composer | Library music album creating atmospheric cinematic environments. |
Warhammer Combat Cards | 2019 | Composer | Mobile card battle game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. |
Drop Dead (Trailer) | 2016 | Composer | Trailer for the VR zombie shooter game by Pixel Toys. |
Forza Horizon 3 | 2016 | Composer (original music) | Open-world racing video game set in Australia. |
Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb | 2015-2016 | Composer | TV series where rival sellers revamp their homes to attract buyers, hosted by Amanda Lamb. |
Fracture | 2015-2016 | Composer | Dystopian TV series pilot |
Madron (The Visor) | 2014 | Composer | Dramatic animated short film and online comic book about a futuristic visor, winner of Welsh BAFTA. |
French Collection | 2014 | Composer | TV series where bargain hunters scour French markets to resell items for profit. |
Evil Up Close | 2014 | Composer | TV documentary series exploring notorious crimes. |
Comic Relief: One Direction Appeal Film | 2013 | Composer | Charity appeal film featuring One Direction for BBC's Comic Relief. |
Steel Battalion: Heavy Armour Trailer | 2012 | Composer | Trailer for the Kinect-controlled mech action game by Capcom. |
Cricket on Five: The Ashes | 2012 | Composer | Highlights and coverage of The Ashes cricket series on Channel Five. |
UEFA Europa League Draw | 2012 | Composer (original music) | Original music for UEFA's last 8 draw promo. |
The Diamond Queen | 2012 | Composer | 3-part BBC documentary series celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee. |
The Craftsman | 2012 | Composer | Film drama. |
Over The Hill | 2012 | Composer | Film drama. |
Britain's Killer Roads | 2011 | Composer | 5-part factual TV series on road safety. |
Transcend | 2011 | Composer | Short film with underscore and sound design. |
Castle Farm | 2010-2011 | Composer | Animated preschool TV series (50 episodes). |
End Of The Road | 2010 | Composer | Award-winning feature documentary. |
William And Kate: A Royal Engagement | 2010 | Composer | BBC TV special on the royal engagement. |
The Fuse | 2009 | Composer | ITV gameshow. |
Studs | 2009 | Composer | Short film. |
Chefs And The City | 2008 | Composer | UKTV food series. |
Behind Closed Doors | 2008 | Composer | 7-part architectural TV series. |
Buy It Sell It Bank It | 2008 | Composer | BBC TV series. |
The New British Kitchen | 2008 | Composer | UKTV cooking series. |
The Beeps | 2007-2008 | Composer | Animated preschool TV series (65 episodes). |
What I'd Really Like To Do | 2007 | Composer | BBC TV series. |
Dr Alice Roberts - Don't Die Young | 2007 | Composer | BBC health documentary series. |
The Un-Gone | 2006 | Composer | Multiple award-winning short film. |
Arktos | 2005 | Composer (co-credited with Phil Collins) | Feature documentary about a solo Arctic voyage. |
Dinotopia | 2002 | Composer (additional music) | TV mini-series about a world where humans and dinosaurs coexist. |
Magic Hour | 2002 | Composer | 30-minute short feature film. |
The Long Run | 2000 | Composer (additional music) | Feature film about training a runner for the Comrades Marathon. |
Titanic Town | 1998 | Composer (co-credited with Trevor Jones & Kipper) | Feature film about a woman's fight for peace in 1970s Belfast. |
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