I work on music and sound creation projects across different media including theatre, film and audio books. Working from my own studio, I play multiple instruments (including guitars, keys, percussion, drum kit, vocals, bass) and my expertise in production means I can cover all stages of music delivery in-house as required. I am comfortable working in many styles and make a point of taking time to liaise with the creative team to serve the vision and direction of projects I am involved with.

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You can hear examples of my work at soundcloud.com/jonnywharton

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My credits include:

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• Songstar Electric Azimuth 2024. Composition for forthcoming app

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• King Arthur Le Navet Bete 2023. Composition and sound design. "A brand-new comedy for the ages. This hilarious retelling of the Arthurian legends, suitable for the whole family, will have audiences crying with laughter and become part of the legend themselves!"

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• Mary - The Pigeon Who Never Gave Up Quirk Theatre 2022. Composition and sound design. "Mary… tells the astonishing and true story of one very special local pigeon, who flew top secret messages home from France in World War 2."

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• Swings and Roundabouts by Sophie Ross and Emma Edwards 2021 - composition, sound design and performance for a "comedy musical that unpacks the Swings and Roundabouts of the first year of parenthood."

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• Rhia and the Tree of Lights by Quirk Theatre 2021. Composition and sound design. "Following the journey of a British-Indian girl living on the Jurassic Coast who comes across a dusty old box whilst preparing for her last Diwali in her childhood home. Exploring both ancestry and modern lives, climate change and complex rural worlds, Rhia celebrates cultures, family and the places we call home. A hilarious, heartwarming, epic adventure story for all ages."

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• Jack & Jill and the Landfill by Moth Physical Theatre 2022 - Composition / Songwriting - an interactive adventure for children aged 3+ and their grown-ups. Using puppetry, songs and physical storytelling to look after our homes and the planet, proving there’s fun to be had in working as a community to create change.

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• Friends For All by Simon Mole and Peader Kirk - A piece blending spoken word and theatre and commissioned by the V&A museum alongside their exhibition You Say You Want A Revolution. Aimed at a younger audience and empowering them against authority and bullying, the show Toured nationally in 2017-2018 with Half Moon Theatre. I composed an original soundtrack taking influences from 60s music up to modern day hip hop and dance.

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• Diary of a Hounslow Girl by Ambreen Razia 2016/2018 - Sound design and production on this nationally touring one woman theatre show. The show examines the struggle of a young muslim woman in Hounslow dealing with the pressures of conflicting cultures. The show toured in 2016-17, and I created the sound design for the Audible book in late 2018.

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• POT by Ambreen Razia 2018 - Sound design, composition and production for 3 handed theatre show which debuted at Ovalhouse Theatre in 2017 and toured the UK in Autumn 2018. The piece deals with gang violence in London and its implications.

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• A Language we Both Know how to Sound Out by Raymond Antrobus 2016 - Spoken word and poetry show performed at Roundhouse Camden. Exploring sound, hearing, deafness and language.

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• Octopus by Vanessa Kisuule - composition and sound design for a theatrical work-in-progress, started in January 2020.

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• Confessions of an Exorcist - composition and production of the soundtrack for this feature-length horror film.

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• PUMP UP the 90s and SOLO - Composition and sound design for 2 short films by Kathryn O'Reilly, 2019.

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