Tom Howe (musician)

Tom Howe (born 26 December 1977) is a British composer, conductor, multi-instrumentalist, and musician who has worked on over 100 films and television series.^[1]

Growing up in a musical family, he was classically trained on piano, clarinet, and guitar.^[2]

After attending the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, he became a session musician in both classical and contemporary spheres,^[3] working with multiple bands. He began writing for TV in 2008, with music credits^[4] for the BBC production How The Celts Saved Britain presented by Dan Snow. In 2011 he co-wrote with Gary Go on the theatrical release Love's Kitchen. Howe developed a close working relationship with established composers and brothers Harry^[5] and Rupert Gregson-Williams and then worked on multiple major TV series and movies including Wonder Woman, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, Early Man, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Mulan, Ted Lasso, The People We Hate at the Wedding, Knuckles, and Dog Man.

Other work includes music for the television series The Great British Bake Off,^[6][7] Taskmaster, Whiskey Cavalier,^[8] Paranormal Witness,^[9][10] and The Lodge.^[11][12] After working with Bill Lawrence on Whiskey Cavalier, Howe was asked to create music for Ted Lasso,^[13] a new Apple TV+ series, with Marcus Mumford^[14] In June 2020, Howe was made a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.^[15]

In 2018, Howe was nominated for Best Score for a Feature Film at the Film Music Festival Jerry Goldsmith Awards for his work on Professor Marston and the Wonder Women.^[36] In 2019, he received a nomination at the 46th Annie Awards from ASIFA for Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production, for Early Man, shared with Harry Gregson-Williams.^[37]

Howe received two nominations at the 2020 Hollywood Music In Media Awards: one for Outstanding Score—Animated Film for his work on A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon and one for Original Score—TV Show/Limited Series for Ted Lasso.^[38] In 2020, he was awarded the 2020 ASCAP Screen Music Award for Top Television Series, for his work on Whiskey Cavalier, and also the Discovery of the Year at the World Soundtrack Awards at Film Fest Ghent for his work on A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon.^[39][38][40]

In 2021 Howe received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music ^[41] and a 2021 Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA) nomination for Score - TV Show/Limited Series with Marcus Mumford for their collaboration on Ted Lasso's opening title.^[42] In 2023, Howe received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics for the song "Fought & Lost" for the Ted Lasso episode "Mom City," co-written with Jamie Hartman and Sam Ryder.^[43]