Original children's stories· 2023
The Adventures of Pip
An original illustrated story series for children — written, narrated and scored by Nick, with artwork by Alicia Alvarez.
- Composer
- Lyricist
Musical theatre, theatre & cabaret · 25 works
Music, lyrics and book for the stage.
Original musicals written from nothing — book, music and lyrics — alongside incidental scores for plays and arrangements for live cabaret performers. The training the attraction work came out of.
What it covers
From a song to a full score.
- Original musicals
- Book, music, lyrics and orchestrations for a show that did not exist before, through to a produced recording with a cast.Theme Park Fan: The Musical case study
- Composer and lyricist for hire
- Writing the score and the words to someone else's project, including work developed with a literary estate's permission and support.Just William case study
- Chamber and small-band scoring
- A small band and nowhere to hide — writing that has to carry a whole show without an orchestra behind it.Marie Tussaud: A Chamber Musical case study
- Incidental scores for plays
- Music for a spoken play, working in the gaps: scene changes, entrances and the silence after a line lands.Pygmalion case study
- Cabaret arrangement and orchestration
- A full original score for a venue with its own brand to fit, produced through rehearsals and previews rather than delivered and left.Cabarét Dés Distractions case study
- Scoring live variety to the second
- Supporting tracks, voice-overs and standalone routine music for circus, burlesque and magic — where the timing brief is the whole job.Snow Chance in Hell case study
How it is written
The part that is not obvious from the outside.
The work
25 projects you can hear.
Hear it
The work, playing.
In their words
“Nick is my absolute "go-to" for any music composition, from supporting voice-over tracks, scoring live theatre or creating stand alone tracks for my circus/burlesque routines and magic illusions. He knows exactly how to hit the tone and genre I'm going for. I am perpetually in awe of this man's work and can only hope he continues to have the time (and interest) to work with me long into the future. I currently can not conceive of collaborating with any other composer!”
“Nick fulfilled the brief of creating a score that was perfect for our venue and brand, yet still unique and fresh. Working closely with Reuben Kaye and the creative team, Nick wrote a fantastic score and then continued to produce the music during rehearsal and initial showings to create an end product that far exceeded our expectations.”
“Nick Hutson has a huge amount of potential as a composer, both in Musical Theatre and Spectacular Theme Park events. He has an identifiable 'sound' which is the key to future success. I am happy to be a mentor & friend.”
“Nick has been collaborating with me since I began working in the international cabaret scene. I couldn't ask for a better collaborator; the quality of his work is extraordinary and I feel, as an artist, he has truly got to know my vocabulary and matched it seamlessly. His grasp of genres is overwhelmingly complete and his work as an arranger/orchestrator is marvellous. I would wholeheartedly recommend him for any job.”
Commission
Tell Nick what it is and when it opens.
The most useful first message says what the attraction is, roughly how long the audio needs to run and the date it has to be finished by.