SOTM was my first ever short film at the age of 16, a ten minute drama written by Simon Phelps. I had an incredible time working on it, and went on to win Best Score at the Short Sounds Film Festival in Bournemouth.
EVIE ASHTON
My name is Evie Ashton. I'm a film composer studying at Guildhall School of Music and Drama! Since I was small I have always loved music, and at a young age I was consuming the soundtrack of a film before I understood the film itself. Writing for film is one of my biggest joys in life, being able to work creatively to use sound as a medium for emotion.
SHORT FILMS
Shadow of the Mountain
Short Film Score
Silent Film & Live Music: A Colour Box.
A Grand Display of Brock's Fireworks
In July 2025, Guildhall students were asked to compose music for a Barbican collaboration project with silent film archives from around the world. Composer Sam Moss and I were given the film 'Grand Display of Fireworks' from the National Archive of Film in Turin. The museum has since put Sam and I's music online and you can watch the composition here!
EVENTS
"A selection of queer movies from South Africa, the UK and the USA, culminating in three short films by gay African American filmmaker Edward Owens, with a new live score." My partner Alex Anjos and I have collaborated on the score for the six minute short film: "Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts."
"Over the past six months, fifteen producers from the Electronic and Produced Music course at Guildhall School have worked closely with organists (including from the Royal College of Music) to compose new pieces inspired by Union Chapel’s unique 1877 ‘Father’ Henry Willis organ. This annual residency programme, established in 2014 by composer and Union Chapel Music Director Claire M Singer, encourages composers to experiment with writing for the organ — an instrument they rarely have access to. It also offers organists at a similar stage in their careers the opportunity to collaborate and perform newly created works." - https://unionchapel.org.uk/venue/whats-on/mixture-new-music-for-organ
"Marking 50 years to the day since the release of the album A Night at the Opera, and the eve of this iconic song reaching UK No. 1 in 1975, this very special one-hour performance presents a brand-new orchestral arrangement of Bohemian Rhapsody and other much-loved Queen tracks reimagined for a thrilling euphonic experience." I collaborated with Kevin Le on the song 'Another one Bites the Dust'. - https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/event/50-years-of-bohemian-rhapsody-guildhall-session-orchestra
"The Lord Mayor's Show is a historic event of precessions, this year to celebrate Dame Susan Langley DBE, the 697th Lord Mayor of London and the first ever to be titled the "Lady Mayor of London". I had the honour of being an orchestrator for the precessions of the Lady Mayor's Show this year! - https://lordmayorsshow.london
"Burst into summer with this vibrant programme of early and pre-Technicolor short films featuring butterflies, fairies, fireworks, crystals and more." I collaborated with composer Sam Moss on the short film 'Grand Display of Fireworks'. - https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/event/silent-film-live-music-a-colour-box
MY MUSIC
YOUTUBE
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Learn MoreABOUT ME
I am, before all, a composer at heart. I work hard to call myself this as a disabled creator, making sure I don't fall behind, pouring all emotion I can into my work each time I put pen to paper or hand to key. My art in all forms is inspired by the amazing people I have known, the trials I have encountered, and the wonder I have for life and all it contains.
At the age of 16 I won my first award, the Bournemouth Short Sounds Film Festival, winning Best Score for the production 'Shadow of the Mountain' by Simon Phelps, a production based in and thoroughly inspired by the glorious and sometimes hostile terrain of Cumbria. This beautiful place is where I was born, raised, and lived until my move to London at the age of 20.
Now I study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, frequently working with young directors and animators, helping their visual dreams come alive with my music.
At the age of 16 I won my first award, the Bournemouth Short Sounds Film Festival, winning Best Score for the production 'Shadow of the Mountain' by Simon Phelps, a production based in and thoroughly inspired by the glorious and sometimes hostile terrain of Cumbria. This beautiful place is where I was born, raised, and lived until my move to London at the age of 20.
Now I study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, frequently working with young directors and animators, helping their visual dreams come alive with my music.
