Blair Mowat
Blair Mowat has composed well over 150 scores for film, theatre and television, with clients ranging from the English National Ballet and the Royal Shakespeare Company to the likes of the BBC and Channel 4. He is a BAFTA-nominated, 4Talent-shortlisted, award-winning composer who is consistently in high demand. His work includes Class, an acclaimed 8-part spin-off series from Doctor Who on BBC One, and McDonald & Dodds, a new commission from ITV that premiered in 2020.
Classically trained from an early age, Blair has a BA (Hons) in Music from Durham University and an MA in Composition for Film and Television from Bristol University. In 2012 he was nominated for a Creative Scotland Award for 'Best New Talent' in the Scottish arts. As a musical arranger, he has worked on shows such as Doctor Who and David Attenborough's Life Story. Blair’s work in 2023 featured Hammer Studios’ reboot feature, Doctor Jekyll; ITV's Nolly, starring Helena Bonham-Carter; and Black Dog, which premiered at LFF.
FILM
The Age of Disclosure (2025)
Production Company: Farah Films / Amazon Prime Video
Producer: Dan Farah
Director: Dan Farah
Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail (2024)
Production Company: StudioCanal Films
Producers: Laurent Bouzereau, Falko Jahn, Markus Keith, Candy Vincent-Smith
Director: Laurent Bouzereau
Black Dog (2023)
Production Company: Athenaeum Productions
Producers: Jamie Flatters, Georges Jaques, Ken Petrie, Ian Sharp
Director: Georges Jaques
Doctor Jekyll (2023)
Production Company: Adorable Media
Producers: Liam Coutts, Guy de Beaujeu, Joe Stephenson
Director: Mark Gatiss
The Amazing Mr Blunden (2023)
Production Company: Anderson Entertainment/Hammer Studios
Producers: Isibeal Ballance, Richelle Wilder
Director: Joe Stephenson
Andrew Carnegie: Rags to Riches, Power to Peace (2015)
Production Company: Galeforce Films/BBC Scotland
Producer: Sonita Gale
Director: Vicky Matthews
Frequencies (2013)
Production Company: MonteCristo International Entertainment
Producer: Darren Paul Fisher
Director: Darren Paul Fisher
Magpie (2013)
Production Company: Nowhere Fast Productions
Producer: Helen Grace, Marc Price
Director: Marc Price
We Are Northern Lights (2013)
Production Company: Northern Lights
Producer: Nick Higgins
Director: Nick Higgins
Electric Man (2012)
Production Company: FilmBuff
Producer: Ellen-Raisa Jackson
Director: David Barras
Welcome to London (2012)
Production Company: Iconic Productions UK
Producer: Asad Shan
Director: Asad Shan
TV
The Guest (2025)
Production Company: Quay Street Productions / Showtime / BBC
Creator: Matthew Barry
Producer: Karen Lewis
After the Flood (2024-)
Production Company: Quay Street Productions / ITV Studio
Creator: Mick Ford
McDonalds & Dodds (2020-2024)
Production Company: Mammoth Screen/ITV
Creator: Robert Murphy
Nolly (2023)
Production Company: ITV Studios
Creator: Russell T.Davies
Men Up (2023)
Production Company: Quay Street Productions / BBC
Writer: Matthew Barry
The Mezzotint (2021)
Production Company: Adorable Media
Producer: Isibeal Ballance
Director: Mark Gatiss
Agatha and the Midnight Murders (2020)
Production Company: Darlow Smithson / Channel 5
Producers: Tom Dalton & Carol Harding
Director: Joe Stephenson
Float (2019)
Production Company: Black Camel Pictures / BBC TV
Producers: Bjorn Hanson, Naomi Walmsley
Director: Arabella Page Croft
Happy! (2017-2018)
Production Company: Original Film
Producer: Christopher Meloni, Bill Butler
Director: Brian Taylor, Wayne Yip
Space’s Deepest Secrets (2016-2017)
Production Company: Red Marble Media
Producer: Theo Smith, Zoe Heron
Director: David Stewart, Toby Macdonald
Class (2016)
Production Company: BBC Cymru Wales
Producer: Derek Ritchie, Brian Minchin
Director: Edward Bazalgette, Philippa Langdale
