Paul Ross Thomson (born 18 February 1972 in

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) is an

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for film, television, and video games and music technologist who lives in the Cotswolds. He won the 2012

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Craft & Design Award for ''Music Original Title'' for his theme music for the BBC TV show '' The Fades.''

Spitfire Audio

He founded the

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music technology company

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with fellow

Christian Henson in 2007. The company has collaborated with

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, Olafur Arnalds,

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and BT.

Television

Thomson has written for a variety of films and television shows. Recent work also includes the multiple award winning movie Missed Connections, the

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of ''

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'', the BAFTA Best Drama winning and BANFF Best Youth Fiction award winning '' The Fades'' (2011), '' Discovery: Project Earth'' (2008) and ''

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'' (2008).

Games

Thomson was a lead composer on ''

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'' created by

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creating all of the cinematics for the game, and several adaptive music tracks. He also worked with the company on the first game's downloadable content, scoring the ''

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'' premium level pack and the "

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" premium level pack. He has also worked on LittleBigPlanet Karting, LittleBigPlanet Vita, and most recently, LittleBigPlanet 3.

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