Having worked on soundtracks for acclaimed films such as The Martian and The Town, as well as huge blockbusters like The Meg, Harry Gregson-Williams is one of Hollywood’s most in-demand composers. Fresh from receiving the Icon gong at this year’s BMI London Awards, he tells Music Week the score...

My big break was when...

“A wonderful composer called Richard Harvey gave me a job to make tea in his studio and ghost him. One day he said, ‘Harry, can you ...