James Hawkins, Music Producer & Arranger in Kingston Upon Thames, London, UK
Music Producer in London
I am an experienced, commercial music producer, arranger and mix engineer, working with high-level talent and aspirational musicians, across diverse musical genres including pop, rock, folk and classical crossover.
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I’m a professional music producer who will take your project from concept to delivery.
Working with artists as a commercial producer and arranger, I transform compositions, unlock new creative possibilities and ensure that your recordings and mixes consistently exceed expectations.
Don’t waste your time and budget. Get your music made properly from the outset. I work with grammy award winning teams on high-level chart-topping projects, and see first hand that the best way to achieve your goals is to work with the best ingredients you can afford from Day 1.
I provide a suite of musical services to ensure your work is top notch at every stage of the process. Working with me also connects you to professional musicians, studios, arrangers etc. across the industry.
Latest News
SpudBros and Vicky McClure’s Our Dementia Choir, Brighter Than The Night
12.12.2025 – A UK Christmas No. 1 Hopeful, SpudBros and the awesome Our Dementia Choir sing Brighter Than The Night! I arranged the vocals, conducted the choir, and recorded overdubs and backing vocals in my studio. It’s sweet song, with two videos! This is the official music video and there’s also an animated potatoo cartoon the kids will love!
Lainey Wilson & Bing Crosby, Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
06.12.2025 – I worked on this unique collab between Country Music star Lainey Wilson and Christmas crooner Bing Crosby creating additional orchestration — listen for all the Christmas razmatazz in the song! Watch the cute animated official music video here.
Kevin Hart, Acting My Age, Netflix
24.11.2025 – Hollywood actor and comedian, Kevin Hart, has released a new standup tour show on Netflix, which features music composed by Chloe Flower in the opening titles. I was engaged to compose and arrange a choral accompaniment for her piece, which she then performed live for Kevin’s opening credits.
O Viridissima Virga, Chloe Flower
26.09.2025 – The first release from an exceptional album presenting all female composers, O Viridissima Virga features the English National Opera Chorus and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields orchestra. Listen here.
Safe Harbour, All The Villains
12.05.2025 – A brand new song, the gorgeous and poignant, Safe Harbour by All The Villains, which I produced and mixed. Listen to Safe Harbour here.
New Release: 'I Love Me More' by Chloe Flower
02.05.2025 – Chloe’s beautiful new album produced by Nick Patrick is now available. Read more about my involvement here.
Coming soon! Neve 8424 mixing desk
23.04.2025 – I am *very* excited that my Chocolate Box Studio will be soon upgraded! It will be centred around a new, state-of-the-art hybrid mixing desk.
New Release: RISE: Past, Present and Future Talent, album
11.04.2025 – I played a pivotal role as producer of RISE: Past, Present and Future Talent, forming the initial concept through to album completion, and working with incredible young musicians along the way.
New Release: Hold Me Down, single by Jimmy Judge & Future Talent
04.04.2025 – I produced the lead single from the upcoming Future Talent 20th anniversary album, Hold Me Down, written and performed by Jimmy Judge at age 16.
Transcription and score preparation for Blackbook Music & Hauser
26.03.2025 – I’ve had a recent flurry of transcription work in March for Blackbook Music and the very exciting, new Peppa Pig TV series and for Czech cellist Hauser’s live tour.
Existential Crisis, All The Villains
10.02.2025 – Another great single that I produced and mixed by All The Villains, listen to Existential Crisis here.
Going Gold, The Greensands
25.01.2025 – I produced and mixed The Greensands new Indie single, Going Gold.
Deck the Halls, Chloe Flower
19.12.2024 – I arranged and conducted the choral climax of this classic Christmas carol performed by singers from the ENO. There’s more to come from Chloe!
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear (Hallelujah)
02.12.2024 – I produced this gorgeous new anthemic Christmas single by singer-songwriter, Jules Rendell.
UK No. 1 Album: Ball & Boe, 'Together At Home'
15.11.2024 – Working with award-winning record producer, Nick Patrick, I was arranger, vocal arranger, programmer, recording engineer and performer across multiple tracks.
A.I, All the Villains
01.11.2024 – Recorded at Ghost Hit Studios in Mass. USA, I arranged, produced and mixed this single from a forthcoming album.
What People Say
I’ve worked with Jim for several years now and he is an outstanding talent covering so many bases, multi-instrumentalist and singer/ vocal arranger/ music producer. He has everything to go far in this business. He is also such a pleasure to work with.
It was truly an honour to be involved in James’s recent album project. The songs and arrangements were terrific, clever and varied, and he’d used fabulous musicians, engineers and studios which made my job of mixing and mastering the record an extremely pleasurable process.
I have mixed a number of projects that Jim has been involved with over the last four years. My experience of him is that he is a very talented musician/programmer and arranger full of enthusiasm. Nothing is too much trouble. I cannot recommend him highly enough.
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