Scott Twynholm is a Scottish composer and musician.
With a focus on melody and sonic texture his work often spans the worlds of contemporary classical and experimental electronic composition.
Scott started his professional music career in bands. He was an integral member of Looper with Stuart David of Belle and Sebastian, formed the electro-pop band Hoboken and released solo records under the name Metrovavan, whose first release was single of the month in Record Collector Magazine.
Recent solo work includes Tekstura, a series of textured piano-based compositions which was released in 2021 through London-based Blurred Recordings and Orbits, an electronic instrumental suite in seven movements which pushes his textural experiments further by incorporating slowly shifting tape loops with a palette of piano and electronics, will be released by contemporary classical label Bigo & Twigetti in December 2023.
His band songs have appeared in numerous films including Palme d’Or nominated The Edukators and Cameron Crow’s Vanilla Sky. Film scores include Alasdair Gray, A Life In Progress, acclaimed multi-media artist Rachel Maclean's feature debut Make Me Up, and Martyn Robertson’s award-winning 2022 documentary Ride The Wave, which premiered at the BFI London Film Festival. Alasdair Gray, A Life In Progress and Ride The Wave are available as soundtrack albums via De-Fence Records.
Recent film work includes Bill Douglas - My Best Friend which premiered at the 80th Venice Insternational Film Festival and BBC Network flagship documentary series Murder Trial which can currently be viewed via the BBC iPlayer.
Born in 1973 in Paisley, Scotland, Twynholm started experimenting with music on a piano in his parents garage. He comments, "it had a wonkiness, some notes worked, others were out of tune, while some made the sound of drums - broken and warped. I could play rhythm with one hand and melody with the other”. After a decade as a professional electronic musician he went on to study classical piano repertoire and earned a Masters Degree in Composition from Glasgow University in 2019. He has lived in London and Paris and now resides in Glasgow.
The music of Scott Twynholm is published by Mute Song Ltd.