Jon Cotton

Who is Jon Cotton?

Jon Cotton is a record producer, string arranger and composer based in Birmingham, UK. He is managing director of production company Poseidon and owner of studio Artisan Audio. His previous work includes producing 2007’s Ivor Novello winner ‘Elusive’ by Scott Matthews and 2009 Mercury Prize nominees Sweet Billy Pilgrim.

Jon is also heavily involved in music for television and film. He produced the original soundtrack to the 2009 BAFTA award-winning feature film ‘Nativity’ starring Alan Carr and Martin Freeman and has co-written the music to several current BBC series including Inside Out, Nation on Film, all 6 series of Richard Hammond’s Helicopter Heroes and A History of the World in 100 objects as well as numerous advertisements. He has also consulted to Ragdoll and written a number of technical articles for Sound on Sound magazine.