Natalie Ann Holt (born 29 June 1982) is a Britishcomposer who has worked on numerous film and television projects. She is primarily recognised for her work on several notable productions, includingPaddington (2014) andLoki (2021–2023). She trained at theRoyal Academy of Music and then theNational Film and Television School and had a career as a classical violinist before becoming a film composer. Holt's distinction in her field was recognised by being made an associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2017.

Holt's early contributions include minor roles as orchestrator and copyist on films such asStardust. After graduating, she composed her own music for a number of short films, including theRoyal Television Society award-winning shortFriends Forever (2008), while working as a professional violinist. In 2007, she became part ofRaVen Quartet, a London-basedstring quartet that performed their own musical arrangements.^[2][3][4] RaVen would go on to perform withMadness during the2012 London Olympics closing ceremony.^[5] By this time, the group had also played forPrince Harry atBuckingham Palace and were part ofGeorge Michael's Symphonica tour.^[6]

Holt's breakthrough incomposing came in 2012, when she worked withMartin Phipps onGreat Expectations, which was nominated for aBAFTA award for Best Score. Holt then co-composed with Phipps for the BBC dramaThe Honourable Woman, for which they jointly won the 2015Ivor Novello Award for Best Television Soundtrack, and were nominated again for a BAFTA. She most recently collaborated with Phipps in 2017 forVictoria, for which she was nominated for aPrimetime Emmy Award in the category of "Outstanding Music Composition for a Series".^[7]

Holt subsequently wrote the original scores for a number of other high-profile television dramas including the multiple BAFTA award-winning andRoyal Television Society winning score for Philippa Lowthorpe's drama seriesThree Girls. Holt has also worked onMy Mother and Other Strangers, the final series ofWallander, and the BBC adaptation of Sathnam Sanghera's novelThe Boy With The Topknot. In addition, she has scored two BBC TV series written by BAFTA award-winning playwright Mike Bartlett (Press andSticks and Stones), Gurinder Chada's 2018 seriesBeecham House, and in 2020 was nominated for aRoyal Television Society Award for her score to ITV dramaDeadwater Fell.

Holt has also composed music for a number of films including Saul Dibb's film adaptationJourney's End, for which she jointly won Best Score at Beijing International Film Festival withHildur Guðnadóttir. Peter Bradshaw named the score in his BAFTA predictions of 2018, and the score was described as "sinuously driving the narrative momentum" and "creating a sense of horror and dread".^[8] Holt wrote additional music for Heyday Film'sPaddington and the score for the first feature from Deborah Haywood,Pin Cushion, which premiered at theVenice Film Festival in 2018. In 2019, she worked onInfidel andHerself. She has most recently worked on theMarvel StudiosDisney+ seriesLoki, which is set in theMarvel Cinematic Universe and was described in the Washington Post as delivering "a suspenseful and mysterious vibe while providing Marvel's horned menace with a theme song that might just be the MCU's best".^[9] In 2022, it was announced that Holt would serve as composer for theObi-Wan Kenobi series forDisney+, becoming the first woman to ever score a live-actionStar Wars project.^[10] In 2022, Holt had worked on composing the score forBatgirl, a film that was ultimately canceled during production.^[11][12]

Holt was born inWorthing, West Sussex, studied violin at theRoyal Academy of Music and composing at theNational Film and Television School. She resides inLondon.^[13] Holt has a daughter.^[14]

In the 2013 final ofBritain's Got Talent, Holt was performing in the backing orchestra of finalistsRichard & Adam. During their performance she walked on stage and threw eggs at the judge,Simon Cowell. She was protesting Cowell's "dreadful influence on the music business".^[15]

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