About

Rob Manning is a London-based film and television composer who has scored high-profile documentary strands, lifestyle shows, hard-hitting factual films, edgy comedies and commercials.

He recently recorded with the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra for a five-part drama documentary series for Discovery International, to be broadcast later this year in over 200 countries worldwide. Soundtrack available on iTunes.

Other projects include Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail for the BBC; Heston’s Feasts, winner of an RTS award; The Wonderful World of Tony Blair for Channel 4’s Dispatches; The Lady & the Revamp, a Cutting Edge film about the re-launch of the historic magazine; Gordon’s Great Escape, which followed chef Ramsay on a gastronomic journey through India and South East Asia; the BAFTA-award-winning comedy series Fonejacker; and Girls on the Pull, a First Cut film on women who suffer from trichotillomania made by Minnow Films for Channel 4.
He worked with acclaimed director Penny Woolcock on her feature-length film On The Streets, which told the stories of a group of homeless people in London and won a Liberty Human Rights award.

Rob Manning trained at Brunel University and has a distinction in professional music. He began his career in television 15 years ago working as a professional sound recordist until switching to full-time composing in 2007.

His studio in north London is equipped with an eclectic range of instruments – including guitars, mandolin, piano, accordions, cello and a nose flute - a valve desk and a vast library of virtual instruments.