Ethan Lewis Maltby is a British composer based in Canterbury, Kent. He writes music for TV, Theatre, Cinema and the Concert Hall.

Maltby has scored many films and animations covering many different genres. He has collaborated with Spanish filmmaker Jesús Monllaó on several projects, scoring the award winning ‘La Mirada Oblique’, ‘Gloria’, and ‘The Legacy’, and also with animator Kam-Li Cheng on her stunning animations, ‘The Highwayman’ and ‘Avatara’. In late 2006, Maltby scored ‘Waste Man’, the Channel 4 documentary on artist Antony Gormley and his sculpture. In theatre, Maltby composed the soundtrack for the first British virtual reality stage play, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, the score for Hungarian play ‘Bloodletting’ and several musicals including ‘Courtenay’ (with lyricist Christopher Neame).

In 2004 Maltby created, composed and directed ‘Noise Ensemble’, a percussion show which has been touring since 2006. This spectacular show has played extensively in UK theatres and venues including The South Bank Centre, Wembley Stadium and on TV’s Blue Peter. It has also toured Russia, Belgium, Holland, South Korea, Switzerland, Norway and Cyprus. He also composed the score for the 2008 and 2009 FA Cup Final Opening Ceremonies – his track ‘FA Overture’ has since become the players walk-on anthem for all major FA games.

Maltby’s latest theatrical show ‘DrumChasers’ toured theatres throughout the UK in 2011 with narration by Stephen Fry and received rave reviews. He then finished the year by scoring The Brook Theatre’s Christmas show, ‘Snowy The Fox’.

Maltby is currently scoring Jesús Monllaó’s debut feature film ‘Fill De Cain’.

The York Press

On DrumChasers…”The melodious music, accompanied by a spellbinding orchestral and electric score, was extraordinary: powerful…”

The Stage

On Courtenay… “Christopher Neame’s script is a good balance of action and romance. George Roman directs and Ethan Lewis Maltby’s score is beautifully written. This musical sees some spectacular conflict scenes thanks to Paul Romang’s fight arrangement…”

The Oxford Times

On DrumChasers… “Sometimes it’s loud, stirring or martial, sometimes funny, softly romantic or sad…simply mind-blowing…”

What’s On Northeast

On DrumChasers…”It had me hooked from the first beat to the very last.”

Brighton Argus

On Noise Ensemble… “In highlighting the percussion instruments normally relegated to the back of an orchestra, director and composer, Ethan Lewis Maltby has created a dazzling showcase for these Cinderella instruments. The response of the audience showed that the evening, if you will forgive the pun, was a thumping great success.”

Mid Hants Observer

On Noise Ensemble… “a new and unique twist on musical theatre, with Ethan Lewis Maltby’s score brought vividly to life by a troupe of ten young, beautiful and obscenely talented percussionists. My notes from the night are sketchy at best, a reflection of how much I was enjoying the show.”

Great British Theatre

On DrumChasers…” very entertaining, even for those who are not particularly interested in percussion. The skill, talent and commitment of the performers are amazing and the lighting – inevitably very rock concert influenced – impressive. “

Kent on Sunday

On Courtenay… “By turns exciting and tender, thought-provoking and uplifting, Courtenay is set around 20 years after the Peterloo massacre and looks behind the curious story of the last battle to be fought on English soil and makes a cracking, three-dimensional show of it. Composer, orchestrator and musical director, Ethan Lewis Maltby, not yet 30 but nevertheless a self-confessed fan of the swashbuckling era, has sewn a rich seam of interwoven themes throughout the two acts. His music hits spot.”

Best Kept Secrets

On DrumChasers…”Awesome! Spellbinding! Magical!…There are several enchanting xylophone melodies – bringing to mind dreamy images of tropical rain forests or trickling streams or wherever your own thoughts might take you, carried off by the music.”

Talk Torbay

On DrumChasers…”The music was just great listening…It was immense…”

RemoteGoat

On DrumChasers… “A night of intoxicating percussion…the energy was infectious, at times it took great pains not to jump up and join in from the aisles.”

Kentish Gazette

On Noise Ensemble… “The 10 percussionists were playing the music ofCanterbury’s Ethan Lewis Maltby in a spectacular display of co-ordination and pure musicianship that had musicians such as myself cursing their overabundance of talent. Beautiful marimba and vibes’ playing mixed with martial snare and tom work and there were comedy interludes with flying drums and cable TV for drummers. Why this show has not become as big a hit as rival Stomp, I can’t understand.”

Southern Echo

On Noise Ensemble… “Is there nothing this lot can’t do with a drum? After enjoying two hours of percussive genius from Noise Ensemble, I suspect not. You may think that is overly long for a show which is simply based on banging a big instrument with a stick. But there is so much more to it than that.”

At The Theatre.co.uk

On Noise Ensemble… “Also visually pleasing, the performers depict an impressive visual spectacle during every musical piece, making the show not only rewarding to hear, but also magnificent to watch. With epic beats and a stormy score, the show borders apocalyptic. “
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