Mr Ethan Maltby

Senior Lecturer

School of Creative Arts & Industries

Senior Lecturer in the School of Creative Arts and Industries with a focus on music composition for media.

Ethan is a composer whose music has been performed all over the world in cinemas, stadiums & theatres.​

In theatre, Ethan has composed scores for several musicals with lyricist and songwriter Jenna Donnelly including Courtenay (UK Tour), The Sparkle Thief (Anselm Studios, Canterbury) The Masters of Mystery (Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury) and the upcoming Apparition Smith.​

​In 2016, Donnelly & Maltby's musical The Battle of Boat was premiered by the National Youth Music Theatre in London, a full cast recording is available and the show has been published by Theatrical Rights Worldwide and received many productions across the world.

In 2004, he created, composed and directed Noise Ensemble, a percussion show which toured all over the world from 2006 - 2011. This spectacular show has played extensively in UK theatres and venues including The South Bank Centre, Wembley Stadium and on BBC TV's Blue Peter. In 2011, his new theatrical percussion show DrumChasers toured UK theatres with narration by Stephen Fry, receiving rave reviews.

Outside of theatre, Ethan has scored films, animations and adverts covering many different genres. He has collaborated with acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Jesus Monllao on several projects, most recently scoring the multi-award-winning feature film Son Of Cain.

He has also composed the score for major sporting events for the NFL, UEFA and several FA Cup Final Opening Ceremonies - his track FA Overture has been used as the players walk-on anthem for many major FA matches.

​In 2022, Ethan was brought on as lead composer for the upcoming video game MetaIsland and scored Peter Schaufuss and Ian McKellen's Hamlet for the Edinburgh Festival Ballet.

Ethan currently leads the media composition modules: Film Music, Media Music & Film Music Portfolio. In addition, he has also covered elements of Songwriting, Devising &Directing for Theatre and Performance.

Ethan also works as Producer/Executive Producer for the Music & Performing Arts Summer Musical and as facilitator for collaboration between Film and Music students.

Media Composition Website https://www.ethanlewismaltby.com/

Musical Theatre Website https://www.donnellyandmaltby.com/