Stuart Hancock (born 5 August 1975) is an award-winning British composer of film, TV and concert music. Hancock is known for having composed the original soundtrack to series 2 of the BBC fantasy series Atlantis, and he won the BASCA British Composer Award in 2015 for his community song-cycle, Snapshot Songs. 　　Hancock attended Downing College, Cambridge University, earning a BA in Geography. He was the inaugural recipient of the Pomona-Downing Scholarship, studying for an academic year at Pomona College, Claremont, California, US, where he developed his interest in music composition and scored his first film. He subsequently gained a place on the Masters Course in Composition for Film and Television at the London College of Music, studying with composer Nigel Clarke, and graduating with Distinction. 　　In 1999, Hancock was the winner of the Silent Sounds nationwide competition to be commissioned to re-score music for the 1920s Hollywood silent feature film Lucky Star, directed by Frank Borzage and starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. The score was premiered live with the film by the Tempus Chamber Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall on 23 February 2001. 　　Hancock was a full-time in-house composer for London-based music production company Mcasso Music between 1999 and 2005, during which time he composed and produced music for many national and international advertising campaigns. These include music for brands such as Walkers Crisps, Marks & Spencer, Electrabel, Swiss Milk, Burger King, UBS, Carling, Tenalady and several spots for McDonalds. Hancock won considerable industry recognition for his work in 2003, including a Gold Award from the Art Directors Club of New York for Burberry 'Rain', a British Advertising and Television Craft Award for BBFC 'The Unknown' and a D&AD Silver Nomination for the BBC 2002 World Cup trailers. Hancock's music has also featured on commercials for, amongst others, Weetos, Pimms, Ikea, Lactofree, Nike, Philips, Ferrero Rocher, Expedia 'Travel Yourself Interesting', Nike, Adidas, Three Mobile and Sainsburys. 　　At Mcasso, Hancock scored his first two television series: The Lampies, a BBC animated children's series (52 episodes), and series 14 of the ITV drama London's Burning (including co-composing its new theme music). He also worked on incidental music for Aardman's Creature Comforts TV series, and themes and scores for ITV's Challenge of a Lifetime (hosted by Claire Sweeney), Guinness World Records (co-hosted by Ian Wright), and the reality series Reborn in the USA (fronted by Davina McCall).