Toydrum

Toydrum
OriginEngland
Years active2012 (2012)–present
Spinoff ofUnkle
Members
  • Pablo Clements
  • James Griffith
Websitetoydrum.co.uk

Toydrum are a British musical duo consisting of Pablo Clements and James Griffith. Their work includes music for film and television and has received nominations for Emmy, BAFTA, and Ivor Novello awards.

History

Formation

Pablo Clements and James Griffith met in 2007 while both were members of the electronic music group UNKLE.[1] They left the group in 2012 and subsequently began working together as Toydrum.[2] The duo's work has since focused primarily on composition and music production for film and television,[2] alongside their own recorded music.[3] Their studio, the Toy Rooms, is in Brighton, England.[4]

Career

Toydrum's most notable television work includes the Apple TV+ series Slow Horses, for which they co-compose the score with Daniel Pemberton.[5] The music for the third and fifth seasons received Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series.[6][7] The series' music has also received nominations at the BAFTA Television Awards and Ivor Novello Awards.[8][9][10][11]

Other television credits include the Netflix sports documentary Untold: Vinnie Jones, the Disney+ music documentary Camden, the Amazon series Three Pines, the AMC science fiction drama Soulmates, the Sky and HBO thriller-comedy Two Weeks to Live, the ITV thriller Deep Water, which featured a title song recorded in collaboration with singer-songwriter Beth Orton, and the ITV dramas Tell Me Everything and Platform 7.[2][12][13]

In film, Toydrum have collaborated with the director and actress Alice Lowe on the scores for Prevenge and Timestalker.[14][15] Both soundtracks were released by Invada Records.[16][13]

Other film credits include London Fields, Future World, A Guide to Second Date Sex, Sweetheart, The Banishing, and Detour, which was shortlisted for Best Score at the British Independent Film Awards.[17][18][19][20]

Toydrum have also released music as recording artists, including the EP Distant Focus Vol. 1, which featured collaborations with artists including Gavin Clark, followed by the full-length album Evangelist.[21] Music from Evangelist was used in the soundtracks of Shane Meadows' television series This Is England '90 and The Virtues.[22][23][24][25]

Their subsequent releases include My Eye on You (To Reinvision), an album of reworked Gavin Clark songs featuring Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, and Trentemøller; and Fields of Madness, a collection of instrumental compositions featuring collaborations with Alex Maas from the Black Angels and James Bagshaw from Temples.[3][26][27]

Selected filmography

Television

Year Title
2015 This Is England '90[28]
2016–2024 The Grand Tour[2]
2019 The Virtues[25]
2019 Deep Water[12]
2020 Two Weeks to Live[2]
2020 Soulmates[2]
2022–2024 Tell Me Everything
2022 Three Pines[2]
2022–2026 Slow Horses[29]
2023 Platform 7
2024 Camden[2]
2026 Nocturne[2]
TBA El Gato[13]

Film

Year Title
2014 Montana[30]
2016 Detour[31]
2016 Prevenge[32]
2018 Future World
2018 London Fields[17]
2019 A Guide to Second Date Sex[13]
2020 The Banishing[17]
2021 Sweetheart[17]
2024 Timestalker[15]
2025 The Son and the Sea[13]

Discography

Albums

  • Distant Focus Vol 1 (EP, 2014)
  • Evangelist (2015)
  • My Eye on You (To Reinvision)[33] (2017)
  • Fields of Madness (EP, 2018)

Contributions and appearances

References

  1. ^ "Director Shane Meadows and others pay tribute to the late great singer-songwriter Gavin Clark". The Independent. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Toydrum – Metacritic". metacritic.com. 2026. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  3. ^ a b Flanagan, Andrew (6 October 2014). "Exclusive: Watch Trentemoller's Epic, Lovely 'Deceive' Sung by Beautiful Creeps". Billboard. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  4. ^ "Toydrum". World Soundtrack Awards. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  5. ^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (23 April 2024). "Sampha, Yussef Dayes and Daniel Pemberton top Ivor Novello award nominations". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  6. ^ Burlingame, Jon (23 August 2024). "The Emmy Music Races: Sizing Up the Competition in Seven Categories". Variety. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  7. ^ "Toydrum | Emmy Awards and Nominations". Television Academy. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  8. ^ "Bafta TV awards 2025 nominations: full list". The Independent. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  9. ^ Grein, Paul (23 May 2024). "Raye, Bruce Springsteen, Lana Del Rey & More Honored at 2024 Ivor Novello Awards: Winners List". Billboard. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  10. ^ Grein, Paul (8 July 2026). "Here Are the 2026 Primetime Emmy Nominees in the 7 Music Categories: Full List". Billboard. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  11. ^ Feinberg, Scott (17 August 2026). "Emmy Predictions via Feinberg Forecast: Scott's Updated Standings as Final Voting Gets Underway". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  12. ^ a b "'Deep Water' song: here's who created the score for ITV's new drama starring Anna Friel". Classic FM. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  13. ^ a b c d e "ToyDrum – Composer". mubi.com. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  14. ^ Kermode, Mark; critic, Observer film (12 February 2017). "Prevenge review – audacious horror from a mother of invention". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  15. ^ a b Saito, Stephen (16 March 2024). "'Timestalker' Review: A Hopeless Romantic Keeps Tripping Up in Dark and Deliriously Funny Reincarnation Comedy". Variety. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  16. ^ "Toydrum". Invada Records. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  17. ^ a b c d "Toydrum – Metacritic". metacritic.com. 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  18. ^ "A Guide to Second Date Sex OST | Soundtrack Tracklist | 2026". soundtracktracklist.com. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  19. ^ "Detour | 2016 Tribeca Festival". Tribeca. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  20. ^ Detour (2016) — Christopher Smith. Retrieved 18 August 2026 – via filmsandfestivals.britishcouncil.org.
  21. ^ "Evangelist by Evangelist". Metacritic. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  22. ^ Gibsone, Harriet (23 February 2015). "Massive Attack linked to Noel Gallagher and Run the Jewels projects". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  23. ^ "This is England '90 paid touching tribute to Gavin Clark in its finale credits". The Independent. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  24. ^ "Toydrum: Distant Focus, Vol. 1 Tracks & Reviews | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  25. ^ a b Aubrey, Elizabeth (14 June 2019). "PJ Harvey releases six new songs from 'The Virtues' soundtrack and shares new, Shane Meadows directed video". NME. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  26. ^ Cook-Wilson, Winston (31 January 2017). "New Music: Toydrum – "I've Got a Future" feat. Gavin Clark (Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Rework)". SPIN. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  27. ^ Maine, Samantha (13 May 2017). "Warren Ellis on first time he recorded with Nick Cave: "It was really wild"". NME. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  28. ^ "Gavin Clark and Toydrum's Evangelist – God Song: exclusive stream". The Guardian. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  29. ^ Vognar, Chris (3 September 2024). "The Spies of 'Slow Horses' Are 'as Useless as Everyone Else'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  30. ^ "Montana".
  31. ^ "Nick Cave & Warren Ellis rework Toydrum track – listen here". Archived from the original on 13 December 2017.
  32. ^ "Listen to the synth-heavy soundtrack for grisly new British horror film Prevenge". 6 February 2017.
  33. ^ MarkImark (2 September 2016). "Toydrum: My Eye on You". hasitleaked.com. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  34. ^ "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds: Where the City Meets the Sky: Chasing Yesterday: The Remixes". PopMatters. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  35. ^ "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds to release remix EP". NME. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.

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