Composer and sound designer specialising in atmospheric, adaptive music and audio for media. My work moves fluidly between composition and sound design, with a focus on responsive systems, environmental storytelling, and player-centred listening. With a background in live electro-acoustic performance and interactive sound design, I bring a systems-based approach to music, designing modular, state-aware, and spatially responsive scores that support gameplay, narrative pacing, and immersion. Equally comfortable crafting emotionally driven thematic material or building subtle, evolving atmospheres.

Harry Docherty

Composer and sound designer specialising in atmospheric, adaptive music and audio for media. My work moves fluidly between composition and sound design, with a focus on responsive systems, environmental storytelling, and player-centred listening. With a background in live electro-acoustic performance and interactive sound design, I bring a systems-based approach to music, designing modular, state-aware, and spatially responsive scores that support gameplay, narrative pacing, and immersion. Equally comfortable crafting emotionally driven thematic material or building subtle, evolving atmospheres.

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Composer and sound designer specialising in atmospheric, adaptive music and audio for media.

My work moves fluidly between composition and sound design, with a focus on responsive systems, environmental storytelling, and player-centred listening.

With a background in live electro-acoustic performance and interactive sound design, I bring a systems-based approach to music, designing modular, state-aware, and spatially responsive scores that support gameplay, narrative pacing, and immersion. Equally comfortable crafting emotionally driven thematic material or building subtle, evolving atmospheres.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

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Education

PhD (Music) at Edinburgh Napier University
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2025
MA Music at Edinburgh Napier University
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2021
BA (Hons) Music at Edinburgh Napier University
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2020

Qualifications

Frank Prior Prize for Interdisciplinary Practice
January 11, 2030 - April 28, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services, Other