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Will Theakston

Head of Licensing
Warp Records

Based in London looking after Sync licensing, creative services, original score​s and brand partnerships​ across Advertising, Film, TV, Trailers, Videogames and VR Worldwide representing artists such as Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Flying Lotus, Grizzly Bear, Danny Brown, Brian Eno, Battles, Hudson Mohawke, Gaika, Kelela, Oneohtrix Point Never and Squarepusher. Will joined Warp in 2011 having previously held positions at BMG Chrysalis, Chrysalis Music and Bella Union where he first started in 2006.​ ​Recent work at Warp has included  ​​campaigns with ​clients such as Apple, Adult Swim,​ Amazon Studios, Fox, Google, HBO, ​Netflix, Rockstar Games, Sonos, ​​Vice and more. 

Recent Scoring Projects incude Gaika's Live re-score of Black Mother (d. Khalik Allah) which premiered at Sheffield Doc Fest 2018; Oneohtrix Point Never's original score for Good Time (d. Safdie Brothers) (A24) and Hudson Mohawke's original score for Watch Dogs 2 (Ubisoft.). 



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