Christopher Belsey is a Scottish composer for film, TV, and media, with feature film credits and international placements, bringing years of experience and a strong narrative focus to his music.

Christopher Belsey's background is rooted in piano and a passion for film music from an early age. He studied Sound Production before earning First Class Honours in Composition from Edinburgh Napier University in 2012. During his studies, he scored projects including I Am Scottish (2009 SQA Star Award winner), Once There Was A Boy (2010), and BBC Scotland’s pilot Connection Please (2011).

Following graduation, Christopher worked on student and promotional films, arranged songs, and accompanied choirs. In 2015, he began a long-standing collaboration with the Glasgow Film Crew, scoring several shorts including The Last Equinox (Best Soundtrack, DonQuest 2017), The Turtle Terminator, and Reflections of a Private Eye. These led to further work with directors Paul Herbert (Vegetable Crushers, The Tryst) and John Perivolaris, whose film The Orthodox won Christopher ‘Best Original Score’ at the Athens International Art Film Festival in 2020. He later scored Perivolaris’ documentary Gorge (2021), and Karl J. Claridge’s The Value of a Life (Best Original Score, Vesuvius 2022).

Christopher’s feature debut came with Nest of Vampires (2021), followed by Lock & Load (2023) and The Baby in the Basket (2025), which starred Paul Barber and Maryam d’Abo. Alongside his film work, he’s collaborated with various artists, arranging and performing on albums by the ShireTones (Truly Grateful), Bob Robertson (Kushim), The Mathletics Team, and, most recently, Tempest Tethered. He also produced Ailsa Lonsdale’s charity single Poem For A Demon in 2019.

Since 2021, he has co-composed over five production music albums with Stephen Tallamy, securing placements on international TV and radio. In 2022, he recorded a string piece at AIR Studios, conducted by Ben Foster, as part of an invitation from Christian Henson (Crow Hill Company).

A proud supporter of Scotland’s music scene, Christopher has been a member of the Scottish Music Centre since 2017. He also mentors young composers at the BFI Film Academy at GMAC Film and regularly delivers workshops on film scoring for community filmmaking groups.