Alexander Horowitz

Alexander Horowitz (born January 1991) is a British composer and pianist. He studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Glasgow School of Art. Horowitz received a BAFTA New Talent nomination in 2011. The same year, Horowitz created a score for the theatre show Toi Toi Toi. Horowitz's score blended themes from Mozart, Rossini, and Giuseppe Verdi with his original compositions.

In 2020, Horowitz accompanied the harpist Heidi Krutzen for a performance of Alexander Scriabin's Etude.

He is the creative craft director at Electronic Arts in Guildford, and was previously head of audio at the games division of The Imaginarium in London, and the audio lead at Studio Gobo in Hove, which produced Hogwarts Legacy. His works The Room of Hidden Things and A Focused Mind appear on the Hogwarts Legacy album Study Themes from the Original Video Game Soundtrack.

Accessibility work Horowitz's doctoral research at the Glasgow School of Art led to SoundTown, an accessible music game designed for children and young people with complex physical and cognitive needs. The game was built in Unity and Wwise and can be played using one or two switches or buttons.

Professional service Horowitz is President Elect of the Independent Society of Musicians. He has also served as a judge for the Worshipful Company of Musicians' Video Game Composition Award.

Selected works He has created film and theatre scores and worked on video game music for Avalanche Software, EA Tiburon, Rockstar Games and Warner Bros. Year Title Role Studio/developer 2025 Battlefield 6 Creative craft director Electronic Arts 2023 Hogwarts Legacy Audio lead Avalanche Software 2018 Crisis on the Planet of the Apes VR Head of audio Imaginati 2017 Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier Head of audio Imaginati 2016 Madden NFL 17 Audio production assistant EA Sports

Awards and honors

BAFTA New Talent Awards Original Music

Scottish Games Awards Diversity Champion

GAConf Awards Best motor/mobility accessibility Publications Horowitz, Alexander (2024). "Accessibility by Numbers: A Critical Review of Game Accessibility Guidelines". In Spöhrer, M.; Ochsner, B. (eds.), Disability and Video Games. Palgrave Macmillan. .