Robin Hilton is a composer whose original works include the Emmy-nominated and IDA Documentary award-winning PBS series Citizen Nation.  He’s also scored documentary films that premiered on the festival circuit, including Open Secret, themes and sonic branding for companies like NPR, Slate and Foreign Affairs, and multiple other projects. 

He’s also known to many as the host of NPR’s All Songs Considered and for his name that appears in white bubble letters above every concert at the Tiny Desk, a series he helped create -- and named -- in 2008. He's since produced performances at the Desk by everyone from Robert Plant and David Byrne to Steve Martin, Harry Styles and Chance The Rapper.  

In 2000, Robin co-founded Small Good Thing Productions, a non-profit production company for independent film, radio and music in Athens, Georgia. 

Prior to that, he lived and worked in Japan as an interpreter for the government and taught English as a second language to junior high school students.