Originally beginning his musical career in the video game genre, Nathan McCree has received several awards for his music in that field. Producing the themes and scores for the original Tomb Raider series as well as Swagman (PS) and Soulstar (Sega), McCree continued to produced scores for PC games. Afterwards, he went on to produce music for films and for pop artists like The Spice Girls, Wet Wet Wet and The Chieftans.

In 2016 he wrote The Tomb Raider Suite for the 20th Anniversary celebration of the game. On 18th December 2016 The Tomb Raider Suite was performed live by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and the City of London Choir. Over 2,000 fans attended the concert at the Apollo Theatre, London.