In 1997, Sharma joined Asian Underground collective Joi,[4] contributing electric guitar and bass on their 1999 album, One and One is One,[5] released on Peter Gabriel's Real World Records.[6]
From 2010, Sharma composed the soundtrack for three series of the television programme, An Idiot Abroad, which featured Karl Pilkington, Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais, and a spin-off series, The Moaning of Life. Both shows engendered a cult following.[7] 'Constantly hilarious... part travelogue, part social experiment, part practical joke, 'An Idiot Abroad' is easily the best thing you'll ever see on a Saturday night for seven weeks'.[8]
In 2013 and 2014, Sharma composed the music for Hello Ladies, an American series and feature film created by Stephen Merchant for the network HBO. The soundtrack references the blue-eyed soul of the 1970s and 1980s.[9]
Sharma has previously composed incidental and title music for Channel 4 documentary series The Undateables,[15] Mary Queen of Frocks (presented by Mary Portas), The World's... and Me, Bleach, Nip, Tuck: The White Beauty Myth, What's Killing Darcus Howe?, The Family: Teen Stories and a short starring Christopher Eccleston entitled The Happiness Salesman.[16]
Sharma was a contributor to The Steve Show, Stephen Merchant's Sunday afternoon BBC Radio 6 Music radio show.[17]
The album Listen Without Listening was released in 2021, is an ambient exploration into the perception and representation of space and place- experimenting with the enhancement of listener mood using binaural recordings of sounds of nature.[non-primary source needed]
