Simon Russell is an EMMY Award winning freelance composer from the UK, composing music in a diverse range of styles for both Film and TV productions.
2014 EMMY Awards
Marc Bryan-Brown Photography.
® 2014 Marc Bryan-Brown.
Simon was awarded an EMMY in 2014 for his original soundtrack to “Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer”, a documentary film by Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin.
January 2022
repeat of Waldemar Januszczak’s 4 part series The Impressionists: Painting & Revolution begins 17th Jan BBC Four 8pm
composing for 3 part series Ghislaine Maxwell; Sex, Lies and Secrets? (Channel 4/Starz)
composing for The Wives – series about the victims of Warren Jeffs
December 2021
Blackburn sings Christmas with Gareth Malone broadcasts 23rd December BBC2 8pm
Secrets of the Salisbury Poisonings available to stream on Discovery+ from 26th December
November 2021
Once Upon a Time in Iraq wins 2 Grierson awards for Best Doc Series and Best History Doc
composing for doc about the Salisbury Poisonings
October 2021
F@ck This Job has been selected for Warsaw Film Festival, Doc NYC and IDFA
F@ck This Job wins Audience Award at the Warsaw Film Festival
composing for a new series about the dark web
commissioned to compose for new series about Warren Jeffs and FLDS
September 2021
Bin Laden: The Road to 9/11 – 3 part series begins on Channel 4 on 6th September 9pm
Handmade in Bolton – repeat of Waldemar Januszczak’s 4 part series 21st-24th September BBC 2 and on iPlayer
Once Upon a Time in Iraq wins Emmy for Outstanding Historical Documentary
August 2021
Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art; Made in the USA with Waldemar Januszczak repeated on BBC from August 2nd
July 2021
Once Upon A Time in Iraq nominated for 2 Emmys
June 2021
Once Upon A Time in Iraq wins BAFTA for best factual series
composing for a new film about Ghislaine Maxwell
composing for a new series about Osama Bin Laden
Sing, Freetown premieres at Sheffield DocFest 11th June and then selected UK cinemas from 26th June
China Undercover wins Peabody Award
May 2021
China Undercover nominated for a Peabody Award. Also nominated for a One World Media award
Battle For Hong Kong nominated for a Peabody Award
Once Upon A Time in Iraq wins Broadcast Award for best documentary series
April 2021
Pandemic 2020 (3 part series) made by the Once Upon A Time in Iraq team begins on BBC April 1st 9pm
Waldemar Januszczak’s The Michelangelo Code: Secrets of the Sistine Chapel – Sky Arts April 6th 9pm
F@ck This Job showing at Moscow’s Cinema Oktyabr on 9th April as part of the Artdocfest film festival
The Virus That Shook The World (2 part series – US version of Pandemic 2020) broadcasts on Frontline PBS 26th & 27th April
Once Upon A Time in Iraq nominated for best series in Broadcast Awards and nominated for 4 BAFTA’s
The Battle For Hong Kong nominated for a BAFTA in Current Affairs category
March 2021
Once Upon A Time in Iraq wins Best Documentary Series at the Broadcasting Press Guild awards and wins best doc series at the RTS awards
Joanna Lumley’s India series repeated on ITV 3 from 28th March 9pm
February 2021
composing for a new 3 part BBC series Pandemic
composing music for a feature doc about a Russian tv station