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.
May 2023
Mariupol: The People’s Story wins Peabody Award
Once Upon A Time in Northern Ireland – 5 part series about the “Troubles” due to be broadcast on BBC2 (and PBS) May 22nd 9pm
Once Upon A Time In Iraq; Fallujah – stand alone episode airs on PBS 23rd May
April 2023
finishing mixes for Once Upon A Time in Northern Ireland – due to be aired on BBC2 mid May
Mariupol; The Peoples Story has been nominated for a Peabody Award
March 2023
repeat of Waldemar Januszczak’s series Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA BBCFour 6th March
composing for Waldemar’s new series on Mannerism
Mariupol; The People’s Story nominated for a BAFTA – also in selected US cinemas from March 15th
February 2023
The Impressionist; Painting & Revolution repeated on BBC Four Monday 6th Feb
writing music for film about the Rabaa massacre
composing for Once Upon A Time in Northern Ireland series
The Wives – film about the victims of Warren Jeffs due to be shown on Starz soon
Ukraine’s War Diaries – marking the first anniversary of the invasion BBC 1 9pm 21st February
December 2022
The Mystery of the Nativity with Waldemar Januszczak broadcasts on Sky Arts December 20th
November 2022
Mariupol; The People’s Story screens on BBC1 Tuesday 8th November
October 2022
The Trapped 13; How We Survived the Thai Cave is released on Netflix October 5th
The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak currently being repeated on BBC Four
September 2022
Trouble At Topshop – 2 part series broadcasts 26th September 9pm BBC 2
composing for Starz series “The Wives”
composing for a film about the invasion of Ukraine
July 2022
Ghislaine Maxwell; The Making of a Monster broadcasts on Channel 4 on 5th, 6th and 7th July
June 2022
Who is Ghislaine Maxwell? 3 part documentary premieres on Starz Friday 24th June, follows on Channel 4 in the near future
composing for BBC 2 series Top Shop; It’s Life and Times
composing for a new series about the Northern Ireland Troubles
writing music for a new Netflix feature doc
The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak being broadcast on Sky Arts
April 2022
composing for a 3 part series The Wives about the victims of Warren Jeffs
composing for a new Netflix film
writing music for a new series The Rise and Fall of TopShop
March 2022
F@ck This Job a.k.a. Tango With Putin is being shown on BBC 4 2nd March at 10pm
F@ck This Job wins Human Rights Award at Thessaloniki Doc Festival